Damn. I had one gold on “Eye of the Tiger.” I don’t think anybody picked that one. -- Daniel Bautista[1]
An Alarm Module looks like a 2x2 lego brick. When triggered by a red-tagged mob, it plays a randomly selected song from the 30,000+ songs to ever feature on the US Billboard Hot 100 on an endless loop, at deafeningly loud volume.[2]. The song can be programmed and/or the module can be added to existing traps at a Sapper's Table.[3]
Once activated, the only way to silence an alarm module for is for a crawler to put it in their inventory. It technically continues to play, and will still be playing if the crawler removes it from their inventory.
AI Description
Two items for the price of one! A favorite of the paranoid and the rich, you can use this module to either add an alarm element to a trap you’re building, or it can be used as a ready-to-go trap for those who can’t be assed to sit down and make their own. When triggered, it will play a Very Loud song. And by Very Loud, I mean Norwegian Black Metal loud. You may program the song at a Sapper’s Table. If you do not or are unable to pick an alarm tone, a random, culturally-important song from the past US Billboard Hot 100 will be chosen.[4]
Carl receives the following additional notices due to his skills and spells:
- "You have the ability to imbue Fear upon this module, but your current level of Trap Engineer (Level 1) only allows this action to be done at a Sapper's Table."[4]
- "If untriggered, your Backfire Skill allows you to remove this trap after it has been set with a 100% success rate."[4]
Operation
After an alarm module is placed, the crawler selects "Activate" in their Heads-Up Display (HUD) to arm it. A blinking transparent rectangle, roughly the size of a shoe box, appears around the trigger area.
The crawler can now view a tooltip that says:
Placed Trap
Set by you.
Effect: A loud-ass alarm.
Delay: None.
Target: Red-tagged mobs.
Duration: Until the heat death of the universe.
Options: Trigger Now, Set Delay, Set Target, Remove Trap[5]
Trivia
Matt Dinniman made a playlist of all songs referenced in Alarm Traps on Spotify. Playlist is called: Dungeon Crawler Carl Alarm Trap Songs
- “Fergalicious”:Fourth Floor alarm trap against Drek mob [3]
- "Physical": Fourth Floor alarm trap on the Interdiction Rapid-Response Railway Repair Cart [6]
- "Mack the Knife": Fourth Floor Grullo Line song [7]
- "Rock of Ages": Fourth Floor Mindaro Line song [7]
Story
Book 1
Donut gets some Alarm Modules in her Gold Sapper's Box for the You Call That a Trap? Achievement on the Second Floor. [8]
References
- ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 27) (p. 397). Dandy House. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ Zellner, X. (Nov 2023). Artists with the most no. 1 songs on the Hot 100. Billboard.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 1)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 1) (pp. 13-14). Dandy House. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 1) (pp. 14-15). Dandy House. Kindle Edition.
- ↑ Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 27)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Dinniman, Matt. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook (Chapter 28)
- ↑ Dinniman, Matt. Dungeon Crawler Carl (Chapter 44)