26. Mimic is a single wheel in a rented wagon. It can thus "fall off" at any time to make the wagon vulnerable to ambush, and attack from inside the defensive perimeter once the ambush begins.
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27. Mimic weapon rack. With luck, you disarm yourself and give it your weapons before the fight starts, and it's certainly armed.
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28. Mimic as obviously trapped secret door. Everyone moves away from the rogue in case the trap goes off, leaving the rogue alone with the mimic.
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29. Mimic table in room convicts meet with lawyers. Might be spy for illicit law enforcement, or might be enforcer for the thieves' guild ensuring people keep their yap shut.
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30. Mimic cloak. Rules a gang of cloakers who think it is a highly evolved version of themselves.
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31. Tiny mimic sheath for dueling rapier. One of two. Everything seems fine when your foe selects one of them, but once the fight starts, the mimics don't let your foe even draw his weapon.
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32. Mimic fishing pole. Mostly works as advertised, but when hungry just eats a fish which you think is "one that got away."
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33. Mimic emulating a corpse. When it starts moving and eating things, everyone thinks it's an undead. But it's not.
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34. Mimic big overstuffed chair. Is a consulting detective, but keeps hiring someone to sit in the chair and play the public role of detective, so no one suspects their cases are being solved by a mimic listening in.
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35. Mimic crystal ball. Works with fake psychic to show clients what they want to see, but can't actually tell the future.
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36. Mimic workbench. Friend and ally to renowned craftsman, acts as his guard and assistant, moving tools to be in reach as needed.
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37. Mimic guillotine psychopath. Just wants to kill people, so as long as the revolution feeds its bloodshed, acts like a guillotine. If anyone tries to reign in the mob rule, sneaks out to kill that person.
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38. Mimic crossbow. Works with its hunter. Loads itself, can even fire itself as needed.
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39. Mimic printing press. Always well informed, and can tweak things it prints to move its own narrative or plots forward.
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40. Mimic sail. Self-trimming, self-furling, heals if damaged, and can help defend the ship if attacked.
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41. Mimic lump of clay. Works with fake sculptor to allow the sculptor to appear to be a great artist, then sneaks off with sculptor once a commission is paid.
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42. Mimic high-end furniture from antique store. Gets bought and placed in rich house. Waits to see where their valuables are. Steals them blind while antique dealer has alibi. Sneaks back to look like different high-end furniture at shop.
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43. Mimic banker's or merchant's scale. Check for false weights and magic all you want, it can still claim your valuable are 1-2% lighter than they really are, getting its merchant partner an extra profit margin.
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44. Mimic rock full of veins of gold and silver. Sits in a mine its partner wants to sell. Makes sure the potential buyer "happens" to see it, still wedged into the wall. Great for cycling through multiple played out mines.
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45. Mimic pile of hay. Only good for some seasons, but great way to hide in plain sight, and local children often sneak off to play near you, making them easy targets.
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46. Mimic outhouse. Perfect for catching prey with their paints down.
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47. Mimic dressmaker's dummy. Can be the exact size and shape (and even weight) the dressmaker needs, often happy to work for scraps of cloth (leather, cotton, and other biomass). Plus, gets to feel like a pretty, pretty mimic.
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48. Mimic periscope. Fits in any shape, crack, or around any corner, can show you what it sees, and even report on what it hears.
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49. Mimic game table. Can play chess with you, or help you subtly cheat against others.
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50. Mimic elevator. Crawls up and down (and even sideways) though the large castle, giving easy access quickly in return for a fair daily wage.
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Looks like 25/day in a little less than an hour is about my pace currently.
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