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View Poll Results: How Do summoned beings and illusions appear in your game? | |||
in a puff of smoke | 1 | 4.00% | |
a cloud of sparks | 0 | 0% | |
they just appear suddenly | 15 | 60.00% | |
they fade into being | 2 | 8.00% | |
they step into reality as if from behind a curtain | 3 | 12.00% | |
they materialize out of smoke, like on the original Wizard cover | 1 | 4.00% | |
they quickly grow from a tiny speck to full size | 0 | 0% | |
they appear accompanied by a distant sound of bells tolling, laughter, or rumbling | 0 | 0% | |
they grow out of the ground | 0 | 0% | |
they appear accompanied by the scent of lilac and gooseberries | 0 | 0% | |
wizard pulls them out of his/her cloak | 0 | 0% | |
looks like the Star Trek transporter materializations | 0 | 0% | |
Other (please explain in your reply) | 6 | 24.00% | |
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03-10-2020, 01:49 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: New England
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How Do Summoned Beings and Illusions Appear in Your Game?
How do summoned beings and illusions appear in your game? If you select "Other" please explain in your reply.
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03-10-2020, 03:18 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: North Texas
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Re: How Do Summoned Beings and Illusions Appear in Your Game?
The best illusions do not just appear out of thin air. The clever wizard will create them out of sight or around the corner when possible so that that their approach will seem natural.
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03-10-2020, 03:48 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: New England
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Re: How Do Summoned Beings and Illusions Appear in Your Game?
Except when you also want to intimidate by letting the opposition know they are up against a wizard.
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03-10-2020, 04:10 PM | #5 |
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania
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Re: How Do Summoned Beings and Illusions Appear in Your Game?
transition from smoke, but with no extra smoke to dissipate.
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03-10-2020, 05:20 PM | #6 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: How Do Summoned Beings and Illusions Appear in Your Game?
They just appear suddenly, but there's also a slight subtle sound effect due to the air movement.
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03-11-2020, 09:36 AM | #7 |
Join Date: May 2019
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Re: How Do Summoned Beings and Illusions Appear in Your Game?
I'm going from the 'behind a curtain' one, because I feel they appear with some sort of undefinable shift and the feeling that they had been there all along.
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03-11-2020, 09:54 AM | #8 |
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Aerlith
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Re: How Do Summoned Beings and Illusions Appear in Your Game?
They "resolve" into being, sort of like how a low-poly model in a videogame is eventually replaced by the high-poly versions. The illusion starts out general and then takes on specific form and features as it comes together in the caster's mind. Experienced illusionists make this transition happen very quickly, and often have vividly imagined favorites that they can call into being fully formed.
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03-22-2020, 11:04 AM | #9 |
Join Date: Mar 2020
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Re: How Do Summoned Beings and Illusions Appear in Your Game?
For larger summons,
There is the loud sound as of fabric tearing as reality is momentarily ripped apart and the summoned being enters the world. |
03-22-2020, 12:08 PM | #10 |
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Idaho Falls
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Re: How Do Summoned Beings and Illusions Appear in Your Game?
In my story, a combined artifact/magic device in the form of a trapped chest, summons three myrmidons.
The summoning itself does not have any extra effects, but the chest was also trapped to release smoke, giving the summoned pirates a chance to get the drop on their opponents. |
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