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Plunger ChuteHazard 3

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Mechanical Trap 
Source Pathfinder #157: Devil at the Dreaming Palace pg. 58
Complexity Simple
Stealth DC 22 (expert)
Description A trapdoor in the floor conceals a hidden chute, and a moving section of wall shoves victims into it.
Disable DC 23 Thievery (expert) to jam the trapdoor shut or activate a hidden bypass switch by twisting a fitting on the gas lamp
AC 22, Fort +14, Ref +8
Trapdoor Hardness 10, Trapdoor HP 40 (BT 20); Immunities critical hits, object immunities, precision damage
Pitfall and Plunger [reaction] Trigger A creature walks onto the trapdoor; Effect Anyone within 10 feet of the room's northern wall falls 40 feet down the shaft to area E33, taking 20 bludgeoning damage and landing prone in the ochre jelly's pit. The victims can Grab an Edge to avoid falling. The DC to Grab an Edge is 20; the DC to Climb the walls is 22.