One on of my times playing through this game, I had killed three or so of the mantraps, and assumed I got them all. On another trip from town, I stopped to talk to Erzabette. When I finished, I turned around and there was a mantrap right behind me, in the door to her hut. I thought, oh no, I'm dead.
Figuring I had no alternative, I rushed it and attacked. For some reason, the mantrap did not do it's poison bomb attack, and we killed it fairly easy.
I don't know if monsters are programmed not to do area attacks around innocent NPCs, or if Erzabette's cottage is immune to magic. If you're ever stuck, try leading the mantraps there and see what happens. Could have been just a fluke...
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