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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7351167" data-attributes="member: 12377"><p>I love the idea of peppering your language with rat imagery, instead of having the PCs encounter rat phenomena in the game. Done subtly, it could be really awesome once there is finally a rat-reveal!</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Visitors to the town start leaving, like rats abandoning a sinking ship.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The people who stay are caught up in the rat-race of daily life.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When the party is buying provisions, describe them as a bunch of pack rats.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When they fail a Charisma check against an NPC, the response is, "I don't give a rat's arse!"</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">If the party finds an unidentified magic item, ask which of them wants to be the lab rat.</li> </ul><p></p><p>This would be tough to pull off, because you wouldn't want the players to notice you're doing it until they encounter actual rats, and then it dawns on them: "Ohhh! I thought you were using the word 'rat' a lot tonight!" The even bigger payoff is if one of the players guesses there's a were-rat, based only on their subconscious mind stringing together your rat-related clues.</p><p></p><p>I am describing the DM that I wish I was.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="77IM, post: 7351167, member: 12377"] I love the idea of peppering your language with rat imagery, instead of having the PCs encounter rat phenomena in the game. Done subtly, it could be really awesome once there is finally a rat-reveal! [LIST][*]Visitors to the town start leaving, like rats abandoning a sinking ship. [*]The people who stay are caught up in the rat-race of daily life. [*]When the party is buying provisions, describe them as a bunch of pack rats. [*]When they fail a Charisma check against an NPC, the response is, "I don't give a rat's arse!" [*]If the party finds an unidentified magic item, ask which of them wants to be the lab rat.[/LIST] This would be tough to pull off, because you wouldn't want the players to notice you're doing it until they encounter actual rats, and then it dawns on them: "Ohhh! I thought you were using the word 'rat' a lot tonight!" The even bigger payoff is if one of the players guesses there's a were-rat, based only on their subconscious mind stringing together your rat-related clues. I am describing the DM that I wish I was. [/QUOTE]
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