OK, how badly did the RNG screw me over on this one? I can routinely disarm -400 or better traps with self-cast lore. This one should have been a piece of cake. What sort of open die roll would be in play here? In the last 4 years, I think I have only seen the "horribly awry" message once before.
>>Peering closely into the lock, you spy a miniature blood red scarab wedged into the lock mechanism. The scarab's shell is etched on the back with a dark teardrop-shaped pattern surrounded by tiny runes.
It looks like a very complex trap (about -301).
You still have a good enough picture of the trap in your mind, that you could try to disarm it.
Roundtime: 15 sec.
R>incant 404
You gesture and invoke the powers of the elements for the Disarm Enhancement spell...
Your spell is ready.
You gesture.
You become calm and focused.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.
(Forcing stance down to guarded)
>disarm stro
Having discovered a trap on the strongbox you begin to carefully attempt to disarm it...
Something just went horribly awry!
As you poke around inside the lock, you hear a clicking noise coming from within a badly damaged modwir strongbox. A tiny blood red insect with a large teardrop etched on its shell scuttles out of the locking mechanism and darts towards you!
A blood red teardrop-etched scarab clamps its tiny mandibles onto your chest!
Roundtime: 36 sec.<<
