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TwiddleStootch 03-25-07, 11:04 AM	Ok, I am about to have my first occurrence of a Dwarf PC possibly using Stonecunning (don't ask how it has taken this long :rolleyes: ). What i am confused about is, what denotes a 'Stonework Trap'? Is it any trap built into a stone surface, or does it have to involve the stone, like a sliding wall or swinging brick trap? I will be using various pits and several Spear/arrow/dart traps and all are built into cave walls, but I am unsure on weather or not the Dwarf PCs will get to use stonecunning against them. thanks.
Dragonteuthis 03-25-07, 12:28 PM	If the trap is made out of stone, or disguised to look as stone, the dwarf gets Stonecunning. A wooden trap glued onto a stone surface would not trigger Stonecunning. Now, if you covered it with a textured shroud to make it look like a rock outcropping, then Stonecunning would apply. You should probably be asking yourself the question, "Is this trap concealed by stone, or meant to look like stone?" If the answer is yes, stonecunning applies. Note: Scything blades that swing out of slits in a stone wall should probably count as "unusual stonework."
TwiddleStootch 03-25-07, 12:39 PM	That was the main thing I was unsure on, if its something built into a cave wall, like a compartment hiding a arrow trap in the wall with a hole for the arrow to shoot from, would that activate stonecunning? And the Portcullis trap, if set in a slit in the roof of the cave so that it falls down to block the tunnel, would that? And I guess a pit dug in the floor of the tunnel then covered with rubble to look like stone would.
Dragonteuthis 03-25-07, 10:28 PM	That was the main thing I was unsure on, if its something built into a cave wall, like a compartment hiding a arrow trap in the wall with a hole for the arrow to shoot from, would that activate stonecunning? And the Portcullis trap, if set in a slit in the roof of the cave so that it falls down to block the tunnel, would that? And I guess a pit dug in the floor of the tunnel then covered with rubble to look like stone would. Personally, I would rule that all three of the examples you cited there would activate Stonecunning. It makes some sense from a role-playing perspective. Dwaves have trained and lived underground enough that they're far more apt to notice a few odd slits in the wall or floor, and definitely are always keeping an eye out for unstable rock formations.
weasel0 03-25-07, 11:44 PM	Built into... Built of... Built to look like... .... stone/rock(worked/unworked) gets the use of stonecunning.