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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Havrik Stoneskimmer" data-source="post: 5549157" data-attributes="member: 6670929">I don't know how many people here watch Doctor Who, but the  current series features a monster called "the Silence" with an  interesting gimmick. When you look away from them, you forget entirely  that you saw them. They are also able to control people through  post-hypnotic suggestion in commands given during the interval you can't  remember. Last night I had a crazy dream that I had adapted them into a  D&D monster. Of course now I can't remember what I did, but I  thought it'd be interesting to throw some ideas around.How could this mechanic work? Obviously, you could do a lot with it in a  narrative RP context, but I wonder how you could do something  interesting during combat.You forget that you saw them if you aren't looking at them, so perhaps  they are automatically hidden to anyone who doesn't have line of sight. I  would maybe even make it so they are hidden to anyone they have combat  advantage against, to account for the idea of someone looking away from  them even when nearby.Not sure how to handle the post-hypnotic suggestion angle, given that this would be a longer-scale thing than a combat. Although maybe you could do something similar to other domination powers where a monster forces a PC to attack his or her ally. What do you folks think? I'm just brainstorming for cool ideas here that maybe I can adapt into a creepy monster for my game.</blockquote>

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