Foreshadow, Crackle, Public

“Why are we staying here?”, the magic-user asked. “This is stupid.”

“I don’t know. It’s kinda cool.”, the cleric replied.

The fight between the D&D players involved the inn where the party had gathered. The sign out front had a man standing in full sun, with a shadow pointing towards the Sun: the ForeShadow Inn.

“Ok - you’re in the Public Room and there’s a fire crackling in the hearth. Roll for perception…”, said the DM,”… and Rocko Padfoot notices the fire starts to tinge towards blue. What do you do?”

The players began debating what it might mean.

Ostentatious, Deliberate, Public

Elton John, David Bowie, Freddie Mercury - performers whose public personas were flamboyantly ostentatious. That’s not to say that it was their flair that made them famous, but it certainly helped to keep their fans entertained. And while I don’t have any fans yet, I’ll use outrageous style to gather my adoring peeps.

But… everything cool has been done already, and much of what isn’t cool has been too.

Hmmm… and if I try to set a trend deliberately, will it be seen as desperate and stupid?

And it costs money to pull this off…

Back to the drawing board…