Levers show up in a lot of RPGs. Especially video game RPGs. I don't know how many levers I've seen my wife push in Skyrim, but it is a lot.
Of all the games I've run, I think levers showed up the most in Earthdawn Cathay Quest. Probably surprising considering how much Dungeons and Dragons we have played, but it is interesting how much of that time we were above ground or in space rather than in dungeons. The levers controlled mining shaft elevators in a lot of the dungeons as the main bad guys for a time were enslaving miners and kidnapping blacksmiths to forge enough weapons and armor to make an army. One of the mines was also located beneath an ancient Cathay city which was full of traps. One of them was a pressure plate trap that was tied to heavy ballistae in the city towers which would crank the crossbow lever and fire at those on the ground stepping on the plates. It only worked once because the nocked bolt would need to be manually reloaded and the inhabitants that made the traps were long dead, but usually once was enough to kill an intruder. The players spent an entire session just going through that ancient city and dealing with all sorts of traps while exploring the ruins for treasure. It was very Indiana Jones.
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