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Quicksand Pit

Environments Designed by Tomás Tarragón

At a glance

Tier
1
Type
Event
Difficulty
12
Impulses
Immobilize Capture intruders

Environment overview

A pit of quicksand that swallows creatures.

Potential adversaries

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Features

Passives

passive
  • Moving sands

    When a PC enters the Quicksand Trap, set a d6 countdown, starting on 3. Add this die's value to the difficuly of the Quicksand Trap. Whenever a player makes a roll to escape the Quicksand Trap:

    Success with hope: tick down 2
    Success with fear: tick down 1
    Failure with hope: tick up 1
    Failure with fear: tick up 2

    If the countdown reaches 0, the players are free. If the countdown reaches 6, the players are Trapped.

    Questions
    • ¿What other dangers are around the pit?
    • ¿What useful things are around the pit?
  • Immobilized

    In order to move, players need to make a Finesse Roll.

  • Trapped

    When players are Trapped, they can no longer perform any action, and someone shows up.

    Questions
    • ¿Who will show up, and what are their intentions?
    • ¿What will be the cost of being saved?

Actions

action
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Reactions

reaction
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About this environment

A pit of quicksand. It challenges the players to get out, or be captured by someone.

Quicksand Pit

Tier 1 Event

A pit of quicksand that swallows creatures.

Impulses: Immobilize, Capture intruders

Difficulty: 12

Potential Adversaries: —

Features

Moving sands - Passive: When a PC enters the Quicksand Trap, set a d6 countdown, starting on 3. Add this die's value to the difficuly of the Quicksand Trap. Whenever a player makes a roll to escape the Quicksand Trap:

Success with hope: tick down 2
Success with fear: tick down 1
Failure with hope: tick up 1
Failure with fear: tick up 2

If the countdown reaches 0, the players are free. If the countdown reaches 6, the players are Trapped.

  1. ¿What other dangers are around the pit?
  2. ¿What useful things are around the pit?

Immobilized - Passive: In order to move, players need to make a Finesse Roll.

Trapped - Passive: When players are Trapped, they can no longer perform any action, and someone shows up.

  1. ¿Who will show up, and what are their intentions?
  2. ¿What will be the cost of being saved?

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