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Le bouquin de Robert Plamondon Through Dungeons Deep est plein de bons conseils, du moins en ce qui concerne l’exploration et le pillage de dungeons (on peut pourtant faire plein d’autres choses en JdR med-fan’, même avec AD&D, mais là n’est pas la question).

Mais parfois, il pousse un peu loin dans l’obsession. J’ai l’impression que les Grimtooth’s Traps devaient être souvent utilisés à sa table…

Le paragraphe consacré à l’ouverture des coffres vous montrera mieux qu’une longue explication ce que je veux dire :

Wooden treasure chests can be opened fairly safely by the following method. First, throw a lasso around the chest, standing as far away as possible. Next, drag the chest into another room. (This will trigger any spear traps, ten-ton block traps, or pit traps – but the characters should be far enough away that it doesn’t matter.) Next, the chest should be tripped onto one side. (This makes any forward-firing traps fire at the floor.) After that, the bottom boards are broken out with an axe or a crowbar (thus gaining access to the inside while foiling traps that are triggered by playing with the lock or opening the lid). Coins are scooped out with a trowel (avoiding contact poison) ; other items are picked up with tongs. Sealed glass containers may be filled with poison gas, so be careful. All treasure should be put in heavy containers, such as chests or heavy canvas bags. Coins should be treated with fire to burn off contact poison after the party gets home. (Do this in a very well-ventilated area.)

Si mes explorations de dungeons avaient recouru à de tels procédés, elles auraient eu une saveur toute différente…