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Post by hengest on Jan 7, 2022 19:42:11 GMT -5
89) In the middle of the night, every building has at least one milk-white figure sitting on its roof, ledge, chimney, windowsill, doorstep.
90) One-way herbal time travel (garlic, rosemary).
91) It is said that the princeling simply floated away on the wind.
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Post by hengest on Jan 7, 2022 20:05:36 GMT -5
92) Slumber buns sold at market.
93) In the foothills, you begin to hear complex whistling that is clearly not birdsong.
94) Gauntlets that make your hands strong but brittle.
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Post by hengest on Jan 7, 2022 20:10:32 GMT -5
95) A race, small of stature, that can be seen only by young children and outsiders.
96) A refuse pit that never gets full.
97) A path of always dry, cracked dirt that leads out of the village in the direction of the "other" woods.
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Post by hengest on Jan 7, 2022 20:23:23 GMT -5
98) Burial only in clay, for local reasons.
99) A hillside spring that sets to you perfect health at your ideal age, just once.
100) Obvious veins of gold in the rock face that forms the eastern wall of the throne room.
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Post by hengest on Jan 7, 2022 21:58:23 GMT -5
101) Pouring water on the earth in this locale causes the earth to "give back" an equivalent volume of water, resulting in flooding unexpected to visitors during what seems to be normal rainfall.
102) Days of inconsistent length, or no day at all.
103) When one with a great heart enters the Heart of the Cavern, a new world is generated within him.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jan 8, 2022 13:42:17 GMT -5
Have an Exalt hengest, this thread is awesome, I hope it goes on forever. A brainstorming thread, everyone should do one.
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Post by hengest on Jan 8, 2022 14:49:12 GMT -5
104) Looks like a tomato, tastes like a pear, which surprises you.
105) The villagers never leave the village.
106) The sun rises much faster than it sets.
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Post by hengest on Jan 8, 2022 16:40:01 GMT -5
107) In the middle of the blizzard, all that you can see is strange shapes moving around as if they were negative space in the field of whirling snow.
108) When you arrive in the city, there is a honey-tasting festival going on.
109) The mayor has a truly bullish cast to his features.
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Post by El Borak on Jan 8, 2022 17:37:43 GMT -5
These are incredible, not sure if I could pull this off or not. Have an exalt.
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Post by hengest on Jan 8, 2022 20:54:39 GMT -5
110) Private dwellings built directly into the cliffside.
111) Travelling musician with a pelican that assists during his performances.
112) This village was intended to be a prison, but the magical wards failed decades ago and those responsible have not checked up.
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Post by hengest on Jan 9, 2022 9:30:23 GMT -5
113) In the middle of an unpopulated and apparently truly wild area, a statue on a pedestal.
114) The sentry is a non-anthropmorphized barred owl.
115) "Ay, ay, softer than the lords' silk! Come try!"
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Post by hengest on Jan 9, 2022 11:51:56 GMT -5
116) Over the door to the bathhouse no larger than a shed you see two stone figurines of cats, both of which follow you with their eyes.
117) As you begin to swallow the potion, you feel an unfamiliar hot strength--it seems almost colorful--growing in your belly and rushing out into your limbs.
118) Looking down for the sensation, you watch in disbelief as you realize that an invisible force is trying to crack your knuckles.
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Post by hengest on Jan 9, 2022 11:56:21 GMT -5
119) The old woman looks remarkably well-preserved, almost salted.
120) You step into the shade of the trees at the edge of the wood and suddenly hear tiny columbine bells ringing clear all around you.
121) The little girl with her basket of herbs finishes by clutching the pouch around her neck and saying that the saffron is not for sale, no, the saffron is not for sale.
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Post by hengest on Jan 9, 2022 12:05:13 GMT -5
122) The bit of honey-flavored taffy seems to grow in your mouth and you wonder whether you should try to swallow it.
123) Seated on the hill and looking down at the sunset, you hear something and turn your head to see a skeleton getting comfortable right beside you.
124) Inside the unlocked chest is a set of tools for agricultural labor.
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Post by hengest on Jan 9, 2022 12:10:05 GMT -5
125) Inside the world is a lot of clockwork.
126) True magic is in books and cannot be used without immediate reference to the pages.
127) In this country, the sun sings a lullaby as it sets.
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Post by hengest on Jan 9, 2022 12:14:28 GMT -5
128) The bamboo stalks part for you as you approach.
129) You begin to sink into the rock as if it were quicksand, but may be able to take more steps if you move quickly.
130) Hungrily sucking down the porridge, you suddenly feel even weaker.
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Post by hengest on Jan 9, 2022 14:43:02 GMT -5
131) The boots, once you have struggled to put them on, shrink as they conform to your feet and calves, the soles sinking into you and leaving you with your lower extremities covered with a black and living leather.
132) As you sneak around the fort, which is clearly a ruin, you see a light flickering in a basement window.
133) Reaching the crest of the hill, you see the valley sweeping away before you as the mist of rain begins to change to snow.
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Post by hengest on Jan 9, 2022 14:51:26 GMT -5
134) Bracelet with no links between the semi-precious stones.
135) The king's cat looks pitifully up at you just before you burst into the chamber.
136) Several sets of moth-eaten clothes and dusty jewelry surround a circular table almost flush with the floor.
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Post by hengest on Jan 10, 2022 11:49:05 GMT -5
137) Story of a mindless warrior who cannot be struck by any metal weapon.
138) Potion of pyrrhic healing heals you fully but makes you weak as a kitten for days.
139) Flames and screams coming from the wizard's hut.
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Post by hengest on Jan 10, 2022 16:01:10 GMT -5
140) In the middle of the night, you awaken to find sand all around you and beginning to cover your face.
141) Mushrooms that speak for and promote the fungus they represent.
142) In the morning, everything in the woods is coated in half an inch of ice.
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Post by hengest on Jan 10, 2022 22:52:37 GMT -5
143) A cold and dead kitchen smells of fresh garlic and other herbs.
144) A hole in the sky.
145) A dream that is an explosion of light followed by intense and twirling hallucinations that get in the way of your actual vision after you wakeup.
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Post by hengest on Jan 10, 2022 22:59:45 GMT -5
146) An empty but not ruined library whose books are in a half-intelligible tongue.
147) A single wild rose floats up from between the stones in a dungeon floor.
148) A village centered inside a castle.
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Post by hengest on Jan 10, 2022 23:04:51 GMT -5
149) To give a true decree, the king must be chained to his throne.
150) The dragon that terrorizes the populace is known to live directly under the keep.
151) The entrance to the city looks like the giant skull of a full-curl ram.
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Post by hengest on Jan 10, 2022 23:07:53 GMT -5
152) Skeletons walking up out of the sea with a purpose.
153) Ship with apparently random sections of its hull invisible.
154) Salt-water spring in the mountains.
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Post by hengest on Jan 10, 2022 23:13:32 GMT -5
155) A path made of primroses.
156) Magical milkmaid's yoke.
157) Airborne constricting snake.
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Post by hengest on Jan 10, 2022 23:23:36 GMT -5
158) Foxes guarding chickens.
159) Hand-shaped jewelry box with a faint inscription on the underside of the lid.
160) A voluntarily Stone Age society nearby.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 11:54:41 GMT -5
161) Used magic item salvage.
162) Sleepers become intangible.
163) Mudskipper society.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 11:58:50 GMT -5
164) Find the source of the spring and learn why the well is dry.
165) A wolf that follows about ten paces behind you.
166) Stoneware mugs are the main export of the city.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 19:31:48 GMT -5
167) No one can recall who King Calvert was, although his likeness and name are on every coin in the realm.
168) Local guide offers to take you to a real dragon's lair.
169) Her strength grows with each day of spring.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 19:39:59 GMT -5
170) "An' a fine zupper it'll be when ye bring me those mountain cabbages!"
171) The shocked-looking bard offers you a coin if you will sing him a song.
172) Humans have darkvision but do not know it.
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