@chetradley@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network • 11 months agoWhat's the coolest reflavoring of a spell/ability you've seen?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down111
arrow-up1362arrow-down1imageWhat's the coolest reflavoring of a spell/ability you've seen?lemmy.world@chetradley@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network • 11 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢linkfedilink16•11 months agoOur bard didn’t cast “Dissonant Whispers”, he’d just drunkely hurl insults so mean they do psychic damage.
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢linkfedilink2•11 months agoI forgot about Vicious Mockery, but that’s probably where it started. I remember there being more spells that were just tirades of insults – I think Synaptic Static was among those as well.
minus-square@chetradley@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink11•11 months agoI love the interpretation of bards that they don’t actually cast magic, they just keep it so real that it borders on supernatural.
Our bard didn’t cast “Dissonant Whispers”, he’d just drunkely hurl insults so mean they do psychic damage.
Viciouser mockery
I forgot about Vicious Mockery, but that’s probably where it started. I remember there being more spells that were just tirades of insults – I think Synaptic Static was among those as well.
I love the interpretation of bards that they don’t actually cast magic, they just keep it so real that it borders on supernatural.
When keeping it real goes right.
Emotional damage.