Weird box trap

[Lumi]

You gesture at a plain iron box.
Now to isolate the offending mechanism and disable it...You hear a tinkling sound from the lock and notice a small purple flash of light. Suddenly the ground begins to rumble as you move back away from the box. With a loud crack the ground beneath the box rips open and exhales a cold, evil breath. The box hovers for a moment and then falls straight down into oblivion. Before you can do anything the ground seals itself, leaving no trace anything had happened.
Spell Disarm Enhancement (404) ended.
The focused look leaves you.
Cast Roundtime 3 Seconds.


What the hell was that?!

[Danical]

Never seen that before.

[Khariz]

Probably one of those traps that rifts you. You just weren't holding the box, so it left by itself.

[Lumi]

Probably one of those traps that rifts you. You just weren't holding the box, so it left by itself.

Glyph traps are the ones that "rift" you, and they do that even if you're not holding it.

But, I WAS holding this one.

When I 416'ed it, I saw a tiny sphere imbedded in the lock, which I was always under the impression meant "435 trap".

However, I had a second box that showed me the exact same thing on another box, and this just happened:



You gesture at an acid-pitted brass box.
Now to isolate the offending mechanism and disable it...Suddenly, you hear a sound like shattered crystal and a bright stone grey light flashes from the lock mechanism!

You are engulfed by the light!
... 55 points of damage!
Your back is cooked to tender perfection. White meat or dark?
Spell Presence (402) ended.
Your senses are no longer as sharp.
Spell Elemental Barrier (430) ended. [-31DS, -31ETD]
The tingling sensation and sense of security leaves you.
Spell Disarm Enhancement (404) ended.
The focused look leaves you.
Spell Elemental Targeting (425) ended. [-44AS, -44ECS]
You feel less confident than before.

It seems you have died, my friend. Although you cannot do anything, you are keenly aware of what is going on around you...

You realize that you have no outstanding favors which Lorminstra owes you, and without having accomplished a deed for Her, your soul is in danger of vanishing from the land forever!

...departing in 14 mins...
A roiling cloud of steam moves outward from an acid-pitted brass box.

The brass box is mangled by the blast!


...damnit.

I've 408'ed the "tiny sphere" a million times before. Something just changed?

[yesicj]

I think that's right. It's been a while, but that looks similar to the messaging you get when you use one of those crystals that rogues can eventually pull out.

Edit: yup, there it is http://www.jerrec.com/traps.htm#DarkCrystal

[LadyLaphrael]

The dark crystal trap is the one that just voids the box, that's the first trap you had. The crystal spheres are the ones that major ewave you. The first one just happens to be a lot more rare than the second, but they're distinctly different traps.

[Lumi]

Okay, just scrolled back and saw that that was indeed what it was. First time I've ever seen that trap triggered.

The second one was a steam-based 435, which is what I expected.

I guess the moral of the story is to not try my own vaespilon boxes for awhile.

[Makkah]

Never seen that before.

ROFL... fucking n00bs.

[Lord Orbstar]

Makkah, Apologize to the VulvaMancer. That was rude.

[Malok]

Makkah, Apologize to the VulvaMancer. That was rude.

He gets +Rep from me for calling it right. :)