Glyph Trap

Wondrous item, common

The item consists of a 2-foot-square piece of canvas painted with arcane glyphs.

As an action, you can place this canvas on the ground while speaking its command word to activate it. The canvas can be covered with foliage or other items to camouflage it.

Any creature other than you that steps on the glyph triggers a stored spell (spell save DC 15). The color of the painted glyphs determines the triggered spell.

  • Red paint: The canvas releases a hold monster spell (5th-level) with a duration of 1 hour.
  • Blue paint: The canvas releases a forcecage spell (7th-level) with a duration of 1 hour.
  • Green paint: The canvas releases a hallucinatory terrain spell (4th-level) with a duration of 24 hours. Once cast, the creature finds they are standing on a 10-foot-square pillar of earth centered in a 150-foot cube. The other area of this cube resembles a bottomless gorge.
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Potbellied Kobold’s Guide to Villains & Lairs Copyright 2022 Jeff Stevens Games LLC. Author Jeff C. Stevens

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