Dungeon graffiti

[chriton227]

Warnings of dangers, maybe accurate, maybe intentionally misleading (warnings of pit traps when the real traps are overhead), or even referring to dangers that are no longer present. "Fear the serpents ahead, I could outrun them, but not their venom. By Pelor's grace you fare better."

Memorials/tributes to fallen adventurers. "Farewell to Waldorf, wizard extraordinaire, felled by a kobold's bolt."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Removal of graffito and other debris is the reason Gelatinous Cubes were created.

That same wizard also used Magic Mouth to tell kids to stay out of his goldurned subterranean pleasure palace... Not in so many words, of course.




"Is there a sign on my lawn that says dead hobbit storage?"

 

[Aeolius]

In an unfinished series of urban adventures I started, one module involved magical graffiti. I called it "The King is a Fink!"

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

The dungeons under Ptolus in my campaign are definitely filled with graffiti.

 

[The Shaman]

"Is there a sign on my lawn that says dead hobbit storage?"

"I'm a meteor swarm layin' mother-er, mother er!"

 

[The Shaman]

My caves tend to be filled with petroglyphs and pictographs, none more so than the witch doctor's cave - those pictures painted on the walls or scratched in the varnish are their spell books.

Graffiti get scrawled or (less frequently) chiseled into stone walls, particularly in prisoners' cells or guards' quarters.

My personal favorite, one I've used more than once, is, "I got my eye on you - Vecna."

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

"I'm a meteor swarm layin' mother-er, mother er!"

"IN FACT, WHAT THE F'TAGN AM I DOIN' IN THE BACK? YOU'RE THE MINDFLAYER WHO SHOULD BE ON BRAIN DETAIL! We're f'tagn switchin'! I'm washin' the windows, and you're pickin' up this spriggan's skull! "

 

[Rechan]

Cleopatra does the nasty.

 

[Rechan]

If you look at the graffiti archaeologists have found on Roman walls, a pretty large percentage of it is something like "Lucius ****ed Mencius" or "Primus ****ed Principia". And the aforementioned illustrations. There's some pretty solid scholarly material on the subject if anyone cares enough to go digging for it.

Some, sure.

I like the political cartoon. The Pompei ones are really sad.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Some dungeon wall-scrawlings:

"Look behind you!"

"Eet mor hobbit!"

"Dwarves like it hard!"

"Drow do it in the dark!"

"Rogues do it from behind!"