Sourcemined
Mewgenics
EventAny chapterVerified on build 25143593

Baited Mouse Trap

Your cat finds a mousetrap with a tasty looking fish on it. What should your cat do?

Safest choice

  • ExamineINT checkWorst: Take 5–10 damage (Fail INT roll · common tier)
  • Sneak byDEX checkWorst: Take 5–10 damage (Fail DEX roll · common tier)

Examine

INT check
  1. Pass INT roll · common tier

    Your cat doesn't see any way of safely getting the fish without triggering the trap and opts to leave it alone.

    Nothing else happens.

  2. Pass INT roll · rare tier

    Your cat cleverly figures out how to remove the bait without triggering the trap!

    • Get a random item from food
  3. Pass INT roll · rare tier

    Your cat cleverly figures out how to remove the bait without triggering the trap!

  4. Fail INT roll · common tier

    Your cat tries to quickly swipe off the bait before the trap can trigger and isn't quick enough! Your cat howls in pain as the metal bruises your cat's paw!

    • Take 5–10 damage
  5. Fail INT roll · rare tier

    Your cat tries to disarm the mousetrap but accidentally trips it and the metal arm slams shut on your cat!

    • Injury (random)

Sneak by

DEX check
  1. Pass DEX roll

    Your cat decides it's best not to mess with it. It is by a trap after all!

    Nothing else happens.

  2. Fail DEX roll · common tier

    Trying to show off, your cat leaps over the trap! It snaps shut!

    • Take 5–10 damage
  3. Fail DEX roll · rare tier

    Your cat attempts to run past the trap as fast as possible, but it slams shut on your cat!

    • Injury (random)

Exact where the game's data defines the odds (no-roll choices, fixed chances, weighted pools). Stat checks, the common/rare split and luck-weighted picks depend on rolls the data doesn't spell out, so they're labelled instead of guessed.