tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post7835511288394448515..comments2024-03-25T00:18:14.319-07:00Comments on Against The Wicked City: Magic bags and the things inside themJoseph Manolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-22679140509168133392021-10-12T14:39:53.480-07:002021-10-12T14:39:53.480-07:00I love the idea of revelations about the setting t...I love the idea of revelations about the setting that the PCs could theoretically have guessed as ideas. Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292062128781092862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-64304519343557217932021-10-04T02:22:58.527-07:002021-10-04T02:22:58.527-07:00You could probably keep most of them pretty abstra...You could probably keep most of them pretty abstract, TBH. 'You have a brilliant idea about how to complete the job you're working on more quickly, reducing the completion time by 10%.' That sort of thing.<br /><br />Or just use it to feed insights to the players that they might have missed. 'You suddenly realise that the captain's stories don't add up! He must be hiding something!'Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-86174139524272672842021-10-01T16:53:05.791-07:002021-10-01T16:53:05.791-07:00The bag of ideas would be a cool plot device in a ...The bag of ideas would be a cool plot device in a story, but I think that in an RPG, where you'd probably have to push the ideas below the abstraction layer, it might feel a bit unsatisfying?Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292062128781092862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-62044932946036220672021-09-27T13:50:23.517-07:002021-09-27T13:50:23.517-07:00Didn't Knights of the Dinner Table have an arc...Didn't Knights of the Dinner Table have an arc where the PCs left all their spare resources and henchmen inside a bag of holding, and the henchmen, tired of being forgotten about, eventually used the items to rebel and build fortifications, forcing the PCs to bloodily reconquer the inside of their own bag?<br /><br />There's only one bag of wind in the Odyssey. Centuries later, though, sailors used to buy knots from witches, each of which supposedly had a specific wind tied up inside it. When you need the wind, just untie the corresponding knot...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-56193095105791966902021-09-27T13:46:57.147-07:002021-09-27T13:46:57.147-07:00A regular bag of locusts would be unimpressive, bu...A regular bag of locusts would be unimpressive, but an enchanted bag containing a whole locust plague could be devastating!<br /><br />And a sphinx breathing milk and honey could make for a memorably odd, if very sticky, encounter...Joseph Manolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05387275537008858939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-23728600807757186972021-09-27T10:17:26.806-07:002021-09-27T10:17:26.806-07:00Some fun ideas! I think I have lost my bag of idea...Some fun ideas! I think I have lost my bag of ideas though. <br /><br />Another bag idea that I have enjoyed is The Infinite Bag of Holding (you can find it on drivethru)- bags within bags, each its own location to explore. The existing adventure is a bit silly, but the idea provides a Tardis-like world for the characters to explore.<br /><br />Oh, and was there just one bag of wind in Greek mythology or four?Derek Hollandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-39307983755889869702021-09-27T09:10:37.758-07:002021-09-27T09:10:37.758-07:00Ggyax did craft a Bag of Winds in TD#27's &quo...Ggyax did craft a Bag of Winds in TD#27's "Bazaar of the Bizarre" which I've used as a pregen magic item in some of my Castle Greyhawk games :D<br /><br />Allan.grodoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11800184312511280050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-392427526916288536.post-58086969622077001262021-09-27T05:32:53.122-07:002021-09-27T05:32:53.122-07:00Brilliant stuff. I recall doing something similar ...Brilliant stuff. I recall doing something similar with sphinxes breathing X or bestowing Y - sandstorms, hunger, vertigo, awareness of mortality. <br />Mind you, a bag of locusts or a bag of milk and honey may turn out to be rather disappointing.Solomon VKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763252777153908412noreply@blogger.com