Strange question from a game developer about traps…
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Strange question from a game developer about traps.
Currently working on a tabletop game project about monster hunting that is mostly complete, just filling in details before the final edit pass.
Got to the section about traps and went to write something along the lines of "Making traps for intelligent predator species can be more difficult, as their experience setting ambushes makes them particularly good at spotting them."
But I quickly realised I have no idea if that is generally true for this kind of thing. I understand quick little prey animals can be difficult to coax into a sense of security, but I figured predators would not be easily fooled because, well that's their job an they can see the signs.
As with many things I have previously had assumptions about, I am somewhat expecting that the truth is the reverse of my assumption. So I figured I'd get the opinions of the people who have had to deal with this sort of thing in the past. Any anecdotes or general knowledge on this subject would be appreciated.
What is attempting to set traps for predators really like? Is it harder than other animals? Is there a specific approach that definitely doesn't work? Is it something that is avoided for one reason or another?
If possible, try to avoid the details of what predators you were trapping. I don't want people reading comments on this to think it's some kind of direct advice for specific species, especially because I know trapping predators is illegal in certain countries. I'm not wanting advice to use in the real world, I'm just writing about the approaches to trapping predators for a game book.
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Currently working on a tabletop game project about monster hunting that is mostly complete, just filling in details before the final edit pass.
Got to the section about traps and went to write something along the lines of "Making traps for intelligent predator species can be more difficult, as their experience setting ambushes makes them particularly good at spotting them."
But I quickly realised I have no idea if that is generally true for this kind of thing. I understand quick little prey animals can be difficult to coax into a sense of security, but I figured predators would not be easily fooled because, well that's their job an they can see the signs.
As with many things I have previously had assumptions about, I am somewhat expecting that the truth is the reverse of my assumption. So I figured I'd get the opinions of the people who have had to deal with this sort of thing in the past. Any anecdotes or general knowledge on this subject would be appreciated.
What is attempting to set traps for predators really like? Is it harder than other animals? Is there a specific approach that definitely doesn't work? Is it something that is avoided for one reason or another?
If possible, try to avoid the details of what predators you were trapping. I don't want people reading comments on this to think it's some kind of direct advice for specific species, especially because I know trapping predators is illegal in certain countries. I'm not wanting advice to use in the real world, I'm just writing about the approaches to trapping predators for a game book.
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