Bugged trap in Tower of Mercy.

[UrkoNeedsAStiffDrink]

Probably not going to get a reinbursement on this but I figured I'd warn you guys that for some reason I was fried to death on one of the rope traps in the Tower.

I succeeded the check too...

[DollarPhil]

Considering these have also wiped out half a team from full health and dropped the bodies and pack in unrecoverable positions where it's not even safe to heal them, I'm not touching that room with a 10 foot quest pole.  

I would turn back just from knowing how dire the consequences are from a glitch on it. If these just shot you once like the failed check on Vrazdn or the  Gobsquat it'd be fine. Costly to get past if you keep failing, but not unstoppable. As it is, one failure or bug and you're dead unless you're a L8 barb with good insulation and every HP buff. No, I'm not exaggerating. When it glitched out on my team a couple of weeks ago we tested it with exactly that character setup and he nearly died.

[Paha]

'Couple weeks ago' is a very long time. It is nothing overpowering at all. You have allies that can help, and we've not even had 20hp mages die at it even when they tried.

[DollarPhil]

True, but as the log shows, it's still nasty-ass damage at a point where people can't run in or they are zapped too. Although actually it was the fire trap that did far more in large bursts, not that one. If they're both doing insulatable damage, it's not so bad.

[Howlando]

The damage really isn't that high, I lowered it considerably after your party had those issues.

However I am concerned about the glitch obviously, was it laggy or did you double click or something when this happened? Or maybe use your arrow keys or...?

[One_With_Nature]

This doesn't seem to be a problem anymore, the damage is reasonably fine (especially if you down a resist elements potion) and i think it triggers about three times if you fail the tumble check and het knocked down.

[UrkoNeedsAStiffDrink]

The damage really isn't that high, I lowered it considerably after your party had those issues.

However I am concerned about the glitch obviously, was it laggy or did you double click or something when this happened? Or maybe use your arrow keys or...?

If I recall, I clicked the rope, but the party was standing fairly close to me when I did.

As for lag, I can't recall there be any major, perhaps a little bit of delay (the usual for me). So I figure that when I clicked it, (with the party being close/and or lag) I've been knocked straight onto the trigger. I got teleported right into the centre of the trap instead of the safe side. Never stood a chance!

[Capricious]

I can confirm what happened here since I was present. He clicked the rope and seemed to teleport right into the middle instead of across. Lag was not bad, and every other time these ropes were used they worked just fine.