Bit Kid

The random placement of these two things can make some situations in passable without taking damage, particularly with a limited number of ways of triggering them. Chasm already has the mechanic of discard items and a near worthless item in the form of coal. It could be really need to have discarded items trigger traps and destroy explosive boxes.

I got into a fun situation where I was down to 1 hp, no healing items, and there was a mass of rats with nest filling up an area below me. There was an explosive box and I tried triggering it by dropping down a coal. Nothing happened and thus this idea was born.

That's a great idea! I'll definitely keep it under consideration.

That actually *is* a cool idea. There should be a penalty for it, though. I suggest having it so explosions destroy items that're within range. And maybe blowing up (or burning) enemies reduces the variety of what they can drop.

Yea, I think it should probably be a sacrifice (heh) if you toss an item on the trap. Maybe if its something stronger like armor or soemthing though it could stand it?

Just have the resulting explosion simple destroy whatever item you toss. It will be useful, but not streamlined, so I doubt people will use it too often. So don't over complicate it.

This is an awesome idea .