CLICK! Traps for BREAK!!

With permission by VictorSeven, I am happy to present his BREAK!! adaptation of the CLICK! Trap system in a consolidated format here! It was published on the official community Discord some time ago and I’ve been wanting a nice URL to send people to instead. So, here we are. I hope you find use for the system in terrorizing your players! Because in the words of one of my players: “brother you CANNOT be saying ‘click’ all willy-nilly in sentences anymore.”

CLICK! Traps

These Traps are designed to be run within Adventure Sites, however they can find use during Journeying Encounters.

The mechanics are straightforward: when a player unknowingly triggers a Trap, you announce CLICK! and all players freeze. Go around the table, and see what their reaction is. Most reactions will fall into 3 categories: Prone, Jump, or Brace. Depending on what specific trap it is, the chosen reaction might incur an Edge or a Snag on the resulting Check to save. Failed Checks either directly apply the Failure Result or require a follow-up roll on the relevant Result Table.

Iterate and make the table your own! It is easy to reflavor or add traps, reward creativity, and factor in BREAK!!’s rules like Exploration for additional bonuses. Some examples of this could be: allowing Scouts to discover and disarm trap, automatically detecting which type of trap it is on Cautious Movement, factoring in PC Positions, and so on.

CLICK! Traps For BREAK!! TTRPG

Player Reactions

Players narrate what their character does; the GM matches the action to one of three buckets.

Prone

Moves you Down

Diving prone, ducking, crouching behind cover, shrinking with a spell.

Jump

Moves you Up

Leaping back, vaulting a stone, levitating, being hauled up by an ally.

Brace

Holds Ground

Planting your feet, raising a shield, sidestepping, conjuring a barrier.

Trap Table

Players declare Prone/Jump/Brace; the columns then show which Reaction has an Edge or Snag, and what a failed Check means.
It is recommended to pre-set the traps in an Adventure Site but a roll distribution is provided.

#	Trap	Check	Edge	Snag	Fail Result
1-2	Darts	DFT	Prone	Jump	PIERCE
3-4	Pit	DFT	Jump	Prone	-1 Speed
5-6	Snare	MGT	Jump	Prone	Restrained
7-8	Spikes	DFT	-	Prone	PIERCE
9-10	Falling Debris	MGT	Brace	Prone	SMASH
11-12	Swinging Blade	DFT	Prone	Jump	SLASH
13-14	Poison	GRT	Prone	-	BREATH
15-16	Flame	DFT	Prone	Brace	Burn Injury
17	Smash Walls	GRT	Brace	Jump	SMASH
18	Knee Blades	DFT	Jump	Brace	SLASH
19	Wallmaster	INS	-	Jump	MOVE
20	Dark Apparition	AUR	Prone	-	MIND

Mitigation Order (Physical Damage)

On a failed Check against PIERCE, SLASH, or SMASH, walk these Steps in order and stop at the first that applies.
BREATH, MOVE, and MIND skip this chain and roll directly on the Result Table below.

Step 1	Brace w/ Gear Using Gear to Brace (e.g., holding up a shield, spinning a weapon to deflect) takes the damage instead, or becomes Sundered. Degree of damage is at the GM's discretion.
Step 2	Wearing Armor If the character did not Brace w/ Gear but is wearing armor, they take an Armor Crash.
Step 3	Otherwise If no Gear was used and Armor is not intact, roll d20 on the matching Result Table below.

Exceptions (Cleverness & Magical Gear) If the player does some particularly clever or has relevant Magical Gear to counteract a trap, adjust the results!
Example: a player calls "I Brace with my Mirror Shield" against what is a Flame trap. Have this character roll first,
and if successful, the shield fully absorbs the blast so no one else has to roll!

Result Tables (ROLL D20)

Pierce

Gear Sundering (Brace w/ Gear)
Armor Crash

1-5	Burning Injury
6-15	Putrefied (Bleeding)
16-20	Light Injury

Slash

Gear Sundering (Brace w/ Gear)
Armor Crash

1-10	Burning Injury/Ailment
11-20	Light Injury

Smash

Gear Sundering (Brace w/ Gear)
Armor Crash

1-5	Light Injury
6-15	Severe Injury
16-20	Critical Injury

Move

1-5	Transport to Start
6-15	Transport to Captivity
16-20	Transport to Fight

Breath

1-5	Out Cold
6-15	Putrefied (Poisoned)
16-20	Shadow Blight

Mind

1-5	Disoriented
6-15	Out Cold
16-20	Dispirited

Lingering Effects Some Result Table outcomes are meant to have lingering effects during Exploration:

Putrefied (Bleeding or Poison): every time the Party transitions to the next node in an Adventure Site, lose 1 Heart.
Pit Trap: the -1 Speed Rating is meant to last until the end of the Adventure Site.

Effects are curable via standard means (Abilities, Gear, etc.).

CLICK! Traps

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