chetradley@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 9 months agoWhat's the coolest reflavoring of a spell/ability you've seen?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down111
arrow-up1361arrow-down1imageWhat's the coolest reflavoring of a spell/ability you've seen?lemmy.worldchetradley@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 9 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·9 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 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 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-squarechetradley@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·9 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.
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoWhen keeping it real goes right.
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.