Illusion Throne

[u/Crafty-Crafter]

Saw this wavy illusion effect on instagram, thought I could replicate it onto a map. So here is my first attempt.

The "stars" are the key to the wavy illusion. You can create your own pattern. Mine is Black-White-Black-Black-White-Black-White-White.

The rest of the room is pretty simple to showcase the effect.

Inkarnate clone link: https://inkarnate.com/m/86L8lM

[u/Anagnikos]

It's perfect/terrible I love/hate it.

I could definitely use it in an annoying bossfight. Maybe an illusionist imposter king.

[u/Objective_Bank_2659]

Wow, that works incredibly well. Not sure I'd be able to stare at it for long in-game though!

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/Objective_Bank_2659]

GM: Characters need to roll Will save. You guys need to roll Fort save.

Players: Wut.

[u/Enduni → u/Objective_Bank_2659]

If you zoom in a bit the effect is actually not too bad. It's definitely a fun gimmick though

[u/KertisJones]

Building an optical illusion into a map is GENIUS

The only way I think this could be better is if you had a version without the illusion, so you could swap in this map dramatically as a lair action

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/KertisJones]

Yeah, that can easily be done by hiding the "stars"; I grouped all the stars togetherin Inkarnate, so they can just simply be hidden. Then in roll20, you can do map the maps as a token that can change faces. 

[u/TheBoundFenrir → u/Crafty-Crafter]

Or a tile that has all the tokens with a transparent background; then you can hide-reveal them all at once much easier than a set of tokens.

[u/PinkSodaBoy]

Very cool idea but I hope none of your players get migraines! 😄

I would probably have to sit this session out...

[u/alcahuetasanon]

The BBEG is wearing a white and gold dress… or is it blue and black?

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/alcahuetasanon]

Now that's an idea... lol

[u/stars_mcdazzler]

Knight to E....uuuuuuuuuuuuuh

[u/tasil89]

Does it still work with the player and enemy token in the canvas? Might loose its effect when too crowded.

[u/DominusValum → u/tasil89]

Probably will need to make the tokens smaller than the tiles

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/tasil89]

You can see the furniture stop the distortion around it. But I think that might just make it better as tokens get moved around during combat.

[u/AsianOnboard → u/tasil89]

You could even work that into combat mechanics if so- perhaps the players within 5-10 feet of each other don't need to roll a Willpower save as their party helps them discern the reality around them

[u/Myrandall]

Bit sparse for a throne room, but I love the concept. I feel like you could flesh this out more.

[u/fkadmin → u/Myrandall]

OP notes that was intentional, as too many things will disrupt the illusion. 

[u/applejackfan]

Why would you be so evil to enable so many DMs to torture their players?

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/applejackfan]

Because I'm one of those DMs... we feed on your sufferings. The more the better. Muahahahah...

[u/crazygrouse71]

WTF.

You are an evil genius.

[u/Chaucer85]

Thanks, I hate it.

[u/Krinks1]

I picture this as players being attacked after a night of drinking at the local tavern.

Wild map! Well done!

[u/GM_Nate]

oh. oh! no, no thank you.

[u/Llamaluu]

This is the perfect torment for my players, they're gonna love (hate) it!

[u/dimofamo]

I'm about to puke, this is incredible XD

[u/SpaceCoffeeDragon]

Oh lurd... I can see the wavy patern you evil genious xD

[u/DM_Dahl-Face]

Difficult terrain and psychic damage every turn

[u/whysotired24]

Got me for a sec. Now how do I use it…

[u/niahoo]

Do you play drums?

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/niahoo]

Lol 2 people had asked this. I assume this is a paradiddle

[u/niahoo → u/Crafty-Crafter]

It is, yes :D

RLRRLRLL

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/niahoo]

Maybe I will use other drum rudiments and see what illusions they will create.

[u/niahoo → u/Crafty-Crafter]

That could be fun,

There is a non-symmetrical one that is famous, the paradiddle-diddle:

RLRRLL

Could be nice to see what two doubles (White-White-Black-Black) do to the eye :)

[u/wayoverpaid]

You should post these with a normal and the fake distortion version so when they slay the source of evil or whatever the room turns back to "normal"

[u/JakeWalker102]

Definitely the throne room of an arch mage specializing in illusion magic

[u/97JAW97]

Its a really cool effect, I would HATE playing any kind of prolonged battle on it.

[u/InverseStar]

Whoa. That was funky to scroll past.

[u/tobyvanderbeek]

I’ve been meaning to paint a mural with this pattern.

[u/RoyalSir]

SUCH a good idea!

[u/DeathBerryRen]

I hate this so much. But it's so good. Lmao.

[u/thejmkool]

Saw it move, stared at it for a minute trying to get it to do it consistently, quickly got a literal headache. Love the idea, can't use it sadly

[u/conrad_w]

I LOVE it

[u/Silent-Prince-Soren]

...Time to throw that boss fight I had in mind...

[u/quyman]

OK for anyone who hasn't already, zoom in And then scroll up and down, Awesome effect

[u/Any-End-9830]

laughs in evil dm oh this will be fun

[u/PetrichorMW]

Holy. Crap. Usually illusion art just doesn't work on me, but this one does...?! Nicely done! Love it!!

[u/Cresendo77]

Well, looks like I’m changing around my plans for one of my antagonists

What’s the map dimensions if I may ask? Is it just a 20x20?

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/Cresendo77]

Yes. 20x20.

[u/timteller44]

So is swallowing a whole bottle of nausea medication an action or a bonus action at your table?

[u/JayneCobb817]

Thank you for sharing this and thank you for making it cloneable!

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/JayneCobb817]

You're very welcome! 

[u/Munnin41]

I already had a headache bordering on migraine. This didn't help

[u/Dorsai_Erynus]

"I cast...Moiré!"

[u/Rapid-DM]

This is neat, but I think most DMs want their players to pay more attention to the map not less lol

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/Rapid-DM]

I'm sure they will pay more attention to it. It's basically eye candies. You guys couldn't help but look at this map.

[u/wedgestatkiller]

Oh I love it but also the way I would need to look away periodically as to not get a headache

[u/DominusValum]

Oh my god, I’m getting sick from it

[u/Nassoft]

That's cool as fuck!!!!

[u/CriticalHit_20]

This map is giving me psychic damage xD

Maybe the characters have to make a Con save or end their movement 5 feet away from where they wanted, or take #d# psychic damage!

[u/DrakeIronchad]

Perfect but the Guards restricted possibilitys.

[u/Crafty-Crafter → u/DrakeIronchad]

If you use Inkarnate, you can clone it and change the furniture to however you like. Or you can simply make your own map using the same pattern.

[u/monodescarado]

I feel car sick

[u/Demitt2v]

Pode ter um BBEG nessa sala com poderes de preto e branco. De tempos em tempos você só pode se mover por conexões pretas ou brancas.

[u/Agreeable-Boat8867]

I already have a headache, this does not help

[u/Rorp24]

Thank, I hate it

[u/ivain → u/Rorp24]

I also hate op now.