1001 Uses for a Sack of Flour [Archive] - Wizards Community

1001 Uses for a Sack of Flour [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Secrets Untold
02-14-06, 05:52 PM There are countless uses for a sack of flour. Post your favorites here and let's see if we can make 1001.

1) Give 'em the sack: Empty the sack and slip it over an enemys head, then run away. Good for escaping from a single guard.
lvl10penguin
02-14-06, 06:19 PM making bread... and, of course, spill it out to detect invisible bad guys
Napoleon98
02-14-06, 06:22 PM 4(since food was 2 and invisible was 3). Hansel and Gretel style your way back the way you came
Drakenstein
02-14-06, 06:37 PM 5) throw it in their face and blind them heheh
6)hit them in the face with a bag knocks em out fast
7) rip it apart to make a clod of flower for quick escapes
woodwalker
02-14-06, 06:40 PM you can always tie the bag to a rope, and the rope to a rafter and make a pendelum trap.
HaikenEdge
02-14-06, 06:49 PM 9) Empty the flour and use the bag to choke out single enemies a la choke attack.

10) Fill a small, enclosed space (such as a jar with a screw-on lid) with flour and light it up. Instant explosive. Yes, fine powder such as dust and flour will explode when placed in a small container and heated.
Secrets Untold
02-14-06, 06:52 PM [B]9) Fake Bird Poop![B]: Take a handfull of flour, get it wet, shape it into a ball, and then drop it someone's head while you yell, "Treasure from above!"
darth_borehd
02-14-06, 07:01 PM 12) Rub it on your face to disguise yourself as a vampire or other undead.
Sae Cael Oanar
02-14-06, 07:36 PM bake a cake with it...

...and hide a saw in it to break the rest of the party out of jail.

...and give it to the king so he'll like you.

...and poison it for your enemy.

...and hide the halfling in it for a new kind of trojan horse.
Anshin Mandango
02-14-06, 08:33 PM bake a baguette, let it sit for a week, bam! breadclub/greatclub/quarterstaff (depending of size/shape of loaf)
CryoSilver
02-14-06, 08:36 PM 15 (or thereabout): Sell it to a gullible teenage NPC as coke.
Secrets Untold
02-14-06, 08:57 PM Wow.

16: Pour some in a persons hair and tell them they have dandruff
Branto
02-14-06, 08:58 PM 17? Before dumping those cauldrons of boiling oil on the mean people who are trying to break down your castle door, dump a few bags of flour on them first... then, open up the gates and unleash your chosen man-eating pet/ally..

Mmmmm... deep-fried marauder.
RequiemOfReason
02-14-06, 09:00 PM 17?) Enchant the sack, cut head and arm holes and wear it as a tabard over your armor.
Kresalak
02-14-06, 09:11 PM 18. Empty it into a a building you don't like, and make sure it's floating around evenly distributed in the air. Throw a torch in from far away.

There, now there's no building you don't like.
Squaba
02-14-06, 09:28 PM 19) Toss it, and some eggs, into a water elemental then hit that same elemental with a fireball and transform it into a bread elemental.
CryoSilver
02-14-06, 09:32 PM 20: Dye the flour red, wrap it in a blanket, and when the do-gooder paladin attacks you pull it out and scream "I'll kill the baby!"

Then stab it and let the crimson flour fly everywhere; that's gotta be a feint with a +2 bonus.
Secrets Untold
02-14-06, 10:03 PM CryoSilver, you make me feel evil. THANK YOU!!!

21) Strap the bag to a GOLD dragon's mouth. Then tie its feet together. Then pour more flour all over the dragon. Now, pull a #20. When it tries to breathe fire at you, it explodes!
22) Cover a gold dragon with flour, then get the LG wizard cast fireball and smite it, only to realize that it wasn't white, but gold. I love screwing with the party wizard. Even if I'm him.
Argon_Asimov
02-15-06, 01:20 AM 23) Dump out the flour at put the bag on over your head. Instant disguise!

24) Will the halfling scout die a terrible, gruesome death at the cold, merciless hands of ingenious and seemingly unneccesary traps in the next room? Only a good, strong thorw with the bag can tell!

25) Cut the bag into bandages and mix a crude poultice with the flour and some water. Won't really heal anything, but it may help to stop the bleeding (more realism / flavor than rules-based / useful)
terrashand
02-15-06, 02:54 AM 124. Put the sack in a bigger bad and use it as a tripping weapon. 20 lbs of flour in a bag that should be at least a +2.

(sorry had to mess up the order.)
guru7892
02-15-06, 03:05 AM 27: throw it at the BBEG mid-speech and while they are dazed and confused as to why the heck a 20lb bag of flour was thrown at them, attack (cause they are flat footed.

BBEG: you have fallen right int- GRUGHG!- what? did you throw a 20lb bag of flour at me... you fight like a sisy...
terrashand
02-15-06, 03:09 AM Who throws a sho...bag of flour? Honestly? You fight like a girl!
shadowfoot666
02-15-06, 03:12 AM 27) use it as an indicator for tracking foes. your wounded in a dungeon you hear some thing coming. throw down a fine dusting of powder as you leave, so when you come back, you can better track down your foes.also good as home security to see if people been messin with your stuff.

28) use as part of a feint attemt (dm might allow bonus to bluff)

29) flour + water = glue (basic adhesive)

30) put in your crack to prevent chaffing
ReverendCow
02-15-06, 07:44 AM 27: throw it at the BBEG mid-speech and while they are dazed and confused as to why the heck a 20lb bag of flour was thrown at them, attack (cause they are flat footed.

Actually, there's a psionic power called Telekinetic Thrust that would be perfect for this. Think of when Darth Vader was flinging junk at Luke before the "I'm your father" shpiel.
mvincent
02-15-06, 01:44 PM 29) flour + water = glue (basic adhesive)
30) put in your crack to prevent chaffingThe above two items seem to imply that glue prevents chaffing?

31) From the Rules of the Game (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040921a):
"Toss the bag of flour just like a splash weapon. A direct hit leaves an invisible creature smeared with flour, which reveals the creature's location. An invisible creature caught in the flour's splash effect can attempt a Reflex save (DC 20) to avoid getting covered with flour. A creature can shed its outer clothing (at least a full-round action) and be rid of the flour. Otherwise, it must bathe or wait for the flour to wear off on its own (which takes an hour or two in dry conditions)."
32) Spread the flour on the floor to warn of approaching invisible creatures
33) Repeatedly throw the bag of flour in front of you to detect for traps.
34) Throw the flour in the air to provide a small amount of concealment (eliminates sneak attacks)
35) Improvised Sap for non-lethal damage. Possibly Huge sized, for two-handed use.
36) Spackling (crack repair, inspired by #29 and #30).
dvlsadvct
02-15-06, 03:05 PM 37. The ole Indiana Jones trick. Take sack of flour, switch with loot, avoid setting of trap.
38. Brass polish. Mix with vinegar and salt to form a paste and apply to all your brass articles, let stand for 15 min. Then polish off.
39. Build a volcano. You all remember this one from science class.
Herald@Large
02-15-06, 03:19 PM 40. Coating fish or chicken before frying
41. Coating meat before browning for stew
42. Thickening gravy
43. Coating baking pans so cakes & cookies don't stick.
(Takes me back about 40 years to Home Ec class ... :( Do they even teach Home Ec any more?)

44. Flour paste for papier-mache (how many of you remember *that* from your grade school days?)
And, dragging this kicking and screaming back to D&D:
45. If the sack is white, use it as a parley or surrender flag!
Branto
02-15-06, 10:25 PM 46. Have friend hide outside on a roof with bags of flour, while you tell the people inside you have amazing control over the weather. At your signal, you yell "LET IT SNOW!" and have your friend start sprinkling flour.

47. Any number of applications as 'magic dust' when you want to trick someone. "I curse you with the gravedust from the tomb of Wernack the wicked!" *blows flour off of palm*
the_great_mighty_nerd
02-15-06, 11:26 PM 48. halfling pie, delicious halfling pie
Darkwolf_childe
02-16-06, 12:21 AM 49: Ballast in boats/airships/balloons
50: Added weight to block doors/trap doors
51: Added weight to keep enemies pinned beneath a net/tarp
52: Small sacks of flour to *ahem* 'buff' you up. Good for increasing Cha scores with the ladies. ;)
53: Become decoys when placed under your blankets.
54: Place a sack of red flour in a helmet, then make like the headless horseman with your head tucked securely under the flour. Oi! I decapitated 'im! Cripes! He's comin' back! He's an undead! Aaaaaaaahhh!
Secrets Untold
02-17-06, 10:23 PM Cast contingency on the bag of flour so that when it hits an object, it cast create water on the loose flour. Then throw at an enemy to chuck bags of glue at them.
Elessar Alpha
02-18-06, 12:58 AM Put a whole crudload of flour in the king's cook's pancake batter. The king will have him decapitated for delaying breakfast. That will teach him to buy spices from another vender.

Put the flour all over your own face and mess with your nose. Tell everyone you're the DnD equivalent of Michael Jackson. Sit back and watch as they throw money and various other commodities on you, even though you have no discernable talent whatsoever.

Use a tube wall of force filled with flour dust as a fuse or signal.

Put a bunch of flour in the group's arrogant Yuan-Ti Halfblood Paladin's food, then watch as he gets cramps because he can't digest it. Eat that! (literally)
CryoSilver
02-18-06, 01:39 PM 59: Use it at Xmas time/Yuletide/campaign setting equivalent as fake snow.

Then light it on fire and watch them all burn. It would certainly fill me with holiday cheer.
Elessar Alpha
02-19-06, 05:28 PM 60) Put tons of flour into a regular pancake recipe, then cut them into stars. Voila! Ready made shurikens!

61) This is a simple one. Bake bread. Sell it. Make money.

I'm going to leave this one about baguettes out.

62) If you're playing a salamander or someone with fire resistance, use controlled flour explosions as a heating system.

63) Become the baker for a village using flour laced with cocaine or something similar. They'll never buy bread from anyone else ever again.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Secrets Untold 02-14-06, 05:52 PM	There are countless uses for a sack of flour. Post your favorites here and let's see if we can make 1001. 1) Give 'em the sack: Empty the sack and slip it over an enemys head, then run away. Good for escaping from a single guard.
lvl10penguin 02-14-06, 06:19 PM	making bread... and, of course, spill it out to detect invisible bad guys
Napoleon98 02-14-06, 06:22 PM	4(since food was 2 and invisible was 3). Hansel and Gretel style your way back the way you came
Drakenstein 02-14-06, 06:37 PM	5) throw it in their face and blind them heheh 6)hit them in the face with a bag knocks em out fast 7) rip it apart to make a clod of flower for quick escapes
woodwalker 02-14-06, 06:40 PM	you can always tie the bag to a rope, and the rope to a rafter and make a pendelum trap.
HaikenEdge 02-14-06, 06:49 PM	9) Empty the flour and use the bag to choke out single enemies a la choke attack. 10) Fill a small, enclosed space (such as a jar with a screw-on lid) with flour and light it up. Instant explosive. Yes, fine powder such as dust and flour will explode when placed in a small container and heated.
Secrets Untold 02-14-06, 06:52 PM	[B]9) Fake Bird Poop![B]: Take a handfull of flour, get it wet, shape it into a ball, and then drop it someone's head while you yell, "Treasure from above!"
darth_borehd 02-14-06, 07:01 PM	12) Rub it on your face to disguise yourself as a vampire or other undead.
Sae Cael Oanar 02-14-06, 07:36 PM	bake a cake with it... ...and hide a saw in it to break the rest of the party out of jail. ...and give it to the king so he'll like you. ...and poison it for your enemy. ...and hide the halfling in it for a new kind of trojan horse.
Anshin Mandango 02-14-06, 08:33 PM	bake a baguette, let it sit for a week, bam! breadclub/greatclub/quarterstaff (depending of size/shape of loaf)
CryoSilver 02-14-06, 08:36 PM	15 (or thereabout): Sell it to a gullible teenage NPC as coke.
Secrets Untold 02-14-06, 08:57 PM	Wow. 16: Pour some in a persons hair and tell them they have dandruff
Branto 02-14-06, 08:58 PM	17? Before dumping those cauldrons of boiling oil on the mean people who are trying to break down your castle door, dump a few bags of flour on them first... then, open up the gates and unleash your chosen man-eating pet/ally.. Mmmmm... deep-fried marauder.
RequiemOfReason 02-14-06, 09:00 PM	17?) Enchant the sack, cut head and arm holes and wear it as a tabard over your armor.
Kresalak 02-14-06, 09:11 PM	18. Empty it into a a building you don't like, and make sure it's floating around evenly distributed in the air. Throw a torch in from far away. There, now there's no building you don't like.
Squaba 02-14-06, 09:28 PM	19) Toss it, and some eggs, into a water elemental then hit that same elemental with a fireball and transform it into a bread elemental.
CryoSilver 02-14-06, 09:32 PM	20: Dye the flour red, wrap it in a blanket, and when the do-gooder paladin attacks you pull it out and scream "I'll kill the baby!" Then stab it and let the crimson flour fly everywhere; that's gotta be a feint with a +2 bonus.
Secrets Untold 02-14-06, 10:03 PM	CryoSilver, you make me feel evil. THANK YOU!!! 21) Strap the bag to a GOLD dragon's mouth. Then tie its feet together. Then pour more flour all over the dragon. Now, pull a #20. When it tries to breathe fire at you, it explodes! 22) Cover a gold dragon with flour, then get the LG wizard cast fireball and smite it, only to realize that it wasn't white, but gold. I love screwing with the party wizard. Even if I'm him.
Argon_Asimov 02-15-06, 01:20 AM	23) Dump out the flour at put the bag on over your head. Instant disguise! 24) Will the halfling scout die a terrible, gruesome death at the cold, merciless hands of ingenious and seemingly unneccesary traps in the next room? Only a good, strong thorw with the bag can tell! 25) Cut the bag into bandages and mix a crude poultice with the flour and some water. Won't really heal anything, but it may help to stop the bleeding (more realism / flavor than rules-based / useful)
terrashand 02-15-06, 02:54 AM	124. Put the sack in a bigger bad and use it as a tripping weapon. 20 lbs of flour in a bag that should be at least a +2. (sorry had to mess up the order.)
guru7892 02-15-06, 03:05 AM	27: throw it at the BBEG mid-speech and while they are dazed and confused as to why the heck a 20lb bag of flour was thrown at them, attack (cause they are flat footed. BBEG: you have fallen right int- GRUGHG!- what? did you throw a 20lb bag of flour at me... you fight like a sisy...
terrashand 02-15-06, 03:09 AM	Who throws a sho...bag of flour? Honestly? You fight like a girl!
shadowfoot666 02-15-06, 03:12 AM	27) use it as an indicator for tracking foes. your wounded in a dungeon you hear some thing coming. throw down a fine dusting of powder as you leave, so when you come back, you can better track down your foes.also good as home security to see if people been messin with your stuff. 28) use as part of a feint attemt (dm might allow bonus to bluff) 29) flour + water = glue (basic adhesive) 30) put in your crack to prevent chaffing
ReverendCow 02-15-06, 07:44 AM	27: throw it at the BBEG mid-speech and while they are dazed and confused as to why the heck a 20lb bag of flour was thrown at them, attack (cause they are flat footed. Actually, there's a psionic power called Telekinetic Thrust that would be perfect for this. Think of when Darth Vader was flinging junk at Luke before the "I'm your father" shpiel.
mvincent 02-15-06, 01:44 PM	29) flour + water = glue (basic adhesive) 30) put in your crack to prevent chaffingThe above two items seem to imply that glue prevents chaffing? 31) From the Rules of the Game (http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rg/20040921a): "Toss the bag of flour just like a splash weapon. A direct hit leaves an invisible creature smeared with flour, which reveals the creature's location. An invisible creature caught in the flour's splash effect can attempt a Reflex save (DC 20) to avoid getting covered with flour. A creature can shed its outer clothing (at least a full-round action) and be rid of the flour. Otherwise, it must bathe or wait for the flour to wear off on its own (which takes an hour or two in dry conditions)." 32) Spread the flour on the floor to warn of approaching invisible creatures 33) Repeatedly throw the bag of flour in front of you to detect for traps. 34) Throw the flour in the air to provide a small amount of concealment (eliminates sneak attacks) 35) Improvised Sap for non-lethal damage. Possibly Huge sized, for two-handed use. 36) Spackling (crack repair, inspired by #29 and #30).
dvlsadvct 02-15-06, 03:05 PM	37. The ole Indiana Jones trick. Take sack of flour, switch with loot, avoid setting of trap. 38. Brass polish. Mix with vinegar and salt to form a paste and apply to all your brass articles, let stand for 15 min. Then polish off. 39. Build a volcano. You all remember this one from science class.
Herald@Large 02-15-06, 03:19 PM	40. Coating fish or chicken before frying 41. Coating meat before browning for stew 42. Thickening gravy 43. Coating baking pans so cakes & cookies don't stick. (Takes me back about 40 years to Home Ec class ... :( Do they even teach Home Ec any more?) 44. Flour paste for papier-mache (how many of you remember that from your grade school days?) And, dragging this kicking and screaming back to D&D: 45. If the sack is white, use it as a parley or surrender flag!
Branto 02-15-06, 10:25 PM	46. Have friend hide outside on a roof with bags of flour, while you tell the people inside you have amazing control over the weather. At your signal, you yell "LET IT SNOW!" and have your friend start sprinkling flour. 47. Any number of applications as 'magic dust' when you want to trick someone. "I curse you with the gravedust from the tomb of Wernack the wicked!" blows flour off of palm
the_great_mighty_nerd 02-15-06, 11:26 PM	48. halfling pie, delicious halfling pie
Darkwolf_childe 02-16-06, 12:21 AM	49: Ballast in boats/airships/balloons 50: Added weight to block doors/trap doors 51: Added weight to keep enemies pinned beneath a net/tarp 52: Small sacks of flour to ahem 'buff' you up. Good for increasing Cha scores with the ladies. ;) 53: Become decoys when placed under your blankets. 54: Place a sack of red flour in a helmet, then make like the headless horseman with your head tucked securely under the flour. Oi! I decapitated 'im! Cripes! He's comin' back! He's an undead! Aaaaaaaahhh!
Secrets Untold 02-17-06, 10:23 PM	Cast contingency on the bag of flour so that when it hits an object, it cast create water on the loose flour. Then throw at an enemy to chuck bags of glue at them.
Elessar Alpha 02-18-06, 12:58 AM	Put a whole crudload of flour in the king's cook's pancake batter. The king will have him decapitated for delaying breakfast. That will teach him to buy spices from another vender. Put the flour all over your own face and mess with your nose. Tell everyone you're the DnD equivalent of Michael Jackson. Sit back and watch as they throw money and various other commodities on you, even though you have no discernable talent whatsoever. Use a tube wall of force filled with flour dust as a fuse or signal. Put a bunch of flour in the group's arrogant Yuan-Ti Halfblood Paladin's food, then watch as he gets cramps because he can't digest it. Eat that! (literally)
CryoSilver 02-18-06, 01:39 PM	59: Use it at Xmas time/Yuletide/campaign setting equivalent as fake snow. Then light it on fire and watch them all burn. It would certainly fill me with holiday cheer.
Elessar Alpha 02-19-06, 05:28 PM	60) Put tons of flour into a regular pancake recipe, then cut them into stars. Voila! Ready made shurikens! 61) This is a simple one. Bake bread. Sell it. Make money. I'm going to leave this one about baguettes out. 62) If you're playing a salamander or someone with fire resistance, use controlled flour explosions as a heating system. 63) Become the baker for a village using flour laced with cocaine or something similar. They'll never buy bread from anyone else ever again.