Spinning Blade Pillar

Complex Hazard 4, Mechanical trap

Pathfinder 2e (Remaster)

A metal pole with three razor-sharp spinning blades is hidden in the floor, connected to trigger plates in up to eight floor tiles and a hidden control panel within 30 feet.

Complex
Mechanical
Trap

Level: 4
Complexity: Complex
Kind: Mechanical trap
Traits: Complex, Mechanical, Trap
Stealth: +11 (trained) or DC 26 (expert) to notice the control panel
Disable: DC 21 Thievery (trained) twice on the pillar, or DC 19 Thievery (expert) once on the control panel deactivates the whole trap. Breaking the control panel prevents anyone from disabling the trap using the control panel and prevents the trap from deactivating automatically (see Reset below).
Attack: Melee spinning blade +12, 2d10+5 slashing
Defenses: AC 21; Fort +10, Ref +12
Hardness: Pillar Hardness 12; Pillar HP 48 (BT 24); Panel Hardness 5; Panel HP 20 (BT 10); Immunities critical hits, object immunities, precision damage
Speed: 10 feet
Reset: The trap deactivates and resets after 1 minute.

Rising Pillar (Reaction)

Trigger A creature steps on one of the trapped floor tiles; Effect The trap pops up in a grid intersection and makes a spinning blade Strike against one adjacent creature (if any), then rolls initiative.

Attack

Melee: (1 action) spinning blade +12, Damage 2d10+5 slashing

Routine

(3 actions) The trap uses its first action to make a spinning blade Strike against each adjacent creature, its second action to move straight in a random direction (roll 1d4 to determine the direction), and its third to make a spinning blade Strike against each adjacent creature. This trap doesn't take a multiple attack penalty.

Reset

The trap deactivates and resets after 1 minute.

Source: Pathfinder GM Core, p. 107

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