Thronesposting

kids these days always on their god damn thrones

 

There are no mundane thrones.

A king's throne can delude you (echoes of former grandeur). A lich's throne can possess you. A god's throne will evaporate you. 

The oldest valleys were the thrones of giants. Life grows wild in these places, towering many-crowned stags and titanic long-robed slugs. Men raised in these valleys grow tall; giants raised outside of these valleys diminish. (What was, will be.)

[Why does this happen? The soul (which is contained in a jewel-like organ in the ass, keep up) leaves an indelible imprint on the world. A heavier soul leaves a deeper imprint. This is as true of a dragon's lair as it is of a king's throne.]

 

Wizards, kings, and wizard-kings all require thrones. They spend inordinate amounts of time sat in a sort of meditation/cultivation: the technical term for this is brooding. This funnels power into the throne, to various magical ends...

d20 Throne Effects

1. All things that die nearby immediately arise as undead.
2. Walks under its own power on six powerful leonine legs.
3. Drains the blood of illegitimate kings.
4. Controls the flooding of the two closest rivers. 
5. Reveals the future in apocalyptic fragments.
6. Sees thru all depictions of the King's Eye. [☸]
7. Midas curse!!!!!
8. Projects close range divine terror field. Can be extended with psychic training.
9. Invites gnomes. Generates whimsy at industrial scales.
10. Shoots beholder beams. +1 beam per mounted jewel. 
11. Gradually grows, turning you into a giant. 
12. As supercomputer.
13. Guarded by two angels.
14. Shapeshifts, conceals, disguises, glamours, and beguiles.
15. Calls barbarian warriors from faraway lands.
16. Grants passage into dreams.
17. Blinds God.
18. Bestows d12 superhuman heirs.
19. Summons spirits of pestilence.
20. Ages you backwards.

A dynastic throne has been cultivated for many lifetimes, and therefore possesses many effects. A stolen throne is just as potent, but volatile and willful.

Powerful thrones are embedded in the world. They can't be moved: if you want to abuse the wizard's recliner, you'll have to move in with him. Likewise, if the recliner starts giving you trouble, you'll have to move out to be rid of it.

In the wake of a great and powerful evil, the land must be abandoned. What remains is a husk ruled by the throne itself. The undynasts call these cicada cities.

A broken throne eventually fades. If some brave soul were to enter a cicada city and destroy the throne, the land would eventually return to its natural state.

[The process takes hundreds of years, so it's not a serious priority for anyone with the power to do anything. Those who seek the cicada cities usually do so for less altruistic reasons.]