This one's a bit of mix between the flavor text challenge and the art challenges. Fifteen pieces of flavor text have been assigned to you. Your job is to come up with an appropriate card for as many as you'd like.
Since just coming up with flavor text without context is tricky, I first came up with a world to play with. This plane is based on children's adventure stories from the 19th and early 20th century. Specifically, I was thinking of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Pinnochio, Peter Pan and The Wizard of Oz. But none of these quotes are supposed to represent those works specifically... it's more of a melange of strange children's dreamworlds.
A quick note: I tried to keep the length of the flavor under control. But since I was mimicking Elizabethan fiction, sometimes it got out from under me. Just be aware that lengthy game text combined with a lengthy quote won't look all that great.
1.) "Aggie? Notice anything strange?" "You figured it out too? They're children, Augur. The entire plane is populated by children."
2.) 'Tis great to be Queen in the Kingdom of Savlon. At least, until you find out about the other 500 queens of Savlon.
3.) "You see, Jimboy, fate's like an arrow with a homing pigeon tied too it. Doesn't matter how far you shoot, it always comes back in the end."
4.) "All things must come to an end, Fox Mabel. Even fairies." --Witch Hazel
5.) Robin-Go-Right was fierce. With two swords he could lay low an army. But with a baby, he was defenseless.
6.) If you're a fish, then I'm a tree. If you're the apple, I'm the sea.
7.) Hiding even in the basest of hearts is the capacity for love. For you see, dear reader, even a vulture knows how to fly.
8.) His chest was a cave, his head was junk. His arms were brick, his legs tree trunks. And on a craggy crag he thunk.
9.) They don't look like much. But I promise that those little wooden soldiers protect the kingdom from what lies beyond.
10.) And what do you think dear reader? Do our heroes hate one another forever? But here they are, quarrel forgotten, reconciled through the magic of a night's sleep.
11.) Rattletop held up his tattered pants for a lack of good suspenders. "No girls!" he yelled. His stomach growled in agreement.
12.) "Oh! But I want to be evil! That's why I keep my hands locked in a box. You know what they say about idle hands..." --Captain Knoczhus
13.) Hedy was livid. "So now I'm a human, you apologize? But if I was a pig and we never switched bodies? What then?"
14.) Through the portal, and past the ords, one must be convlutious. For when you glard the Uthgidard, the yeagles will be crucious.
15.) "I can't help you, 'cause I'm dead. Now if you don't mind, I know swinging from a noose looks easy. But it's so hard to get in a good rhythm."
I'm sorry, I'm going through these at a bit of a rate and I don't think I'm going to be able to stop myself. Don't feel hesitant about making a better/different card for the quotes I've already used.
I don't see a problem with chopping up the quotes. They were only really there to be a jumping off point anyway. As it was, I was thinking of adding "Make up your own attribution" to the quote, since the person being attributed to could be the name of the creature being designed. But I also didn't want people feeling like they had to do that, so I left that off.
I chose three of the numbers at random to start with. Unfortunately I'm not overly familiar with the genre, having only read the Alice stories and a vague memory of Pinocchio as it was distilled in Kingdom Hearts. Also, did you mean Victorian instead of Elizabethan?
Also, everyone should read Peter Pan. It really is a great book, and a relatively quick read. Pinocchio is also a lot of fun (and rather different from the Disney version. The puppet kills Jiminy Cricket almost immediately in the book because his conscience makes him feel guilty.)
Alice is good, but I figure it's going to appeal to certain people and those are the people that will pick it up and read it, so it needs no further help. The Wizard of Oz is alright. You get most of it out of the classic movie, though, so the book can be skipped over in my opinion. Haven't gotten around to reading any of the other Oz books, though... been meaning to.
This one's a bit of mix between the flavor text challenge and the art challenges. Fifteen pieces of flavor text have been assigned to you. Your job is to come up with an appropriate card for as many as you'd like.
Since just coming up with flavor text without context is tricky, I first came up with a world to play with. This plane is based on children's adventure stories from the 19th and early 20th century. Specifically, I was thinking of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Pinnochio, Peter Pan and The Wizard of Oz. But none of these quotes are supposed to represent those works specifically... it's more of a melange of strange children's dreamworlds.
A quick note: I tried to keep the length of the flavor under control. But since I was mimicking Elizabethan fiction, sometimes it got out from under me. Just be aware that lengthy game text combined with a lengthy quote won't look all that great.
1.) "Aggie? Notice anything strange?" "You figured it out too? They're children, Augur. The entire plane is populated by children."
2.) 'Tis great to be Queen in the Kingdom of Savlon. At least, until you find out about the other 500 queens of Savlon.
3.) "You see, Jimboy, fate's like an arrow with a homing pigeon tied too it. Doesn't matter how far you shoot, it always comes back in the end."
4.) "All things must come to an end, Fox Mabel. Even fairies." --Witch Hazel
5.) Robin-Go-Right was fierce. With two swords he could lay low an army. But with a baby, he was defenseless.
6.) If you're a fish, then I'm a tree. If you're the apple, I'm the sea.
7.) Hiding even in the basest of hearts is the capacity for love. For you see, dear reader, even a vulture knows how to fly.
8.) His chest was a cave, his head was junk. His arms were brick, his legs tree trunks. And on a craggy crag he thunk.
9.) They don't look like much. But I promise that those little wooden soldiers protect the kingdom from what lies beyond.
10.) And what do you think dear reader? Do our heroes hate one another forever? But here they are, quarrel forgotten, reconciled through the magic of a night's sleep.
11.) Rattletop held up his tattered pants for a lack of good suspenders. "No girls!" he yelled. His stomach growled in agreement.
12.) "Oh! But I want to be evil! That's why I keep my hands locked in a box. You know what they say about idle hands..." --Captain Knoczhus
13.) Hedy was livid. "So now I'm a human, you apologize? But if I was a pig and we never switched bodies? What then?"
14.) Through the portal, and past the ords, one must be convlutious. For when you glard the Uthgidard, the yeagles will be crucious.
15.) "I can't help you, 'cause I'm dead. Now if you don't mind, I know swinging from a noose looks easy. But it's so hard to get in a good rhythm."
Queen of Savlon
Oh yay, a new challenge. Thank you for coming up with all those quotes.
Is it ok if I cut them down when I think that fits the card better?
Friendly Gallows
ETA: Shifting Tree
ETA: Friendly Vulture
ETA: Toy Box
ETA: Hedy's Restoration
I'm sorry, I'm going through these at a bit of a rate and I don't think I'm going to be able to stop myself. Don't feel hesitant about making a better/different card for the quotes I've already used.
ETA: Reconcile
ETA: Portal to Wyrdville
I don't see a problem with chopping up the quotes. They were only really there to be a jumping off point anyway. As it was, I was thinking of adding "Make up your own attribution" to the quote, since the person being attributed to could be the name of the creature being designed. But I also didn't want people feeling like they had to do that, so I left that off.
Jimboy's Fate
ETA: I forgot Captain Knoczhus
ETA: Regress to Childhood
ETA: Fox Mabel
ETA: Junk Troll
ETA: Robin-Go-Right. I love some of these names.
ETA: Outcasts Treefort Ok, that's all of them. Come on guys, I didn't want to take over this challenge myself.
Second pass:
Reveal True Form
Added Robin-Go-Right #2 and Saddled With Responsibility.
Petulant Demand
Unwieldy Arrow
Inevitable End
I chose three of the numbers at random to start with. Unfortunately I'm not overly familiar with the genre, having only read the Alice stories and a vague memory of Pinocchio as it was distilled in Kingdom Hearts. Also, did you mean Victorian instead of Elizabethan?
Whirlt of Hurk Nursery Sudden Heart
Oh, yes, Victorian. My mind sometimes swaps the two. This is a lot of things, but it is most certainly not Shakespeare.
Also, everyone should read Peter Pan. It really is a great book, and a relatively quick read. Pinocchio is also a lot of fun (and rather different from the Disney version. The puppet kills Jiminy Cricket almost immediately in the book because his conscience makes him feel guilty.)
Alice is good, but I figure it's going to appeal to certain people and those are the people that will pick it up and read it, so it needs no further help. The Wizard of Oz is alright. You get most of it out of the classic movie, though, so the book can be skipped over in my opinion. Haven't gotten around to reading any of the other Oz books, though... been meaning to.
Captain Knoczhus' Strongbox
Robin-Go-Right #3 using "soulbond; if they attack or block together" line.
Well of Opposites
Upwelling of Grace
Insight of the Strong
Border Soldier
Hero's Pact
Tattered Gatekeeper
Box of Hands
Irritable Witch
ETA: Confusing Directions
Supportive Skeleton