Traveller Dungeon Crawl Traps & Puzzle Ideas

[DeHammer]

I'm having a blast creating my own Traveller version of a dungeon crawl. I've also enlisted ChatGPT to assist with creating some images and handouts.

But I'm looking for some concepts to use for traps and puzzles for players to work through while exploring an ancient Aslan warrior's crypt.

One idea I have is a stone pedestal that challenges the players to select the 'best' weapon. The challenge is that it requires some understanding of ancient Aslan culture to know what they considered 'the best'. In this case... the weapon that could result in the most 'honor'. Selecting the correct weapon results in the player being able to safely draw it from the stone. Selecting the wrong weapon results in a plasma shock.

Looking for other ideas.

 

[actionman]

Here's one:

Spoiler: GM Only!

The group has to cross a long deep pool filled with vinegar.



If the team inspects the vinegar, they'll see that it's ordinary food-grade vinegar, and probably try to swim across because of their ignorance of this fine point, and down they will go. If they are not wearing a sealed suit, they'll be in trouble.

 

[Galadrion]

Here's one:

Spoiler: GM Only!

The group has to cross a long deep pool filled with vinegar.

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If the team inspects the vinegar, they'll see that it's ordinary food-grade vinegar, and probably try to swim across because of their ignorance of this fine point, and down they will go. If they are not wearing a sealed suit, they'll be in trouble.

Spoiler: Clarification

There's a problem with your premise: it is easier, not more difficult, to float in/on a denser liquid. If your characters can swim in water, they can swim in vinegar - although you are correct that it is acidic (not great to have on one's skin, in and of itself) and can be corrosive in high enough concentrations - food grade is not concentrated enough to be corrosive to human skin/flesh, at least in a relatively short term. (If you're spending a quarter-hour or more in it, that may be a different matter, but only a few minutes wouldn't be a problem - if you keep it out of your eyes and other mucus membranes.)

 

[agentwigggles]

How are you handling the PC knowing about Aslan culture?