Toppling Shelves

A towering, overloaded shelf leaning just past its tipping point, waiting for the nudge that brings it crashing down.

Topple [Reaction] Any attack that fails to destroy the shelf triggers its Topple reaction.

Level 4 · Complexity Simple

Stealth DC 18 (trained) — (trained) to notice the shelf's precarious instability

Disable Thievery DC 22 (expert) — or Engineering Lore (trained) to shore up the shelf

AC 18

HP 30 · Hardness 8

Immunities critical hits, object immunities, precision damage

Trigger The shelf is attacked or touched forcefully (such as by a creature Shoved into it)

Effect The shelf tumbles over in the direction opposite its triggering creature, crashing onto the ground in a 10-foot-by-10-foot area. Creatures in the area take 4d8+10 bludgeoning damage (DC 25 basic Reflex save). A creature that critically fails its save falls prone. The affected area becomes difficult terrain. If the toppling shelf crashes into a space occupied by another toppling shelf, it triggers that shelf's Topple reaction.