Egyptian Mummy Magical In ancient Egypt, Egyptians believed that if they left out any limbs in their paintings of their dead kings in their tombs that in the afterlife, those kings would be missing limbs, but if they painted them looking straight at the viewer, the painting would become too real and jump off the wall. This trap is a mixture of that belief and the magic behind it. On a wall, door, or even the floor, is a painting of a dashing Egyptian man, but looking straight out at the viewer.
Detection
DC 15 Perception (estimated)
Disarm
DC 15 Dexterity (thieves' tools) (estimated)
Trigger
Pressure plate or tripwire
Effect
Egyptian Mummy Magical In ancient Egypt, Egyptians believed that if they left out any limbs in their paintings of their dead kings in their tombs that in the afterlife, those kings would be missing limbs, but if they painted them looking straight at the viewer, the painting would become too real and jump off the wall.
Countermeasures
• A successful check disables the trap
• The trap can be triggered safely from a distance