diff --git a/core/file_base_area_select.js b/core/file_base_area_select.js
index df859bea..6c45a5d1 100644
--- a/core/file_base_area_select.js
+++ b/core/file_base_area_select.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ exports.getModule = class FileAreaSelectModule extends MenuModule {
 					extraArgs	: {
 						filterCriteria	: filterCriteria,
 					},
-					menuFlags	: [ 'popParent' ],
+					menuFlags	: [ 'popParent', 'mergeFlags' ],
 				};
 
 				return this.gotoMenu(this.menuConfig.config.fileBaseListEntriesMenu || 'fileBaseListEntries', menuOpts, cb);
diff --git a/core/menu_stack.js b/core/menu_stack.js
index 360c2b38..3775c065 100644
--- a/core/menu_stack.js
+++ b/core/menu_stack.js
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ module.exports = class MenuStack {
 			options = {};
 		}
 
+		options = options || {};
 		const self = this;
 
 		if(currentModuleInfo && name === currentModuleInfo.name) {
@@ -111,10 +112,12 @@ module.exports = class MenuStack {
 			client		: self.client,
 		};
 
-		if(_.isObject(options)) {
-			loadOpts.extraArgs		= options.extraArgs || _.get(options, 'formData.value');
-			loadOpts.lastMenuResult	= options.lastMenuResult;
+		if(currentModuleInfo && currentModuleInfo.menuFlags.includes('forwardArgs')) {
+			loadOpts.extraArgs = currentModuleInfo.extraArgs;
+		} else {
+			loadOpts.extraArgs = options.extraArgs || _.get(options, 'formData.value');
 		}
+		loadOpts.lastMenuResult	= options.lastMenuResult;
 
 		loadMenu(loadOpts, (err, modInst) => {
 			if(err) {
@@ -124,7 +127,21 @@ module.exports = class MenuStack {
 			} else {
 				self.client.log.debug( { menuName : name }, 'Goto menu module');
 
-				const menuFlags = (options && Array.isArray(options.menuFlags)) ? options.menuFlags : modInst.menuConfig.options.menuFlags;
+				//
+				//	If menuFlags were supplied in menu.hjson, they should win over
+				//	anything supplied in code.
+				//
+				let menuFlags;
+				if(0 === modInst.menuConfig.options.menuFlags.length) {
+					menuFlags = Array.isArray(options.menuFlags) ? options.menuFlags : [];
+				} else {
+					menuFlags = modInst.menuConfig.options.menuFlags;
+
+					//	in code we can ask to merge in
+					if(Array.isArray(options.menuFlags) && options.menuFlags.includes('mergeFlags')) {
+						menuFlags = _.uniq(menuFlags.concat(options.menuFlags));
+					}
+				}
 
 				if(currentModuleInfo) {
 					//	save stack state
@@ -149,7 +166,7 @@ module.exports = class MenuStack {
 				});
 
 				//	restore previous state if requested
-				if(options && options.savedState) {
+				if(options.savedState) {
 					modInst.restoreSavedState(options.savedState);
 				}
 
diff --git a/core/show_art.js b/core/show_art.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fbbb3141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/show_art.js
@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+/* jslint node: true */
+'use strict';
+
+//	ENiGMA½
+const MenuModule	= require('./menu_module.js').MenuModule;
+const Errors		= require('../core/enig_error.js').Errors;
+const ANSI			= require('./ansi_term.js');
+const Config		= require('./config.js').config;
+
+//	deps
+const async			= require('async');
+const _				= require('lodash');
+
+exports.moduleInfo = {
+	name	: 'Show Art',
+	desc	: 'Module for more advanced methods of displaying art',
+	author	: 'NuSkooler',
+};
+
+exports.getModule = class ShowArtModule extends MenuModule {
+	constructor(options) {
+		super(options);
+		this.config = Object.assign({}, _.get(options, 'menuConfig.config'), { extraArgs : options.extraArgs });
+
+		this.config.method = this.config.method || 'random';
+		this.config.optional = _.get(this.config, 'optional', true);
+	}
+
+	initSequence() {
+		const self = this;
+
+		async.series(
+			[
+				function before(callback) {
+					return self.beforeArt(callback);
+				},
+				function showArt(callback) {
+					//
+					//	How we show art depends on our configuration
+					//
+					let handler = {
+						extraArgs		: self.showByExtraArgs,
+						sequence		: self.showBySequence,
+						random			: self.showByRandom,
+						fileBaseArea	: self.showByFileBaseArea,
+					}[self.config.method] || self.showRandomArt;
+
+					handler = handler.bind(self);
+
+					return handler(callback);
+				}
+			],
+			err => {
+				if(err && !self.config.optional) {
+					self.client.log.warn('Error during init sequence', { error : err.message } );
+					return self.prevMenu( () => { /* dummy */ } );
+				}
+
+				self.finishedLoading();
+				return self.autoNextMenu( () => { /* dummy */ } );
+			}
+		);
+	}
+
+	showByExtraArgs(cb) {
+		this.getArtKeyValue( (err, artSpec) => {
+			if(err) {
+				return cb(err);
+			}
+			const options = {
+				pause 	: this.shouldPause(),
+				desc	: 'extraArgs',
+			};
+			return this.displaySingleArtWithOptions(artSpec, options, cb);
+		});
+	}
+
+	showBySequence(cb) {
+		return cb(null);
+	}
+
+	showByRandom(cb) {
+		return cb(null);
+	}
+
+	showByFileBaseArea(cb) {
+		this.getArtKeyValue( (err, key) => {
+			if(err) {
+				return cb(err);
+			}
+
+			//	further resolve key -> file base area art
+			const artSpec = _.get(Config, [ 'fileBase', 'areas', key, 'art' ]);
+			if(!artSpec) {
+				return cb(Errors.MissingConfig(`No art defined for file base area "${key}"`));
+			}
+			const options = {
+				pause 	: this.shouldPause(),
+				desc	: 'fileBaseArea',
+			};
+			return this.displaySingleArtWithOptions(artSpec, options, cb);
+		});
+	}
+
+	getArtKeyValue(cb) {
+		const key = this.config.key;
+		if(!_.isString(key)) {
+			return cb(Errors.MissingConfig('Config option "key" is required for method "extraArgs"'));
+		}
+
+		const path = key.split('.');
+		const artKey = _.get(this.config, [ 'extraArgs' ].concat(path) );
+		if(!_.isString(artKey)) {
+			return cb(Errors.MissingParam(`Invalid or missing "extraArgs.${key}" value`));
+		}
+
+		return cb(null, artKey);
+	}
+
+	displaySingleArtWithOptions(artSpec, options, cb) {
+		const self = this;
+		async.waterfall(
+			[
+				function art(callback) {
+					//	:TODO: we really need a way to supply an explicit path to look in, e.g. general/area_art/
+					self.displayAsset(
+						artSpec,
+						self.menuConfig.options,
+						(err, artData) => {
+							if(err) {
+								return callback(err);
+							}
+							const mciData = { menu : artData.mciMap };
+							return callback(null, mciData);
+						}
+					);
+				},
+				function recordCursorPosition(mciData, callback) {
+					if(!options.pause) {
+						return callback(null, mciData, null);	//	cursor position not needed
+					}
+
+					self.client.once('cursor position report', pos => {
+						const pausePosition = { row : pos[0], col : 1 };
+						return callback(null, mciData, pausePosition);
+					});
+
+					self.client.term.rawWrite(ANSI.queryPos());
+				},
+				function afterArtDisplayed(mciData, pausePosition, callback) {
+					self.mciReady(mciData, err => {
+						return callback(err, pausePosition);
+					});
+				},
+				function displayPauseIfRequested(pausePosition, callback) {
+					if(!options.pause) {
+						return callback(null);
+					}
+					return self.pausePrompt(pausePosition, callback);
+				},
+			],
+			err => {
+				if(err) {
+					self.client.log.warn( { artSpec, error : err.message }, `Failed to display "${options.desc}" art`);
+				}
+				return cb(err);
+			}
+		);
+	}
+};