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Author: Dark_Awesome

Jul 21st 2014 at 1:25:44 PM

Wow, the replies just exploded.

I have been thinking about changing the name to "Physical Steganography." What do you guys think, better? Worse? Seems to be a bit more clever is you ask me. The artfully hidden name was really just my lame attempt at a pun.

Wall safes don't count, I believe that has its own trope. Statue switches do not count either. The "Breaking bad," "Looney Toons," and "Superman" are all perfect examples.

The "Necessary for advancement" thing was just to differentiate this trope from regular loot in the case of video games, but if that part can be left out if it feels excessive.

If the object broken is worthless, then it already falls under RewardingVandalism, and I think the cases of something being hidden inside a plain, wooden chair are pretty rare to the point where it doesn't need it's own trope.

I could easily get rid of the ExampleAsAThesis effect, but I would need a good quote or picture, which I lack the source for. If someone knows of a good picture of Link smashing a vase to find a key or the like, that would be great if someone could tell me the link.

Thank you all for helping.