[Coda]

It's just a sauna. Good for what ails you. Sorry that the door latch broke and the system ran out of water...

Why is there a portal to Hell here?

[Den]

(D'oh! Ninja'd by Coda!) *to Potironette* It was originally a sauna, but the water pipes broke so now it's just a hot room. The lock malfunctions regularly, but some joker stole the sign stating so.


*to Coda* Are you sure that's not just the door to the dry sauna part of the spa?

What's the deal with the swinging axe blades in that hallway?

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Because the apprentice smith wired the mechanism too tight again. A very talented metalworker but somewhat foolish, hence the extraordinary strength of the "launch" mechanism that was really intended to merely push the anvil from one place on the floor to another, as the aging smith was trouble with his back.

Why does this cupboard spray poison in my face? Repeatedly?

[Potironette]

It's actually supposed to clean dishes when you put it into the cupboard and close it up. Unfortunately the water got contaminated and the system no longer recognizes when the cupboard is closed.

Why do you get shot up to the sky by air when you step on that block?

[Coda]

(Psst. Quiet. I think you might have missed an entire page of posts.)

That's not a hallway. It's a lumber mill, for processing giant trees. You're not SUPPOSED to walk in there unless you've turned off the mechanisms for maintenance.

That's SUPPOSED to be a face-washing cabinet -- see the sink below it to catch the runoff? -- but the cleaners have gotten rather concentrated over time...

EDIT: Ninja!

That's a trampoline for earth elementals. Isn't it fun?

Why is there an invisible barrier keeping me from getting out?

[Potironette]

The barrier was intended to keep dust out, not keep things in. Unfortunately the original caster died so they aren't around to white-list objects and creatures.

Why is this health potion on the table actually poison?

[Coda]

This was an embassy for creatures from the Plane of Negative Energy. Normal healing potions are harmful to them, so they use potions of harming for healing.

Why do spears shoot up through the floor in this room?

[Potironette]

It's an automated enemies-as-trophies spearer. The people who lived here loved to wage wars and made a factory to prettily impale their already fallen enemies.

Why does the chest explode when you try to open it?

[Espy]

I mean, it /was/ the home of a djinn, until you so uncourteously cracked it open. It just got huffy and puffy and, well, it /is/ a fire elemental, so...

Why in Tamriel does this platform shoot up and crush its occupants on the ceiling?

[Boris]

It was supposed to be an elevator, but there was a slight cave in and all the rubble got stuck, making a new ceiling.

Why would there be a bottomless pit disguised as the floor?

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Because it's the compost heap for the kitchen, but the head chef detested seeing the pile of leftovers so it was enchanted to blend in with the floor. There were railings, previously, but ownership changed and the new guys saw no need for a fence around a piece of floor...


And yes, I did the thing again where I missed that there were other pages in a thread. Sorry.


Why do the tiles on this floor trigger clouds of toxic gas?

[Tam I am]

Because they make funny noises, which causes the resident ghosts to laugh till they fart.

Um, what's with the carnivorous plant in the fun house?

[Espy]

Carnivorous plants deserve to have some fun, too! To be honest, that particular one got lost when its companion (who happens to be a little kid) ran through the fun house and left it behind by accident.

Why is there a nearly-invisible metal wire slicing across this hallway?

[Potironette]

There used to be a flimsy fence there, but over time only one metal wire survived. Turns out that was the only good metal in the whole fence.

Why does a giant dome encapsulate you when you step into the circle?

[Den]

It was meant to be a quiet studying space for the resident mages, but since the mages have been gone for ages, nobody bothered clearing the circle away.

What's the point of having a net hidden by straw that is triggered by you stepping in it?

[Quiet Man Cometh]

Because the same apprentice that launched the anvil was working on the net hoist to put hay into the loft. He decided to make the mechanism work with a light tug but built it over-sensitive.


Why does opening the door cause a hidden door to open up in a wall and let a dual flail wielding automaton out that starts spinning his flails at me?