I’d like to do some crowdsourcing for the Miscellany in Codex – Love. The Miscellany is called “Three Dozen Fantastic Places to Take a Date.” (Thanks to Richard Rogers for the idea). Submissions need to be a single sentence or 2-3 very short sentences. By submitting here, you’re agreeing to let us use it (you’ll get a credit on the issue). I’m looking for evocative stuff. The purpose of the Miscellany is to inspire the reader.
Importantly, the word “fantastic” here means fantasy, as in not the real world. Here are some examples…
“A picnic on the riverbank, listening to the mustachioed dolphins sing their songs.” (wink-wink Paul Czege)
“The Everyplace Tree, where you can read messages that have been written on slips of paper and tied to its branches by beings in other dimensions.”
“Im-Baltu, the city in the sky, an archipelago of floating islands bound together by rope bridges.”
“An evening stroll along the banks of the flowing waters of the Lunest River; where loves who gaze into the moon’s reflection in the churning waters may hear the whispers of their partner’s secret desires.”
“An evening stroll along the banks of the flowing waters of the Lunest River; where loves who gaze into the moon’s reflection in the churning waters may hear the whispers of their partner’s secret desires.”
Iinjar Bridge over the River Carst, at sunset, to see the swarms of phosphorescent crabs scuttling upstream to their nighttime warrens.
Iinjar Bridge over the River Carst, at sunset, to see the swarms of phosphorescent crabs scuttling upstream to their nighttime warrens.
“Candleight Bridge, which only appears at night and spans the gentle Sonsorros river: add your own ever burning candle to the thousands that are already here.”
“The Scented Cave, where the multicolored, phosphorescent fungi add their sweet, heady, musky scent subtly to the air you breathe.”
“Candleight Bridge, which only appears at night and spans the gentle Sonsorros river: add your own ever burning candle to the thousands that are already here.”
“The Scented Cave, where the multicolored, phosphorescent fungi add their sweet, heady, musky scent subtly to the air you breathe.”
“Bishop’s Carnival, where you can try your hand at magical games of skill (there’re all rigged), but show your character by losing with dignity (or by stealing a prize and running).”
“Bishop’s Carnival, where you can try your hand at magical games of skill (there’re all rigged), but show your character by losing with dignity (or by stealing a prize and running).”
“The Unencumbered Beach, bare it all for the world to see; the warm mists are divine (and, thankfully, obscuring).”
“The Unencumbered Beach, bare it all for the world to see; the warm mists are divine (and, thankfully, obscuring).”
“The Four-season Bush, where all seasons pass in a single day, grab the berries that grow just before noon, because by sunset the vines are barren.”
“The Four-season Bush, where all seasons pass in a single day, grab the berries that grow just before noon, because by sunset the vines are barren.”
“The Glistening Hole, a cave with soft crystal sand refracting bioluminescent, aphrodisiacal truffels beneath the surface. Find beautiful gems only in the throes of passion.”
“The Glistening Hole, a cave with soft crystal sand refracting bioluminescent, aphrodisiacal truffels beneath the surface. Find beautiful gems only in the throes of passion.”
Summer’s Zenith. A druid’s hidden groove where the rare Goldveil Roses only bloom for one day and night on the summer solstice. They produce a soft golden glow until dawn.
Summer’s Zenith. A druid’s hidden groove where the rare Goldveil Roses only bloom for one day and night on the summer solstice. They produce a soft golden glow until dawn.
Phillip Wessels I feel like I went to the Glistening Hole in my 20s, but it was nothing like you’ve described 😉
Phillip Wessels I feel like I went to the Glistening Hole in my 20s, but it was nothing like you’ve described 😉
The twin melody rapids, where the separated rushing waters create music that crashes in and out of one another at dusk, attempting to tell the tale of lovers long since passed.
The twin melody rapids, where the separated rushing waters create music that crashes in and out of one another at dusk, attempting to tell the tale of lovers long since passed.
“The Grove of Throes, a forest of trees twisted into explicit shapes of beings making love. Red leaves catch golden sunlight and soft sweet fruits give visions of love and heartbreak.”
“The Grove of Throes, a forest of trees twisted into explicit shapes of beings making love. Red leaves catch golden sunlight and soft sweet fruits give visions of love and heartbreak.”
The whispering cherry blossoms of Valance. The sweet earnest words lovers have told one other in hushed tones across time can be heard in this place, when so ever the cherry blossoms begin to fall.
The whispering cherry blossoms of Valance. The sweet earnest words lovers have told one other in hushed tones across time can be heard in this place, when so ever the cherry blossoms begin to fall.
The never-ending gardens where each fragrance is sweeter than the last. Becoming lost in the hedge maze with your one true love is said to be the most blissful imprisonment.
The never-ending gardens where each fragrance is sweeter than the last. Becoming lost in the hedge maze with your one true love is said to be the most blissful imprisonment.
“The Marzipan Rhinoceros, a sweet little sweet shop where the sweets give sweet dreams to those who eat them (and bad indigestion to the petty, uncaring, and cantankerous).”
“The Marzipan Rhinoceros, a sweet little sweet shop where the sweets give sweet dreams to those who eat them (and bad indigestion to the petty, uncaring, and cantankerous).”
“Oak of Binding Love” – Time spent by a couple under the oak renders unto them an oak nut carved to the likeness of the their eternal love.
“Oak of Binding Love” – Time spent by a couple under the oak renders unto them an oak nut carved to the likeness of the their eternal love.
The restaurant at the edge of the world. Dine with your loved one on the transparent floating force platforms which hang over the endless void of eternity. Enjoy the cuisine of the chef Night and hist staff of 12 shades of the greatest chefs to live in the past thousand years.
The restaurant at the edge of the world. Dine with your loved one on the transparent floating force platforms which hang over the endless void of eternity. Enjoy the cuisine of the chef Night and hist staff of 12 shades of the greatest chefs to live in the past thousand years.
The Prismatic Falls. In a secluded grove of crystal flowers of all colors pours a waterfall. These flowers reflect the light of the sun and moon into every color seen and unseen on the waterfall. Lovers sometimes come here because the waterfall shows them if their love is true or doomed to tragedy.
The Prismatic Falls. In a secluded grove of crystal flowers of all colors pours a waterfall. These flowers reflect the light of the sun and moon into every color seen and unseen on the waterfall. Lovers sometimes come here because the waterfall shows them if their love is true or doomed to tragedy.
The lover’s carnival – calliope music fills the air along with the smell of caramel and other treats. Though many couples enter, they seem to never bump in to one another, enjoying only each other’s company. any who quarrel quickly find themselves at the exit.
The lover’s carnival – calliope music fills the air along with the smell of caramel and other treats. Though many couples enter, they seem to never bump in to one another, enjoying only each other’s company. any who quarrel quickly find themselves at the exit.
“The Blue Masquerade appears to those wearing paper masks made by local children. Upon entering, the masks becomes blue leather ornate with gold embellishment and soft feathers. If you truly love each other, all others will be but copies of yourselves.”
“The Blue Masquerade appears to those wearing paper masks made by local children. Upon entering, the masks becomes blue leather ornate with gold embellishment and soft feathers. If you truly love each other, all others will be but copies of yourselves.”
The Promenade of Possibilities, where couples may glimpse ghosts of futures as yet unrealized in the mimetic waters of the River Yrn.
The Promenade of Possibilities, where couples may glimpse ghosts of futures as yet unrealized in the mimetic waters of the River Yrn.
The Hallowed Forest, wherein the most beautiful of all unicorns will approach those whose love is pure and true.
The Hallowed Forest, wherein the most beautiful of all unicorns will approach those whose love is pure and true.
The Spriggan cave, there’s something to be said about the euphoric proprieties of those luminescent mushroom spores.
The Spriggan cave, there’s something to be said about the euphoric proprieties of those luminescent mushroom spores.
Lovers in possession of a stolen heart often flee into the Rose-Colored Maze to hide. You might go there to retrieve it, or just to take home one of the minotaurs.
Lovers in possession of a stolen heart often flee into the Rose-Colored Maze to hide. You might go there to retrieve it, or just to take home one of the minotaurs.
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If you spend three nights in the arms of a paramore on the Perfumed Seas of Cybele, the goddess will send you three visions of how your love will end. Two of them will always be lies.
If you spend three nights in the arms of a paramore on the Perfumed Seas of Cybele, the goddess will send you three visions of how your love will end. Two of them will always be lies.
Lover’s Leap. The hot air currents and lower gravity of Mars allow lovers to float leisurely from the top of Olympus Mons, some 22km high, while enjoying the view of the valley below.
Lover’s Leap. The hot air currents and lower gravity of Mars allow lovers to float leisurely from the top of Olympus Mons, some 22km high, while enjoying the view of the valley below.
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The Silverheart Theatre, where the world’s best bards and illusionists reenact history’s greatest tales of love or loss.
The Silverheart Theatre, where the world’s best bards and illusionists reenact history’s greatest tales of love or loss.
“Witness the mechanical marvel of the Clockwork Burlesque! Watch the automatons as they click and whirr between tables, bringing food, wine and innocent titillation! “
“Witness the mechanical marvel of the Clockwork Burlesque! Watch the automatons as they click and whirr between tables, bringing food, wine and innocent titillation! “
If you follow the old shafts of the Ragolosch mine you will in unassuming gap. If you step through you find yourself inside a geode of tremendous size. The light of your lanterns reflected by hundreds of crystals.
#dwarfdate
If you follow the old shafts of the Ragolosch mine you will in unassuming gap. If you step through you find yourself inside a geode of tremendous size. The light of your lanterns reflected by hundreds of crystals.
#dwarfdate
Love Shack– When you enter this funky old shack with your lover(s) you are instantly transported to a bedroom somewhere in the galaxy.
Love Shack– When you enter this funky old shack with your lover(s) you are instantly transported to a bedroom somewhere in the galaxy.
Jason Cordova Thanks, I’ve edited them down.
Jason Cordova Thanks, I’ve edited them down.
Lovers who enter the reflecting pool of Galaurung may receive the blessing of the beautiful serpent queen. But the grounds are littered with the petrified remains of those who’s gaze wandered from their partner.
Lovers who enter the reflecting pool of Galaurung may receive the blessing of the beautiful serpent queen. But the grounds are littered with the petrified remains of those who’s gaze wandered from their partner.
A street market lit by firefly lamps. Masked vendors sell trinkets you long for in dreams but forget when awake. You can only buy for another at Firefly Market.
A street market lit by firefly lamps. Masked vendors sell trinkets you long for in dreams but forget when awake. You can only buy for another at Firefly Market.
The mud pits of the jealous god are kept at a lovely temperature by the red hot bones littering their depths.
The mud pits of the jealous god are kept at a lovely temperature by the red hot bones littering their depths.
Dusk at the city of high towers, when the mage spires flare and paint the sky in neon colours.
Dusk at the city of high towers, when the mage spires flare and paint the sky in neon colours.
Blue Acorn Ridge is where, in moments of intense emotion, one’s inner most songs fill the trees pulsing from fallen acorns of the old blue oaks.
Blue Acorn Ridge is where, in moments of intense emotion, one’s inner most songs fill the trees pulsing from fallen acorns of the old blue oaks.
The Fungeon – a non-lethal outing for the adventurous couple. Designed by a retired halfling explorer, this twisty, cavernous maze is complete with traps, tricky guardians, puzzles, and trinkets. However, it sure is pricey!
The Fungeon – a non-lethal outing for the adventurous couple. Designed by a retired halfling explorer, this twisty, cavernous maze is complete with traps, tricky guardians, puzzles, and trinkets. However, it sure is pricey!
Tony Hahn I really want some Funyuns now.
Tony Hahn I really want some Funyuns now.
Picnic. dangling and entwining feet as we sit on the ice rings of Neptune and gaze at Uranus.
Picnic. dangling and entwining feet as we sit on the ice rings of Neptune and gaze at Uranus.
Better phrasing? Picnic: sitting on the ice rings of Neptune as we dangle and entwine our feet. Gazing at Uranus.
Better phrasing? Picnic: sitting on the ice rings of Neptune as we dangle and entwine our feet. Gazing at Uranus.
I don’t know if anyone has bothered to give it a name, but when the rats lose their bearings in a kinetic storm and bite into the transformer hub the arcs of amber can be quite romantic, if you stand back far enough you can’t even hear them pop
I don’t know if anyone has bothered to give it a name, but when the rats lose their bearings in a kinetic storm and bite into the transformer hub the arcs of amber can be quite romantic, if you stand back far enough you can’t even hear them pop
Inside the raindrop. 💧 Grey whirlwinds, a sudden thunder rumbling through your surface, myriads of reflections from a nearby rainbow as you fall for an eternity.
Inside the raindrop. 💧 Grey whirlwinds, a sudden thunder rumbling through your surface, myriads of reflections from a nearby rainbow as you fall for an eternity.
Perenelle’s Eats: A fifities-style chrome, linoleum and vinyl hangout ideal for teen romantic conspiracies, run by a semi-retired alchemist who occasionally helps things along with her “special recipes.”
Perenelle’s Eats: A fifities-style chrome, linoleum and vinyl hangout ideal for teen romantic conspiracies, run by a semi-retired alchemist who occasionally helps things along with her “special recipes.”
Be sure to have your clothes tailored specially when you are invited by your lover to the Ball-Room. No gravity holds you to the floor, allowing the most spectacular dancing, but potentially risqué angles of viewing.
Be sure to have your clothes tailored specially when you are invited by your lover to the Ball-Room. No gravity holds you to the floor, allowing the most spectacular dancing, but potentially risqué angles of viewing.
The House of Chains, Where lovers are free explore the deepest recesses of their desires, a place where thoughts can be made flesh.
The House of Chains, Where lovers are free explore the deepest recesses of their desires, a place where thoughts can be made flesh.
The food at the pink lotus is spicy, aromatic and full of aphrodisiacs. Be careful who you sit down next to.
The food at the pink lotus is spicy, aromatic and full of aphrodisiacs. Be careful who you sit down next to.
Couples who drink the potent concoction known as the Silver Chorus, fall into a deep torpor, shedding their corporeal forms and entering a shared reality of their making. It’s said that those who partake in this deeply spiritual experience return to their mortal vessels with a fragment of their partners souls.
Couples who drink the potent concoction known as the Silver Chorus, fall into a deep torpor, shedding their corporeal forms and entering a shared reality of their making. It’s said that those who partake in this deeply spiritual experience return to their mortal vessels with a fragment of their partners souls.
Great job, everyone! I’m closing the thread.
Great job, everyone! I’m closing the thread.
Thread necromancy! I wanted to let everyone know we are currently raising money on KS to print a big, beautiful hardcover book collecting the first 13 issues of Codex. We’re doing a single print run of this book, and when those are all gone, that’s it! Many of you in this thread have miscellany submissions that made it into one of those early issues, and so you might be interested in getting a copy of the book for yourself. Of particular note is a discounted $35 pledge tier, which is perfect if you don’t care about getting the PDFs.
Even if you’re not interested in getting a copy of the book for yourself, it would be super lovely (and helpful!) if you would share the campaign in your circles.
As it turns out, I can’t actually share a link to the project in this comment because G+ flags such KS links as spam, but if you just go to Kickstarter and search “Codex” it pops right up, or search “Codex RPG” in Google.
Thanks!
Thread necromancy! I wanted to let everyone know we are currently raising money on KS to print a big, beautiful hardcover book collecting the first 13 issues of Codex. We’re doing a single print run of this book, and when those are all gone, that’s it! Many of you in this thread have miscellany submissions that made it into one of those early issues, and so you might be interested in getting a copy of the book for yourself. Of particular note is a discounted $35 pledge tier, which is perfect if you don’t care about getting the PDFs.
Even if you’re not interested in getting a copy of the book for yourself, it would be super lovely (and helpful!) if you would share the campaign in your circles.
As it turns out, I can’t actually share a link to the project in this comment because G+ flags such KS links as spam, but if you just go to Kickstarter and search “Codex” it pops right up, or search “Codex RPG” in Google.
Thanks!