Fun and twisted. Combined with a pc that has the curiosity flaw (or better yet a player with it) you have every excuse to send the pc running across the world in search of know-it-all sages, magic keys, and anything else they think may open it. (Of course once they *do* manage to get a deity to open it or find out there's nothing inside they may well try and fit the gm in any conveniently nearby box, depending on their sense of humor.)
Oh and Pieh, do me a little favor and put your idea up as a sub linking back to this one so I can give it a proper vote and comment (+1 is too little for the idea). It's good enough it it's own right to stand alone.
5/5
Edit: One little question, Why isn't this a golden submission yet? It certainly deserves to be one. Go to Comment
I like that orb by itself, and it seems to fit in with the other orbs that Moonhunter has presented.
Good submission, although we might consider saying "please" to the author before submitting derivitive works. As long as no one has any problem with what we're doing, I don't see how it's an issue. :) Go to Comment
If your world has some horrible forces alien to the human mind, this might be the result of meeting them. But we don't need Cthulhu for this. Even in a 'ordinary' war, some cannot bear the burden of things they have seen and maybe commited themselves. Also, some special monsters can drive you insane.
Why there are relatively many? Hm, good question. It may through the presence of these horrors. It may be a quirk of the world, that makes many who suffer horribly into the Lost. Maybe there is some spell or curse (possibly divine), that disrupts one's mind in this way.
If this happens from time to time, and adventurers are prime candidates, I can well imagine an adventurer's guild to be among the sponsors. Maybe someone wealthy hopes in curing of a close person. And the village can cover a part, if there is food in surplus. Go to Comment
A little bit like Vietnam vets after the war. They didn't even get recognition, and most of them suffer from emotional problems (i.e. Shell-shock, depression, alcoholism, amnesia) Go to Comment
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