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<blockquote data-quote="tetrasodium" data-source="post: 8216176" data-attributes="member: 93670"><p>That sort of an empty void somehow well defined by the shape of the ripples it makes in the world can be very effective for horror & tension in story telling. Doesn't really matter what it is your describing like that, but it instantly becomes scary knowing that the bushes shook & ravens scattered because of something rustling in the leaves. Alice making that perception check to see two small beady eyes close to the ground glowing back red in the torchlight doesn't help any more than Bob's failed check seeing two short arms sticking up like a small creature trying to look bigger doesn't help any more than chuck noticing those same arms flapping with the momentum of this creature when it was darting through the trees in a winding zig zag that seemingly defies the laws of physics for the dark shape to not topple over & skid across the rotting wet leaf carpet of the forest. Of course it's not quite the same when that "something" in the brush is a feral rabbit.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tetrasodium, post: 8216176, member: 93670"] That sort of an empty void somehow well defined by the shape of the ripples it makes in the world can be very effective for horror & tension in story telling. Doesn't really matter what it is your describing like that, but it instantly becomes scary knowing that the bushes shook & ravens scattered because of something rustling in the leaves. Alice making that perception check to see two small beady eyes close to the ground glowing back red in the torchlight doesn't help any more than Bob's failed check seeing two short arms sticking up like a small creature trying to look bigger doesn't help any more than chuck noticing those same arms flapping with the momentum of this creature when it was darting through the trees in a winding zig zag that seemingly defies the laws of physics for the dark shape to not topple over & skid across the rotting wet leaf carpet of the forest. Of course it's not quite the same when that "something" in the brush is a feral rabbit. [/QUOTE]
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