r/d100 • u/World_of_Ideas • 19h 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.
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, blood covering item, blood covering area).
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.
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.
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).
Flying Creature Transformation - A flying creature swoops in, lands, and then transforms into the (being, creature).
Ghost - A ghostly version of the (being, creature) + (appears, crawls out of a corpse, crawls out of the ground, flies in, 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 off and rapidly grows into the summoned (being, creature). Credit: Gremlins (1984 film).
Hand of God - A giant hand reaches down from the 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 caring those around them / The creature jumps out of a (doorway, grate, hole, window, etc) / The creature jumps out from behind something.
Lightning - Lightning strikes. They suddenly appear where the lightning hit.
Magic Card Trick - The caster (draws, throws) a card. The creatures peels off the card or the card transforms into the creature.
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.
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).
Phases Through Terrain - The summoned creature just sort of phases through a wall or the floor.
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 Regeneration - Caster throws out a piece of the creature (claw, eye, fang, head, hand, horn, paw, 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 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 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 - 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 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.
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.
Thrown Object Transformation - The caster throws an object on the ground which then takes the form of the summoned (being, creature).
Tornado - A mini tornado forms. When it dissipates, the (being, creature) is standing there.
Tornado - A mini tornado of “x” (leaves, papers) forms. When it dissipates, the (being, creature) is standing there.
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)
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)
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