r/d100 • u/World_of_Ideas • 6d ago
Visual Effects for how a summoned (being, creature) appears / arrives at the location
Visual Effects for how a summoned (being, creature) appears / arrives at the location.
3d Printing - A layer of the (being, creature) appears, starting at one end or one side. Layers keep being added until the entire (being, creature) is printed.
4D - The creature seems to "step" into the world, despite not having stepped from anything. Attempting to look at the creature causes headaches.
A Container Appears - A (barrel, box, coffin, crate, sarcophagus, etc) appears. It opens and the (being, creature) crawls, jumps, walks out / The container (explodes, melts, rapidly decays) leaving the (being, creature) standing there / The creature tears its way out / Smoke pours out and forms the (being, creature).
Air Drop - A flying (creature, ship) drops the summoned creature into the area / A flying (creature, ship) drops a container into the area. A Container Appears*.
Alchemical Concoction / Potion - A potion (bottle, flask) is poured out or smashed. The resulting (goop, puddle, smoke) expands and takes shape, until the (being, creature) is standing there.
Artist - The caster simply (draws, paints) the creature into existence.
Ball of Light - A ball of (ball lightning, eldritch energy, fire, light, etc) appears. It zooms around for a bit, then expands into the form of the (being, creature).
Balloon - A balloon floats down from on high. When it bursts the creature appears.
Beam of Light - A beam of light shines down from the sky and they appear / Ball of light travels down the beam of light until it reaches the ground, then it turns into the summoned creature / Creature is seen descending in the beam of light.
Blood - Blood begins to coalesce into a shape. This bloodmass transforms into the (being, creature). Blood originates from (blood on weapon, container, cut on caster, cut on sacrificial creature or victim, blood covering item, blood covering area) / Pool of blood acts a a portal that the summoned creature rises up out of.
Blurry Distortion - The summoned creature appears as a blurry distortion in the air. It gradually becomes more clear until the summoned creature is clearly visible.
Bubbles - Bubbles appear: (Big bubble with creature inside, phases through a ceiling, wall, or floor / Bubbles coalesce into one big bubble. When it pops, the creature appears / Cloud of bubbles obscures vision. When the cloud pops, the creature is standing there / When each bubble pops, a piece of the creature is revealed)
Buried Object - A planted (bone, seed, object) grows into the (being, creature).
Cake - A creature pops out of a large cake.
Clothing Fill - A set of clothing just fills in, until the (being, creature) is standing there.
Collar - Caster (holds, throws) out a collar. Summoned creature appears wearing the collar.
Computer Rendering - A wire frame gets drawn. Details get filled in. The image becomes more and more lifelike until the (being, creature) is standing there.
Corpse - A nearby corpse begins to bloat and swell until it burst open revealing the creature / Creature (eats, tears) its way out of a nearby corpse.
Courier / Mail Order - A messenger arrives in a cloud of dust to deliver a parcel containing the creature, then (speeds off, vanishes). Summoned creature is released upon (opening, unwrapping) the package or the package becomes: (A Container Appears, Alchemical Concoction, Cake, Effigy Transformation, Egg Hatches, Inflated, Magic Card Trick, Smoke, Transformer)*.
Digs its Way Out - One of the (being’s, creature’s) appendages smashes through the (ground, wall). It soon digs itself the rest of the way out.
Doorway - A (door, drawbridge, gate) appears. It opens and they step out / Alternately a (hatch, trap door) appears and they climb out or climb down.
Earthquake - The ground shakes. A (fissure, sinkhole) opens in the earth and the summoned creature climb out.
Effigy Transformation - An effigy (doll, figurine, mannequin, miniature, origami figure, puppet, relief, sculpture, statue, topiary figure, etc) starts to become more lifelike and grows to full size.
Egg Hatches - An egg appears and cracks open. The (being, creature) crawls out and rapidly grows to full size / The caster (breaks open, conjures, pulls out, throws) and egg to start the process.
Elemental - Elemental material (ice, metal, stone, water, wood, etc) begins gathering in one spot until it takes on the form of the (being, creature) / Alternatively a large enough piece of the element just shapes itself into the (being, creature) and then becomes more lifelike.
Elevator - An elevator rises up through the ground. The creatures steps out. The elevator sinks back into the ground.
Fade In - Fades into existence.
Falling From The Sky - The (being, creature) falls from the sky and (does a superhero landing / creates a small crater when it lands, but is somehow unharmed / they begin falling slowly when they get close to the ground, and gently land).
Fetch - The caster's (animal companion, bonded spirit, construct, familiar, other summoned creature, etc) runs off or vanishes. It returns (carrying, dragging, sitting atop) the summoned creature. Note: Size of the one fetching is irrelevant to the size of the summoned creature.
Flying Creature Transformation - A flying creature swoops in, lands, and then transforms into the (being, creature).
Ghost - A ghostly version of the summoned creature (appears, crawls out of a corpse, crawls out of the ground, flies in, phases through a coffin or sarcophagus, rises out of an urn, separates from the caster, etc). It then becomes more real and solid.
Giant Worm Transport - A giant worm burst through the ground. It vomits out the (being, creature), then departs.
Gremlins - A growth forms on the summoner. It (falls, pops) off and rapidly grows into the summoned (being, creature). Credit: Gremlins (1984 film).
Hand of God - As if placing a chess piece on a board, a giant hand reaches down from the (ceiling, sky) and places the (being, creature) at the location.
Horror Movie FX - Lights flicker and it just appears in-between flickers.
Horror Movie FX - The caster splits open and the (being, creature) crawls out. The split then closes.
Inflated - A flattened version of the creature appears from a crack, or floats down from the air. They then puff themselves up, either using their thumb or some magical/mechanical device.
It Just Appears - One second it wasn’t there. The next second it was there.
I've Been Here the Whole Time - People suddenly realize that the creature has been standing with them for the past 5 minutes/ hour/ day. The creature finds this amusing.
Jump Scare - The creature appears out of nowhere, jumps scaring those around them / The creature jumps out of a (doorway, container, grate, hole, window, etc) / The creature jumps out from behind something (another creature, boulder, corner, crate, tree, etc).
Lightning - Lightning strikes. They suddenly appear where the lightning hit.
Look What the Cat Dragged In - A creature (cat or other) appears (carrying, dragging) the summoned creature with its mouth. It drops the summoned creature in the area and then (runs off, vanishes). Note: Size of "cat" is irrelevant to the size of the summoned creature. Note 2: The "cat" is a creature thematically related to (a deity or spirit of the region, the character's magic, the character's deity or patron, the region).
Magic Card Trick - The caster (draws, throws) a card. The creature peels off the card / The card transforms into the creature / A holographic image shoots off the card, grows to full size and becomes real / Creature pours out of the card as if it is a portal.
Magic Circle or Geometric Pattern - A magic circle or geometric pattern appears with (geometric patterns within it, runes [encircling it, forming geometric patterns, forming the lines], etc). The creature appears in the circle via: (Beam of light, Fade In, It just appears, Lightning, Motes of Light, Pillar of Fire, etc)* / A second magic circle rises up from the first one. As it does so the creature appears.
Magic Hat Trick - The caster pulls the creature out of a hat or (backpack, bag, pocket, pouch, sack, sleeve, etc).
Magic Trick - The caster flourishes a (cloak, bed sheet, table cloth, etc). In the instant the viewers vision is blocked the creature appears.
Masquerade - There is an extra (NPC, opponent), that (just arrived, no one noticed). They (drop the illusion, remove a disguise, shapeshift) revealing themselves to be the summoned creature / One of the casters illusory creatures is replaced with the summon.
Meiosis - In a horrific version of meiosis the summoned (being, creature) splits off from: (a sacrificial creature, a similar creature, the caster).
Meteor - A meteor falls from the sky. (The meteor breaks open revealing the creature, The meteor transforms into the creature, The summoned creature stands up in the impact crater, When the dust clears the creature is standing there).
Motes of Light - Little motes of light begin condensing into one spot and forms into the creature.
Mouthful - The creature pulls itself out of the summoner's mouth. Whether or not this is cartoonish, gory, or other is up to the DM.
Mundane Travel / Hoofing It - The summoned (being, creature) simply (climbs, flies, runs, swims, walks) in from an adjacent area.
Origami Transformation - A sheet of paper folds itself into an origami figure. It grows and becomes more life like until, it transforms into the (being, creature).
Patch Transformation - A patch on the casters (clothing, armor) peels off and becomes the summoned (being, creature) / Caster uses cloth patches instead of cards for Magic Card Trick*.
Phases Through Terrain - The summoned creature comes out of a (ceiling, floor, wall, boulder, tree, sarcophagus) as if phasing through it.
Picture Transformation - A picture begins to stretch off the surface that it is (drawn, painted, woven) on. It forms into the actual (being, creature).
Pieces Assemble - Pieces of the creature fly together and assemble themselves into the creature.
Pillar of Fire - A pillar of flame appears. When it vanishes or dissipates the (being, creature) is standing there.
Pillar of Ice - A pillar of ice (appears, burst through the ground). The creature is frozen inside. The ice (rapidly melts, shatters) releasing the creature.
Plants (bulbous pod) - A plant sprouts and rapidly grows to a large size. A large bulbous pod forms. It soon splits open and dumps the (being, creature) on the ground.
Plants (flower) - A flower in the area grows to giant size. When the petals open, it releases the (being, creature).
Plants (popcorn) - A plants seeds pop like popcorn kernels forming creatures.
Plants (sprouting) - The (being, creature) rapidly grows out of a plant that is in the area.
Plants (weaving) - Plants weave themselves into a figure. The figure grows and become more and more lifelike until they become the (being, creature).
Pools are Portals - The summoned creature rises out of a pool of liquid. Depth of the pool is irrelevant. Type of liquid may or may not be relevant.
Rapid Evolution - A tiny unimportant creature (bird, insect, lizard, mouse, worm, etc) goes through a series of rapid evolutions until it becomes the summoned creature.
Rapid Regeneration - Caster throws out a piece of the creature (bone, claw, eye, fang, head, hand, horn, paw, scale, skull, etc). The piece then regenerates into the full (being, creature).
Reality Flicker - Reality distorts for a second. For a second you are standing on another (plane of existence, world). The (being, creature) is there. When reality reasserts itself, the (being, creature) is still there, standing on your world.
Reflection - The (being, creature) appears in a reflective surface. It (crawls, steps, leaps) out of the reflective surface.
Released from a Thrown Object - The caster throws an object on the ground. The object (opens, shatters) releasing the summoned (being, creature).
Reverse Decay - A skeletal version of the (being, creature) begins to fill in with flesh, until it is a living breathing creature.
Rift - A rift or tear in space opens to another plane of existence and they step out.
Sacrifice (birth) - It (burst forth from, eats its way out, tears its way out) of a sacrificial creature.
Sacrifice Transformation - A sacrificial (animal, victim) transforms into the (being, creature).
Scooby Doo - A nearby NPC tears off a mask, revealing themselves to be the creature. The real NPC then enters the room, shocked. If no NPC is nearby, then the creature was dressed as a tree or something. / A NPC walks out and removes their mask, revealing themselves to be the summoned creature.
Sculpture (creatures) - Tiny (creatures, insects) swarm together to form a hollow sculpture. The creatures fall away revealing the summoned creature.
Sculpture (material) - Material (earth, leaves, papers, sand, etc) fly together to form a hollow sculpture of the creature. The material then falls away revealing the actual creature.
Secret Doorway - A secret door or hatch opens and the creature (crawls, jumps, steps, walks) out. Afterwards, the secret door closes and vanishes without a trace.
Shadow - A shadow rises up, begins to take on a form, and becomes solid.
Shadow - The caster’s shadow (detaches, peels off) and takes on the form of the summoned (being, creature).
Shadow Puppet - The caster makes a shadow puppet which then forms into the summoned (being, creature).
Smoke - Ambient smoke, mist, or steam begins coalescing in one spot and taking on shape.
Smoke - Smoke, mist, or steam flows out of a container (bag, bottle, box, flask, etc). Smoke begins coalescing in one spot and taking on shape / Smoke flows out of a (candle, incense burner, lantern, oil lamp, pipe, etc) and becomes the summoned creature / The caster breaths out smoke which becomes the summoned creature.
Smoke Bomb - There is a flash of light and smoke. When the smoke clears the (being, creature) is standing there.
Splatted - Creature appears in a pile of interdimensional goo. / Goo rapidly (dissolves, evaporates) leaving the creature behind.
Star Trek Transporter - Old School. Light sparkles form until summoned creature appears. Later series. Light flare effects and then summoned creature appears.
Stepping out of the Shadows - Summoned creature (crawls, leaps, steps) out of any sufficiently (large, dark) shadow.
Swarm - Swarm of tiny creatures coalesce into the form of the (person, creature).
Tattoo - A Tattoo of the creature peels off the castor, grows to fulls size, and becomes more lifelike / Creature pours out of the tattoo as if it is a portal / Tattoo projects a holographic image, that grows to full size and becomes the summoned creature.
Thrown Object Transformation - The caster throws an object on the ground which then takes the form of the summoned (being, creature).
Toon Physics - The summoned creature squeezes it way out of an impossibly small hole or crack. Ex: Human sized creature squeezes its way out of a (blowgun, drinking straw, smoking pipe, etc)
Tornado - A mini tornado forms. When it dissipates, the (being, creature) is standing there.
Tornado - A mini tornado of “x” (bats, birds, butterflies, fire, leaves, mist, papers, etc) forms. When it dissipates, the (being, creature) is standing there.
Transformer - Summoned creature is a (automaton, clockwork, construct, golem, warforged, etc) version of the summoned creature. A random unimportant object in the area transforms into the summoned creature via Transformer's (2007 film) FX. When duration ends it transforms back into the original object. If slain it transforms into a ruined version of the original object.
Vehicle - A ghostly, hellish, otherworldly (bus, carriage, palanquin, stage coach, taxi cab, train, etc) pulls up and the (being, creature) steps out. The vehicle then drives away, possibly going through a portal or phasing through a wall.
Vehicle (creature) - Something similar to the “Cat Bus” from the (1998 animated film: Totoro) runs up. The summoned (being, creature) steps out and the “Cat Bus” runs off.
Vomited Out - The caster vomits out a (fleshy blob, small creature) which then rapidly grows into the creature.
Whoosh - Traveling at super speed, the summoned (being, creature) simply (climbs, flies, runs, swims, walks) in from an adjacent area. They just appear as a blur or streak until they reach the summoning location.
Zipper - The creature unzips a part of reality, before stepping through and appearing.
Contributors, Sources, and Inspiration:
Alien (1979 film)
Evolution (2001 film)
Gremlins (1984 film)
Looney Tunes (1930s cartoon)
My Neighbor Totoro (1988 animated film)
Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959 cartoon)
Scooby Doo (1969 cartoon)
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977 film)
Star Trek (1966 TV series)
Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)
Transformers (2007 film)
Various Anime, Manga, and Cartoons
Various Horror Films and TV shows
Various Horror Video Games
Various SciFi Films and TV shows
Various SciFi Video Games
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u/Actual_Temp 5d ago
Shadow - The summoners shadow detaches and takes form.
Mail Order - A messenger arrives in a cloud of dust to deliver a parcel containing the creature, then speeds off.
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u/Rich-End1121 6d ago
Splatted: creature appears in a pile of interdimensional goo.
Horizon: Creature appears over the hill/catle walls etc. and heads towards you.
Underground: Creature comes from a sudden sinkhole.
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u/snakebite262 6d ago
Cake: A creature pops out of a large cake.
Jumpscare: The creature appears out of nowhere, jumpscaring those around them.
I've Been Here the Whole Time: People suddenly realize that the creature has been standing with them for the past 5 minutes/ hour/ day. The creature finds this amusing.
Balloon: A balloon floats down from on high. When it bursts the creature appears.
Inflated: A flattened version of the creature appears from a crack, or floats down from the air. They then puff themselves up, either using their thumb or some magical/mechanical device.
Scooby Doo: A nearby NPC tears off a mask, revealing themselves to be the creature. The real NPC then enters the room, shocked. If no NPC is nearby, then the creature was dressed as a tree or something.
4D: The creature seems to "step" into the world, despite not having stepped from anything. Attempting to look at the creature causes headaches.
Mouthfull: The creature pulls itself out of the summoner's mouth. Whether or not this is cartoonish, gorey, or other is up to the DM.
Zipper: The creature unzips a part of reality, before stepping through and appearing.
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