Snake Trap [2235]

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

### E.14.2: Snake Trap [2235]

      Usage:  USE 2235
      Time to learn: 28 days.
      Time to use: 7 days.
      Piety to use: 7.
      Required to use: Holy symbol, holy plant

This spell creates a nest of poisonous snakes in a plains province. The snakes will remain in the province for up to one year. If a stack enters the province during that time, the snakes will attack the stack and attempt to bite as many as 10 men (or beasts). Each man (or beast) bitten has a 50% chance of dying from the poison.

The snakes' targets are selected exactly as in combat. Due to their superior health, nobles will not be automatically killed by the poison. If attacked, they will instead suffer a 1-100 point wound.

After attacking one stack, the snakes will disperse.

Snakes completely ignore stacks which contain a priest of Dol. Wild beasts moving through the province also avoid snake traps.