Tripper High
Carl's trap-triggering skill, useless against the containment breach traps that are built to resist it.
Story so far
Carl's plan for the Surgical Theater is straightforward: walk in, eyeball the fire traps, make sure Burcu isn't in the line of fire, and cast Tripper to set them all off harmlessly. He has it prepared as he pushes open the double doors.
He abandons the plan the instant he sees the ring of traps. The Containment Breach Trap Mark IV modules carry an explicit warning that they are Tripper proof, and are additionally chained in sequence and wired to a dead man's switch. Without Tripper, Carl has no clean way into the room, which forces the Walk on Air table-hopping that ends in disaster.
Role
Carl's usual answer to trap rooms, deliberately countered by Houston's setup.
Relationships
Sources — 8 recorded facts, by chapter
- Spell that sets off traps prematurely, which the one-winged eagle trapper claims he can prevent.
- A trap-detection or trap-clearing capability the Posse's no-man's land traps are specifically designed to defeat.
- Carl's remote-detonation spell, used to set off the enemy's entire arming automaton bomb cache at once.
- Spell in King Rust's stolen repertoire, one of several that mirror Carl's own abilities.
- Trap-triggering spell; King Rust's level 15 in it gives each Posse trap a 90% chance to blow on command.
- Carl's trap-springing spell, level 15 via his bandana, loaned to Imani as a blood tattoo for the raid.
- Carl's ability that would set off the minefield's summon traps and bury the team in soldiers.
- Carl's trap-triggering skill, useless against the containment breach traps that are built to resist it.