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Did you die in self-test or something? I can't seem to find you on the list.

Something like this would work - the robber has to guess right or get locked out: http://castledraft.com/editor/5hjjvn

I've also hooked this type of cat-door trap up to a magic dance, such that if the dance was entered correctly, doors shut so that the robber can't see the cat; otherwise, they get locked out of the trap.

Changing your house and completing a new self-test resets the death count.
So Shelton probably knows that his house is worth about $2000, and just keeps removing and replacing a wall then re-validating his house to reset it to $2000, 0, 0.

Firstly, MMaster, I would like to apologize for losing your $100k fortune in self test. Also, a simple tip: always make sure to kill cats after they've been used.

As for your magic dance, I'd really like to see why the wiring takes up so much space. Is it really necessary to use that big of an area in your house for something that can be cracked with 15-ish wire cutters?

This next bit covers some petty robbery, one big score, and then the fateful story of Mr. Hamblin, an experience that transforms Harris entirely.

Part 3: Fortress of Solitude

3/25/14 - I decided to take a shot at robbing my next door neighbor. I would to take a quick peek in his house, then go back to grab any tools I would need. His door was, conveniently, unlocked, just as everybody else's must be. Inside was a horrific sight. Directly in front of the doormat lay his family, brutally clubbed to death. His wife had been searched, her money taken. Worse was the children - they were killed for nothing. And the exact same thing could happen to my kids. I wouldn't let that happen, and so I needed money. The only way I could support my family was by robbing.
This guy's house (I honestly can't remember his name) was really simple. There were some pit-bulls behind door, and some electric floors, and a button. The problem was that the button was totally avoidable, and I could saunter my was right to his vault.
My next neighbor's place wasn't much better. He had one of those two-corridor electric floor traps, where two Chihuahuas follow you and you have to choose up or down. The windows keeping the Chihuahuas back were broken, however, and so grabbing the cash was merely a question of setting up the buttons properly beforehand and then crossing to the vault. He had no family. I assumed that they were already dead.

When I returned home, there was a newspaper on my doorstep. The front page cover story told of how David Michael Scott had been robbed, and showed a picture of his house. The entire back half was made up of powered doors - an incredibly expensive setup, but one that probably would function as a very good trap.
Back at my place, I made some small upgrades, then began to plan some bigger robberies. There was a Mr. Jones with about $10k who lived nearby, so I figured that I would give his place a shot. It looked like a relatively docile home at first, but soon, after an attempt to guess a combination lock, I was confronted by a swarm of pit-bulls. I managed to get out with my life, and began plotting a true heist of Jones's place. I would go in with boatloads of drugged meat, and then saws to cut around the dog room. Behind there I would bring a ladder in case of a pit. I also carried one gun, just in case.
The heist went perfectly, and I landed myself a nice $10,000, all of Jones's money. From that, I assumed that I had found another bachelor - or widower. That night, I made sure to go over emergency procedures with the family, focusing especially on what to do when a robber comes in. I hope they remember it well.

3/28/14 - I made about 10k in bounties last night, so I figured it was for an upgrade. I'm hoped to put some more traps in front of my cash, and some more pit-bulls in front of my family. I hoped those weren't mutually exclusive. Turns out that they way I designed things, they were. Traci says it's fine though, and I'm trusting her.

Here's the new place:

Anyways, I've been getting a lot more scouting, and some people seem to know the way through my first trap by now. The second one seems to stump them for the most part. What I've really been most worried about aren't the 2k scouts, but a certain Mr. Hamblin, who certainly seems interested in my place.

3/30/14 - They're dead! Hamblin killed all of them! The monster clubbed my family one by one. He is a cold-hearted killer who deserves every evil this world can provide. I can guarantee one thing - I will get my revenge.

3/31/14 - Last night I did the deed. By my hand, Hambin's family has suffered the same fate as mine - but they deserved it. I'm innocent, not a murderer, but he... he deserved no family at all. I am in the right here, and he is in the wrong. The innocent will always get their revenge.

I bought a painting today. It's called "Dermatillomainian Abyss". I guess it's my only company in this cruel world.

Police Report: 3-30-14, Report of Murder:
Three people were killed by Mr. Hamblin. One was shot, and two were clubbed.

Police Report: 3-31-14, Report of Murder:
Three people were killed by Mr. Harris. One was shot, and two were clubbed.

You guys' rivalry seems to be more vicious then the ones I had with MMaster, eppfel, and Lord0fHam combined...

Is there more to that house other than a magic dance? It seems that you had nearly no security against brute-forcing with that place...
If people really took you up on your offer, and tried to really brute-force that house, it would be a piece of cake. I've spent upwards of 20k brute-forcing top-tier houses before, and your place would only cost a few thousand to break - and using only wire cutters and waters, tools that the rich usually have boatloads of.

My advice: use multiple, modularized traps to protect your vault, especially focusing on counter-force and psychological traps. Those two types of traps can deter and kill well-tools robbers far better than any magic dance or combo lock could ever do. Magic dances should always be leaps of faith, and cutting through them should prevent that leap. Here, you have your vault behind a single dance and what seems like a choose-a-hallway trap; both are easy to cut though and hard to mess up on if you have the tools.

Well... shit. I did not realize you were online at the time, and wanted to keep going with my chain robbing.

Edit: Wait, are you off the list right now?

That was me. I was on a chain-robbing spree and meant to enter the house directly below you on the list, as the tools I had would have been effective against it (I think). I accidentally clicked on your place, and figured why not give your house a shot. I had no house, and was going to lose the tools anyways.

Yeah, it was Ortego. His house was mostly 2 combo locks that has combinations of 2,4 and 1,3 respectively.

Wallace has been robbed as well.

Here's the Harris 2k house, which served me well. I made upgrades pretty quickly though, notably adding a pit before the vault.