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title: Common cold
author: Seth
date: 2019-03-25 01:00
publish_date: 2019-03-25 01:00
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category: gaming
tag: [ trap, gaming, dungeon ]
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<p>
Icicles hang tenuously from the ceiling. A failed Dexterity save knocks 1d20 icicles loose. They fall to the ground and shatter, creating a frosty mist that refreezes in the nasal passages and lungs, causing 1d6 damage for 1d4 rounds until melted.
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<p>
The ice particles melt in 3 minutes.
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<p>
A successful Fortitude or Constitution saving throw prevents fainting from suffocation. If a creature faints in the room, more icicles fall to the ground and the process repeats.
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<p>
<a href="
https://unsplash.com/photos/nZiCTpcSgFk" target="_blank">Photo</a>
by Bence Balla-Schottner.
<a href="
https://unsplash.com/license" target="_blank">Unsplash License</a>.
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