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A '''pressure plate''' is a [[trap]] which inflicts no direct damage; instead it causes some pre-scripted, generally bad event to happen. They are mechanical traps, so you can [[levitate]]/[[fly]] over them or disarm them with the [[Traps & Doors]] skill if you manage to find one before stepping on it.
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A '''pressure plate''' is a [[trap]] which causes some pre-scripted, generally bad event to happen. They are destroyed upon being stepped on.
  
===Possible Results===
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==Possible Results==
*'''Spiders''': You are immediately surrounded by eight [[spider]]s.
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*'''Drop Trap'''<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|dat/des/traps/monster_drop.des|38}}</ref>: Spawns several monsters right next to the player. This is by far the most common variation of pressure plate the player will encounter.
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**Spiders: You are immediately surrounded by eight [[redback]]s.
 
{{flavour|A basket of spiders falls from above!}}
 
{{flavour|A basket of spiders falls from above!}}
*'''Cloud Trap''': Creates one of the following clouds, centered on you: mephitic ([[confusion]]), [[poison]]ous, calcifying ([[petrify|petrification]]), flame, freezing, chaos ([[bad mutations]]), or miasma (poison, [[slow]], and [[rot]]).
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:*Snakes: You are immediately surrounded by eight [[black mamba]]s and [[mana viper]]s. Exclusive to the [[Snake Pit]]s.
{{flavour|A coloured vial drops from a hatch in the ceiling!}}
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{{flavour|A basket of snakes falls from above!}}
*'''Cells''': In a corridor at least nine tiles long, indestructible gates shut down on either end and four doors to single cell chambers appear in each wall (eight total). Behind each door waits a monster of greatly varying strength, from [[giant newt]]s to [[ogre]]s, [[ettin]]s, and [[freezing wraith]]s. The last door opened reveals an exit behind the monster. All monsters are initially sleeping; spellcasting inside the trap will wake them, this also includes blinking and teleporting.
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:*Klown Kar: You are immediately surrounded by three to eight [[Killer Klown]]s. Exclusive to the [[Realm of Zot]].
{{flavour|Iron gates slam shut around you.
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{{flavour|With a honk a tiny klown kar falls from above, and Killer Klowns tumble out!}}
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*'''Rats Trap'''<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|dat/des/traps/rats_trap.des|48}}</ref>: A narrow corridor with a pressure plate in the middle, which upon being stepped on reveals the adjacent walls to be filled with [[rat]]s and [[river rat]]s. Only found on [[Dungeon]] levels 4-10.
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*'''Liches'''<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|dat/des/branches/crypt.des|2753}}</ref>: Opens grates that hold [[lich]]es, [[ancient lich]]es and [[dread lich]]es in them. Only found in one [[Crypt]] ending.
  
You now see doors in the walls!}}
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==History==
*'''Monster Chamber''': A portion of the wall adjacent to the pressure plate will disappear, revealing a room full of monsters which immediately attack you.
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*Previously, there were harmful [[cloud]] traps, and traps that revealed various cells with harmful monsters in them.
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*Snake and Klown Kar drop trap variations were added in [[0.23]].
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*Prior to [[0.16]], you could [[levitate]]/[[fly]] over them if you managed to find one before stepping on it.
  
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==References==
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[[Category:Traps]]

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One of the floor stones doesn't seem that sturdy, and you notice that it is a trigger of some sort, though you can't tell what kind of trap it is attached to.

Pressure plate.png

A pressure plate is a trap which causes some pre-scripted, generally bad event to happen. They are destroyed upon being stepped on.

Possible Results

  • Drop Trap[1]: Spawns several monsters right next to the player. This is by far the most common variation of pressure plate the player will encounter.
    • Spiders: You are immediately surrounded by eight redbacks.
A basket of spiders falls from above!
A basket of snakes falls from above!
With a honk a tiny klown kar falls from above, and Killer Klowns tumble out!

History

  • Previously, there were harmful cloud traps, and traps that revealed various cells with harmful monsters in them.
  • Snake and Klown Kar drop trap variations were added in 0.23.
  • Prior to 0.16, you could levitate/fly over them if you managed to find one before stepping on it.

References