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JerBar 12-20-06, 01:51 AM	How about a quick list of items that might be found in a dungeon that would be really bad to turn out to be mimics. Does a mimic have to be a treasure chest? Of course not, there are a few suggestions in the MM, but how about a few funny or scary items or features to throw in as mimics in disguise? 1: Outhouse 2: Statue of a nude dwarf 3: A bridge over a deep pit
CroBob 12-20-06, 01:53 AM	4. A door. 5. A bed. 6. A box of chocolates.
darksyngr 12-20-06, 01:57 AM	7. a weapon... especially one the party members want 8. part of the floor which happens to be over a spiked pit 9. A cloak 10. a bag/sack
JerBar 12-20-06, 01:59 AM	Keep in mind that a typical mimic has a volume of 150 cubic feet and weighs about 4,500 pounds according to the DMG. *Checks again* whow, heavy. 11. A part of a stone wall
CroBob 12-20-06, 02:01 AM	12. A Throne. 13. Part of the ceiling. 14. A catapult.
tsuyoshikentsu 12-20-06, 02:06 AM	15. Your mom. (No, seriously, think about it. An ultra realistic statue of your mom...)
JerBar 12-20-06, 02:11 AM	15. Your mom. (No, seriously, think about it. An ultra realistic statue of your mom...) 16. for that matter a statue of any person the party may know or trust. Real confusion factor here. (You keep my mom out of this and I'll keep out of your mom :P )
CroBob 12-20-06, 02:12 AM	17. A large altar.
darksyngr 12-20-06, 02:13 AM	17. A length of rope to the next level... make it 100 ft long.
JerBar 12-20-06, 02:14 AM	18. In a room with about 20 treasure chests and a sign saying "This room contains one mimic." The mimic is the sign.
Amon_WinterfallIV 12-20-06, 02:16 AM	Well, since the mimic speaks common: 19. Animated Object 20. Convience Machine And there's also: 21: Meat disposal. (Good for Mimic--free lunch)
JerBar 12-20-06, 02:19 AM	Outside a dungeon: 22: A small boat sitting beside a river. (With lots of tracks leading up to the boat, but none on the other side of the river)
CroBob 12-20-06, 02:23 AM	23. A caravan wagon.
JerBar 12-20-06, 02:24 AM	23. A caravan wagon. That one is going into my campain ;)
CroBob 12-20-06, 02:26 AM	That one is going into my campain ;) I'm probably going to use it now that I thought it up, meself.
JerBar 12-20-06, 02:32 AM	24. A working fountain (The water comes from a small rivlet coming in from the side of the cavern.)
darksyngr 12-20-06, 02:35 AM	25. A pile of gold
memberZ 12-20-06, 02:36 AM	26 Large pile of platinum pieces clumped into what looks like a dragons horde. 27 A boat sitting on a what looks like an underground river (illusion) aka 'tunnel of love ta eats ya'
JerBar 12-20-06, 02:37 AM	Unguarded treasure always makes my PCs nervous, they would most likely find some way to test it first. 28. A half open secret door leading to treasure, now that's worth investigating.
darksyngr 12-20-06, 02:45 AM	Unguarded treasure always makes my PCs nervous, they would most likely find some way to test it first. 28. A half open secret door leading to treasure, now that's worth investigating. Yes, but there has to be that one who is fully aware they are going to get reamed but has to try and pick it up to make sure, lol.
JerBar 12-20-06, 02:50 AM	In that case: 29. A frackn' big bar of gold. Completely different now 30. A strange machine or lever with no obvious function. You KNOW someone is going to get curious and touch it, there is no way it will be completely left alone.
CroBob 12-20-06, 02:58 AM	31. A delapidated house along a lonesome, winding, mountain road.
JerBar 12-20-06, 03:01 AM	32. A dead dragon. *Hey, lets skin it for dragon hide armor.*
JerBar 12-20-06, 03:02 AM	32. A dead dragon. *Hey, lets skin it for dragon hide armor.*
Always-Late 12-20-06, 03:07 AM	33. A keg of beer.
Sphyre 12-20-06, 03:38 AM	1: Outhouse 2: Statue of a nude dwarf I like those :D 6. A box of chocolates. The group wizard in my campaign carries those around. He's been charmed more than anyone else in the group (Mindflayers, Orge mages, I'm sure there's others). He carries them around to offer whoever he finds esspecially friendly. I think the mindflayers prefer a different kind of snack though :plotting:
Penchant_Conjurer 12-20-06, 03:42 AM	34. Mimic Eats horse waiting outside dungeon. Mimic replaces horse. 35. Mine cart if in goblin territory.
CroBob 12-20-06, 03:45 AM	The group wizard in my campaign carries those around. He's been charmed more than anyone else in the group (Mindflayers, Orge mages, I'm sure there's others). He carries them around to offer whoever he finds esspecially friendly. I think the mindflayers prefer a different kind of snack though :plotting: I think a box of chocolates that a mimc is mimicing would more closely resemble an entire crate of chocolates.
JerBar 12-20-06, 03:59 AM	Mmmmm... Chocolates... ew, sticky... d'oh, pointy!!
JerBar 12-20-06, 04:35 AM	36. A big red button. Who can resist pressing a big red button. 37. The area in front of a locked door.
Knight9910 12-20-06, 04:48 AM	My personal favorites are the bridge over a pit (Let go for TPK!) and the outhouse. (That would be scary as hell for the poor guy who goes in.) 38. The object of the entire adventure. Just when they think they've finally found the princess/ancient artifact/whatever macguffin is driving the plot...OOPS! It's trying to eat them! Make this happen AFTER the BBEG for extra fun.
bholdr_mage 12-20-06, 08:17 AM	Once, I had a doppleganger working with mimics. The Doppleganger was a butler to a strange old house that had killed all of it's inhabitants (along with the mimics) and everyone who visited. He started by asking them all to sit at the dining room table while he went upstairs to fetch the individual they were looking for. 39. The chairs to the dining room table are all mimics; already pulled out. All the character has to do is sit down. Rump roast anyone? :D
pierow37 12-20-06, 08:28 AM	an adult toy. But really, a magic item. Wouldn't that be annoying? Or better, a trap in an allyway.
Lt_Murgen 12-20-06, 08:40 AM	I acutally used this one- The heroes are sent to rescue a noble from the lair of a medusa. They know he has been turned to stone, and are prepared. Entering the gallery, they find several statues that look like him- a few carved from stone by the medusa (it was her hobby), the noble, and a mimic. When they pulled out the scroll of 'stone to flesh', the mimic attacked, and went for the scroll.
Epicweaver 12-20-06, 09:25 AM	double post
Epicweaver 12-20-06, 09:27 AM	#17 doubled #32 doubled Piero got #42-44 #45 in previous post... Um, stone statue of a mimic? What does a mimic "normally" look like anyways? A chest? #46 A bathing fountain (gargantuan mimic)... Yes, take off your clothes and hop in. Yum.
Wopple 12-20-06, 09:31 AM	an adult toy. At 4,500 pounds!!!?!?!?! dayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyymn!
krumthi 12-20-06, 09:45 AM	#47 An altar of the Pc's Cleric. #48 Coffin of the Vampire that they are trying to kill. #49 Front gate of the city. #50 Floor of the Local Tavern
Wopple 12-20-06, 09:48 AM	#51 Swing set #52 fireman's pole #53 the floor
wrecan 12-20-06, 10:04 AM	#54 An inn #55 A vampire's sarcophagus. #56 A stone golem #57 A well of many worlds #58 A large battering ram
JerBar 12-20-06, 02:18 PM	We could also add silly things here: 59. A monster much more scary then the mimic. *Mimic: "Damn, I just scared away my lunch"
Sphyre 12-20-06, 02:43 PM	#54 An inn I've seen that before. That's great :D
Sunic_Flames 12-21-06, 08:30 AM	60. An attractive member of the opposite sex as the majority of the party. :P
wrecan 12-21-06, 08:58 AM	I've seen that before. That's great :D Thanks. I was really proud of that entry. :cool:
Sphyre 12-21-06, 10:21 AM	Thanks. I was really proud of that entry. :cool: I hope to use it someday :D I particularly like the Gazebo and it's reference to the story about someone who was wary of a Gazebo.
Tusalu 12-21-06, 10:27 AM	61. A treasure chest (you could never guess that it would be a mimic) :rolleyes:
boozerker 12-21-06, 05:24 PM	An entire world (for epic campaign). A World Mimic -- anyone care to stat that one? :D :D
Grandpa Gamer 12-21-06, 10:53 PM	63. The cave opening. (a really big mimic . . .)