What is THAT?
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geezerjoe
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I designed one adventure for 2e that I never used that was rather wicked.
First was an undead (zombie) brass dragon with a (programmed) illusionn to look like a red dragon and deal fire breathing damage. At the time I think that a reasonably believable illusion could cause damage and I used the zombie to reinforce the illusion.
Also, one of the villians, a halfling warrior passing himself off as a halfling thief. He was to hire himself off as a guide into the villians' lair. At some point he was supposed to find a locked door which he would pick and then say he couldn't. Then he would use his "Chime of Opening" to unlock it. Later he would have to leave the party (I forget why) but would leave his "Chime of Opening" with the party. The next time the would use the chime they'ld discover that it was infact a Chime of Hunger.
l8r)
Joe2Old
First was an undead (zombie) brass dragon with a (programmed) illusionn to look like a red dragon and deal fire breathing damage. At the time I think that a reasonably believable illusion could cause damage and I used the zombie to reinforce the illusion.
Also, one of the villians, a halfling warrior passing himself off as a halfling thief. He was to hire himself off as a guide into the villians' lair. At some point he was supposed to find a locked door which he would pick and then say he couldn't. Then he would use his "Chime of Opening" to unlock it. Later he would have to leave the party (I forget why) but would leave his "Chime of Opening" with the party. The next time the would use the chime they'ld discover that it was infact a Chime of Hunger.
l8r)
Joe2Old
Darkness
Hand and Eye of Piratecat [Moderator]
Hehe. I've heard from 3 people who used this tactic over the years.mouseferatu said:
One such dragon was an albino red...
One such dragon was a wight dragon (red, of course) - but the players figured out that play on words only when they stood right before it...
And one such dragon was in one of the game stories on James Wyatt's site. I don't remember the particulars, though.
Angcuru
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Well, a while back in my current game our party was questioning some people at a hunting lodge as to the description of a monster that had been terrorizing the local peasants. They way they described it had us CONVINCED that it was a Manticore.
How wrong we were.
It actually turned out to be this thing, which we later dubbed the Fnord. Props to anyone who knows the significance of the word.
Yeah, yeah, the pic is big, I know. Deal.
How wrong we were.
It actually turned out to be this thing, which we later dubbed the Fnord. Props to anyone who knows the significance of the word.
Yeah, yeah, the pic is big, I know. Deal.
Grazzt
Demon Lord
One I have used in my 3e campaign:
Party was exploring a desecrated temple of Law when they were beseiged by skeletons (or so they thought). Well, the skellies were actually a mix of skeletons and a new monster I designed (a Cadaver, looks similar to a skellie, but reanimates at 0 hp [and yes it will be appearing in an upcoming Necromancer book
]).
Whilst the cleric turned several skellies and the fighters were bashing away, they couldnt figure out why skellies that had been destroyed (0 or less hp) were suddenly rising from the ground to attack again.
It really freaked the hell outta them for a while.
Party was exploring a desecrated temple of Law when they were beseiged by skeletons (or so they thought). Well, the skellies were actually a mix of skeletons and a new monster I designed (a Cadaver, looks similar to a skellie, but reanimates at 0 hp [and yes it will be appearing in an upcoming Necromancer book
]). Whilst the cleric turned several skellies and the fighters were bashing away, they couldnt figure out why skellies that had been destroyed (0 or less hp) were suddenly rising from the ground to attack again.
It really freaked the hell outta them for a while.
megamania
Hero
hee hee
Obvious to most, I GM a lot of Darksun. In Darksun, obsideon is a powerful psionic/magiuc enhancer.
The group I had were hack/slash no think kind. One player in perticular destroys things just to do so.
Okay- the scene is set-
They are looting a hidden ruin and find many neat things. The one person that oozes the hack/slash/destroy mentallity finds something he believes to be an obsideon globe used by dragons. (as a 4th level Mul Gladiator- he shouldn't know but "just does" this information) He takes said globe and slams it down on the stone floor next to his feet. The player is very happy and proud of himself. (he fell for it instead) In truth the globe was simple clear glass ENTRAPPING A BLACK PUDDING. Said pudding ate one leg and the other down to the bones.
Fair....awwww maybe not but I'm the GM darn it.
Obvious to most, I GM a lot of Darksun. In Darksun, obsideon is a powerful psionic/magiuc enhancer.
The group I had were hack/slash no think kind. One player in perticular destroys things just to do so.
Okay- the scene is set-
They are looting a hidden ruin and find many neat things. The one person that oozes the hack/slash/destroy mentallity finds something he believes to be an obsideon globe used by dragons. (as a 4th level Mul Gladiator- he shouldn't know but "just does" this information) He takes said globe and slams it down on the stone floor next to his feet. The player is very happy and proud of himself. (he fell for it instead) In truth the globe was simple clear glass ENTRAPPING A BLACK PUDDING. Said pudding ate one leg and the other down to the bones.
Fair....awwww maybe not but I'm the GM darn it.
I use Mimics a lot, drift wood on a beach, a small boat near a crossing, spikes sticking from the walls, even a cutting board table in a kitchen.
