Gas trap

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You're lucky to have noticed this trap, for it would released a cloud of deadly gas at you. Exactly what gas it holds, you cannot tell - perhaps it is plain poison, perhaps mutagenic fumes, perhaps flammable vapour, or perhaps something yet nastier.

"Good your grace, an' I had room for such a thundergust within my ancient bowels, 'tis not in reason I coulde discharge ye same and live to thank God for yt. He did choose handmaid so humble whereby to show His power. Nay, 'tis not I have yt have brought forthe this rich o'ermastering fog, this fragrant gloom, so pray you seeke ye further."

-Mark Twain, "1601", 1880.

The gas trap is a dangerous and unpredictable trap found in the mid- to late-game. It holds a single charge of dangerous gas, which it releases as clouds when you step on it. It can be disarmed with the Traps & Doors skill.

Cloud types include:

History

Gas traps were added to the game in 0.11.