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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack7" data-source="post: 5190833" data-attributes="member: 54707">Here ya go Weem. Sorry it took so long, but I had to get some other things done first.Here is the basic Classification System I use regarding Easter Eggs in my game. The same basic classification system, with some modifications, could be used for other game features or devices, but this one is adapted specifically for how I develop and use Easter Eggs. This scheme is not exhaustive, nor does it include everything I use. But it gives an idea of how they can be constructed, and how used.CONDITION:TIMED OR TEMPORARYPERMANENT (EXTREMELY RARE)ONGOING UNTIL EXHAUSTED OR NEUTRALIZED  CHARACTER:EASY TO FIND (EXTREMELY RARE)WELL CONCEALEDDISGUISEDPART OF ANOTHER STRUCTUREGIVEN AS A GIFT  ATTACHMENTS:LOCALE FIXEDPERSONALITY FIXEDCREATURE FIXEDOBJECT FIXEDFLOATING  TEMPERAMENT:SERIOUSJOKINGMIXED  NATURE:UNIQUE OR ONE OF A KINDMULTIPLE COMPONENTSSTILL BEING GENERATED OR CREATED (IN PROCESS)SECONDARY EFFECTSMULTIPLE EFFECTS ON SAME USERDIFFERENT EFFECTS ON DIFFERENT USERSSELF-CREATED (PLAYER HELPS CREATE THROUGH OWN ACTIONS)ONGOINGAFFECTS ONLY A SINGLE USER (NORMAL)AFFECTS AN ENTIRE GROUP (EXTREMELY RARE)  EFFECTS (ON USER):PHYSICALMENTALPSYCHOLOGICALSKILL BASEDATTRIBUTE BASEDEFFECTING PERSONAL POSSESSIONOBJECT BASEDPOWER BASEDPSYCHIC – DREAMS, VISIONS, TRANCES, PROPHECY, PSYCHAEC           POWERSMAGICALSUPERNATURALENVIRONMENTALTYPE:PHYSICALMENTALBEHAVIORALPSYCHOLOGICALSPIRITUALENVIRONMENTALREFERENCES:LITERARYPOETICCULTURALHISTORICALRELIGIOUSMYTHOLOGICALLINGUISTICMILIEU OR IN-GAMECODEDMATHEMATICALSCIENTIFICARTISTICPERSONALHUMOROUSPOP CULTURAL (ABOUT TO ADD TO REFERENCES)  SPECIFIC EASTER EGGS:UNUSUAL COINMAPDEVICECONSTELLATIONUNUSUAL PATTERNBOOKSCROLLICONIMAGEBODY PART OR TISSUE FROM A CREATUREINSECTANIMALFOUR LEAF CLOVEREGGCODEPOEMSONGTAPESTRYDOOR TO NOWHEREDOOR TO ELSEWHEREDREAMVISIONMIRROR (LOOKING GLASS)GEMSTONEJEWELRYFIGURINEINKHEIRLOOMSPECIFIC EFFECTS OF EASTER EGGS:GIVE A CLUE OR HELPFUL HINT TO SOMETHING ELSEINCREASE THE VALUE OF ONE’S CLOTHESCHANGE ONE’S WARDROBEINCREASE THE VALUE OF ONE’S COINAGE OR MONEYPEOPLE FREELY GIVE YOU THINGS OF VALUERESISTANCE ENHANCEDMORE CHARISMATIC THAN NORMALAUGMENTS A PERSONAL POSSESSIONAUGMENTS MAGICUSEFUL DREAM OR VISIONRELAX TIME PRESSURES OR DEADLINESCAMEO APPEARANCE OF FAMOUS INDIVIDUAL WHO ASSISTS USERINCREASED ENDURANCEAPPETITE SUPPRESSEDNEEDS LESS WATERFIND SECRET STASH OF AMMUNITION OR SUPPLIESDECIPHER OR DECODEMEMORY IMPROVED OR BECOMES PHOTOGRAPHICINNATE NIGHTVISIONSCARE AWAY DANGEROUS ADVERSARYAMPLIFY SOUNDAVOID APPREHENSION – AVOID AND ESCAPEKNOW THE ACCURACY OF A THINGSURVEIL WITHOUT BEING SPOTTEDANTICIPATE DANGERRECEIVE ANONYMOUS LETTER EXPLAINING SOMETHING IMPORTANTIMPROVE SKILLGAIN NEW CAPABILITY OR POWER“UNLOCK USEFUL ITEMS OR IDEAS”REVERSE OUTCOMEACCESS ANOTHER’S MEMORIESUNDERSTAND CLUEINVENT NEEDED ITEM FROM SCRATCHBETTER MEDIC OR DOCTORHEAL AT IMPROVED RATEGREAT ARTISTIC SKILLUNDERSTAND THINGSJUMP AND CLIMB LIKE A MONKEYSTRONG AS A GORILLAOUTRUN A HORSESWIM LIKE A FISHSING LIKE A BARDSNEAKIER THAN A THIEFTOUGHER THAN A BARBARIANSMARTER THAN A WIZARDWISER THAN A SAINTALTER APPEARANCEGOOD LIE OR COVER STORYLAND GRANTFIX WHAT IS BROKENRECOGNIZE OR KNOW ANYONEWELL FAVOREDPEACEUNDERSTAND ANOTHERWATCHFULNESSIMPROVED OBSERVATION“LUCKY CHARM” – one of the few permanent Easter EggsHere are some examples of how I use Easter Eggs in my game.1.    The Team once found a cache of coins. All of the coins were Byzantine, and gold, except one that appeared Viking in design and stamp, which contained an inscription in an unknown language, a picture of what seemed to be a Viking devouring a live boar, and which was apparently made of some type of translucent, blue metal. The coin was the Easter Egg.2.    The Team kept noticing a particular Constellation and celestial pattern associated with a specific locale. The Constellation was the Easter Egg.3.    The Team discovered a “secret door” while making a search of a room. The difference was only two of the team members could see the door, no-one else could see it, even after it was discovered. The door was a “Door to Nowhere.” The door was the Easter Egg (or part of it) and had to be combined with other things to trigger the effect. 4.    The Team was once exploring in an abandoned sewer beneath a small town. They found a huge mass of worms and maggots. All of the worms and maggots were either gray or white or black except one. It was decorated with an incredibly complex pattern of various colors and designs. Plus the belly of the worm contained an inscription in Greek. That worm was the Easter Egg.5.    While Vadding in a man’s warehouse during an espionage mission the player found several large crates of contraband. Inside one crate was an ancient copy of a book (intact) of which all copies were thought lost. Opening the book and realizing what it was the player was ecstatic. However the book itself was not the Easter Egg, though it was extremely valuable. The book was illuminated. While examining the illumination pattern the player found the Easter Egg.6.    The Team killed a Chimera in combat. They cut the body up to transport it so as to give proof that they had slain it, and to check the corpse for valuable tissues and materials. When they found the heart it was actually composed of small and separate chambers of decorated crystalline type structures, each of which contained a separate, brightly colored Easter Egg.7.    The Team discovered a Latin phrase that had been transliterated into Farsi. When the players finally translated the phrase back into the original Latin, and understood what it meant, it released the Easter Egg.8.    The Team discovered a Glyph. Unable to read the Glyph they took it to a Sage who asked them if he did translate it for them would they allow him to keep the Glyph itself. They agreed and he kept the glyph but as a reward he gave them a beat up old goblet and told them never to drink from it unless they could fill it with water from an underground lake. They found such a lake and remembered the goblet. Drinking from the goblet released the Easter egg and the Easter Egg led them to a treasure hoard.9.    The Team once encountered a Dwarf who had a strange and intricate tattoo on his neck and shoulder. When questioned about it the dwarf claimed to have no knowledge of how he got it. When his shirt was taken off and the tattoo examined in detail it “peeled away” from his skin and the dwarf slowly vanished leaving behind the tattoo. The Tattoo was the Easter egg.10.    A butterfly kept circling above the heads of the Team, but out of reach. Finally the team made a net on the end of a pole and captured the butterfly. When the butterfly was captured it turned into a beautiful porcelain carving of a woodpecker. When the woodpecker was tapped against a tree it released an Easter Egg.</blockquote>

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