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<blockquote data-quote="MoutonRustique" data-source="post: 6780851" data-attributes="member: 22362"><p>If you non-4'ers have stumbled in here, feel free to contribute! I put it in 4e because it's the system I prefer.</p><p></p><p><em>As to the topic at hand:</em></p><p></p><p>I've recently had a bit of time available to read stuff I really should have been reading <em>years</em> ago : blogs, Dungeon and Dragon articles, etc... those kinds of things. This means that I've stumbled upon some <strong><em>awesome</em></strong> things all over the place. My campaigns are presently on a hiatus (life happens) and so I've found myself itching to use these cool things! (But I can't - but then, I wouldn't have found them, had I had the time to use them - see how the universe is a bastard... :grrr<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Sooo... I'm asking what are people's coolest 3rd party or "rare" mechanic/"thingy".</p><p></p><p>My current favorite is the <a href="http://koboldpress.com/archives/15408" target="_blank">Legendary Locations of Midgard: Dynamic Environments</a>. Such a "simple" idea, such an <em>excellent</em> one!</p><p></p><p><em>Of course</em>, they're not implemented in the exact way I'd prefer (I don't like reduced damage effects, the way they are written when referency the "stage 3 ou of 7" <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/ponder.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hmm:" title="Hmmm :hmm:" data-shortname=":hmm:" />, and those kinds of minor things) but the concepts behind them is just so good! And it's so easy to create others.</p><p></p><p>I'm considering buying that book <em>just</em> for that section!</p><p></p><p>Another is the use of <em>Fortune Cards</em>. I have the set from Gloomwrought, but I never actually used them... I found them, "okay, but I'm not creating a new campaign for this". With the addition of <a href="http://www.neuroglyphgames.com/the-next-dnd-4e-homebrew-bright-beauty" target="_blank">the house rule cards from neuroglyph on the feywild</a> I can really see them as a defining characteristic of a campaing/world-space.</p><p></p><p>The implications for a <strong>Plane Scape</strong> campaign are immediate and <em>awesome</em> : planar locals with cool effects get a very perceptible quality when players get to actually <em>see</em> all the decks and, if they're moderately well designed, it can really bring home the differences between the different planes and places of power.</p><p></p><p>I can just see the dread of players return to the abyss when you bring out the deck they drew such nasty effects from last time - AND the relief when they finally find their way back to Elysium for some "deck-enhanced" R&R.</p><p></p><p>I know all these things can be done with other tools - but this particular one is striking my fancy currently (note, <a href="https://youtu.be/SSUXXzN26zg?t=5s" target="_blank">I am very much like this</a> so... my perspective could change. )</p><p></p><p>What are your cool things - note that there's no need to limit yourself to 4e.</p><p></p><p><em>END NOTE</em>: I've also "discovered" Robert J. Schwalb - that dude made so many cool things! I don't find everything he's done to my taste - but still! So many excellent things! And so much exploration of the possibilities of the system!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MoutonRustique, post: 6780851, member: 22362"] If you non-4'ers have stumbled in here, feel free to contribute! I put it in 4e because it's the system I prefer. [I]As to the topic at hand:[/I] I've recently had a bit of time available to read stuff I really should have been reading [I]years[/I] ago : blogs, Dungeon and Dragon articles, etc... those kinds of things. This means that I've stumbled upon some [B][I]awesome[/I][/B] things all over the place. My campaigns are presently on a hiatus (life happens) and so I've found myself itching to use these cool things! (But I can't - but then, I wouldn't have found them, had I had the time to use them - see how the universe is a bastard... :grrr:) Sooo... I'm asking what are people's coolest 3rd party or "rare" mechanic/"thingy". My current favorite is the [URL="http://koboldpress.com/archives/15408"]Legendary Locations of Midgard: Dynamic Environments[/URL]. Such a "simple" idea, such an [I]excellent[/I] one! [I]Of course[/I], they're not implemented in the exact way I'd prefer (I don't like reduced damage effects, the way they are written when referency the "stage 3 ou of 7" :hmm:, and those kinds of minor things) but the concepts behind them is just so good! And it's so easy to create others. I'm considering buying that book [I]just[/I] for that section! Another is the use of [I]Fortune Cards[/I]. I have the set from Gloomwrought, but I never actually used them... I found them, "okay, but I'm not creating a new campaign for this". With the addition of [URL="http://www.neuroglyphgames.com/the-next-dnd-4e-homebrew-bright-beauty"]the house rule cards from neuroglyph on the feywild[/URL] I can really see them as a defining characteristic of a campaing/world-space. The implications for a [B]Plane Scape[/B] campaign are immediate and [I]awesome[/I] : planar locals with cool effects get a very perceptible quality when players get to actually [I]see[/I] all the decks and, if they're moderately well designed, it can really bring home the differences between the different planes and places of power. I can just see the dread of players return to the abyss when you bring out the deck they drew such nasty effects from last time - AND the relief when they finally find their way back to Elysium for some "deck-enhanced" R&R. I know all these things can be done with other tools - but this particular one is striking my fancy currently (note, [URL="https://youtu.be/SSUXXzN26zg?t=5s"]I am very much like this[/URL] so... my perspective could change. ) What are your cool things - note that there's no need to limit yourself to 4e. [I]END NOTE[/I]: I've also "discovered" Robert J. Schwalb - that dude made so many cool things! I don't find everything he's done to my taste - but still! So many excellent things! And so much exploration of the possibilities of the system! [/QUOTE]
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