Re: Mirrorspace: The Wonderseekers

On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 18:00:41 -0500, Night_Druid
<Night_Druid@??????????.net> wrote:

>    Wow, that's really good.  I would have never have thought about putting
>the two together; nicely done :)  Been watching lots of Survivor & Big
>Brother? ;!)

no, actually i _hate_ the very concept of these series. when i first heard
of big brother, i thought someone wanted to take me for a ride. when i
realized it was true, i felt a cold shiver going down my spine... that was
several years past. but suddenly i found some use for those sorry efforts
of tv-entertainment: turn them into a story of decadence and vanity. :-D


>    Well, here's a thought: since you're running with a TV-style writeup,
>here's a thought: have a "Potion of the Wonderseekers", which is commonly
>mistaken for a potion of longevity.  More to come, I can't post atm.

can´t wait to read about it.

>    I can imagine a dwarven citadel with tapestries to train prospective
>wonderseekers the art of adventuring in STYLE ;)

you know that now i´m expecting nothing less than a detailed writeup of the
citadell, preferably with a keyed map! ;)


>    I recommend that the "show gems" be part of some piece of jewelry; I
>mean, would you want to swallow something that's been in the digestive
track
>?  Earrings, rings, bracers, and torcs all would fit the bill nicely.
Plus,
>I'd have those devices grant a +2 bonus to all saving throws; something to
>encourage reckless behaviour on the part of the wonderseekers...

you´re right. i didn´t think about that disgusting "swallow-what-countless-
others-swallowed-before-you"- aspect of it. no empire of beauty would
favour such revolting solutions (at least not in public).


>    An idea:
>    Potion of the Wonderseeker: Effects of a Potion of Longevity (i.e.
>"Plastic Surgury" ;) ) plus two additional effects: inflicts the person
with
>an insationable wanderlust, plus grants the effects of a potion of treasure
>finding...i.e. the new Wonderseeker's first quest.

i´m a bit sceptic about the wanderlust, for it might govern too much of the
Watched One´s emotions, and too much influence in a show like that could
meet resentment from the side of the audience: "my favourite candidate is
under the influence of that blasted potion! he would act much more clever
without it! sabotage!!!" or something like that. on the other hand, who
said that the use of the potions was commonly known? and then, in a realm
like Mirror, almost every oddity could have been possible! :)

there could very well have been a kind of "joker-potions" with unknown
effects, akin to the deck of many things. the bored audience would
certainly find them highly amusing! perhaps the winner of every match could
drink one, or perhaps everyone was granted one at the start and could try
to find clues to what the potion probably does during The Show...