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Every now and again, the region encounters a dense blue fog. Every now and again, things disappear into the fog never to be seen again and things appear out of it from other places or world. It seems the fog is the material form of some minor diety charged with moving things around the universe to balance cosmic forces.
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Ideas - Locations March 20, 2003 |
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As you emerge from the shop in the alleyway, not-too-distant clanging and stamping makes you wary. Further investigation reveals a massive Balgrian protest march flooding the main street, banners roaring about the inhuman conditions in which this ethnic group is forced to live. City guards stand helplessly by, beating up the odd protestor, but unable to hold back the flow. Onlookers throw vegetables at the Balgrians, and shout abuse.
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Ideas - Plots March 11, 2003 |
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The city was cursed many years ago. Since then it has not stopped raining. The gutters are inhabited by eels and the doors are on the first floor, coated with pitch. On a bad day, you can see the water level rise above the ground floor windows. Carts have both wheels and bladders filled with air to keep them afloat. And yet everyone is surprisingly dry.
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Ideas - Locations March 11, 2003 |
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The two cathedrals in the Citadel stubbornly ring their bells two minutes apart, since each believes the other to be too early or too late respectively. This has been done for over two hundred years.
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Ideas - Locations March 11, 2003 |
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Throw in a handful of random customs - like women or men of a certain level of society being required to wear a veil or a pendant of some type.
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Ideas - Society/ Organization February 28, 2003 |
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Magic is the lifeforce of all living creatures, and it is from it that all life is made - in areas with lots of undead, magic might actually be missing or weak, which puts a whole new spin on how dangerous the undead are. Even simple zombies can be troublesome if you're relying on mages and you hit a pocket of undead making a low-magic zone...
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Ideas - System February 28, 2003 |
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How about a dragon how cheerfully rules over a kingdom; his people all know him for what he is, and dragons are looked upon as wise and benevolent creatures. Dragonslayers from other kingdoms coming to free it from 'tyranny' are likely to get beaten to death by peasants with cast iron skillets.
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Ideas - NPCs February 26, 2003 |
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A demon who isn't some hideous creature bent on consuming souls, bu is, in fact, a likable chap who enjoys having pleasant chats with people - trying to talk them into becoming his servants.
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Ideas - Lifeforms February 26, 2003 |
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Someone needs the blood of a dragon, given willingly, to make a rare potion. Guess who gets hired to sweet-talk a dragon into giving up some highly powerful blood?
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Ideas - NPCs February 26, 2003 |
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Faerie foods with unusual effects. Like faerie sausages that turn the eaters into wiener dogs, faerie wines that make the drinker whiny, etc. There's a table in Palladium Fantasy RPG which has a table of ideas.
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Ideas - Items February 26, 2003 |
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The Worlds Shadow. A world in which all is dark and is a shadow of all things in the real world. And a shadow of it's former self.
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Ideas - Locations February 26, 2003 |
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An Atlantis-like island that rises from the bottom of the sea and brings magical technology with it.
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Ideas - Locations February 22, 2003 |
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When you sleep, your soul briefly returns to the place where it was created/goes to when it dies, and seeks nourishment. Everybody's soul is created with a little link (or you could say a greater entity calls it back) to that place so that it can return easily, but upon death, the soul returns via that and annihilates the link as if returns. Also, as an added thingy, you could say the entity supplying the link, or residue of the links themselves, (whichever) is the source of all arcane power. |
Ideas - Society/ Organization February 21, 2003 |
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Marraige custom. The groom must prove his worth to the friends, family, and future wife. The best man is obligated to challenge the groom to a duel and the best man chooses the weapons. (can be anything, toothpicks, cotton balls, anything) If the groom wins then he proves his worth. If he loses then the bride will accept him for his faults and could sometimes gives him a task to accomplish before the wedding.
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Ideas - Society/ Organization February 15, 2003 |
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Facial tattoos in various designs are a sign of status in some cultures.
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Ideas - Society/ Organization February 15, 2003 |
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Legends abound in some places about ancient landforms (Islands, Peninsulas, Mountains) that dissapeared long ago in towers of glowing energy. (See Any Unnatainable Glory entries for more info)
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Ideas - Locations January 27, 2003 |
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A culture believes that souls are recycled. One child gets half of a soul, another child gets the other half. However, this means that with each passing generation, the amount of soul in the child will become less and less (Through division)until their culture will die in the future because of their soulless offspring.
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Ideas - Society/ Organization January 26, 2003 |
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A cave with weapons sunken into the walls, blades sticking out of the floor and ceiling, and so on. Possibly, any weapon used in it could be torn out of the hand and sink into the stone.
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Ideas - Dungeons January 26, 2003 |
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A low lying area will flood after rains causing many people to be stranded and many roads are covered with water and unuseable.
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Ideas - Locations January 19, 2003 |
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Religious city. Hundreds of vendors selling small statues which sole value is as a donation to one of the many gods that are worshipped.
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Ideas - Locations January 19, 2003 |