A Small Pouch of Fine Sand

12 thoughts on “A Small Pouch of Fine Sand”

1. Didnt Indiana Jones use a bag of sand to fool a sort of trap at the beginning of Temple of Doom?

2. Discovering Invisible things, Hiding stuff, Quieting jingling keys, absorbing a spill, finding a crack in a floor or a door, Tricking a pressure plate, or best of all

   Throwing it in someones eyes

   And much much more

3. The better question: What ISN’T a small pouch of fine sand used for?!

   Seriously though – all the reasons listed above AND an opportunity as a player to explain what quirk of fate led your character to start carrying fine sand around with him all the time. 😀

4. Impromptu zen garden.

   Haven’t you heard? Blades in the Dark is stressful.

5. Chris O’Keefe Welp…I guess my next character is going to have pocket zen garden now. Probably a Spider or a Whisper. Thanks for that….

6. Old naval superstition… Always carry sand and your ship will find the shore.

7. Sleep spell?

8. Pocket Sand!

9. Sabotaging delicate mechanisms, e.g. traps or alarm systems.

   Replacing a dust layer to let it appear undisturbed again.

10. Blind somone

11. Sand can also increase friction for better grip or traction in the right circumstances.

12. Historically a pouch of sand was used by thieves as an alarm. It can be thrown inside to see if anyone stirs at a light sound, or the sound it makes crunching underfood can provide valuable scarpering time in the dead of night, if residents wake. At least that is how the theives of the Abbasid Caliphate – the Banu Sasan – used it.

    smithsonianmag.com – Islam’s Medieval Underworld

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