that sounds great i would like that also

There are various electrical traps throughout the V&V modules, with damage varying by intensity. Here's what The Island of Dr. Apocalypse says about a 12-foot-tall electric fence:
Any player character who attempts to scale it will take 2d10 electricity damage unless he has some power that will protect him from the effects of electrocution. ... There are no signs on the fence to warn that it is electrified.

Here's what that module says about the conditions outisde a base 800 feet below sea-level:

Characters with the power of water breathing or adaption will have no difficulty getting there under their own power. Player characters with the power of independence from atmosphere will have no trouble with breathing, but may (Gamemaster's discretion) have difficulty with the tremendous pressures at that depth. Characters with armor as a device should, in most instances, be able to make the dive down to the base, and those with the power of teleportation will have not trouble getting themselves and possibly others there, as long as they have accurate information on the location of the base.

The module Assassin adds this note about undersea combat: When fighting underwater, quarter (1/4) all non-swimming movement and halve (1/2) all Agility scores (for purposes of Agility Saves and Initiative). Unless there is some form of external communication link-up between the heroes, communications should be kept to a minimum. Use common sense with modifying powers for underwater use.

A character will be able to hold his breath for a number of turns equal to his Endurance score. If 'knocked back' by a blow, the Player-Hero must make a save against his Endurance on 1d20 or begin taking 1d10 + 5 points of damage per Turn underwater to having 'lost his breath.' Obviously, these rules do not necessarily apply to aquatic based heroes.

This Assassin module increases the range and damage of Oscillator's vibratory and Hailstorm's ice powers by 50% when fighting underwater.

Hammer wrote on Sep 19^th, 2009 at 9:23pm:


Hammer, I wanted to finally get back to you in more detail about Vibratory Powers. Page 24 of Assassin says that Oscillator's vibratory powers should be increased by 50% underwater, doing 50% more damage. As you say, p. 30 notes in his character background that Oscillator will be the villain the heroes meet if encountered underwater specifically because his powers work better there. Since Pre-Emptive Strike didn't mention Vibratory Powers in its long list of underwater rules, that sounds like the official V&V take on things.

Here's the tricky part. Assassin also says that Hailstorm's Ice Powers should be increased by 50% underwater, but Pre-Emptive Strike says that damage goes down by 1 point per inch between an Ice Attack and the victim (as I noted in an earlier post). Maybe both hold true in that case: Initial damage with an ice attack is 50% higher, but that damage then proceeds to go down depending on distance.

Pre-Emptive Strike
Trap: The area between the stone wall and the log palisade is irregularly set with sharpened and envenomed stakes. They are approximately one to two feet apart, stand three feet high and are set one foot deep in the soil. Falling on a trap causes 1d4 points of damage per stake one stake per basic hit, plus falling damage. Save vs. Agility on 1d20 to avoid each stake. The Venom does 1 point of damage per turn: save vs. Endurance on d100 between turns.

Dawn of DNA
Dr. DNA's room has an added feature: a secret door of six inch thick super alloy (Structural Rating = 30) concealing a boobytrapped escape slide. The first person down the slide will pass unharmed, but the next to follow will trigger an electric-eye resulting in an explosion equivalent to a VERY large bomb (HTH +6 to hit, 3d10 damage with a ten inch blast radius). The explosion will not only cave in the escape slide, but also most of the factory. Everyone inside will have a minute or so (about 4 turns) to get out, after the bomb goes off and the cracks in the walls start to grow.

Here are two more from Organized Crimes:

Fighting within a hall of mirrors: All circus employees know the path through the maze, but a hero caught in here would have to make a successful Detect Hidden roll to land a punch or attack a real target or just to find the path out. A roll will be made each turn the hero spends to find his way out. Of course, force could be used to escape.

Merry-Go-Round: This is just a typical kiddy ride. If being fought upon while in operation, a roll vs. Agility on d20 must be made per action by the combatants. Failure in this roll causes loss of balance and -4 to be hit in that combat act (or as the GM desires).

OK, I'm feeling a little Polarboyish...

In the module FORCE, any captive characters are held in clamps that hang from the ceiling and are connected to it by chains.  Anyone held in those clamps are actually held in place by forcefields and lifted off the ground until they are three feet in the air.  Metal poles are plugged into the wall and attached to the prisoner by additional clamps.  If the prisoner attempts to blast fee of the clamps, they will feel some energy buildup inside the clamps.  The buildup is actually due to the forcefield, and if they do more than 11 points of damage they will break free.  Failing that, the prisoner takes the damage themselves.

In Assassin, there is a similar but different type of Force Field owned by Deflector...

Deflector Device: Creates a Structurally invulnerable screen of 30 points. 30 points of damage must be done to the screen in one shot (or a simultaneous attack by more than one hero) in order for the screen to be pierced. It has Lightning Control defense against attacks directed at it. It costs 1 charge to set up and then 1 charge per attack repulsed. The device has 20 charges. (Deflector has never had his Screen pierced and is unaware of the fact that if it is pierced, the Device will arc, inflicting 2d10 + 2 points of additional damage on him!).

Terror by Night includes bio-electric force fields that not only stop characters with non-corporealness but that also inflict 2d6 damage to any non-corporeal character who even attempts to pass through them (no roll to hit necessary).

Devil's Domain includes some guidelines for visceral reactions:

If the characters open a door to the filthy home of the Pit Fiend they will be struck with a pungent odor so strong that all must save vs. Endurance or lose 1d10 Power Points.

Upon entering throne room, filled with objects of great beauty, each character must save vs. Charisma on 1d20 or be stunned by the room's grandeur for one turn. (This is the closest example I've found in V&V of making COOL checks, like those described in Living Legends.)