"GURPS - creatures of the night" had a similar idea, but the gear heaps were animated through soaking in the blood of innocents (yum!) and had a clock counting the time until the death of a being nearby...

the Snads are much more savoury and usable though. And a funny name to boot :D 5/5. Go to Comment

If I could vote it would be 5/5, and I intend to vote as soon as the voting system has been fixed. The snads are so.....sweet. Go to Comment

At last I can vote on this. Go to Comment

Hmmn Interesting,

i think it would be neat to expand on them a bit, and maybe allow them to reconfigure themselves into a variety of useful things. Moreso I would have it so that they are just minor spirits who occupy a collection of "junk" of some size, etc.
They are only interested in "neat" little pieces of metal and crystals ets. Pieces of glasses, jewelry, very small tools, shavings, springs, keys, small gears etc. These parts aren't really tehm persay, but they are the physical form they acquire, each Snad is different becasue they find different parts. The best Snads are probably found lurking about inventors shops tot he great dismay of the inventor as all of his small bits and doohickies of especial import are gone. The snad probably disposes and picks up new parts as they go, depending what they think is neat or attractive in thier twisted minds.
Lthough they are capable of movement, I think most of the time, they would just liek to find a nice bowl or jar and rest as a pile of parts.

Not sure if you like that contribution, but I think it'd be neat. Go to Comment

As a side, note, I would prolly ditch the temporal magic, thing, but yeah that is me, doesn't fit well into my campaign, but I still like it, but you gave me a pretty good idea! Go to Comment

Heheh, well maybe I will call my "things" Snads of Item... Go to Comment

Arisen from a typo, but a cool thing noless.

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I saw the name and thought it was hilarious and their description makes them fit well. It's cute, but I wish they had some sort of function that would make them usable or interactive with players. As of now in my mind they are not useful and they're not combative so I don't know what could be done with them to fit them into a game. Go to Comment

I always like the subs that can be used as a plot point or simply to give the adventure more depth. If the locals see something they may attribute to a spirit they can invoke the name of Saint Duncan. Could leave it at that or if the PCs ask about it there is a few lines of history that they will get this info just broadened the scope of the game.

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Cleric of the party is asked to exorcise a local demon/ghost in a villlage that has been haunting them. The cleric actually accomplishes it but the locals still "see" it around and see damage it continues to do. They are convinced that unless the cleric visits the church of Saint Duncan and uses his power and name that the cleric couldn't have possibly gotten rid of the spirit that plagues them.

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There are people religions grow with. This saint is one of them.

A great solid post. (That could be now linked to the write-up of this religion... is there one?) Go to Comment

I was reminded of this mythical NPC today, so a hearty BUMP, and an updated vote go to it!

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This is the sort of historical/ mythical post I like. It grants history. It grants background elements for the setting. It provides dramatic points for the campaign. In short really handy.

He is most useful when the setting has a psuedo christian/ monotheistic religion, like the Vicean church or The Messenger's church. It would take some work to adapt this to other things.

You really should put together a church setting (the society post) and possibly the religion (the systems post for the religion) for this post, so we can hang other things upon it. Go to Comment

I like how humble Saint Duncan was - and the message, that honest well-meaning and the will to do good work can leave a legacy.

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I also like it a lot. It does a great job of blending the workings of the Catholic Church system with fantasy ideals and actions, to create a great feeling of authenticity and history. Would be a nice thing to read up on in a musty cathedral basement. Go to Comment

Great submission - I think someone read my favorite book, "Pillars of the Earth" ;) Go to Comment

Nicely done! Go to Comment

This, as usual, is a great sub, Scras. Might even inspire a character in my writings in the future. Go to Comment

Great story - I agree with other posters - solid, has a history about it.

Another thought is that this would integrate into some kinds of Sci Fi quite well - I'm thinking of Dark Heresy in particular.  There are religious traditions buried in that (the Ordo Hereticus and so on) where this would fit - fight Chaos and so on.

In a more mundane way, remove the supernatural and give him the role of a local priest or some other reason to be popular - e.g. resistance to the government?  Clues there in the refusal-to-politic part of the story.

Anyway, great and very useable character.

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