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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1856770" data-attributes="member: 12744">Pictures, downloads off the 'net, researched documents (including an actual coroners report), scrolls sealed with wax, cheapo coins, little loot bags with a trapped/cursed item 'message', a bag of plastic Norse 'runes', etc.  Research is big in our d20 Modern games;  pictures of actual locations, newspaper clippings of actual stories that are 'covers' for surreal events in the game, schematics, maps, or satellite/high altitude photos downloaded of an actual location we're going to play in, etc add a ton of fun and occasional eerieness to the game. My favorite was a message the GM casually handed me once, in character, from an NPC saying 'your friend <x> said you should read this right away' while this certain NPC was in a little monologue.  It was tightly bound, and the material used to tie it was some kind of metallic ribbon.   While opening it, I went "ouch, that thing almost cut me".  As soon as I opened it, the first line said "This message is treated with a contact poison, with the ribbon having tiny barbs with an injury poison.  Roll a fort save..." For our d20 modern games, I have picked up some plastic toy guns just for funsies, and we happen to have a small collection of cheap hats that someone will occasionally use if it helps them get into character (one character is a cowboy-hat wearing Evangelical preacher, and the player wears a cowboy hat while playing him).  Not necessary, but fun stuff to play around with to help you get into character sometimes. We have tons of table/miniature related stuff that aren't exactly game props but really make for interesting setups and games, and we tend to be able to improvise most anything on the fly.</blockquote>

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