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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on May 31, 2020 10:05:56 GMT -5
Posting this is inspired by the massive mini-hooks that is now up to 424 (as of this moment) by hengest . 1. This small country village is really struggling. Crops are being destroyed, animals are coming up missing, wells are being polluted, people have been attacked and the villagers are frightened and don't know where to turn. You, a young ranger hear of this. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 5, 2022 12:29:55 GMT -5
2. One evening after a long day of field work, you are relaxing for a few minutes after your supper before sleep, when you hear howling in the distance. It does not sound like any wolf you have ever heard and your dogs are at the door whimpering to be let in.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 5, 2022 12:31:34 GMT -5
3. This morning you go to the lake to fish and the water has receded by three feet since the previous day, the newly exposed ground is dusty like it has not seen rain in weeks.
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Post by hengest on Sept 5, 2022 13:42:55 GMT -5
Killer start! I love all these!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 5, 2022 13:47:39 GMT -5
Killer start! I love all these! Thanks! |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Sept 5, 2022 13:53:38 GMT -5
The Perilous Dreamer I'm picking up what you're putting down! We may need to devote a page or two every issue of the fanzine to throw in a list of these. Glad you joined the mini hook craze!
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Sept 5, 2022 14:18:49 GMT -5
The Perilous Dreamer I'm picking up what you're putting down! We may need to devote a page or two every issue of the fanzine to throw in a list of these. Glad you joined the mini hook craze! I have been meaning to for a while and finally got started. Yeah, I think this would be a good feature for the fanzine. |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Sept 5, 2022 14:26:16 GMT -5
The Perilous Dreamer I'm picking up what you're putting down! We may need to devote a page or two every issue of the fanzine to throw in a list of these. Glad you joined the mini hook craze! I have been meaning to for a while and finally got started. Yeah, I think this would be a good feature for the fanzine. I had been toying with the idea myself. Cool! |
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Post by hengest on Sept 5, 2022 20:03:24 GMT -5
2. One evening after a long day of field work, you are relaxing for a few minutes after your supper before sleep, when you hear howling in the distance. It does not sound like any wolf you have ever heard and your dogs are at the door whimpering to be let in. a) perhaps it is the howl of the legendary ponywolves b) ghostly howl of the Great Wolves that once roamed these lands and are now all but forgotten |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Nov 7, 2022 20:25:31 GMT -5
4. in the dungeon Magic Mouth's appear at many locations, each giving out misinformation with a hint of the truth for the discerning among the adventurers.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Nov 7, 2022 20:35:04 GMT -5
5. Found in a dungeon is a magical map of the world, the whole world. There are many marks on it that no one knows the meaning of. The marks may be color coded and there are many theories as to what the marks are indicating. How to use this map no one knows.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Nov 7, 2022 20:37:02 GMT -5
6. Entering a cave the party travels downward, the way seems deserted and they travel a long time, then although the path clearly leads downward, they feel as though they are traveling upward.
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Post by hengest on Nov 8, 2022 16:56:59 GMT -5
Last three on this thread are great, especially the last two.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Nov 9, 2022 10:07:46 GMT -5
Last three on this thread are great, especially the last two. I have to agree. Those last 3 hooks are top notch. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 10, 2022 2:26:30 GMT -5
7. The adventuring group has been in and out of the dungeon for over a month and they wanted to make just one more foray into the dungeon before finally heading back to town. But something went wrong and now the way out is blocked by a large party of orcs led by a renegade mage with some ogre sidekicks. They are trying to find a way out, but it seems they have been encircled.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 10, 2022 2:36:59 GMT -5
8. The ancient dragon stirs, he has been sleeping for years, but something disturbed his slumber. Something has entered his domain, something that is not supposed to be there. Extending his senses outside the bounds of his lair he searches for the disturbance. A party of humans, none have dared come here for a very, very, long time. He sniffs the ether around them, but oddly he does not smell greed, but instead determination. He rouses himself to go meet them, he is powerful, so very powerful, but wary, always wary, he did not survive this long by being overconfident. He goes forth and will immediately seek to paralyze them before quizzing them about their presence, his roar will stop them in their tracks and weaken their resolve, that is when he will cast the spell. It has been so very long since anyone sought him out, his curiosity grows and an eagerness to solve this mystery.
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Post by hengest on Dec 10, 2022 11:34:43 GMT -5
8. The ancient dragon stirs, he has been sleeping for years, but something disturbed his slumber. Something has entered his domain, something that is not supposed to be there. Extending his senses outside the bounds of his lair he searches for the disturbance. A party of humans, none have dared come here for a very, very, long time. He sniffs the ether around them, but oddly he does not smell greed, but instead determination. He rouses himself to go meet them, he is powerful, so very powerful, but wary, always wary, he did not survive this long by being overconfident. He goes forth and will immediately seek to paralyze them before quizzing them about their presence, his roar will stop them in their tracks and weaken their resolve, that is when he will cast the spell. It has been so very long since anyone sought him out, his curiosity grows and an eagerness to solve this mystery. Love this. Again, you can real the reality of the game in action in this writeup. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 21:33:55 GMT -5
9. As you pass some of Soldiers of the Realm, the Captain glances from a wanted poster to closely study each member of the group. Just when you think you are safe, he barks out a command and the soldiers move to surround you.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 21:36:28 GMT -5
10. A young woman comes through the trees riding a horse bareback at a breakneck pace and as she passes you several armed men riding warhorses appear in hot pursuit.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 21:37:52 GMT -5
11. As you travel you come upon a merchant with a few wagons, roasting frogs and squirrels and other small creatures on sticks over a glowing bed of hot coals.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 21:39:39 GMT -5
12. You've never traveled this road before and as it winds down into a canyon a foul smell fills the air and the group starts to become soft and soggy.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 21:41:23 GMT -5
13. You come to a rickety bridge over a deep ravine. An old crone demands that you pay an massive toll before you can cross. Her voice and her gaze cause a chill to run down your spine.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 21:43:49 GMT -5
14. As you travel towards the city you notice that a steadily thicker stream of people traveling away from the city. They are all silent and in a great hurry, no one meets your eye or says a word. If you ask questions no one replies, but hurries even faster to get away.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 21:48:41 GMT -5
15. You see a circle of wagons ahead, colorful canvas covers adorn them. At a distance you hear voices and the sounds of children playing. Once you get a little closer, it becomes very quite and when you arrive no one is to be seen. A few small fires are burning, water is heating over some of them, another has a small wild pig turning on a spit without anyone there to turn it.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 22:01:03 GMT -5
16. You come to a Ruined City, the road passes straight through it. Strangely a stone arch still stands at the entrance to the city and inscribed upon it are these words, "Whosoever does enter must serve the Watcher for 30 days."
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 22:34:15 GMT -5
17. As you travel along the road you come to a place where the cliff face to your left is covered with something strange dripping down and pooling in the road as it runs across and into the stream on the right side of the road. It is very thick and yellow, has a very foul smell and floats on the water in clumps. It is too wide to step or even jump across and so it blocks the road.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 22:40:21 GMT -5
18. As you travel along the road you see a sign that says, "Welcome to Chugwater," you do a double take because you left Chugwater that morning about 10 hours ago. In that time, the road has always been clearly marked with no chance of confusion and the location of the sun, says that you have not changed direction.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 22:51:19 GMT -5
19. After a heavy rain you see a rainbow that stretches from one side of the horizon to the other. Then as the rainbow fades and the clouds close back up a beam of light breaks through and shines at one end of the rainbow. Since you were traveling that direction you can see that the beam of light is shining on some ruins.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Dec 24, 2022 22:54:04 GMT -5
20. A grey bearded dwarf sits on a tree stump smoking a pipe with rings of smoke rising above him. He is stocky and muscular, even for dwarf. As you draw closer you see he is heavily scarred and holds a monstrous double bladed axe that glows with a blue light.
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Post by simrion on Dec 25, 2022 15:56:51 GMT -5
Last three on this thread are great, especially the last two. I have to agree. Those last 3 hooks are top notch. These three really shout "Mythic Underworld" to me! |
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