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<blockquote data-quote="fenrat" data-source="post: 2516242" data-attributes="member: 15687">Props- I'ce used many propes to make cool maps - blood, maps that are burnt, covered in dirt, really worn out (crumpled and put in dryer), water logged (smeared), torn to shreds, etc.- I've had a NPC hand out wine glasses and opened a real bottle of red wine and poured the PCs glasses, to toast the start of an adventure&nbsp; .... only to find that all who drank were under a geas spell.- I've used real daggers made by a blacksmith at a Ren Faire.- I've acquired a set of handwritten fonts to make letters and notes look real.- I used photoshop to turn scans of maps into charcoal drawings, or watercolor, or pastels, or paint, etc.- I've done something as simple as stand up on a chair when the party was talking to a giant.- I've handed out fake jewelry boguth for pennies at a yard sale- I've chaged the temperature in the room when the situation called for warmner or cooler temps.- I've given the party scrolls sealed with wax ... and when they got all excited over it and opened it quickly, they revealed the rune under the was that was explosive runes or a sepia snake sigil.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fenrat, post: 2516242, member: 15687"] [b]Props[/b] - I'ce used many propes to make cool maps - blood, maps that are burnt, covered in dirt, really worn out (crumpled and put in dryer), water logged (smeared), torn to shreds, etc. - I've had a NPC hand out wine glasses and opened a real bottle of red wine and poured the PCs glasses, to toast the start of an adventure .... only to find that all who drank were under a geas spell. - I've used real daggers made by a blacksmith at a Ren Faire. - I've acquired a set of handwritten fonts to make letters and notes look real. - I used photoshop to turn scans of maps into charcoal drawings, or watercolor, or pastels, or paint, etc. - I've done something as simple as stand up on a chair when the party was talking to a giant. - I've handed out fake jewelry boguth for pennies at a yard sale - I've chaged the temperature in the room when the situation called for warmner or cooler temps. - I've given the party scrolls sealed with wax ... and when they got all excited over it and opened it quickly, they revealed the rune under the was that was explosive runes or a sepia snake sigil. [/QUOTE]

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