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dungeonmalcontent ยท 1 year
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I really think that detecting illusions is a heavily underused mechanic in ttrpgs.
So try this. You make a dungeon. Everything in the dungeon is positioned and behaves as if there are walls. In reality, there are no walls. There are incredibly high level illusions if walls. The doors are real, the floor is real, all the items in the dungeon are real. Some of the doors are even locked. But there's no walls.
And the trick is, unless a player specifically says they touch a wall or they lean up against a wall or anything like that, you say nothin to give them even a hint that the walls aren't real. Because they're going to assume that there are walls, even if you don't have miniatures, or a VTT map, or you don't describe them. It's unreasonable to poke around at every aspect of your surroundings to see if they're real or not.
With perceptive skill alone, a player requires an absurdly high check. 35 or something along those lines.
So there are really only four ways to discover the walls aren't really there.
1) player touches the wall and realizes that it isn't there.
2) player uses magic to detect or see through an illusion. I'm considering extrasensory ability in this category as well, but sensory still has to be mostly intentional because they have to have a reason to distrust their eyes.
3) skill check. They try to look around them to find something. They might notice a slight improbable repeating perfection to the illusion.
4) they beat the dungeon and the illusion fades, revealing how silly they've been this whole time.
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calirph ยท 10 days
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All quotes here have been taken from different sources of media, literature, television, movies and more regarding medieval or period drama quotes in the context of those stories, some might work on more modern setting but these were made with the intention of medieval and fantasy settings. Change names, pronouns and locations as you see fit.
I just wish he'd have the decency to say whatever he came to say in front of his wife.
His wife should track him like a bloodhound.
Let him who knows who he is be no other but himself.
Seduction, as you know by now, for women starts with the ears and for men starts with the eyes.
She is my friend, and there is nothing you can say or do that can stop me from helping her.
You seem a might bit distracted this evening. Is something the matter?
History belongs to those who write it.
But I have never lost faith... even if the world turned upside down I could still find you.
Some mistakes are bound to be repeated.
Do you plan on marrying Charles?
This is a time of change. This is a time of enormous power.
Do you understand the meaning of the soil beneath your feet?
The other Clans will soon arrive. The greatest times of our family are before us. And so are the darkest.
Tonight must be our secret. Swear it.
You pander to her. You spoil her. You make such a fuss over her when she tantrums. This is what happens when you raise a child like that.
Iยดve always wanted him to love me the way I loved him.ย 
We were arrogant and naive, thinking we knew what we felt then was love.ย 
A manยดs desire is a powerful thing. It can reduce a strong man to nothing. When he sees a woman who fascinates him, he will give up everything for her.
ย You are like a golden rose, a rare bloom but no less lovely.
So, you see, you're not the only ones who have lost someone. War doesn't discriminate, Petra.ย 
What you think is indecent, I do to my wife every morning before breakfast. There is no such thing as indecent between a husband and a wife. The only thing indecent is a cold marriage bed.ย 
The earl and I...We were... not intimate.
He fought in the war. He might fall apart, fly off the handle, go off the rails.
Mr. Russell, donโ€™t you think Iโ€™m too young for you?
To be humiliated so publicly. I don't know. I never wished him ill.
He wasnโ€™t quite what youโ€™d hoped for, was he, Mother dear?
It is easier to start a war than to end it.
All I am guilty of is surviving, and for that, I will not apologize.
There is no law that gods must be fair, Achilles.
How many times can a heart be shattered and still be pieced back together?ย 
She succeeds because she is loved and respected.ย 
I have waited to see you again when none believed that you should ever return; I would have waited for ever.
Your lips are calling for me.
This is your home now. You're one of us, and we take care of our own.
You have a spine of steel and fire in your eyes, Rosalie.ย 
I've never met anyone as kind as you are.
A little taste before the wedding, Jayden?
Godโ€™s given you to me, and as soon as He allows, Iโ€™ll claim you as my own.
I brought you something. It gets cold in Nashville in the wintertime.
It seems you want me at your mercy, Princess. The question is why?
I am a slave in your palace.
To speak my truth, even if my voice shakes.
What would you say if I asked to kiss you?
Will you allow me to kiss you?
Do I have a choice? Doesnโ€™t it happen with or without our consent? Falling in love, that is.
I have the power, and you will obey me.
Youโ€™re a lady. Itโ€™s written all over you.
It is amazing what a woman can do if only she ignores what men tell her she can't.
I am not a besotted fool. If you think to jilt me, think again.
It's all my fault. He was trying to save me.
All things in Fiji are paid for in blood.
I have not forgotten that I am a Norman, nor the responsibilities that I bear.
I swear I will be a lady worthy of our family name, worthy of England, and worthy of my conscience.
Being set apart is lonely, until you find purpose.
My faith has promised me to me to my king.
I want your reputation... I want everything you have.
Remember when I told you I would marry none but a warrior, Collector?
I want you to be the father of my child, yes, more than any other man in the world.ย 
I am the flesh of your flesh, and you are the heart of my heart.
My father fought against the infidels during the last crusade. It cost him his life.ย 
Grace saves us, but is not grace beautiful? I think it must be full womanly, even, to draw men in, and to give us a second birth.
Marriage is less about love and more about who is right.
A woman's life is never a fairy tale ... neither is war.
You're not made of kings, boy, but of common clay.
I'm Uther's daughter and sole heir: Morgan Pendragon.
Who better than you, King Lot, my father's strongest opponent.
If we forge a union, we'd have the strength to unite the realm. As King and Queen.
Ambition for its own sake is worthless.
Uther's daughter, Arthur's sister. You can't be defined by others. People need to know you for yourself.
The past doesn't matter. Define yourself in the present, and you might rule in the future.
We are going to build a land full of hope and honor where fear is extinguished, to which people will flock from far and wide, seeking out our beacon of light.
With a little luck, in time, you might fall in love with him. And if you don't, before you know it,he'll give you children, and then you'll love them.
Well, the most enticing aspect for any man is the forbidden. But you'll just have to forego the looks from men other than your husband.
What exactly do you think I'm capable of?
To forget myself. To lose the world for a moment.
One rumour of my death, and you proclaim a new leader! A king could get offended.
If she takes the crown, I'll tell you what you get. Fear!
You have no rights in this kingdom anymore.
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notmorbid ยท 7 months
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the boatman's daughter.
dialogue prompts from the boatman's daughter by andy davidson.
i'll be back. i promise.
you're going to die tonight. this is your death.
i'm only __. i don't want to die.
what are you willing to do? where's the end of it?
you robbed me of so much.
i like the way you smell.
what happened out there that night?
i will catch you. i will keep you. i will never let you go.
you're not sleeping. you want to talk about it?
life is a series of ceaseless struggles against ceaseless currents.
bad dreams are just bits of stories.
when stories don't make sense, they scare us. you have to fit the pieces together.
what's the worst thing anyone ever did to you?
there are places we belong and places we don't.
i don't care about belief. i care about trust.
what's your real name?
put your head in my lap.
give me your hand.
no matter what, do not turn around.
has the hour finally come?
these should fit you.
you're safe now. do you understand?
you won't like the way it ends.
i dreamed of you.
i drew your picture.
never tell secrets without a drink.
i was a girl once, too.
like you, i have known sorrows so great there are no words to account for them.
there are things you cannot bait a hook to catch.
we have no time for regrets now.
all of us come from cracked eggs and nests of thorns.
we are the choices we make.
go. there is no shelter here.
yours is a heart stowing secrets.
keep your eyes on me, and tell me what you know.
i can't not help you.
you'd kill me, if you could.
i need to know you won't get in my way.
we've served evil men long enough. it's about time we served something else.
i came to see what all the fuss is about.
how long has this been going on?
i like your world so much.
we should've been friends.
what are you scared of? is it me?
i'm here now. i found you.
sometimes it keeps us safe, not knowing the truth.
the land will tell you a story.
we have the keys. why don't we just go?
i know you. you're dead.
we're getting near the end.
i like it better here. it's nice here.
it's okay. i'm taking you out of here.
you don't need a name.
i thought i knew you.
how unworthy i proved.
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kikismemes ยท 6 months
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๐“—๐“ช๐“พ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ญ โ€” send ๐Ÿš๏ธ for an au where my muse haunts the house yours just moved into.
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shandars-sorrow ยท 2 years
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balfazuar ยท 3 months
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gandalf-the-fool ยท 1 year
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nocti-luca ยท 2 years
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writtenbyevie ยท 1 year
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YOU guys may not think Iโ€™m funny but the magical floating quill I use to pen all my posts thinks Iโ€™m hilarious
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nikkotg ยท 1 year
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Repost from Facebook that had no source, but too good to not share
#You May
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wizardfacts ยท 2 years
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WIZARD FACT #32
a rare species of wizard is primarily a frugivore, and it may supplement its diet with insects, flower parts, pollen, and nectar. it has a curious behavior of constructing hats out of large, fan-shaped leaves. these hats serve as an excellent shelter from common rain storms in their region.
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captainfreebooter ยท 1 year
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People always tell the halfling warrior to do this or that a different way, but it's really hard to break the force of hobbit
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thesunderedsun ยท 2 years
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somehow I'm not attracted to really fit bodies. maybe it's because I instantly think "werewolf" if there's abs and a buff body? idk I'm more of an avian/reptilian monster fucker, you feel me, gym bro?
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notmorbid ยท 7 months
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ordinary monsters: pt. 3.
dialogue prompts from ordinary monsters: a novel by j.m. miro.
you can prepare or you can wait, but worry serves no purpose.
your hands are shaking.
something here doesn't feel right.
it's okay. it was all a long time ago.
it would behoove you to speak more respectfully.
no one says 'dearies'. that's not a thing.
it's not against the law to get rained on.
are you in need of assistance?
you're angry with me. i daresay you might hate me.
you believe you understand what you're fighting for, what you stand for.
i don't believe anything you say.
truth is truth, whether it's known or not.
i've only ever wanted to keep you safe.
it's not the loneliness. it's the solitude.
you can choose what you are, what you will be.
do you remember the way back?
you don't mean to give up, do you?
i thought you were made of stronger stuff.
i thought i was being clever.
you're not planning on doing anything foolish, are you?
i've had a life more interesting than most.
everything seems so simple at your age.
how are you not dead?
drink. eat. it will help.
you seem older, somehow.
you don't have to be like ___. you can choose.
there are things in this world more important than what we want.
i know you think you have to do things, but you don't.
you aren't a bad person.
i loved you like a brother.
just go. go, and don't look back.
bloody americans. always have to make a grand gesture.
no one is ever safe, and there's never a next time.
i've believed in you, all these years.
i am not a monster. i take no pleasure in this.
it always matters.
i was coming back for you. i was.
i guess you just found your own way.
the not knowing was almost the hardest part.
it's not okay. but it'll get better.
one cannot shut one's eyes and trust the horror will flee.
the only way to slay a monster is to confront it in its lair.
not all change is loss. there are other ways of being in the world.
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kikismemes ยท 7 months
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๐“ฃ๐“ป๐“พ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ ๏ผ send โœจ for your muse to cast a spell on mine. For one day they can only tell you the truth, after 24 hours, it's all forgotten.
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thecrazyworldbuilder ยท 2 years
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Picture a mage casting Nuclear Warhead
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