What do deathtraps do for the terminally curious like me? They kill us of course. I died to one particular deathtrap around 20th level, but even though the executing blow seemed to be from a mob named 'certain death', I foolishly thought that maybe if I returned with a near hero (48/49 or so) I just might be able to live. Wrong.

The strange thing with this death trap is that although the room descriptions as you get closer tell you you're about to die, if you do the old look and scan ahead thing at one point you see what looks like a treasure chest. So, this one is to punish the observant yet greedy? I tried it a second time from simple curiosity, and ended up just waiting for my things to return to the pit so I could keep my con up for the last few levels. What happens while I wait at the pit? Someone below 10th level takes a handful of my limited items before I can.

What a nice reward for curiosity.

---Quislet

PS. No, I'm not bitter, this was a while back. I'm just trying to use biting sarcasm.