I'd like to see an actual milestone on the ground shortly after the second encounter. "You are now one mile from second level".
You could make the VIPs perform an actual ritual. Have them sit down and chant to open a locked door. Make the chant some kind of tongue-twister. Give them some incense sticks to burn as ritual components. If you're kind, stop the chanting after 10 seconds, rather than 10 minutes.
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Oh, for the ritual, have them come across a sign that says "There is a secret door around here." And then tell them that they can either use the ritual or roll 10 natural 20ies to find the door. See if they know which one takes less time.
And then laugh at them, and show them the description in the book that says, "With the wave his hands and a spoken word, so and so shows the rogue where the door is." And ask them to wave their hands and chant for 10 damn minutes.
And then laugh at them, and show them the description in the book that says, "With the wave his hands and a spoken word, so and so shows the rogue where the door is." And ask them to wave their hands and chant for 10 damn minutes.
Oh, I wouldn't be so cruel as to have a secret door in one location and a locked door in another...
I'll just make sure the secret door is locked.
And IN the secret room will be a speaking statue that will say to the party "In precisely one minute, an apparition will appear to tell you how to complete your quest. Three things it tells you true and three false; it is vital that you discern the difference, lest you perish!"
"Quick, someone use Detect Li... Ah. Damn."
This is good stuff guys: thanks a lot. I love the milestone idea as well; I've just got to think how best to mock one up.
I'll just make sure the secret door is locked.
And IN the secret room will be a speaking statue that will say to the party "In precisely one minute, an apparition will appear to tell you how to complete your quest. Three things it tells you true and three false; it is vital that you discern the difference, lest you perish!"
"Quick, someone use Detect Li... Ah. Damn."
This is good stuff guys: thanks a lot. I love the milestone idea as well; I've just got to think how best to mock one up.
Plaster painted gray.
Or writing on a square of cardboard.
As for some of the rituals, it might be better to indeed write some gibberish on a card. Personally, I'd use stuff from Bored of the Rings.
"Grundig blaupunkt luger frug
Watusi snarf wazoo!
Nixon dirksen nasahist
Reboso boogaloo."
and
"O NASA O UCLA! O Etaion Shrdlu!
O Escrow Beryllium! Pandit J. Nehru!"
Or writing on a square of cardboard.
As for some of the rituals, it might be better to indeed write some gibberish on a card. Personally, I'd use stuff from Bored of the Rings.
"Grundig blaupunkt luger frug
Watusi snarf wazoo!
Nixon dirksen nasahist
Reboso boogaloo."
and
"O NASA O UCLA! O Etaion Shrdlu!
O Escrow Beryllium! Pandit J. Nehru!"
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
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If you're feeling generous, you could let them cast the ritual from a scroll. That halves the cast times down to five minutes.
Healing rituals require "mystic salves, daubed or painted on the creatures to be healed". This says face painting to me.
Most rituals are Arcane, and the best replacement I can come up with for "Alchemical Reagents" is salt and pepper.
The level 3 goblin hexer makes blinding attacks at will, and it could be fun to blindfold PCs. It's a relatively complex monster, and I'm not sure how you'd represent its vexing cloud. Perhaps give the same attack to another monster? Thus also demonstrating the flexible monster design in 4th.
I feel that there should be water pistols involved. The best excuse I can come up with is giving a player the Arcane Initiate feat and thus the Ray of Frost at-will power. Meh.
Healing rituals require "mystic salves, daubed or painted on the creatures to be healed". This says face painting to me.
Most rituals are Arcane, and the best replacement I can come up with for "Alchemical Reagents" is salt and pepper.
The level 3 goblin hexer makes blinding attacks at will, and it could be fun to blindfold PCs. It's a relatively complex monster, and I'm not sure how you'd represent its vexing cloud. Perhaps give the same attack to another monster? Thus also demonstrating the flexible monster design in 4th.
I feel that there should be water pistols involved. The best excuse I can come up with is giving a player the Arcane Initiate feat and thus the Ray of Frost at-will power. Meh.
MartinHarper wrote:
Healing rituals require "mystic salves, daubed or painted on the creatures to be healed". This says face painting to me.
Really? Sounds like Neosporin to me.
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
Oh bloody hell, now I have this image of a lazor cleric in a larp using a LED sonic screwdriver toy and going "What? I'm a priest of time, this is my holy symbol."CatharzGodfoot wrote:LED flashlight. That would be epic.Kaelik wrote: 4) A Lazer Cleric, you should literally buy a laser here and have him shine it for attacks.
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