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One of the floor stones doesn't seem that sturdy, and you notice that it is a trigger of some sort, though you can't tell what kind of trap it is attached to.

A pressure plate is a trap which causes some pre-scripted, generally bad event to happen. They are destroyed upon being stepped on.

Possible Results

Drop Trap^[1]: Spawns several monsters right next to the player.
- Spiders: You are immediately surrounded by eight redbacks.

A basket of spiders falls from above!

- Snakes: You are immediately surrounded by eight black mambas and mana vipers. Exclusive to the Snake Pits.

A basket of snakes falls from above!

- Klown Kar: You are immediately surrounded by three to eight Killer Klowns. Exclusive to the Realm of Zot.

With a honk a tiny klown kar falls from above, and Killer Klowns tumble out!

Rats Trap^[2]: A narrow corridor with a pressure plate in the middle, which upon being stepped on reveals the adjacent walls to be filled with rats and river rats. Only found on Dungeon levels 4-10.
Liches^[3]: Opens grates that hold liches, ancient liches and dread liches in them. Only found in one Crypt ending.

History

Previously, there were harmful cloud traps, and traps that revealed various cells with harmful monsters in them.
Snake and Klown Kar drop trap variations were added in 0.23.
Prior to 0.16, you could levitate/fly over them if you managed to find one before stepping on it.

References

[1] ster_drop.des:38 (0.32.0)

[2] rats_trap.des:48 (0.32.0)

[3] rypt.des:2753 (0.32.0)

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-A '''pressure plate''' is a [[trap]] which inflicts no direct damage; instead it causes some pre-scripted, generally bad event to happen.
+A '''pressure plate''' is a [[trap]] which causes some pre-scripted, generally bad event to happen. They are destroyed upon being stepped on.
 ===Possible Results===
-*'''Spiders''': You are immediately surrounded by eight [[spider]]s.
+*'''Drop Trap'''<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|monster_drop.des|38}}</ref>: Spawns several monsters right next to the player.
+**Spiders: You are immediately surrounded by eight [[redback]]s.
 {{flavour|A basket of spiders falls from above!}}
-*'''Cloud Trap''': Creates one of the following clouds, centered on you: mephitic ([[confusion]]), [[poison]]ous, calcifying ([[petrify|petrification]]), flame, freezing, chaos ([[bad mutations]]), or miasma (poison, [[slow]], and [[rot]]).
+**Snakes: You are immediately surrounded by eight [[black mamba]]s and [[mana viper]]s. Exclusive to the [[Snake Pit]]s.
-{{flavour|A coloured vial drops from a hatch in the ceiling!}}
+{{flavour|A basket of snakes falls from above!}}
-*'''Cells''': In a corridor at least nine tiles long, indestructible gates shut down on either end and four doors to single cell chambers appear in each wall (eight total). Behind each door waits a monster of greatly varying strength, from [[giant newt]]s to [[ogre]]s, [[ettin]]s, and [[freezing wraith]]s. The last door opened reveals an exit behind the monster. All monsters are initially sleeping; spellcasting inside the trap will wake them, this also includes blinking and teleporting.
+**Klown Kar: You are immediately surrounded by three to eight [[Killer Klown]]s. Exclusive to the [[Realm of Zot]].
-{{flavour|Iron gates slam shut around you.
+{{flavour|With a honk a tiny klown kar falls from above, and Killer Klowns tumble out!}}
+*'''Rats Trap'''<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|rats_trap.des|48}}</ref>: A narrow corridor with a pressure plate in the middle, which upon being stepped on reveals the adjacent walls to be filled with [[rat]]s and [[river rat]]s. Only found on [[Dungeon]] levels 4-10.
+*'''Liches'''<ref>{{source ref|0.32.0|crypt.des|2753}}</ref>: Opens grates that hold [[lich]]es, [[ancient lich]]es and [[dread lich]]es in them. Only found in one [[Crypt]] ending.
-You now see doors in the walls!}}
+==History==
-*'''Monster Chamber''': A portion of the wall adjacent to the pressure plate will disappear, revealing a room full of monsters which immediately attack you.
+*Previously, there were harmful [[cloud]] traps, and traps that revealed various cells with harmful monsters in them.
+*Snake and Klown Kar drop trap variations were added in [[0.23]].
+*Prior to [[0.16]], you could [[levitate]]/[[fly]] over them if you managed to find one before stepping on it.
-==History==
+==References==
-Prior to [[0.16]], you could [[levitate]]/[[fly]] over them if you managed to find one before stepping on it.
+<references>
 [[Category:Traps]]