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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 20:36:42 GMT -5
173) The village elder takes you for the last adventuring party that went out.
174) The local tinker offers you the use of two strange suits with round heads attached if you will take on the task of retriving the city's treasure from the bay.
175) You are assured that the amulet delays death by "some time."
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 20:41:45 GMT -5
176) The prince has vanished in his sleep, replaced by a ridiculous faceless doll.
177) Fish swim freely through the air to eat insects, but always return to the fountain after a while.
178) The baron, greatest warrior in these parts, has not returned from the hunt.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 20:46:37 GMT -5
179) Many men here wear rings or bracelets with small living flowers in them.
180) The earth opens at midnight and floods the city with a cold light that then vanishes into the corners.
181) No one knows what to make of the gigantic pigeon tall enough to peer over the castle walls.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 20:50:34 GMT -5
182) It tastes like wine, or maybe beer, and you smile.
183) Everyone must go barefoot within the city.
184) No one has that information but the former king who abdicated to take monastic vows.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 21:00:19 GMT -5
185) The sentry looks weak as a kitten but confident as a knight in his prime.
186) You cannot understand why this woman is asking you to help her mother when she herself looks as old as the ancient yew you see behind her.
187) You notice there are no seeds in this apple and no blossom end.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 21:49:56 GMT -5
188) The reward for all your troubles and hurts is ice cream.
189) As you move deeper into the cave, you realize that it is getting cold so quickly that you are going to have to go back for winter gear, but the cavern seems to have closed up behind you.
190) A dragon figurine that sometimes mews, sometimes puffs smoke, sometimes crawls a bit, and is very often still.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 23:33:31 GMT -5
191) A pair of dice with no pips visible until they stop rolling after a throw.
192) The ale tastes like it was made with something unwholesome, but the locals don't seem to notice.
193) The woman cannot be more than eighteen, but she talks like your grandmother.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 23:46:26 GMT -5
194) The fires of the camp all burn out at once.
195) The same lone man, weather-worn, is still there on the rocks under the pier.
196) "If you do the task right, I won't be here to give you your reward when you return!"
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 23:50:04 GMT -5
197) One diurnal town and one noctural are the twin hearts of local trade.
198) It has the same odd stripe like the fox in the tapestry at the inn.
199) Everyone instructs you to walk slow enough to feel the road.
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Post by hengest on Jan 11, 2022 23:52:08 GMT -5
200) A ring of mushrooms exactly the circumference of the widest part of the tree's crown.
(I lost count somewhere, it seems, but why worry? 200 and now a little break from this, I'm starting to need some oil. Hope some of these are worth riffing on, and thanks for reading.)
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Post by Admin Pete on Jan 12, 2022 0:37:37 GMT -5
200) A ring of mushrooms exactly the circumference of the widest part of the tree's crown. (I lost count somewhere, it seems, but why worry? 200 and now a little break from this, I'm starting to need some oil. Hope some of these are worth riffing on, and thanks for reading.) Wow! 200, color me impressed. I hope some other people do this too! |
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Post by hengest on Jan 12, 2022 22:38:40 GMT -5
201) A cow is eating the hay out from under you when you awake at dawn.
202) The moonbow is quite faint but seems to call to you.
203) As you look out of the tower, you feel you can see to the edge of the world, a blurry line in the far distance.
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Post by hengest on Jan 12, 2022 22:39:14 GMT -5
204) As the healer pushes a slice of bread covered with garlic towards you, she remarks that there are no more such herbs to be found in the wild.
205) The walls of the keep are covered with crude chalk drawings.
206) A wall of lightning strikes, splitting the landscape as far as you can see in both directions, burning ever hotter during the many eyeblinks it lasts until it vanishes and leaves a a thick black line in the middle of your stunned field of vision.
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Post by hengest on Jan 12, 2022 22:39:45 GMT -5
207) The ceramic potion bottle does not need a cork.
208) Healing magic that affects only locals.
209) A pestilence has swept through, causing countless people to age rapidly, crack open, and be reborn as young adults.
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Post by hengest on Jan 12, 2022 22:40:27 GMT -5
210) Deep in this horrible dungeon you come upon a young family living well in a single room that juts into this space from a demiplane.
211) The unpainted nesting dolls depict each of you, although crudely.
212) The wheat grows so heavy that it cannot stand.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Jan 13, 2022 0:39:05 GMT -5
210) Deep in this horrible dungeon you come upon a young family living well in a single room that juts into this space from a demiplane. 211) The unpainted nesting dolls depict each of you, although crudely. 212) The wheat grows so heavy that it cannot stand. I am really loving this thread, have an Exalt! |
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Post by hengest on Jan 13, 2022 17:24:52 GMT -5
210) Deep in this horrible dungeon you come upon a young family living well in a single room that juts into this space from a demiplane. 211) The unpainted nesting dolls depict each of you, although crudely. 212) The wheat grows so heavy that it cannot stand. I am really loving this thread, have an Exalt! Ha, thanks! 213) You see a hissing snakelike lizard where it seems everyone else sees the lord of the manor. 214) Even before your eyes close, you fall asleep and the world dissolves into a field of colorful dots. 215) Down from the mountain, over the snowdrifts, the giant comes running. |
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Post by hengest on Jan 13, 2022 17:32:05 GMT -5
216) The small flames in all the lamps suddenly leap up to several feet in height, filling the room with light, heat, and shadows.
217) The tiny figurine looks somewhat like a soldier and somewhat like a mushroom.
218) Your impression is that the room was tossed by someone looking for something and then untouched since that time.
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Post by hengest on Jan 14, 2022 0:34:25 GMT -5
219) Slow-moving lava beginning to burn through the town as you arrive to see people in panic.
220) What looks like a shared hallucination, hundreds of flowers being born from each other in mid-air, in the town square.
221) Thunderstick.
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Post by hengest on Jan 14, 2022 14:31:51 GMT -5
222) The houses in the woods appear only after sundown.
223) A butterfly lights on your nose and then flies off in a straight manner more like that of a bird than a butterfly.
224) The skeletons approaching clearly have longer torsos with twice as many ribs as usual.
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Post by hengest on Jan 14, 2022 14:41:27 GMT -5
225) Through this gray landscape, a family is travelling on an open cart on which which many colorful birds are also seated.
226) Overnight all the sand on the beach has changed to a mass of perfectly transparent crystal through which you can see...
227) The curse of Leech Touch causes you to drain the vitality of anyone you have physical contact with, sending them into a deep slumber for a day.
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Post by hengest on Jan 14, 2022 14:44:27 GMT -5
228) Sharp molars and dull incisors.
229) Detachable hand.
230) A form of living ice that constricts its prey slowly overnight.
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Post by hengest on Jan 14, 2022 14:48:21 GMT -5
231) A strangely slick area on the path.
232) A peddler who claims to sell wisdom.
233) Unicorns who dwell underground.
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Post by hengest on Jan 14, 2022 17:44:45 GMT -5
234) "Ay, today's the day when all the tales dance on Miller's Green!"
235) Some of the animals that graze on the commons have been coming home walking awkwardly on two legs.
236) Golden stile.
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Post by hengest on Jan 14, 2022 20:18:16 GMT -5
237)
Without a guide, a leader, or a light
Mayst find the trackless path 'twixt day and night
238) Mushroom Wood is known for strange cries that seem to come from all directions at once.
239) In winter, some fish swim into artificial pools dug in the side of the river and spend the winter there, kept warm by the villagers' efforts.
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Post by hengest on Jan 14, 2022 23:09:18 GMT -5
240) The cold marble staircase leads down from the ground into nothing in the middle of the green wood.
241) The wizard's dreams have been plaguing the city for weeks.
242) Dominant wolf in pack has high intelligence and limited telepathy due to his rank and office.
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Post by hengest on Jan 15, 2022 10:34:34 GMT -5
243) The blue sky has been leaking into the yellow sun, dying it green and dimming it somewhat.
244) The enthusiasts of the new magic wish to hasten the crumbling of the old.
245) The sound of the city's bells stabilizes those dying of injuries.
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Post by hengest on Jan 15, 2022 11:34:39 GMT -5
246) Fruit trees that bear in midwinter.
247) An unused house in a bustling town.
248) From one isinglass window in the tower, you can see certain folk in outlandish dress that you cannot see from anywhere else.
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Post by hengest on Jan 15, 2022 11:37:42 GMT -5
249) A glacier expanding at a rate of several feet a day.
250) A new import that seems to rejuvenate those who eat it.
251) Mobile land barnacles.
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Post by hengest on Jan 15, 2022 19:16:54 GMT -5
252) Tiny unicorns entering the world through a glowing canvas.
253) Mad king who wishes to destroy all portals and is marshalling his forces to do so.
254) The baron's motto is "Loyalty is service."
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