Golden
Five or more Hall of Honour voters raise a submission to Golden.
All too often, a new magical creature, or plant is not seen with wonder or awe, but rather a keen eye for exploitation. In the often violent and brutal realm of role-playing, the wonders of nature are often overlooked, and never realized. I though I would start this thread to see if anyone else had any ideas along these lines. With that being said, may I present...
Codex introduction
Full Description
In most cases, if a plant or animal is not a "threat" or a "mcguffin" that is required to complete some quest, most gamers just blow them off. Here these plants are just background. They don't eat people. They might have some function in the ecology, but they don't boost players or create magical effects. In short, they are normal plants.
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Codex
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28 pieces
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Prankster Plant
A small magical plant with a love for pulling pranks. -
Jewel-of-the-Mire
'Like the Jewel of the Mire, the soul is a bright light along the dark path of time. '—Scedebus Scholar -
Pixie Flowers
Pixie flowers are small flowering ground cover. The plant itself is a creeping vine that can cover the side of a building like an ivy. -
Rose Tree
Quote from an idea of Strolen: 'A series of trees drop super spiny seeds to the ground. Only the most durable shoes can keep the spines from stabbing through.' -
The Wizard's Rube
A bright red flower that faces certain directions all in unison. -
Wyvern's Lure
'ew. What is that smell? Where did it come from?' 'Where did that wyvern come from!' -
Scarlett Call
Scarlett Call: Also known as Blood Tangle, Tryms Mark (Trym being a god of Battle), Hunter's Eye,Krell's Mark (Krell being an Evil Spirit whos worship has to deal with blood), Widow's Tears, Scarlet Call, and Earth's Wounds. When blood has been shed in anger or waste, The Scarlett Call will be there. -
King's Finger
It is a squeeky clean flower. -
Night Eyes
Sometimes, someone is watching in the middle of the night. -
Treller Vine
Treller Vines are impressive enough in the jungle, where they wind along trees adding a riot of color. Then they moved to a new neighborhood. -
Dog Pods
A plant named for its gords, both in the smell of wet dog and for their roughly dog like appearance. -
Silverblooms
The basis for many a bardic tale of courting and love, these beautiful small flowers symbolize new love to many. -
Broad Oaks
There are times at night when you think the evil tree spirits are out to get you. They open their eyes. They reach for you, grasping for your soul. When you try to run, the very ground rebels, you trip and fall, often finding the branches reaching for you in the night air. -
Fydres
Fydre tried to destroy cities and return people to the Green in his lifetime. His 'curse' attempts to drive people out of the cities. -
Torren Mangrove
'Evil' often infests swamp. This tree thrives when the other plants wither under the presence of true Evil. However, this is not an evil plant, but a land healing one as nature attempts to reclaim its own. -
Orc Rose
A careful forester keeps an eye out for the Orc Rose. The presence of Orc Roses in an area often shows that Orcs have been, or are, in the area. This way they can avoid suprises. -
Samhain's Kiss
Samhain's kiss is an blue starlike flower that signals the end of period of bounty and the period of loss. It is also symbolically linked to 'the other side' and is used in a number of traditions. -
Qanquen Trees
The name for and the tree itself come from a land far away. The name means Long Wall in some foreign tongue. It is representative on how these trees grown. -
Isuni Meneratt
An extremely exotic tree that is unlike any other. It is used world wide in the finest palaces and establisments... -
Plutonen Bulbs
One of the more unnerving of fungi, 'Liche Fungus' has its uses... -
Tatterdemalions-of-the-Flailing-Leper
A higly misunderstood flora. -
Liliensa Gigantus Gigantus
Colossal Water Lilies -
Headsmans Tree
A tree of somewhat macabre aspect - its coconut-sized fruit have hair-like fronds hanging down, suggesting decapitated heads dangling from the tree. -
Goldleaf
Prized for the metallic sheen of the foliage, this peculiar plant dwells on the banks of mountain rivers, relying on heavy metals and photoelectric power to spread itself -
Winded Warrior Resthouse
The establishment is run by an elderly goblin named Sax Stoneswiller. Providing this service to non-goblins is much more lucrative than what he was able to receive with his clan. -
Glacier's Sigh
The delicate flower of the deepest Arctic, bearing the essence of ephemeral purity. -
Orcweed
"My god, what is that?" "Orcweed, sir. Never need a wall with this growing." -
Mistflowers
An addition for the Whimsical Flora Codex (based on my Crunalan society in my Dragon Empire setting)
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Wild Flower, magical red, white and blue wild flowers when a bunch is fr…
Wild Flower, magical red, white and blue wild flowers
when a bunch is freshly picked and carried in hand, wildly fluctuating bonuses are gained, die in about 2 weeks, lose magic if put down after harvesting.
Sword Fronds magical sword plant, make 2-6 wildly vary in size and some …
Sword Fronds
magical sword plant, make 2-6 wildly vary in size and some are more powerful than the most powerful magic sword, blooms on time of need, weapons live about a month.
Oops sorry,din't see the no magic effects line, very sorry
Oops sorry,din't see the no magic effects line, very sorry
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Wow, look at that thing there.... It is really beautiful.....
Lets hack it down and sell it in town!
well-said, Mike. lmao
BUMP! One comment is too little for this nice post, it is proof that the 'common' can be interesting as well.
And I can vote!
What a great list of colorful plants, often with good uses, but not needing them to stand out. I like this one very much.
Whimsical Flora from The Wastes
Creepers
Drooping Trees
Flute Grass
Sky Pods
Thorn Rolls
Ocadian plants
Plants
Dragplants:
Quilan Shrubs
Scrollweed:
Ocadian Fungi
Someday, when stubs can be added to a codex, they will be added.
Looking at all these plants, we really like to find the useful (or potentially useful) properties of everything. Often being guilty of this crude approach, I like this list nonetheless. :)
A mighty BUMP!
Excellent trove of plants! A Vote and a BUMP!
Hmm, trying to link Prankster Plant to this and
failingsucceeding!
Revised vote, and an HOH!
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Nicely done :) I have a reputation for using plants in unexpected ways in game - my players will be quite...entertained... with these ideas.