ephemeralstability's Hall of Honour Submissions - ( 33 )

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Trollisquarry By: ephemeralstability

A mysterious quarry. Feel free to suggest explanations - it's just an eerie thought that struck me that I intend to play with.

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190xp
17 replies
6703 views
1 HoH
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Music during a game By: ephemeralstability

Although it can be a distraction, it can also add atmosphere to an adventure to have music playing in the background. Here are some pieces I'd recommend for different situations.

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350xp
59 replies
28063 views
6 HoHs
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Rukuk-nurudni By: ephemeralstability

The grisly anthropomorphisation of a rockfall...

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210xp
10 replies
9272 views
1 HoH
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Lyrian Necklace By: ephemeralstability

The silver necklaces whose inset gems display the status of the wearer.

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155xp
13 replies
8584 views
2 HoHs
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Carmo By: ephemeralstability

Carmo keeps a shop in the backstreets of Erezi. It's not often visited, Carmo makes people feel...uneasy. Even the veterans of the Erezi underworld are uncomfortable being alone with Carmo. But they need to buy their traps from somewhere...

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160xp
10 replies
9796 views
1 HoH
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Character Hooks By: ephemeralstability

I'm trying to think of alternatives for game-openings, to replace the standard 'meet up in a tavern' or 'adventuring group applying for a job' techniques. I know these can be easy ways to get people playing, but I'm certain there are more interesting ways...

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300xp
43 replies
18848 views
5 HoHs
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Cups and Rings By: ephemeralstability

Archaeologists have long wondered about the origins of 'cup and ring-marked stones', the mysterious rocks found on deserted tracts of moorland bearing markings resembling small shallow pits with concentric rings and dating to the Bronze-age.

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90xp
15 replies
9665 views
1 HoH
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The Piecewise Librarian By: ephemeralstability

A disembodied hand enthralled by an evil wizard to fetch books for him.

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110xp
9 replies
9137 views
1 HoH
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Fire ants By: ephemeralstability

The mystery of fyre is one which has much occupyed my studies and the studies of men before me. ... I have concluded that fyre is the product of Fyre Antes.

Professor J Klewlise, "On the nature and origin of fyre" (1542)

by ephemeralstability
185xp
7 replies
6356 views
1 HoH
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Trivulo's Compendium By: ephemeralstability

A dangerous book of maps...

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235xp
12 replies
9753 views
3 HoHs
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The Disappearance By: ephemeralstability

Two sly-looking men turn up in town accompanied by a third man who says very little and who they don't allow to be seen much.

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125xp
6 replies
5866 views
1 HoH
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Draconian parasites By: ephemeralstability

Dragons, being huge and meaty, are the ideal habitat for countless unpleasant parasites.

by ephemeralstability
210xp
8 replies
8034 views
1 HoH
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Insects (and Spiders and other creepy crawlies) By: ephemeralstability

Creepy, Crawley, Buzzing, Digging, Biting, Building, Sticking, Jumping, Clicking, and all the other things these small things do.

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155xp
37 replies
84723 views
2 HoHs
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The End of the World By: ephemeralstability

Following a discussion we had on the site, I thought we could start up a thread to post the pre- and post-apocalyptic effects of a comet/minor planetary impact on a campaign world.

by ephemeralstability
275xp
24 replies
10970 views
3 HoHs
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Inventing Languages By: ephemeralstability

Language is an essential part of any culture. Culture wouldn't exist without some form of communication, and humans communicate by speaking. But the connection is deeper even than that. The language helps to define the culture which uses it, and is in turn affected by that culture. This dynamic process is what keeps a language 'alive': Latin is a dead language because the culture to which it belonged no longer exists.

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290xp
23 replies
18111 views
4 HoHs
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Ars Dracopodemiae By: ephemeralstability

A transcription, beyng the seminal introduction by Mr S J Ponsuler to the theory and praxis of Dracapodemy, the studie of Dragons' migration patterns. This tome ys to be founde in the librarie of Anserne University, alonge with many years of copies of the Dracapodemyst's Almanac not to mention verious othere tomes on the subjecte.

(Another submission I'm transferring over to the main site from the fora).

by ephemeralstability
765xp
25 replies
13901 views
15 HoHs
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Tunguska Dreaming By: ephemeralstability

A (fairly sketchy) outline of a one-off adventure I ran based around the (time-honoured/hackneyed) Tunguska Event of 1908. As such it is quite specific (hopefully not hackneyed) and will probably best serve as a specimen for dissection to get those parts you can use in your own adventures. But then this is an Ideas Guild after all...

by ephemeralstability
180xp
6 replies
2957 views
2 HoHs
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The Great Gate of Calast By: ephemeralstability

The Great Gate of Calast is not like other gates. It's got a mind of its own...

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515xp
26 replies
17662 views
6 HoHs
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Egg Cup of Summoning By: ephemeralstability

This looks like an elaborately fashioned wooden egg-cup, but it is a powerful magical tool, used mainly by witches to conjure up spirits and familiars.

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205xp
17 replies
13056 views
2 HoHs
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The Daedalus Factor By: ephemeralstability

The Despotic Queen of Shiant has decreed that a competition will take place in the month of Oconerry. She will have built a labyrinth through which the contenders must pass in order to win the ultimate prize: her hand in marriage.

by ephemeralstability
285xp
13 replies
8684 views
3 HoHs