Session 075: Wild Dreams of a Bard Report
Vecna uses the party in an attempt to return to the mortal plane.
General Summary
Redfall 21, 2023 KC, evening
Bone Arch district in a tavern, Thornwinds
Recap
The party was hunting down the D'Jedi knight who stole the arm from Yggdra. He was about to trade the arm with members of the Doomdreamers.
He was trading for a Benducron which would give him insight into his order.
The party fought some undead, and took the prisoner and Dead priest to town. They got his cloak, a map to a town, and a Psi Crystal.
Summary
The party found themselves in the port town of Thornwood, taking a well-deserved rest after their recent adventures. They had been investigating the theft of their passenger Iggy's arm by Space Knight, which led them to discover a trade involving cultists and a valuable artifact called the Benducron. During their investigation, they had acquired a mysterious psych crystal from a cultist, learning it could be used to pilot Nautiloids and had connections to mind flayers. As evening approached, the party decided to visit the Weaver's Mark tattoo shop to arrange for magical tattoos that would enhance Sas's speed. The shop was owned by Hannah Lane, a skilled but narcissistic human tattoo artist. When they arrived, they noticed Hannah was working on a mysterious halfling customer behind privacy curtains, conducting what appeared to be secretive business. The halfling was dressed entirely in black and seemed to be wearing a cowl similar to one Barlo had once owned. When Barlo stared too obviously at the client, Hannah became suspicious and closed the curtains more tightly. Shadow decided to join the local tattoo guild to gain access to discounts and learn the craft herself. While she was away handling the membership paperwork, Hannah began working on Sas's first magical tattoo - a tattoo of striding that would permanently increase her movement speed. The process took several hours, with Hannah applying brown ink to match Sas's natural spores. Despite some initial difficulties with the magical aspects of the work, Shadow's assistance with a skill enhancement spell helped Hannah complete the tattoo successfully. After returning to their ship for the night, each party member experienced vivid and disturbing dreams. Calliope found herself in a lucid dream at Skull of Elk, where a sinister voice attempted to extract information about her companions. The voice seemed particularly interested in someone called "Merriphil" and tried to force answers from her, though she resisted. Bastion experienced his own nightmare, walking through childhood memories before encountering the same dark voice in a white void where spectral versions of Grognar appeared at different ages, warning him that they would need to figure things out themselves. Shadow experienced her first fully lucid dream while walking with Artie in her homeland, but Artie suddenly disappeared as the malevolent voice contacted her as well. Barlo found himself in a dream bar fight where he defeated several opponents, including dragonborn and a monk who turned out to be familiar faces - Andrax, Iggy, and Nisa. In Andrax's hand, he discovered a game cube he had been seeking. The voice compelled Barlo to reveal his deepest secret about feeling like a fraud despite his heroic dreams. Sas's dream experience proved most revealing when she encountered the goddess Bast in a familiar desert realm. Bast examined Sas telepathically and revealed the true nature of their threat - an ancient lich named Vecna had been infiltrating their dreams. Bast explained that Vecna had already stolen Grognar's book and Iggy's severed arm through dream manipulation and was attempting to pull the party into his personal dream plane to perform a dangerous ritual. The goddess taught Sas about dream plane mechanics, explaining concepts of Inner Strength and Mental Fortitude, and warned that only the professor orb remained protected from Vecna's influence due to divine intervention. When the party awakened, they discovered that the physical theft had indeed occurred - both Grognar's book and Iggy's arm were missing from the ship. Despite the captain's assurance that no one had been seen boarding or leaving the vessel, the items had vanished. The party realized they all shared similar dream experiences with the same threatening voice, confirming Bast's warnings about Vecna's supernatural abilities. Over breakfast at the Captain's Coin tavern, the party discussed their newfound understanding of dream plane mechanics and the threat they faced. They learned that their abilities would be altered in dreamscapes, with strength based on wisdom and agility on intelligence. The group realized they would need to develop their dream abilities quickly to face Vecna's inevitable attempt to trap them in his domain. Returning to the tattoo shop, the party completed Sas's magical tattoo despite some initial difficulties with the magical integration. Hannah's struggles were overcome with Shadow's magical assistance, leading to a successful completion and a reduced final payment. The party also purchased various magical inks and supplies, with Shadow visiting the guild hall to acquire specialized detection ink for aberrations. With their immediate business concluded, they prepared for the challenges ahead, knowing that Vecna's next attempt to ensnare them in his dream realm was likely imminent.Scenes
Recap and Planning in Thornwood
The party discusses recent events and plans their next moves while staying in the port town.
Visit to the Weaver's Mark Tattoo Shop
The party visits Hannah Lane's tattoo shop to investigate suspicious activity and arrange for magical tattoos.
Tattoo Negotiations and Guild Membership
The party negotiates for magical tattoos while Shadow joins the tattoo guild.
First Tattoo Session
Sas receives her first magical tattoo while the party observes suspicious activity.
Return to Ship and Rest Preparation
The party returns to their ship after investigating the tattoo shop and prepares for the night.
Calliope's Dream Encounter
Calliope enters a lucid dream state and encounters a sinister voice trying to extract information.
Bastion's Dream Encounter
Bastion experiences a lucid dream where he encounters a malevolent voice and visions of Grognar.
Shadow's Dream Walking Experience
Shadow experiences her first fully lucid dream while walking with Artie in her homeland.
Barlo's Dream Bar Fight
Barlo experiences a vivid dream where he engages in combat and discovers important items.
Sas's Divine Dream Encounter
Sas experiences a lucid dream where she encounters the goddess Bast, who reveals crucial information about Vecna's threat.
Awakening and Discovery
The party wakes from their shared dream experience and discovers missing items while learning about their new dream abilities.
Breakfast and Planning Session
The party has breakfast at the Captain's Coin tavern and discusses their newfound knowledge about dream mechanics.
Completing the Magical Tattoo
The party returns to Hannah Lane's tattoo shop to complete Sas's magical tattoo of striding.
Session Conclusion
... Experience & Leveling
t Milestone Experience: (1000 ea) | Total: 109,000 (Next Goal: 120,000) t Current Location ...
Rewards Granted
Experience
t Milestone Experience: (1000 ea) | Total: 109,000 (Next Goal: 120,000) t
Missions/Quests Completed
Character(s) interacted with
Characters
- Task
- Meklan
- Calliope
- Gruzzussk D'Achtend
- Adrex Lhamboldennish
- power
- Vecna
- Grognard
- Arktos
- Hannah Lane
- Bast
- Princess
- Bastion Bladesinger
- Garret
- Abbot Grok
- Kolvar
- Nissa Silverfrond
- Yggdra
- Jacoby Drexelhand
- Barlo
- Barlo
- Bastion Bladesinger
- Calliope Galanodel
- Sas W.T. Rayce
- Shadow in the Snow
- Arktos
- Princess
Creatures
- Human
- Deities
- Lich
- Halfling
- Spellweaver
- Dragonborn
- Flying Snake
Created Content
2023
10 (Redfall)
Redfall 21, 2023 KC
- The Wild Cards explore the Plane of Dreams
Redfall 22, 2023 KC
- The Wild Cards finish tattoo on sas
Locations
Items of Note
- Strange Drawing from Jacoby
- Benducron
- Magic Tattoo
- Professor Orb
- Headband of Intellect
- Cowl of Warding
- Psi Crystal
- Books
- Bone
- Silver
- Nautiloid
Factions
Misc
- Silver Flame
- Redfall
- Dead
- Dream Tools
- Bard
- Session 067: The Wizard's Cellar Report
- Dreams
- Work
- Friends
- Weird
- Heal
- Fly
- Dream
- Fear
- Sleep
- Confusion
- Light
- Skill Empowerment
Related Reports
Npcs
Hannah Lane
A human narcissist who owns and operates The Weaver's Mark tattoo shop. She's skilled in creating magical tattoos but sometimes struggles with the magical aspects of the work. She provides discounts to guild members and uses special healing balms made from elven plants. She appears to conduct secretive business with certain clients behind privacy curtains.Garm
A character who made a trade with cultists, giving them an arm in exchange for a Benducron artifact. He had hoped the party would follow and deal with the cultists afterward.Halfling Customer
A mysterious halfling dressed head-to-toe in black clothing getting a tattoo on his hand/wrist area behind privacy curtains. He appears to be wearing a cowl similar to one Barlo used to own, and Hannah whispers to him when she notices the party's interest.The Elder
A figure seen in Calliope's dream at Skull of Elk, taking care of various tasks. The Elder becomes more distant as the sinister voice tries to separate Calliope from this familiar presence.Grognar
An important figure from the party's past who appears in Bastion's dream as spectral versions at different ages. He tells Bastion that he can't help them and they need to figure things out themselves.Highlander Elder
A figure from Shadow's homeland who appears in her dream, preparing for the next travel with other people.Andrax
A dragonborn gentleman who appears in Barlo's dream. Previously made a deal with Barlo to find someone and something. Found unconscious in the dream bar fight with a game cube in his hand.The Abbot
Sas's spiritual mentor who appears in her dream alongside her parents. A figure of great importance to Sas who she seeks approval from and fears disappointing.Bast
The feline goddess who serves as Sas's divine patron. She appears in her cat form but can morph into different versions of herself as shown to various followers. Bast possesses deep knowledge of planar mechanics and serves as a crucial source of information about the Vecna threat. She demonstrates the ability to examine minds telepathically and create magical constructs within the dream realm.Vecna
An ancient and powerful lich from the world of Oerth who has been infiltrating the party's dreams through a sinister, raspy male voice. He has the ability to steal physical objects while the party sleeps and is attempting to pull them into his personal dream plane to perform a ritual. He seeks knowledge about erased species that Calliope possesses and has already stolen Grognar's book and Iggy's severed arm.Ship Captain
The captain of the party's vessel who confirmed that no one was seen leaving or boarding the ship during the night when the magical theft occurred.Locations
Thornwood
A port town where the party is staying for a few days to give their crew time off after a difficult flight. The town has various districts and is populated mostly by humans and halflings.The Weaver's Mark Tattoo Shop
Hannah Lane's tattoo shop in Thornwood, set up like a modern tattoo parlor with a front desk area, four tattoo stations, and privacy curtains on tracks for private work. Located near the port in the Bone Arch district and features secret exits and hidden areas.Tattoo Guild of the Air Day - Trade Wind Chapter
The local guild house for tattoo artists in Thornwood where Shadow joined as an adventuring journeyman, paying membership fees and gaining access to discounted supplies and templates.The Ship
The party's vessel where they return to rest for the night. Artie sleeps on deck due to more space, while the party members sleep in their individual quarters. Contains a teleportation room that was investigated for signs of magical intrusion.Skull of Elk
A location that appears in Calliope's dream where she sees the Elder. The dream version has storm clouds gathering at the edges and the area stretches away as the sinister voice tries to separate her from the Elder.Dream Bar
A tavern setting within Barlo's dream where he engages in combat with various opponents including dragonborn and a monk.Desert Dream Realm
A familiar desert setting where Sas has previously communicated with the goddess Bast. This divine realm appears as a safe haven within the dream plane, featuring an elegant bed that materializes through Bast's magic.Captain's Coin
A tavern in Thornwood where the party has breakfast and discusses their dream experiences and plans for dealing with Vecna.Tattoo Guild Hall
The local chapter of the tattoo guild where Shadow goes to purchase specialized detection ink for mind flayers and other magical tattoo supplies.Spells
Detect Magic
A spell cast by Bastion to check the teleportation room for any magical residue or signs of intrusion, though no magical traces were found.Skill Empowerment
Shadow cast this spell on Hannah Lane to help her complete the magical tattoo work. The spell doubles the proficiency bonus on ability checks for a chosen skill, allowing Hannah to successfully complete the difficult magical tattooing process.Items
Benducron
A red six-sided pyramid gem with stippled layers that Garm obtained from cultists. This relic holds knowledge about the Bogan order, the Sith, and the Ashla, making it highly valuable to Garm.Psych Crystal
A red, jagged-looking crystal obtained from a cultist. Can replace Professor Orb for casting flight spells, allows up to three characters to attune to it for psychic abilities, and has been used to pilot Nautiloids. Connected to mind flayers and previous drawings found in Jacobi's bedroom.Headband of Intellect
A magical item the party is considering giving to Artie, though they're concerned it might affect his feral nature and make him less of a companion.Cultist's Cloak
A cloak obtained from a cultist that the party could potentially use to disguise themselves when approaching the mind flayer Greset.Cowl
A piece of clothing that Barlo used to wear around his neck but no longer has. The halfling customer appears to be wearing something very similar to what Barlo once owned.Tattoo of Striding
A magical tattoo completed on Sas's leg that permanently increases her movement speed by 5 feet. Made with brown ink to complement her spores, it's a medium-sized tattoo that takes about 6 hours total to complete and requires a long rest to activate.Healing Leaf
A large banana leaf-like plant with aloe vera-like substance on one side, obtained from elves up north. Applied over fresh tattoos to aid healing and prevent infection, it naturally falls off as the tattoo heals.Guild Badge
A badge indicating membership in the Tattoo Guild of the Air Day as an adventuring journeyman, providing access to discounted supplies and guild resources.Game Cube
A small cube-shaped object found in Andrax's hand during Barlo's dream. Previously sought after and now recovered in the dream sequence.Professor Orb
A magical orb that Vecna cannot steal due to divine protection from Bast. This orb appears to be crucial to preventing Vecna from completing his ritual and serves as the party's primary protection against the lich's influence.Grognar's Book
A book belonging to Grognar that contained lost pages and important magical knowledge. It was mysteriously stolen by Vecna during the night while the party slept.Iggy's Severed Arm
The arm that was cut off from Iggy by Space Knight and later recovered by the party. It was stolen along with Grognar's book by Vecna through dream manipulation.Detection Ink (Aberrations)
Magical tattoo ink that will detect aberrations within 50 feet when applied as a tattoo. Less specific than mind flayer-only detection but covers all aberration-type creatures.Three-Dimensional Ink
Specialized magical tattoo ink that creates three-dimensional visual effects in tattoos. Barlo purchased four ounces for future tattoo work.Magical Tattoo Inks
Various types of specialized inks used for magical tattoos, including metallic, prismatic, glow, and mood inks. Each type has different costs and magical properties.Elven Healing Balm
A healing compound made from elven plants mixed with aloe, applied to fresh magical tattoos to aid in healing and magical integration. Comes on a large leaf for application.Notes
Transcript Notes
As they are walking back to the ship, Bastion Bladesinger realizes the Psi Crystal can power a Nautiloid. He also realizes the Strange Drawing from Jacoby might have been such a ship. The Psi Crystal is supposed to be traded with Gruzzussk D'Achtend in a town a few days away for "something". They have a map, and the cloak that they believe will be a "symbol" there for Gruzzusk to know who to trade with at their port. Shadow wonders if the Headband of Intellect would change Arktos in some unknown way. then if anyone needed supplies. Bastion suggested Sas should get some tattoos to speed her up at such times. Shadow suggests going to The Weaver's Mark and remembers she wanted to join the Tattoo Guild, The Etched Canvas. The Shop is run by the narcistic Human, Hannah Lane -- in the port, i believe As they enter she is working on some Halfling. In the rear of the shop with some black curtains drawn, and she peeks through to see the group. Shadow waves, and there is a bit of recognition... insight (26) -- she seems to have some recognition, but a very slight and quick "did I get caught" look, but then she pulls the drape a bit more to hide the customer. A bit of side eye and then she is trying to hide something. Shadow silently tells Sas she thinks something shifty is going on. Sas tries to "casually" sneak a peek -- Perception (disadvantage, 11) -- hard to tell much. It is a Halfling, dressed in black. Shadow also tries to do the casual sneaky peek... Perception (22)... she notices the Halfling is wearing a shawl, similar to what Barlo once had from Jacoby Drexelhand. The Cowl of Warding which he returned to Garret, a rogue from the Shadow Thieves. Also notices how the back two booths have tracks for such curtains. There is a desk/bartop in the front. 4 stations. Her perception allows her to see the tattoo is being done on the top of the left hand on the wrist. Shadow takes Barlo to the side and asks about the cowl. Learns he gave it back and points out this guy is wearing a similar one. after that Barlo pays more attention. Perception: 9 he is starting to make things noticeable, so the tattoist huffs, whispers to the customer, and gets up, closing the drapes. "So, what can I do for you?" Sas brings up that she wants a tattoo to help with speed. they went through a listing of some Magic Tattoo she had which would help with speed. Bastion wanted to send Princess, a Flying Snake, over to investigate and Shadow went to whisper to Arktos who is outside. Princess gets a 1 on the dex check to sneak and so gets caught so she tells them to keep an eye on their pets. Shadow is still trying to take a peek (22) They are looking at the Tattoo of Striding. It would be a minimum of 10 hours, around 5-12 hours per. Shadow thinks she might be able to replicate one and so they only need to do one.Tattoo of Striding
(Leg, Medium Average) A design of leaves or flowing wind spirals around your leg. The wearer's walking speed is increased by 5 feet. This tattoo may be applied to the other leg for an additional +5 feet of movement. If made using three-dimensional ink, the tattoo instead increases movement speed by +10 feet.Calliope wisdom save (19) she works on some interpretive dance before bed. As she goes to bed she sees the pile of Books and recalls how she never left the bed this morning, just appeared at the church. And then she is in Skola Vale Wisdom check (9) She didn't realize it but now she is in a lucid Dream... Calliope and Dreams: a dreamer. Both day and night. Very vivid Dreams. Storytelling... Arcs. Highs and lows. Because of that she gets an advantage (6) so the 9 stands... actually a 10, for some reason...She notices something is different with herself though. She is acknowledging her NTO: Dreamself and she is aware that she is in the Plane of Dreams. Her DS has a higher strength, but lower dexterity, than her real self. As a Bard, she has advantage on all her rolls here and she gets a +1 to any roll here. Sees the elder working on something... Wis save (21) Something was trying to do something, she is now becoming aware of that. Sees storm clouds forming in the distance and then a voice: "what's the secrets you keep?" It seemed to have been trying to force her to answer... but is failing. She thinks of ridiculous things she is embarrased about and confesses it... "one time..." The voice is trying to scare her and it is not having much effect. and then the voice asks "who in your merry band do you trust the most?" Wis Save (12) Everything is now stretching away from her, this entity is trying to separate her from all she knows and finds safe. She calls out "who are you?" as she feels It responds: "You're the one trying to learn more about me? She says: "What are you trying to find out?
Bastion, Wis save (14) Bastion & Dreams, he used to need a full 6-8 hours rest, but then discovered he could do an elven rest, aka "Reverie". Yet he then learned after doing those he was tapping into a spirit hiding within him. That was Kolvar. He has gone back to full 8 hours after that incident, didn't want to give him any more "power". Since then he has had his own Dreams. He is now a child, but no -- actually an adult walking the streets he did when he was a child. He now realizes he is supposed to be on a ship. In here -- he is physically stronger and more dextrous -- he realizes he is in a Dream and does a backflip to test the theory of how much dexterity he seems to have. He notices that there are other abilities here, and feels he is on the verge of understanding them. Wis Save (27, natural 20, then a 9) - he has an inspiration in this place. he started to see the clouds turning black, thunder in the distance. A faint Silver white Light surrounds him with flickers of Silver Flame -- this is what granted him the inspiration. then a voice: " Oh, you're a bit harder to reach. I thought you'd be easier. Bastion: "Why did you think that? The voice: "Because you're not as as comfortable in this place as I thought you might be. But I am curious what you hold back as a secret. The nat 20 save stands to protect him. His general thoughts: did something happen to me that I didn't know about?
History: 12. Something happened to let this happen, some action he did. the voice again: Let me ask you which one of your Friends Do you not trust? Wis Save: 21 At that time he thinks of ... Grognard. He is the reason for everything right now. At that moment the area around him disappears. Like the white room of the Matrix. In front of him now is Grognard, a version he knew him as with various versions of Grognard in different ages coming and going as specters or ghosts. constantly coming and going. This elderly version as it tries to "speak" it doesn't seem able to -- no words. then a slight cough and he seems able to irk out: "I can't help you right now. You guys need to figure out how to do this. Bastion then wakes up.
For Calliope: She was looking around. When the voice had disappeared, the space separating her from the vale was gone, so she enjoyed the space. then the voice returns: "That wasn't very nice... Calliope interrupts and speaks over him: "What did I do? He doesn't stop as he continues: "What is your Friends' names? wis save (8) she can't help it, but thinks of Arktos
Shadow Wis Save (23) Shadow's Dreams. Back at home she knows of Dream walking, and the experiences of it. she knows some have conversations in them... With the bond between her and Arktos they actually do share the same Dreams. In fact, that is now going on. They are sharing a Dream as they return to her home. Sees her elder speaking to some people as they seek to prepare for their next move... then Arktos disappears. Wis save (19) sky begins to darken... that was odd. She is now fully aware she is in a Dream. She is aware she is dreamwalking and aware she could manipulate things if she knew what she was doing. Her Str is better, but her Dex has gone down a bit... Wis save (9) The voice comes in... "Oh, that was Weird. I had to kind of get through. the way I wasn't sure what Work, but your psyche is a little bit easier than your Friends. Now that I can talk to you, what do you think is your greatest secret? Wis save (12) She is compelled to share - Secrets about her feelings... secret
Wis save sas: 14, Barlo: 9 Barlo Dreams: grandiose Dreams where he is the champion, he leads the charge, he is the king, he is the one who discovers things... He is an a bar fight. He headbutts a Dragonborn. The Dragonborn goes down. Barlo lashes out with his claws and reaches out to another Dragonborn that was about to attack him, swiping the hadnd and slices off the arm. an elven monk kicks at him, but he smashes at the lags and makes her lose her footing. She falls. Wis check (4) The rage begins to calm down a bit... The first Dragonborn was Adrex Lhamboldennish. The hand opens and he has the game cube in his hand. The Dragonborn who lost their hand was Yggdra, the monk is Nissa Silverfrond. He says "Thanks for finding that for me." and takes the die, then surveys the bar. He steps on a table and looks around.. Perception (26, nat. 20, 14... ) His hair bristles and Silver flames are on him. He gets a +1d10 on next role... HE is now realizing something is up. He is not as strong as normal... Dex (20) he is not as strong, not as agile... a bit of self consciousness. wis save (dis) (9) Storm outside... a voice: "why are the felines so easy to get into? It was that I wasn't sure if I'd get into this one, but. Wow, this was easier than I thought. I have a question.. Barlo: "where are you? Voice: "oh, I'm everywhere you are ..now what I'm curious about is what secrets you know. What secrets do you have? wis save (9) He is compelled to share something... some secret. barlo secret
his Dreams show him as the hero, but he really feels a fraud. He wishes he could be more like that, especially with this primal beast. He hopes it is connected to something bigger and wants to be bigger. He tries so hard to take the hits due to the imposter syndrome... (gold dragon)
Sas and Dreams... her nightmares are of disappointing the abbot. not even mad, but just disappointment. Good Dreams revolve around pleasing him... but the best are of nature and accomplishment. wis save (19) she is back home. Teh abbot and her parents are talking nearby. while something tries to poke through the back of her mind... wis save (18) a nudge... almost physical. She looks at herself and recognizes something is different. She is aware she is more physically strong as normal. She is aware of something trying to get to her. the space between her family begins to stretch.. wis save (18) She hears a quiet voice..: "you're the one who I really need to get to. And it won't happen tonight..." She continues the Dream, one unlike any she has had before. She is aware of her space. She remembers how the Abbot Grok would speak of Dreams. A place where believers and others are able to communicate with their Deities since the gods cannot directly speak to most on the Material Plane. There are many stories on why.. She knows she has spoken to Bast in such Dreams and this pulls her thoughts to Bast. She is now in that same Desert she has been with her in. Bast comes out of nowhere and walks up to her. Bast: "well, this is interesting. I didn't summon you. How did you find your way here? Sas: "I don't, I don't know. Please forgive me for the interruption. Bast: "You are no interruption. The Task you are on is still very important, so of course if you need time.. or anything... Sas: "I thought you were trying to speak to me. I heard a voice and I don't know. I felt like I had before when I spoke with you, I thought you were reaching out to me. Bast: "Interesting. Someone is trying to manipulate your Dreams. Sas: "What do I do? Bast: "do you trust me? Sas; "Completely She puts her hands out and a very elegant bed appears as her hand moves to the side and she tells her to lay down: "If you will lay down and then let me find out who was trying to mess with you. Sas lays down and Bast puts two fingers on her temple, right on the forehead.. she closes her eyes, it starts to morph into other versions of Bast (human and cat), then a bit of pain. she lets go Bast: "Now this is impossible and unexpected. Sas: "What happend? what did you see? Bast: "A long time ago. And time is complicated. For reasons. There was a great power. it sought it's path across many planes and this person became a god of sorts. He became one of the most famous Liches ever known. Your Abbot and Meklan and their band of adventurers they killed him. But somehow it seems he left a part of himself, somewhere... and Somehow your Friends have tapped into that. Bast then looks down as if trying to think or solve a riddle and then she takes a deep breath: "There was a point that your Friends interacted with, some type of ward that he had put up, that Ward had allowed him to kind of start entering their psyche. So he's been traveling through your various Dreams. It looks like if you hadn't thought of me and at the time that he was communicating with you, you would not have been here. That's what caused it. He's creating these opening channels through the plane. It seems that he's, found a way, a place to hide his own personal Dream plane. And he's been hiding there, waiting for something to bring him back. And I think he thinks you guys are the way. In fact. It looks like the only thing that's protecting this is the fact that I gave you that. The casing for those orbs. she looks down again and then continues: "Okay, so you have lost your book. And it looks like he's been able to grab the Professor Orb. But as long as you have that orb, he can't fully complete his ritual. I don't think I can really help you much here. He's in a place that I can't get to. But I can tell you, that the orb that you hold, that holds that world of Toril, that's important for him. He. You had an have. You have that hand. He's already taken that from you.. Somehow as you Sleep, he's he's able to take some of the physical objects from you, except for that, or because of the casing that it's in. But it looks like he did steal the book from you. And he stole the Professor Orb, and he stole that hand. I Fear that he's going to try to get you guys into another, into his plane to perform a ritual. Sas: "How do we defeat him? Bast: "Well, you are going to have end the ritual if he captures you. I can try to speak with Meklan, I'm sure he has something he has kept from me on this. she looks up for a moment... "interesting. I can't find his current form. I will have to find another version of him. I'm going to wake you, and then I'm going to try to see if I can find a way to figure out moe of what is going on here. This this is scary. It's in a way that I wasn't ready for. And it could also. Well, if it's successful, it's going to ruin everything that I had planned. Sas: "How do I end the ritual? Do I wake my Friends? Bast was about to send her back, then pauses. "To fully wake yourself from a Dream. You have to understand the two... When you're in the Material Plane, you have your strength. You have your agility. You have your intelligence. When you are in the in one of these dreamscapes, that's different. Your strength. Right now, you are stronger in here physically than you are out there, because your strength in there is dependent upon your how wise you are. It is a mixture of how your physical strength is and your wisdom brought together. Your agility here for you is not much different, because your agility is based on your intelligence, and your agility in the Material Plane. For your Friends, this can cause very different, abilities for them. But there's two other main abilities that you will need to learn how to master, and that's going to be one of them is called your inner strength. Knowing how to summon the strength is going to help. And the other thing is going to be your mental fortitude. If you can start to learn how to use those two skills while you're in, dreamscape. It's then you will be able to figure out who the Dream Seed is and give me a second here. note: these are the Dream Tools And so she kind of looks down again and ponders...: "What I can tell is your friend, Calliope is the Dream Seed. She was trying to find some knowledge about some type of species that was erased from history. All those erasures were warded by this evil gods whose name I'm not certain I want to say right now because I'm starting to find that he's got more powers than I expected. It is a name that you have heard before, though. But this Lich God, he, ... If you guys together can get enough mental fortitude with the Dream Seed, you'll be able to help her find inner peace. That inner peace will be able to help you guys defeat the dreamscape. I know these are trees that might not make a lot of sense to you right now, but I will try to find a way of explaining it and to help. I can say that right now, all of you still hold that Silver Flame that you guys brought in from Ibarra, and I can see how it's been trying to protect you guys, that the Silver Flame is very important. It's definitely going to be very important when you guys win. And if you guys are able to make it to me, because that's what we need to fully help. My Pharah. I'm guessing Meklan may have planned on this as well... Before I send you back, is there any other questions besides that Confusion I just gave you? Sas: "So I should wake up Calliope Bast: "I have a feeling when you wake your firends will already be awake around the same time. Sas: "Thank you goddess Bast: "Your Friends will need to protect you, that orb is the one thing he still needs and it is protected by the orb as long as you are alive. But if he's able to get you into his plane, into his Dream plane, it's dreamscape. Sorry. At that point, if he's able to defeat you guys, he will be able to take it from. And that will put everything at risk, not just for my people, but for all of your people as well. Sas: "and I will protect it with my life.
Redfall 22, 2023 KC, morning
Bone Arch district in a tavern, Thornwinds
They have learned they have a dreamself... Sas learned the most due to her calling for Bast.
They lost a few items.
She wakes up as does everyone else...
Shadow goes to check on Arktos. He is still resting.
Sas gets up and checks her belongings. She has the orb, is missing the things stated by Bast. She investigates (nat 1)
Bastion asks if anyone else had a Weird Dream, then if they saw the person and compare notes...
Shadow contemplates things...
Bastion goes to Sas due to her experience with Dreams. Her room is a mess as she is tearing through things.
Sas says how the book is gone. The arm is gone. She says how she was told in the Dream
Bastion says he also had a strange Dream.
they go to everyone else...
Bastion asks the captain if anyone came or went. He then investigates the teleportation room. Inv (28)
nothing is out of place
Shadow wonders if they can contact Yggdra... they haven't spoke with them since before they went to the church. She asks about night crew to the captain.
Everyone takes a shift, with the night captain in charge. no new crew or suspicious people...
the local rogues come near the ships, but no one has been an issue.
They all know the words of Bast.
Shadow goes through the ship
d100:
Sas: 24Chucko: 6
Shadow: 5
Calliope: 53
Bastion: 52
Shadow stays quiet... They don't know how things were taken. Bastion History (14) doesn't know much on Vecna. He has heard he was a Lich from another world who tried to become a god. He might have been defeated by Meklan. He knows what he looks like as he saw him when he took psychic damage trying to learn about the Spellweavers. in Session 067: The Wizard's Cellar Report. Vecna is from Oerth and was a Human To take their mind off things, they go for a breakfast beer and plan to finish tattoo. They wonder if they know of ways to handle their Dream situation. Sas, Survival (14) She had discussions with the Abbot which she didn't understand at the time... she has learned how he once had a a whole life of adventuring before he settled down. She knows she will need to learn how to progress in power in the Dreams. She has some insights into Dream Tools. You can Fly... You can double movement... you can use Inner strength and mental fortitude to excel. Casters open up to all their spells... at their level. 4th level barbarians and bards get unlimited use of powers.... At the tattooist, a 4 on the tattoo. She is having problem. Bastion Bladesinger casts Skill Empowerment on her to help her, the line Work vastly improves and everythign is fine.... con save (23) no problem. another leaf with goop, Sas asks about it. She says it comes from the elves up north, the goop is mixed with powder from the leaves and that comes from the elves. Since there was a problem she discounts the tatoo so they only pay 500. The magic of the tattoo doesn't always hold, but this will be fine. a discussion on speed, Barlo shows off his speed. he asks about stacking speed... she asks if he wants a tattoo.... I said there is a percentage if she has any they are looking for. She has all the simples and small types, for the most part. Shadow persuasion (7)... no new sketches. Barlo asked about different inks on the different tattoos.. he asks about detection inks. He wants mindflayer & she has aberration. specific creature: 100 type: 50 Shadow asks if she has all the inks she wants some for a discount: glow, prismatic, metallic, and mood. Barlo asks if the guild might have them too.. The guild might have other creature ones. Shadow buys those four from her. Barlo buys vials of 3d ink. 4 oz. 2 oz. of mindflayer detection... at guild. the voice is raspy. male. elderly. and very powerful...
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| All right. Well, I will just. Let's start with, where we are, and, we'll go from there. So we got everybody right. 123456. Okay. Also, so, Veronica, once we were saying those, I haven't actually playing in discords. So you can either go into Roll20 through discord, or you can do it on, on a browser. |
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| Okay. Good night. Love you. I love you, too. Both options are available. That's it right now. You guys are in trade ways. You guys have been kind of hanging out for a few days, giving your crew some time off that they needed since, the flights over here was not the greatest for the morale. And, |
| So we're working on that. While you guys were here, though, you guys did kind of start investigating to help your new friends out. Where? A space space knights had taken off the arm of your one of your passengers on your flight and absconded with that arm. You guys were able to actually find him and the arm right now. |
| That arm, I believe, is in the possession of SAS. Yes. When you found him, he was in the middle of a tree, giving, that arm to a bunch of cultists or cultists, they say that are from the Doom Dreamers. Supposedly they are a cult that believes they talk to. That is done in their dreams and get, orders and commands and all of prophecy or whatever. |
| They pretty much talk to. They think, you guys have actually heard about this a little bit in the past, but not too much about because the cedar was one of these, the cedar that you guys have met in the area. It is like the ziggurat that was underneath the skull of El way back when you first met Calliope. |
| And, they seem to kind of be like working with the arcane orders, and that's why they seem to have all types of old artifacts and relics. They happen to have what was called a bender from this bender. Cron, is the red six sided pyramid gemstone with multiple layers and runes on the inside. And this was a, a relic that Garm really desired because it holds knowledge about the Bogan Order, the Bogan being the the Sith, if you will, to the Ashley and, |
| He was able to make the trade. He said that he kind of was hoping you guys would follow anyways and take care of these guys, but he was kind of in a rush and to get this trade done. That's why he was a little impatient with cutting off the arm. To be fair, I don't remember actually ever saying that it hurt when it happened. |
| So there was that was not like you caused really great pain. And with his sword, it was able to instantly cauterize. So it's not like she was in any real danger. You guys know that makes it better. She's just a flesh wound. Just a flesh wound. As you guys were talking to him, though, realize that maybe you might want to leave the under. |
| The space underneath this, church, the ground started to come alive, and you guys fought off three creatures, two undead bullets and one undead, shambling mound pile of skulls and bones that came to life after defeating them. You guys took the, dead acolyte that was on the ground. You took out the knocked out leader of the cultists, leaving the rest of his friends behind. |
| And with Garm, you guys went back to town. Barlow was nice and, was able to find a local church and give them the dead priest. Finding out that, a lot of the priests in the area tend to kind of take turns on when they go up there to take care of the undead situation. And, now that they're aware of it, maybe that will get rectified. |
| Everybody then, met up at the tavern. Shadow ended up giving a little healing to the cultists, brought them back. The scared little minion kind of gave you guys a lot of information. He gave you the literally the shirt off his back, or in this case, a cloak. You guys also got the, Some information from him and an item. |
| In this report, |
| What was the cloak again to be? It was his cloak. So pretty much, talking to him. He gave you guys the same crystal, a red, jagged looking crystal that. Hey, you guys found out you could use to actually replace the professor orbs and cast the spells of light into this instead. It can also, What's it called? |
| You get three of them for a character. Come on. Words attuned to it. In which case, it can give you some, psychic, ability. And, if you have psychic ability, extend that a bit. It also will blow if you need it to be so nice. Little like like. |
| But you also found out that these have been used to pilot what's called a not a ship. |
| If anybody has. I guess history, maybe religion. |
| You can do a chat about not a Lloyd's because that never really came up. Okay. But I know everything there is to know about not a Lloyd's, except what they are. Not a Lloyd's look like big old. Well, for Sam, have you seen the Walters Gate? Preview for the game. It's been a long time because I think that they're flying. |
| That's a not a Lloyd. It looks like a big old snail shell with, like, tentacles coming out of it. That's what it's sort of just said. Nemo. Shit. Or you could've just said, what's his name? Ship. Nemo. Captain Nemo. Nautilus. I'm not sure who Dino is. Isn't he a fish out of the sea? Captain Nemo is a captain of a submarine of the Nautilus. |
| This one I got you. It's not a submarine. But the other thing too. With that score, you realize that there was a sketch that you guys had been. You guys have found a way back when. |
| And now I, for one of the journals, right from the the papers or whatever that we found in, Jacoby's, Kobe's bedroom stuff. There was a drawing that you guys have found. |
| Are you guys did you always stay strong enough from Jacoby that we had some really weird stuff in there? You didn't want to see it, but I put this in the chat. Yeah, the. So what I'm going to say is that as you as you guys are walking back from the tavern, this would be a, a thought that you were able to have realizing that that might be what was in that drawing looks very much like what you've heard, and you've heard little tidbits from time to time, back in the college days, if you will, about a little bit about mind flayers and stuff, and especially, I mean, with, some of the |
| research you guys would have done probably in. |
| Early on, you I think you guys were learning a bit about my players. So I will say that you would realize that that's probably what that drawing was about, actually. And it's kind of come together so that there was a site crystal that he was supposed to trade to your favorite mind flayer. He gave you guys a map to a place that's, days away from here. |
| And you guys said, well, did you guys have his cloak? You guys can go to the port and probably act like you are him, and maybe try to find you guys weren't sure if that's what you guys wanted to do, but there was a discussion you guys had. |
| At that point, you guys let him go. You got those two things from him for three things. You got a map from the, information you let him go. You guys talk a little bit more to guard, but not much. Mostly Barlow was talking to him a bit. There you. |
| Are. Let me just double check. |
| Oh, yeah. You guys had a little bit more discussion about, You guys did do us, you guys used your sending stones to talk to the brothers? That's how you guys had to double check about the crystals and if it would work with the ship. Shadow said that when you guys get back, you guys should remind the crew to be ready when it's time to go. |
| Barlow brought up how he has plans for the alchemy jug shadow wonders if you needed to go after presents. A father. Not sure. And you wondered if the psi crystal can be used with the ship. It could be used to place the professor. Or there was bastion for a moment. Was wondering if it might make it smart for, |
| Did I? Yep. Yeah. |
| I mean, granted, this is like weeks ago, but I think it's been a month, so. Yeah. Oh, didn't I say something about, giving it the the and the. We didn't play. Oh, you're right. That's. No, we didn't play two weeks ago. I'm sorry. Right. That's when the, the computer with them, I think you at first you were thinking about putting it into a crystal, but then. |
| And then then, yeah, you started talking about giving it the, headband of intellect. Then there was discussion about maybe given that to Artie again. And at that point, you guys left the tavern. You guys were heading back to the ship. If we were to give Artie the, headband of intellect, would that affect his ferocity at all? |
| Would it make him less feral? I don't know, you would have to find out. It would certainly make him less of a pet to you. It probably would. Well, he's likely, he's a companion. It's definitely too feral to be a pet. He's a her emotional support animal. Yeah, as long as nobody just. Let's just make sure he's fed, doesn't he? |
| Make sure nobody has an Elmo doll. That's what that person had when they got their face, ripped off by the monkey. I was watching that. You remember? I don't think that monkey was an emotional support. Anything. Yeah. I mean, you know, and then, you don't know because they never had. They had that Tiger King show. |
| Now they have one about. Oh, yeah, they have the Monkey King show. Yeah. And so they bring up the lady who, got injured seriously by the big old monkey. Or is it, you know what? If it was a monkey? Gorilla? Some type of primate. But the whole thing. Talk about how she showed up with an Elmo doll. |
| And I guess I think maybe the Elmo doll is what triggered it. Was the chimpanzee. The chimpanzee? That's right. Yeah. The gorillas. Yeah. She was the helper to the family. And the helper showed up and tried to calm him down at the time, because when they came, she literally had ripped off her face. And all the fingers. Yeah, she's alive though. |
| She's. It was horrible. So she's. Yeah, they are missing her hands. But yeah, chimpanzees are not. I pulled off one of her hands. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. So let's I'm going to think about that when you guys get your battles. Then, So you just want to play. Anything, you guys, we'll see here. Yeah. We'll say that it's. |
| That was sick most of the day, so we'll say it's probably evening right about now as you guys are headed back to the ship. I don't think we really need supplies. Right. Like we're pretty good on. Well, I mean, the ship is. The shipwrights are supposed to take care of the supplies for the ship. Yeah. I just mean, like, amongst ourselves. |
| I do think we should go get test the, some tattoos to make her fast. Make her. Yeah. That would be helpful because I'd be slow. |
| Yeah. There's tattoos that will increase your, movement speed by like ten feet I said, but where to. I want to tell. Yeah, there's a tattoo. Is we see a magical tattoos, aren't you. Wait. Did she do them? Well, I have to get first. The weavers mark tattoo shop. Oh. |
| Yeah, yeah, I don't get a speedy tattoo. |
| Oh, yeah. I wanted to join the the tattoo guild before we leave the town. |
| It's not nightfall. It's getting close to evening, so I've wanted to do something like that. You probably would be able to try to hunt somebody down. |
| I mean, we can head to the tattoo shop and see who's around, see what the lady has for us. Yep. Do it then. Off we go. The proprietors name is Hannah Lane, and she's a human. And she's a nurse doll. So she's a human and she's a. Well, you know that she's a human and she's a narcissist. |
| You guys been awesome. Yeah. So appeal to her ego. How do you do that. Because I visited her to try to find out if I could convince her to, teach me. It was the, impromptu session where we. It was more about discussions. What was going on in this town? And we learned. And then I came up with, spent the next two weeks figuring out how guilded work in the world. |
| Was in the town room I got. Oh, yeah, I did get something from our thorn. Went thorn. The thorn ones is the city that you guys are the. Yeah. It's Portsmouth. |
| Tennessee. Okay, so shadow are. We have the tattoo. It's. Yeah. Okay. We will say. That she is working on, It's pretty empty right now because it is getting, it's almost nightfall. But you do see her actually working right now on, the. There's a halfling. And, you see that he's getting some work done. She's actually, though, kind of has, where she's at right now in the corner. |
| She has, like, these, black curtains kind of drawn a bit so that she can kind of look back through, there's a little bit of an opening that she can kind of look through the see the door. But. So it's hard to really see the halfling that's getting tattooed right now. As you guys do come in. |
| She's like, I'll be there in a moment. Go ahead and make yourselves comfortable. I'll give her what she remembers. Me. You see a, a look of some of the recognition in her eyes at the same time. Give me an insight. I mean, how many to backseat pass through here? It's a pretty busy port, so, that's true. |
| Insight 26. You could tell that she does recognize you, and, you know, that look like. Oh, did I get caught? There's a brief bit of that to her eyes. And then, as she starts to kind of close the drapes just a little bit more so she, she could still kind of look out of, like, her side eyes and see you guys kind of clock you guys, but she seems a little bit, kind of, hiding a little bit more of what she's doing right now. |
| As she ducks back behind the curtain, I'm going to whisper to sass, and it's doing something shifty. |
| Should we go? No. I'm curious. I want to see who she's tattooing back there. I'm going to get her. I, so sass looks like I'm assuming there's, like, tattoo art and stuff on the wall. So that is going to kind of browse that while trying to check visually that she's tattooing. But I will say it's really hard to see, but if you want to go ahead and do a perception at a disadvantage with the, the covering kind of make it a very difficult. |
| I mean, I thought I did a disadvantage with that. I didn't want to just roll a second one. She doing a naughty bit tattoo. All right. So 11 you really couldn't tell from where you were looking at that moment? Perception was more about her. |
| What was your scrum loss and what part of the 1111 I accidentally just roll? So I just did it twice. All I'll say is that you're able to see that it's just a halfling. Just, you know something? He's, like, had the toe kind of in black clothing, though. But that's about all as far as you can really make out. |
| What are you saying? |
| Oh. What time is this going to go? Where I think are some thorn. When? |
| No, no, no, but what part of oh oh can this person right tattoo shop that really? I don't think I wrote down that whole town. Okay. I think it was because we went out through book arts together. Yeah. You guys were up for it, but, but I think I can't remember. I think this is actually by the port. |
| I want to say, not too far from the. Well, it's the population is mostly humans and halflings anyways, right? So it wouldn't be out of the norm for there to be a half. Yeah, right. No, not Yeah. It seems like most of the people that actually live here are mostly humans and halflings. I mean, granted, you can always tell if somebody's actually a resident or traveling, but especially with, you see, as you get farther away from the ports that tend to be more of what the population is, |
| So, yeah, there would be nothing unusual about, can I try to do a shop walk around as well to see if I can paint in the curtain? Once she, like, turns back to her patron, I will let you try. And, it's gonna be a little bit harder for you to really see anything, because she kind of took a shot at it, and it would also be at a disadvantage. |
| So. Okay, I normally have advantage. So of be a street rule. |
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| Yeah. This. |
| I can hear you. |
| That's just like kind of pull up. It's. |
| Very much. |
| Okay. |
| Is everybody all together is around you? You guys are kind of, like, in the little waiting area in the. Yeah. Yeah. There you guys would be looking. I'd say that there probably would be a little bit of a bar top, that you'd have to get past to go to where the the tattoos are, like, there's, like, it's like, I'm thinking it's pretty much like how modern kind of tattoo shops are. |
| You come in. There's like a little desk in front, kind of the kind of, separates that the tattoo is from the general public, if you will. If you went past that, there's a little area, like a little like a little door thing off to the side that kind of opens up to allow you back there. There would probably be, we'll say, like for stations. |
| And they're at the far back on the right hand side station. And you notice that on that one there up on the roof there is like a little, track, if you will, for like the curtains. So this curtain here is probably a, it's a privacy curtain. Maybe it's for like sometimes when they're doing more, private tattoos, nasty bit tattoos. |
| That's what. Or a private tattoo of whatever this is. This is to me, like, especially with your score. I will say it, and I'll say this one out loud, is that you notice that it looks like the tattoo that's being done is on the head, on the not the underside of the wrist, but the top part of the like, where the hand meets the wrist, if you know what I mean. |
| It's like forearm. Yeah. The bottom of the forearm right before it hits the wrist kind of thing. Okay. Embrace. Barlow, are you inside or outside? |
| I'm inside. I'm going to approach and I'll say it's on the left, which was. There was the towel to pull just for my notes. It's called, the weavers. The weavers? Who's smart? It counts you all. Yeah. Oh, Barlow. Different notes. And when you have on world and then she's looking at her own notes. Yeah, yeah. I don't you looked at it. |
| No. Okay, I think I just put that when she went. Faster. Oh, Barlow, I'm coming to you talking quietly. You, didn't you used to wear a cowl, didn't you? |
| On your neck? Yeah. We go a lot. That was Jacoby. You still have it. Now it's back to. It's. You. Things you remember. They came in memory. That's what. I want to look at now, I think this halfling is wearing too. Well, I think this guy is wearing one very similar to what you had. |
| It looks like the same, at least, not much before, but it a shadow it gets. Yeah. Stealth, sleight of hand. Well, I guess we like health check. You were kind of breaking up their check. Chuckle I'm not sure what you said. Oh, you know I'm out here, but, how's that the how's. Yeah, you sound good. |
| Yeah. Right before not as much. Okay. |
| Stealth, I said, after she tells you that, I immediately clock looking at the dwarf at the, play. Okay, halfling. 25. Okay. Thank you for using all my good skills. I'm just burning a good rolls. Yeah, probably. And you're going to wind up all of you. You're gonna try to kind of keep an eye on them. |
| Do you want to. I'm just immediately staring at him and then a towel made sure is that. Is it what I think it is. It's been hard for everyone to kind of really see past there. You go ahead and give me a perception check that they're looking back there. I'll kind of. And I'll give you a as much of a description as what I saw. |
| And the fact that you actually kind of know what you're looking for. I'm going to play with the what happens on the DC side of it. But you can do a straight. Okay. I think there's a child awake. We'll be right back. |
| I think you're a child awake. Which reminds me. |
| That you had a 20, and that's something to do. Nothing. |
| Something that's. Yeah. You never. I have something that's been going on whenever you guys get 20s, for the most part. But it depends on what? What? When you guys get your 20s. So, you were saying. Well, I can't seem to access my sheet, so I'm just going to roll a roll this one. And perception is same as my wisdom. |
| So it's a plus. It's let's go one. |
| Oh she's a nine. |
| Oh. As you're kind of looking, you're having a hard time kind of looking. And it's almost to the point though. You were trying to be obvious, but you're starting to be a little too obvious. At that point, you hear, like a little bit of a hottie of as she's like. And she gets up, gets up, she kind of whispers something to the halfling. |
| At which point. You see movement, but you don't really make up too much. She gets up and then she closes the, the curtain behind her, and she comes forward. Okay. So, what is it we were thinking about tonight? And she says to the group, well, I was hoping to get a tattoo a little faster, and I was told that you were the absolute best person. |
| So we want one with a little bit of the, the weaves magic put into it. I see, in that case, she pulls, on from underneath. You don't want to look at the art that's on the wall. These are actual traditional ink. You want something a little more fancier? She pulls up a special book and, give this to, the DM a second here. |
| While I was gone for a second, did you, Barlow, did Barlow catch? No. You got a glimpse? Pretty much. What happened was he made his roll was pretty bad. So he actually made it obvious he was looking to where she kind of said, okay, pretty much was like, okay, I'm going to finish. Oh. So she kind of. |
| She got up, she steps forward. Okay, wait for something to, close the curtains behind her and came forward and start talking. So what kind of speed are we looking at for here? I guess she's talking this. Sorry. So sorry. Go ahead. I have one I had. Let's see here. Are you like, |
| I have, that can make you go faster. Where? For one hour a day. You can, almost. So pretty much, I'm going to go into game terms on this one, actually, here, there is the mark of the cheetah. Here, let me do this. Let me give you this, page. |
| All right. So hold on here. We got side chats while she's talking to sass. I'd like to keep a subtle eye on the curtain, halfling. And while they're distracting, you're going to send your flying snake over there. I'm going to tell Artie to go to the back door to open. So what if you're telling Artie something? I need a stealth check on you and Bastian. |
| You need a stealth check. For your familiar. I mean, it will. He's outside, so I'm going to step outside to where he is and then tell him, like, gotcha. So she sees you go outside. That's all she sees. Gotcha. And then immediately come back in. But if you're going to have badges, you're going to have your familiar. |
| You go back there, you're familiar. Should have a stealth check. I would imagine. Or. No, I guess it would just be a Dex check. |
| Okay, here we go. By showing info. Attributes? Nope. |
| So it's got fly by. I'm just going to understand. Yeah. Just just do it. Dex checks. We'll see how that works. |
| Really? A one? |
| As it flies by, she's like, can you keep your pets to yourself right now, sir? Oh, yeah. Sorry. |
| And so. And then you want to keep a subtle eye on the curtain. Halfling in shadow. Go ahead and do another perception check if you're on how you're on your observation of it. Unless you can come up with a different roll you'd like to roll and you have a reason for it, no. Pressure is. Perception is fine. Is it still a disadvantage or a regular? |
| Yeah, we'll say regular right now because yeah, that's fine because she's talking to SAS and not directly in front of the halfling. Yeah, that's fun. 22. |
| You know, just do the skin. |
| As. |
| Yeah. Keep that. Like it's. |
| Impossible. Like. And that's, that is based on the bottom of the feet. And then you actually look up. Okay. Sure. That they heard me. All right, all right. We were talking with about the tattoos. I put the, the, the book in there, the page that I have for the, the book or the tattoo. Yeah. Okay. She's not going to have all the tattoos, but she does point out she has the mark of the cheetah. |
| Okay. Is that the one that gives permanent or, you're looking for something with permanent spear? Let's see here. |
| A second here. |
| I think there is the tattoo of the. That's what I was looking at of right now. I get it on both feet. That's a permanent increase of ten feet. |
| It is a medium average now. Five. Perfect. I've put it on both. And it's. Yeah. The tattoo is a medium and it's an average. You know what? Sean's got to remember what that means. I know the medium it has to do with, like, you can only get so many tattoos on site on size. You have the, one tattoo so far. |
| Yeah. I think it's like, Yeah, I like to have one medium, one small or three small. I mean, yeah, medium to me, I mean small and large to me. I currently only have one and it's behind my ears, so my legs are free. And then average is just the intricacy of it. And technically the, the mark counts as a tattoo as far as that's concerned. |
| Yours was on the foot, I think. Chuck. Oh, I sent you, was. Oh, yeah. Yeah, I was on my foot. I was on the top. In the top of the right. I'm not going to count that down as far as a leg. Yeah, because it's still not on my leg. I'll let that go. So, so we're looking at the one for striding. |
| And that will take. |
| Sort. So at least a minimum of 18 hours. Oh, to do both of them. |
| And how long before I ship this? Oh, wait. Hold on. Medium average. It was. It's medium average. Right. Yeah. So that's, ten hours. For each tattoo or for total or for both. Okay. So for two, you're looking at to get one of those tattoos done. It's a, 5 to 12 hour process. I'm above quick, but I can. |
| Yeah. Above table. Yes. What is the likelihood that if I watch her tattoo her and Sasuke gets one, that I could replicate it and do the other on the ship? So, I'd have to give a second and tell them you can copy a design from your own sketchbook into another book. |
| It will cost you. As you can see. I know that. Discovering the templates and, So you'll have to make it, you'll. Intelligence check. The good news is, living willing or unconscious. So because she's living and willing, the DC would be a five. Wow. Of me watching and copying it, it would be about the same kind of thing. |
| Probably would be more about copying it after the fact. So, like looking at what she's has and then kind of copying down, the size will determine the amount of resources needed to copy it. You will need to spend two hours and 50 gold to copy a design into your sketchbook in a hundred pieces by two hours, and gold pieces for each size and intricacy level to a maximum of ten hours and 250 gold for a large, ornate. |
| So it take you some time and some gold pieces to kind of figure it out, but, the way it's kind of works in that game wise is just like how, like, casters when they, when they're copying a skull into their spellbook, they have to use resources to kind of do it. It's kind of the same thing. |
| You'd have to burn some resources to kind of really figure out how this works. That's fine. But then that would at least save us from buying two of that. And then you'd have this, and then it would go in my sketchbook and like I said, if you look, it's on the first page of the Magical Tattoos Guide, where it says a copy and check, because if it was dead and the tattoo design was not intact, it's like a DC 25. |
| If they've recently been dead, like most of our dead, there is a dead body, unwilling or under or restrained with the DC of 15, but it's almost like, you know, that was kind of was really okay if they're living in willing or unconscious. The DC is five. Why is it dead? One more? Because I think it's the the decomposition of the skin is already starting to break it down a bit. |
| Oh, okay. Yeah, it's more than 3000 easier. Well, that's what say for less than ten it's only ten. But for a week or more then it goes up to a 20 right in between. That is living. But they're unwilling or restrained. So it's kind of hard to really see it or they're moving kind of thing. What happens if we kill the body and put it in the bag of clothing? |
| That would be dead for less than a week? |
| Yeah, bag hold holding doesn't deserve when it comes to bodies. And I know we kind of let that slide in the first or the games. You have to remember the opening of the whole it's three feet body. It's not three feet. I think it's like 1 or 2ft. I thought it was three feet. Maybe not. But all kind of have a quiet conversation with sass. |
| Like while you're looking through the book to see if you want me to do that, or if you want to just buy both of them from her. |
| But I'll try to be quiet because I don't want to make the narcissist upset. You're talking about the character, right? Yeah. Will you see? Until all of his characters are based off of somebody. So. Right. The size is what determines how much ink right. I need to, like, make a flowchart for this I think so probably probably also how I need it is. |
| Oh, here we go. Which one was. It was, average. Medium average. What was it called again? I saw the tattoo of striding, leg, medium average. So ink plus. Okay, so it's going to cost you 3000 gold plus whatever the ink is. I can't remember if it's, like, one plus. Oh, no. Each ink covers so much. |
| It just depends on what you want. But I think. Yeah, I think you pay the full cost of the ink unless you need more than that. So we'll say. |
| It's a base price of 3000. And then you look at the available materials for the different types of ink. And you can choose what kind of ink you want. Right. And it'll be just that price there plus the 3000. So it's not going to be multiples or a portion of that. That's how they kind of usually make up their money is over selling on the ink. |
| You got it. It's just like, modern day printers, you know? So even if you use that bottle of ink for three tattoos, they charge on each three. It's the same. |
| So if you want SAS, I can try to copy what she's doing and tattoo your other leg on the ship while we're sailing. Oh, yeah. That sounds like a good idea. I'm up for that. Yeah. Cool. I will to see how much bigger on stakes. Like as the medium. Take two ounces of ink. That's what I'm just saying that you. |
| I couldn't I can't remember. |
| I don't think it's specified. I think it is one ounce ability sufficient to create one large. Yes, indeed. So for small set. So average tattoos will have the number or need to choose a small. And so what I'm kind of doing though is for you would pay for what used to be if you're doing one medium tattoo, you're paying for an ounce of being. |
| If you're doing two mediums, you're paying for two ounces of ink. Because I'm so regardless, they will charge one ounce of ink for a larger, less. That's so it's kind of a reverse for things like you know a higher deal. If you get two of them you would think oh that's one ounce, that's half an ounce reach tattoo. |
| Anyways. No she's going to charge you an ounce for each tattoo. |
| That's it seems to be that's how the tattoo artist kind of. And I just have, if it changes your mind, it all starts. I just have the regular color inks. I don't have any of the fancy ones. That's fine. I'm not really a fancy gal. The, one, above table. Did you ever join the guild shadow? |
| No. That's what I wanted to do. And then we just hadn't gotten around to it. I mean, we talked about it, like, a few weeks ago, but then we did the other thing down there, and we haven't gotten back to town to do this. |
| Would it be better if you join the guild first? Would that make it seem less sketchy for her? You know, wanting to watch? What I would say is that she would know, based on the research that she did into the how the guilds work. I didn't put it on the page. I did say that you get a discount, though, on the ink and stuff. |
| I would imagine you'd be able to talk people into getting a discount as well for the tattoos. Okay, so if you if you go and take care of that. Yeah, you might be able to work out a discount with it. I'd be willing to say that you would know that then. Yeah, I'll do that. |
| And then I'll just, you know, chat up Hannah about the guild and, and how I'm so excited to join and and so excited to see what the masters can do. Like, you. So is that what you're doing right now? Then? Yeah. Okay. So what I will say is, as you kind of start going into it eventually. |
| Well, I can tell you what, if you go ahead and you do join the guild and, you're able to do that within. But before I'm done with any tattoos for your friends here, I'd be willing to give you a discount on the tattoos. For the. There. What? Above table, there is a discount for the supplies. |
| That's, I think 50%. I what I would say is, though, for work, because this is everyone's livelihood. You get 20, you would be able to get 25% off if you're hiring somebody else in your trade. So in other words, if you're hiring another tattoo artist, you would get you would be able to save 25% off the total. |
| And I could do that versus save her time as well as she's telling you right now that she'd be willing to do that for your friends. If you do join into the guild before the tattoos are done. Yeah, yeah, I'm going now. Is it? Isn't that going to cost you money? Also? Well, yeah, it'll cost me money to join, but then I'll have access to more templates and stuff down the road. |
| 500 gold to join the guild. And then there's an annual fee of 100 gold, and then I'll be able to see some of their sketchbooks and discounts on the inks and stuff. Yeah, and she's expected to share stuff that she. Yeah. And then I'll share my. |
| Exactly. So she's telling, I'll just use her voice. I'm not gonna be able to finish this today. She looks back, even though it seems that I am pretty much done with tonight's jobs anyways. But I schedule some time tomorrow. But as I said, to do this tattoo you're looking at at least ten hours of work to do this. |
| So you might want to have a block of time to. Or we can do it. Is that cut it up in five hours. The blocks or however you want to do this. Now, is that for one tattoo or two tattoo that was for the one tattoo and for the two was a minimum of 18 hours. Oh wait, no, you said because it was. |
| Yeah. You said it was ten hours for both. Yeah. No, I used originally said 18 and then you were like, oh wait, that's for intricate. And then you were like, it's ten hours for both limited. So medium average. Right. That's what. Oh yeah. You're right. That's four plus one eight hours. So it's 5 to 13 okay. So I broke them. |
| Can you do any of it tonight and then finish in the morning. Willing to pay a little extra. Okay. Let's do, What if you can pay up? I pay half up right now, and then we can get some work done. Yeah, I can do that. So, I'm going to charge the 50% based on what the full cost of this tattoo will be. |
| But if your friend, does get the for paperwork all taken care of, we'll take it. No, on the second half, I'll go around. So give me a second here, and, and I'll give, Barlow the wink on my way out. Did you see my whisper? I did. Are you, you please take care of that if you want to. |
| I'm. Yeah, I'm going to go take care of the tattoo. Guilt, too. Is writing. Coverage. It's ink. What kind of ink did you want to go for? |
| I'm happy with the basic income. Not much of a fancy person. We also have the fancy turtle. |
| I'll. I'll kick in and spend for the getting. |
| I mean, we have all different types. I mean, we have globe ink, we have italic, you get three dimensional ink. If you just want basic colors. I mean, we have pretty much all the basic colors. There is a mood ring. Yeah. There is also a launch action. It's. |
| Lips detection. A react suit. You could choose a certain type of creature, and it will glow faintly when you're, 100ft within a these type of creatures, you just draw. That one costs 600 gold pieces, and it's. Oh eight. I mean, if you really want to go heavy, I mean, we have the shifting. So what shifting? |
| I think this is rare, but I do happen to have some. |
| With this shifting, if you get into tattoos. So this allows two tattoos to be placed at the same part of your body. So that. That's cool. If you want to do this, you have to have the first tattoo prepared with the shifting, because the same amount of ink as the larger of the two tattoos to be applied during the application of the first tattoo, the shifting ink reacts with it and it absorbs it into the skin. |
| The second tattoo then is applied over that. And once this is done, the wearer may choose which tattoo to manifest once per short rest. The time taken to prepare the area with shifting needle is equal to that of the larger tattoo law. The artist sometimes risked exhausting themselves trying to complete their work before the shifting ink sands. So it's a little risky, but. |
| And that's also the most pricey of inks. That's 1500 gold pieces an ounce. Gray. I don't think I have a second tattoo that I need to place on top of it, so that's not necessary. So if you just want to go for a plain color, what color would you like? We have black, blue, brown, mood pillows, expensive green. |
| Orange, purple. Red, white or yellow. What color would match my spores is best for, like, mushrooms sort of sprouting on me. What color do you picture? Those. We never actually got into that. What color do you think your sports are? I can have them. I picture them to be mossy. So green. Brown that I made. Yeah. So with the greens and the browns, you can go a few different ways. |
| You can kind of play off the, the contrasting of it with, like, a little bit of, like that red coming through it, or you can kind of something that's subdued with it. With like maybe the yellow or the white, I would think, or kind of camouflage it into your skin. If you don't want to be not too noticeable with the green, you can just kind of have that like, really subdued green on green. |
| Green kind of love that some turtles like to do. No, I don't think I want it to hide, I think I want it to show. So let's go with that one. Yeah. Let's go with the brown. So that's kind of the 15 gold. |
| So it's. |
| So so it'll be 1500 right now. We'll just put the cost the ink onto the second half. |
| If I do. |
| Important. |
| 1500 gold pieces. Yeah. I'll take that out of the money that I have. |
| And then with the balance, do, 15 or 1515. Unless your friend gets, her papers in order, in which case would only be 761. Okay. Three. So what we'll do is we will. |
| Let's figure out what, how much, how long this would take to do. So go ahead and roll me a one d8. |
| The thing my gold pieces. On the. This is the one time I want a low roll. |
| Two I think so that's going to be I was like watch. I'm going to do an eight. Yeah. So we'll say that about three hours in. This is realizing that's about the halfway point. So she's pretty sure she can get done within about another three hours. Just. Do me a favor to Romeo d20. |
| Isn't it nine? We can. |
| Actually. Do it. Do give me one more. |
| 12. Okay. So everything looks pretty well. And then I need to do a contract. So, Constitution say. All right. See, you see, if you don't pass out. No. Any diseases? Yeah. Oh, 15. They fine. Everything, you could tell that she's using. She has all the appropriate medical supplies around her. She was being very clean and everything. |
| It was very hard to get a disease. So you're pretty confident that everything is, secure, even with all the little spores that are around it, if you think about it. But your body is now made for these four, so it's not like it's going to infect you. So you're pretty fine on that right now. |
| While that was happening, shadow took off to go find the guild. We don't really need to get too far on that. So you you are able to find the the Guild house? Actually, here, let's just do this. So give me a, Give me what kind of check you think you would take, though? Because I don't think you ever actually found the Guild house to begin with. |
| Give me a second. That you. Someone told me where it was, though. Did they? I think because I was talking to her about it or. No, I was talking to people in a tavern. So I'm in. It's called the blank check. You said it was called the canvas. You know, what I'm doing is called a blank check. I'm giving you, I'm giving you the opportunity to pick whatever stat or whatever you think is going to be how shadow finds this place. |
| Okay? It's more do how what they give you. It's not so much whether you find it or not. This is the. Give me an idea of how long it. I'll do perception because I get advantage. |
| Oh, for fuck's sake. That's all right. It's a dirty 20. So. Yeah. You don't have a hard time finding it. You find the other one was a one? They do tell you once again, it's going to cost you. Just a reminder, it will cost you was because you're going to be a adventuring journeyman. |
| You pay for the join. If you have proficiency for you, there's a annual fee of 100. You can get that discounted if you take on jobs for the guild, and then it's 50% off materials bought through the guild. So does that mean if I buy them through her, or do I have to buy them through this, like Guild Hall? |
| You would go to wherever there's a guild, place, if you like, but I will actually, what I'll say is, if you do talk to a tattooist, that's part of the guild, they'd probably be willing to kind of give you that same discount. And you can buy through them. Because it's not like there's, like grocery stores on everything. |
| So that would be one of the ways that the guild helps each other out is that when you need supplies, you can hook it up with them and they would be able to get theirs easier than the adventuring guy. Okay. But it will. Yeah, because it said I said that, that it's usually though in large cities and ports now for the discounts. |
| But I would think with a tattoo artist you'd be able to find as long as there's no problem with the tattoo artist. They do remind you they keep a book, a sketchbook or whatever to that they would like to have access to. When you're around. And that's also what they will use to kind of judge how you've been working and what they will offer you to kind of pick up from there. |
| We've got it. |
| Yeah, we would just getting the one tattoo. Right. So that's that. I can learn it. Okay. Let me technically, I want to see if you're saving 750 for gold that paid for the entry. That's true. Yeah. So, yeah. What and how long that have to take? So it's going to be a ten hours total. So you got, you said six hours or so. |
| She's gotten three hours at a time, I know. No, too many numbers rolling around. And then you throw the math rocks in there. It makes it even more, So she's guys you had at the three hour mark. You guys are in need about another three hours the next day. It's starting to get a little bit, into the night as a shadow comes back. |
| I'll go ahead and take off the, 500 gold off your thing. You can put a little note on there that you are a, adventuring journeyman in the tattoo Guild of the day. The, Trade Wind chapter. |
| And you're able to come back. You see, the work is pretty much, done. They kind of, she has, like, this, leaf where there's like this, like, like kind of like it. It's like it's this large, kind of like, banana leaf type thing. But on the one side of it, she puts this, like, layer of, like, it's kind of like the goop that comes out of an aloe vera plant kind of thing. |
| And she kind of applies that over the tattoo. And if you just let that sit overnight, it'll start probably coming off again tomorrow. But at that point it should be fine. As far as the healing for the, tattoo, she tells you. Okay. |
| Thank you so much. I think that's great. And then, what time would you like to come in tomorrow to, to or wouldn't. Would you like to finish up the other half? I can come in first thing if you're available. Okay. So let's say around, nine. I'll see you then. Yeah. |
| And I'll bring my friend who will be a good member, that at that point she comes into the door. Actually, I oh, here she is now. I got it. I'm sure my shiny new badge. It would actually be more of a paper thing. But she does look at it. She makes a little note in her book and says, okay, so it'll be 761 for the completion of the job. |
| That and I will see you tomorrow at nine. Be here. Right. You see her walk back and you see her kind of start opening up the curtain, and there's nobody there. |
| Yeah. Keeping an eye on it looks like there's a back door way out from that spot. Or is it just. Okay, go ahead and give me a perception check. |
| Okay. Just one, two, one roll. So, perception here. Go. Let's advance. Right. Okay. Oh. Another what? I don't advantage. You've been in know, three hours. You probably would have been looking around. I wouldn't have been for sure. Yeah. He would not have just been, like, sitting and reading a magazine. Yeah. Not Barlow. So here's the funny thing. |
| You notice that there is, what looks to be kind of a secret door, but you also notice that that blind, that that the railing for that curtain, you're also noticing it's actually on the, in the back two boots. So it's like there's a, there is actually a curtain to hide both those back to boots. You didn't really notice it at first because you were more focused on the curtain. |
| I was up for the right one for the left one also does have a curtain, and that seems to be where it looks like you can see a faint outline on the wall where the supplies are, and you can see a little bit of markings on the floor. So if there's a secret way out, it's actually on that side. |
| At any point, all the crew was close the whole time. Yep, yep. You. That all went out. But when I said, are you taking care of that shadow? Did you do that or did you just go? Do you know? No, I did not. I just did the because I wanted to get back. I had I did send Artie to the back of the shop. |
| So. Oh okay. Then I will probably wander out as well just to see check on Artie. She's pretty much closing up the shop as you guys are leaving anyway, so, Yeah. |
| What are you going to do with Artie as well? See, I was doing is there's no look like he's noticed anything. Like, I see, like, pointing somewhere, maybe, like that way he seems to be more resting at this point that he has been sitting on for about three hours. Not ready to wake up. He just. I mean, he gives me some love. |
| He kind of doesn't get his a cuddle rubs up against you a little too hard kind of thing. But he didn't seem like you're. He doesn't seem to have noticed anything. Okay. Not even with his sniffer. Nope. On. Let's go. Take him back. Where else are we? Him. Well, I'll tell you about it. Well, I'm not too, concerned. |
| I mean, isn't was, you know, it's okay. This isn't sure if it was important or not. That, for any of them. |
| I don't want any interactions with them and all. They know where they how to. Good. |
| Let's head back to the ship. Okay. I want to be attached to you tomorrow. |
| So, I'll get a different ones. You can bring that with you. |
| Everything you'll do. What? I'll. I'll get a different tattoo tomorrow when she finishes up with us. Oh, cool. I wanted to make you as well, but it took forever to get along so. |
| Everything seems pretty peaceful in the docks. I take it there's nothing else you guys really need to get done right now. Another obstacle. The end of a four bit, are it's. Anybody can do any type of guard or anything. I think that's what the crew does. Right? We have a night crew for that. I'm just wondering if I'm trying to make sure I know, but your party is about to do is you lay down the bed. |
| If you guys are planning on having any type of guard, no reason. I think Artie will probably sleep on deck anyways, because there's more space for him out there. Okay, so this is going to be. Sounds good to have a little trouble falling asleep just because the tattoo is tender. But actually, that's the thing, is that with that leaf on there, it's almost like it. |
| It's like a miracle thing. Like you don't even notice it. On on women. Lucky. Why that happened in. Really? Yeah. We have are some of those guys in real life. Oh come on man. Tattoo. Good. I want colored mood shifting ink. Did you have to stock up on that stuff to do the other half of the tattoo? I already have a full set of the of the special ink she just got. |
| She's not doing and she's not doing the other half of my tattoo. She's doing a second tattoo. Yeah. Oh, God. You guys. So this person got one? Yeah. So this person is going to do one on one leg, which will add five feet to my speed. Jamie will do. Or sorry. Shadow will do. Another tattoo on the other leg which will add another five. |
| Nice. But you're going in tomorrow to finish this one leg, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. But now that Jamie is a member of the guild, I want to buy a bunch of supplements from. Yeah, let's give it one. Go, buddy. Yeah, especially elemental ink and and three dimensional because I'm going to want that for my mark. My my tattoos. |
| You want three dimensional. So once again, I thought I was going to pay for yours. If you really wanted to get an extra ten zero. The two five. What the top. Was there something else that you were saying that you can do right now? Bala. I was probably going to be signing up. I won't be on deck watching, but I'll be up in my quarters for maybe three more hours than if I hit the sack. |
| Sorry that, and everybody's sleeping in there. They'll be a fairly. Yeah, yeah. Then I'll be up early tomorrow morning. Wants. You want me to. Okay. Calliope? Yes, bro. Yeah. Let me. See if I can figure this out to do it on here. But I'm up having to spend another two hours practicing skill. If it helps. Calliope. |
| Yeah. 19. |
| By the way, Clyde is spending a little bit of time working out some interpretive dance before she gets back. Okay, so Cat is doing some dancing. Starts getting a little bit tired from this. I'm going to say, go ahead and everybody give yourself a long rest, though. Actually, doesn't matter anyway. As you do go to bed, though, you do kind of look off to the side and you notice this pile of books that's there, and then some snacks, and you're like, wow, that was just last night. |
| Like, I felt really sick when I went to bed. And then I had that experience and then found myself. And then you started drifting off. As you start drifting off, you find that you are back at school level right now. Okay? And, |
| Give me a wisdom check. Not to say it, but have a chance and. |
| Nine. |
| That's actually a ten right now, for some reason. Your story is that my pass of wisdom is 19. Does that make a difference? No. Okay. What makes a difference is that you almost didn't notice it for a second. But at this moment, right now, you do realize you're in a dream. You know, like that was a training that people have where they like, they can almost they recognize their dream is good. |
| Yeah. It's like a lucid dream right now. And, okay, the first question the DM has for any is do you think ideas have how does when it comes to Calliope and dreaming and vivid dreams and lucid dreams. Okay, I think her history is, she's definitely a dreamer both day and night. I think that she probably would have super vivid dreams. |
| Almost like memories, because she's so, like, we'll talk to you about how much she loves storytelling. So then. So I feel like that would play into it, like things being really vivid. Definitely arcs and lows and highs. Does that help? Yeah. So you just did a wisdom check and it was a nine, but for some reason you felt like it was a little bit better. |
| So I, do me a favor. Roll roll that again actually, because we're gonna make that an advantage because of this, the wisdom check. Okay. Seven. Okay, so the other one was. Wait. No, six. So the other one was the number that still stands at a ten, though. So what I'm going to do is if you look. |
| At six with the balances. So once you look at the character sheets you still have thinking about a dance, if you look at this in the, where the character sheets are, do you see one that says Calliope? Yes, yes. Let me let. Yes. That right now is dream sequence. It actually means dream self now. |
| Okay. I thought it was dream sequence to. |
| This is your dream self. Character sheet. |
| One because of your background as a bard. As a part of the Faye Land. For Faye Wild, You recognize that you are not on material playing, Calliope, but you are in the dream plane right now. Which means in here, you're actually a little bit stronger than you are out in the material plane. Unfortunately, you're a little bit less dexterity dexterous up here. |
| Otherwise, most of your stats, though, outside of that, are the same. Except that any role that you do in here now, because of you being a bard and because of your, ties to the fey, wild almost every role is an advantage for you, and you always get a plus one to any role. |
| Okay. When you are in the when you are in a dream, those are stats. That's this is the stats that you have and those are the things that you, will always happen as you are in the dream plane. So you are recognizing that you are back in the, back at school level and you see the, you do see the elder, just taking care of stuff and what I have, though, is one more wisdom check it with an advantage and plus one to both roles. |
| Okay. |
| Actually, sorry. It should be a wisdom save. I'm sorry. It should be a wisdom saving. Okay. Let's get started. 20. So 21. |
| So in this dream here, you, you feel like there was something trying to kind of, on off to the edges of the sky. Started seeing, like, a storm clouds starting to come in a little bit, but nothing was really happening. Like, as you started seeing the clouds get dark, you kind of almost willed it away. |
| And so that the sun stayed up at this point, |
| Ain't nobody got time to sleep in it. You do start hearing a voice, though, in your head. And it does ask you what's the secrets that you hold? |
| You feel like it was trying to force you to answer what secrets you wanted to say, but you weren't able to give anything up. You don't have to give anything up. You're not being forced or compelled to. |
| But the question is, hey, when that happens to Calliope, what would be her next thoughts? |
| She would probably think of something really? What? Still her secrets. Anyways, she would probably think of something like ridiculous that she feels guilty about and confess it with further urging. Like one time. Yeah, like one time. Like this meeting all these when he may have wanted her. |
| And I blamed it on the dog. I know it's my sister. You down the stairs. And I blamed it on the dog. |
| This kind of sinister voice. You can tell it's trying to scare you, but it's not doing a very good job right now. You're. You're, like, full on Calliope. Right now. You are in your comfort zone, so it's not really breaking through. Give me another wisdom. Say. |
| Okay. This every all of these are things I just read, and you're going to get it. Okay? Right. Okay. Make sure you're looking at anything right now that was using the dice sheet. Yeah, that's the only one I have open right now. It shouldn't be a different, so that would be, say, 12, but, On this one here. |
| You hear it? You though. |
| Who out of your band of merry fellows do you trust the most? |
| Am I seeing anybody or. This is just in my head. It's. It's the voice. And it it feels like it might be in your head. There's a moments where it feels like it might be coming from outside, but you can't tell. You're not seeing anybody around you. Every you are noticing, though, as this is kind of taking place, that the area that you are in and where you see the elder and the rest of the school, it's almost like the land, though, is kind of stretching out a bit farther away from you, though a little bit, as is whoever's trying to communicate with you is taking your focus a little bit away. |
| And so it's kind of separating you away from the elder in the battle. |
| At this point, I'm feeling a little bit weird. Like, why does somebody want to know this? So I would call out, who's there? |
| The voice comes back. You're the one that found me. I'm trying to learn more about who you are. |
| That, And, |
| What are you trying to find out? |
| Give me a second. I'll be back the second. I make best friends with this voice. I know right? You give me a wisdom. Say this for me. Yep. All right. Quest. Dream voice. Just be. Yeah. Okay. And got a poop back later. Now you pooping the wisdom back. Wait. I'm confused. What's the difference between it? It's the same thing, isn't it? |
| It can be. Sometimes it can be different. Well, it's without the proficiency bonus. So it's a roll. It's a d20. Plus, whatever your wisdom modifier, it's because they could be different. I don't know if they are not. So wisdom plus three. So eight. So with this being if you. Yes okay. 14. Yeah. All right. So you're saying was. |
| It was it. All right. So so for bastion. |
| Now definitely with Calliope I was kind of curious because she definitely has her heads in the cloud. |
| When it comes to bastion and sleep, though, it's been kind of odd. He used to have to rest in and take full sleep. Then, of course, not too long ago, he started finding out that he could, get himself into a place where he takes a four hour trance. Now, when you've been sleeping, have you been doing a full eight hour regular sleep, or have you still been doing the trances? |
| You told me that I couldn't do the trance anymore. No, I said you still could. That was the one thing. So. Yeah, he, I've been doing a full eight hours beta. So you've been doing your normal human sleep, then, Which is not going to not going to give this asshole any more of my power. |
| That's totally perfect. And that sounds like kind of what bastian's deal was. The fact that once this other person came out of him and finding out that that was the elven part that was inside of him, that was giving him this, cheat code when it came to sleep, but it was also affecting your night patterns as well. |
| Those that four hours, which is great for a wizard who wants to study and read the sleep levels. But at the same time, like you just said, you didn't want to give, you felt like maybe you're empowering this, wizard as well as the fact that those dreams were not your dreams. You were experiencing his elven dreams. So you've been able to kind of have your own dreams? |
| In fact, right now you are noticing. You are noticing you were having a lucid dreaming. You're now noticing that as you were walking down the street of dirt as a young child, that you had that moment where you're not a child anymore, you're the adult walking the same streets you did when you were a child. And it's in this moment that you're because of your wisdom, you're able to notice that. |
| Wait a minute. This isn't happening. I'm on a ship. So for you. You now are going to be using your new ship. My new. She. Fashions these 12. |
| In here. Let's keep. Let's see how Bastian compares when he's in here. |
| Oh, God. So when you are in here, you are stronger than you are. And in the material plane you're noticing is you've got some strength on you. Though your muscles look even a little bit more toned right now. Dexterous. You thought you were dexterous on the material plane in here, above table, you have a dex of 25. What do I start doing? |
| Backflips. You don't even have to do a check. You perform these things perfectly. Like if they had Olympics and I wouldn't get sued for doing that, you would have won. You're Simone Biles. Yeah, I'm even going to say, because even though a lot of this is wisdom in this kind of place. But you are smart. You also notice that you start discerning that there are other kinds of, abilities you have in here. |
| And right now you feel like you are on the verge of trying to figure these things out a little bit. Give me a wisdom save. This stuff save. Oh, wait. On my new sheet. Right? Yep. Use your new sheet right now. |
| Just saying. Hold up. I'm so wise, guy. As the, you know, the street wise guys. In fact, do me another d20 real quick. |
| I'm gonna let that one stand on this one, because that was an attack. |
| You now have an inspiration point, by the way. Bring to wait on here or on both. You don't know, but at least right now you do. Okay. At least where you are right now. In fact, what we're going to say is you started to see the clouds also start to turn black on the edges. That sound of thunder just very far off in the distance. |
| And at that moment, your whole body shown with it's sort of two, almost, almost a very faint light of a very faint silver light that came around you. And as you kind of looked at, you saw like little bits of what looked like silver flame coming off around your body just for a moment. And that's, that's what has granted you that point of inspiration. |
| But you do hear this voice come into your head. Oh, you're a bit harder to reach. I thought you'd be easier. |
| Why did you think that? |
| Because you're not as as comfortable in this place as I thought you might be. |
| But I am curious what you hold back as a secret. |
| I'm going to go ahead and let that wisdom save kind of heat protect you on that. But is there any thoughts that Shadow or Sebastian has as those words kind of are said in his head, does not to be anything. It doesn't matter. But what's kind of what's his general thought after hearing that? |
| Did something happen to me that I don't know about? |
| Me I'm going to give you a chance. Go ahead and do a history check. |
| On that great. Wow. |
| What I'm going to say is, you do feel like there was something you did. That's kind of let something in. |
| You're not sure? Based on that score? But you feel like there was something that you did that kind of allowed this to happen, and that this isn't you doing it to yourself. You are aware that there's something else trying to communicate. You. You. |
| Something that I did in my past. Yep. Or something that happened to me. I'm going to say that something that you did. Okay. |
| The fine. Let me ask you which one of your friends. |
| Do you not trust? |
| Give me a wisdom. Save. |
| 21. Okay. |
| Yeah. Is there any of the, any is there anybody's name or anything that you think of the. When the kind of question is asked? |
| And don't say yeah, I it motherfucker. Say it. Mother passion. No, it's not. You're best at that I know. So you think it just, It it would be. |
| Damn it. I'm so bad with names. Grog. Nah. |
| Interesting. |
| Mainly because he's the reason why everything is going on right now. In fact, it adds that thought kind of does hit your head. The area around you disappears. |
| You are now in, like. Like think of, like, goodness, it is all what the, I'm thinking, the the matrix, the part where, like, that kind of white room is that kind of environment right now. And you do see in front of you, just as you kind of turn around, you see, Ragnar as you see him, though, you see, a version version of him as you knew him, that older version. |
| And now as you're staring at him, you see, like, almost spectral versions of him at various ages, almost like stand up out of his body, like, like a ghost that comes out of him. But as it comes out, it's a different age. And it walks off into it, off into, one way. And as it starts walking away from the body, it starts to disappear. |
| You see other versions of him at various ages come out of nowhere and walk into that body. It doesn't make sense. Yeah, yeah. So there's all these versions of him, almost like ghost versions of him coming and going at various ages. And you see him sort of the old version of him that you knew that's in front of him, though the main physical part that's staring at you. |
| And he starts to try the mouth words and like, nothing is coming out. And he coughs and he says, I can't help you right now. You guys need to figure out how to do this. At that point, you wake up. |
| And, Calliope, a moment has kind of gone by. What did you do in that moment after he left you? |
| I probably I've been kind of looking around. Maybe, checked outside a little bit, like, just, like, opened up a window or a door and looked around and just kind of, like, hanging out. Yeah. And as as I voice disappeared, that little space I was between you and the veil and elder kind of disappeared again. You were back in the school of Ville. |
| You were enjoying the time in the School of Ville presence. And then the voice comes back into your head. |
| That wasn't very nice. I need we're going to do you, not you, but your friend called something that I wasn't ready for. You're going to have to be more specific. |
| What is your friend's names? Give me a wisdom save. Do that with, advantage and, with plus one. |
| It's, good. Eight. |
| You you try to kind of hold back because you don't trust this voice, but you do name one of your compatriots. Who's name do you say? Artie. |
| What's. All right, let's see how this is gonna work out. |
| Tom didn't see that coming. Yep. Remember, Sean, everything you think you have planned, we're gonna throw a wrench in. That's fine. Artie, did know, he's dead now. |
| I need a wisdom save from you. |
| Okay, okay, okay. |
| Excuse me. That's not what I said. I don't, I rolled it, I rolled a 19, so a 23, 23. |
| Give me a little insight with shadow when it comes to dreams. Because. Well, she knows from home, the concept of dream walking with the the stories that people have tell. And with her shaman, she knows that people have experienced walking and she knows, based on what they've told her, how real it could be. I don't know that it would be necessary. |
| Like is as bright and as colorful as Calliope would be, but she knows that it can be extremely realistic, and the people have told her that, like what the shaman has talked about, right? Isn't that what you said that the shaman has talked about? I gave suggestions, but. Yeah. Yeah. Like people being able to have conversations like having conversations with past relatives or things like that through their dreams. |
| And so with the bond that you have made with Artie, you tend to have wonderful dreams with Artie. Here's the thing. When you have dreams with Artie, Artie's having dreams of being with you. And so your dreams that you have with Artie are actually very much in the same little bubble inside the dream body. And that you're having one right now. |
| You are, walking back towards your old home. You see the Highlands, you can see your elder, talking to some people. They're getting ready to do some, it looks like they're actually about to do the next travel, where they go around to the next, next campsite. And, as they do so, you are walking up with Artie. |
| And then Artie disappears. No. And, voice then comes into your head as the, edges of the rule does start to get a little bit dark. And go ahead and give me a, Well, first of all, let's do a wisdom check of with the pain. |
| Yes. 19. All right. So, shadow. You're looking around, and as you start seeing the sky get a little dark, and you do see Artie just disappear. That was kind of his shot. Artie was right next to me. Where did she go? |
| At this moment, you for the find. For one of the first times in life. Or actually fully aware of yourself in a dream. You might have had this before, but never to. This strength. Do I recognize that it is what has been talked about as a lucid as a, hey, dream walking very much in a way, in the sense that you definitely feel like you have a little bit more control in this area, that if you only knew what you were doing, you could probably control things around you a bit more. |
| To the degree of what you've heard, some people can do, but this is the first time you've been fully aware of being your dream self. You're also noticing how strong you are in here. Your strength above table is a 21. You know how your dexterity, though, is not as good in here. It goes down a little bit above table. |
| You went from a 20 to an 18 on your Dex. But everything else since for the most part the same. |
| But like I said, you are now aware of this, and you saw, Artie disappear. And now I need a wisdom save with your new sheet. I don't know if it changed anything, but, No, it did not. I don't think wisdom changes here. I think it's the strength and the dexterity. This changes very. That's a nine. |
| I think based on those. |
| Nine. As the voice starts coming in and the clouds start kind of getting a bit darker. You hear the voice that you've never heard. A very dark, scary voice come in and. Oh, that was weird. I had to kind of get through. |
| Of the way I wasn't sure what work, but your psyche is a little bit easier than your friends. Burn. Now that I can talk to you, what do you think is your greatest secret wisdom? Yes. And greed is. |
| 12 |
| You feel compelled now to talk about your greatest secret? |
| What is it that you've something. Maybe you have that shadow hasn't really told anybody. It could. Something maybe shadows. Ashamed of something that. I mean, as far as how we talked about the character, it could be something that's been brought up already as far, but it definitely shouldn't be something that you've talked to the team about. It should be something that you've kind of kept close to the best. |
| You can even do an attack wearing a fur suit. Actually a dwarf. Or if you want, we can just go max off. |
| Yeah, let's do that. I'll meet my make one second, guys. |
| Hey, she's on mute. |
| Hey, Barlow. |
| Barlow. I'm here on this. I'm eating five. Oh, okay. Oh, hey. Hey, why don't you. Why didn't I have my by. I'm not muted anymore, Sam. She muted it. |
| And all the last we had to shout each other back. |
| After those thoughts kind of enter your head here. You try to like hold it back. And then the voice says that's what I wanted. Thank you. Now, who is with you in your little heart? Give me a wisdom save. I don't like this. Just like a dream lockpick or something. Oh, natural. 20 sucker. You're acting, he said. Who's next? |
| Oh, it doesn't matter what you roll. No, he said who? I don't know, no, no, you're right. He was trying to force you to to present a name. That's pretty much what you're going on, is there's a forcing of what you're trying. Your protection is trying to kind of protect you. At the same time. Well, for the protagonist, how that works with. |
| I want to go back and fix this. The voice does come. Oh, you. I'm starting to get the defenses. Interesting. Find. And the voice is. |
| Barlow and sass. You are the only two that hasn't had a nice little visit in their sleep. Both of you guys give me a wisdom. This is violence. Wisdom. Say? Yeah. Wisdom. Save. I say, 30. That means I rolled a four and make. |
| I think I rolled a three. I think I have a soda and a birthday. |
| I just realized it was killing me five. I have a cherry pie and apple pie, and I'm drinking a blackberry pie, so thinking that's a good, actually, listen, you know, you're on mute. Oh, yeah. Yeah. You did. Suggestion is kind of off the Barlow. This is it. Oh, this shit in motion. |
| Why? Barlow, listen, Barlow, because he he he sent Bruckner down this path. Oh. No. All the. Damn you for universal. Good idea of how Barlow drains. What do you think? What do you think? It comes to? Dreams and Barlow. Is just starting to. Is he, so primitive that he's, like, almost like a pet? Me? Like you see it with lakes? |
| At all? No. He has Brittany. Like, powered by dreams of grandiose dreams worth like he is the champion of the fight. He is the one who discovers something great. He is the one that led the charge. He's the king. That's his dreams. I love that so much. So Barlow has a moment. He is, in a bar fight. |
| And as he headbutts the guy in front of him and the guy goes down, he sees it was a Dragonborn, and he just headbutts the Dragonborn, goes down. He then lashes out with his claws and he reaches out to another Dragonborn. That was about to attack him. And as he does so, he slices off her arm. Oh, he gets, right behind him. |
| A, a monk tries to kick at him and he smashes at those legs and and makes her lose her footing, and she falls down. Give me a wisdom check. |
| To to cut off a regular. Is Barlow got into a drunk bar fight? No, he's the one that cut off Iggy's arm. He still got into a drunk bar fight. Yeah, that. That's you. |
| Okay. So as you, are in this moment, the rage is starting to kind of calm down a bit. And you notice that the first Dragonborn that you knocked down was a, was a dragonborn gentleman who had once visited you. You had made a deal with him to go find somebody and something for you, and you hadn't heard from him since then. |
| But then again, you lost three years of time since that that fateful day at outing refuge. |
| But this is, the gentleman who was looking for you. Was supposed to take Alex. Oh. |
| Right. You know who I'm talking about? You notice it's him as easily as you were taking in the the area, your surroundings right now. You notice that, a his hand comes open and you see the little game cube in that hand. Oh. Is he the one who stole it? Joshua. Well, he's not. This isn't Joshua. |
| But this is the guy you sent to go look for Joshua. Go. And Andrew dice lambda ball. And you see, he's got the cube in his hand. Oh, you notice that? Yeah. The hand that you cut off was another Dragonborn. And that happened to be the monk to hit you was Nessa. For some reason. They also happened to be in this fight. |
| And right now they are also unconscious around you. The whole bar actually seems to be unconscious around, you know, as as Alex's hand opens up and you see that cube there, what does Barlow what? |
| Great, I take it. Thanks for finding that for me. You leave the bottom. |
| I'm gonna survey everything in the bar and maybe even, like, step on top of one of the tables and really look around and land everybody out. |
| Just. |
| Okay, let me see. It's, |
| Damn, that's a pretty good perception check. Go ahead and roll a d20. |
| For 20. Yes. What? As as you're kind of looking around, you start your your your hair start bristling. You start noticing some of your, your fur is taking on like a silver light about them. And it looks like little like the silver wisp of flames kind of coming off of them. Above table, your next roll, you get to add a plus one d10. |
| Okay. That's what I was. That's why something like that. |
| That's fine. |
| And with that perception check, you're starting to feel a little a little weaker. Your like, you just got this huge bar fire. What? How does it feel like? Like, I am not very strong. I need a Dex check. But the problem is your Dex check. |
| I need. Is going to be with that sheet. |
| Sheet? You now have a sheet. Is not fully aware of it yet. Oh, Chuck, Chekov is a part of the stuff. That's. |
| Sheet. Oh. Dexterity check. Yep. Oh, fuck. That sucks. You up in my next up. Look at your strength. I not not bad. Oh, bad. But at this moment, right now, you are aware that you are not. You don't feel as strong as you normally are, and you don't feel as agile as you normally are. It started to give you a little bit of, self-conscious, a little fears on that sense. |
| So what that means is I need a wisdom save, but at a disadvantage. If this new character, new character who does it with disadvantage. Oh, boy. |
| Value. |
| All of a sudden, you start hearing like, a little. Storm in the outside. It sounds, And this voice does creep into your head. Why is the feeling so easy to get into? At all? It was that I wasn't sure if I'd get into this one, but. Wow, this was easier than I thought. |
| I have a question. Where are you? Oh, I'm everywhere you are now in my creepy. But what I'm curious about is. What secrets? You know. What secrets do you have? So I need another wisdom. Save. This is not to be a disadvantage on this one. Oh, shoot. I'm sorry. That dexterity should have had a d10, so. Oh. |
| You didn't fall anyways, so you're fine. Okay, okay, so that would have burned your d10 and was, Plus her, but yeah. So I've seen wisdom saved. Okay. Straight roll. No. Yeah. And you feel compelled you. There's something that you really didn't want to tell anybody you can do. Do you want to do, we can go to the private chat, or you can send me a private text or. |
| Okay. What's the question? Pretty much. What's secret is that Barlow is cat. |
| Especially from the darkest secrets. It's some type of secret that Barlow has been keeping. We'll go into the private chat on, discord. Okay. |
| All right. You there? Okay. Darkest secret. Barlow. Let's see how far back we're going to go. |
| He really? Where are you? Here. So. Yep. I'm still here. Oh, okay. Okay. Do you really even know streams show that Im having, grandiose things like the hero of the story. It really feels like, Well, let you know that frog complex, deep down feels like a fraud. And he wishes, especially now, with this, once he was able to uncover that he has this primal, bestial rage or venom that he just wishes that he is as this grand one long. |
| There's some great, powerful, like once majestic or legendary beast or creature like, you know, term gold dragon. Something really big to make him use it that often, make him feel better about you. Dan just feels like he's just he doesn't really know what he's doing. Things like he's going to later going down and every now. Okay, so that's why you always try so hard to be the ones who get to be the one that's got that works perfect. |
| All right. Okay. All right. |
| Fucking yes. I was very careful not to respond to what he was saying, so that my wife would keep. And so that's when I, went up to my mom and smashed the other and the other to go. Oh, shit. Oh. |
| So as you felt compelled to kind of. And you didn't even say these words out loud, but you felt them going through your head and those emotions, and you hear the voice come back on. That's that's that's nice. That'll work. I have one more of this. Try to see if I can get into tonight. There's this voice. Sorry. |
| Let him finish the question. Okay. What is your turtle little friend's name? Give me a, wisdom save. Don't tell her. Shit. Barlow. |
| Come on. One of the three final. He doesn't compel you, but do you have any thoughts at that moment? I would be thinking. So that's. I mean, you asked me what my terrible friend's name is. Dammit, Ray, when they ask you if you're a god. |
| I mean, yeah, especially after having those, inner thoughts and feelings just kind of pulled out of my head and just would say, what's your turtle spirit? Think about what this guy like. You spend some time in this plane feeling, as you know, Marla feels right now. But at the same time, Barlow is starting to recognize. That it seems that you have a little bit of control here, but if only you can figure it out. |
| But isn't that always the way to leave Barlow there for now? Okay. As he does offer that name, though. It's, This has an interesting back on when it comes to this possibly what would be is viewpoints or history or knowledge or when it comes to her dreams and dreaming and sleeping. |
| Oh, wait. Hold on. Jamie, you had something before. I forget, just if this voice sounded familiar in any way, shape or form, or if we could tell gender or anything about the voice. Little more raspy or than I'm giving it probably, and a lot more sinister than I've done. But, yeah, there is a raspy, sinister ness to this voice. |
| I will say that it doesn't sound normal in the sense of like there is some power to this voice, whether or not it's fully able to display it in your head. In this moment, you can tell that there is a lot of power behind it, though. Right. Okay. All right, all right. So sad. Angry. Let's this, |
| So her nightmares would be completely surrounded by, disappointing the Abbott, those would be her worst nightmares. Was him not even being mad? Just. I'm just disappointed. And her good dreams would basically be adoration from the Abbott and everything. And her. Yeah, everything kind of focused on the Abbott, but also her good dream. Her. She doesn't want to admit it, but her best dreams are actually the ones where she feels one with nature and feels that she is accomplished something. |
| In addition to any other federation from outside. All right, so let's have sass. Give me a wisdom. She just wants to be loved. And she's. 19 well, |
| I'm putting up a fight. You are? An armor. You see, your family. Your dad is back. You see the Abbott and both your parents, all three together, having discussions, talks on, kind of off in the distance. You're not really a part of that discussion right now. It seems, you feel something poking the back of your head, but you're not ready for it yet. |
| Give me a wisdom check, though. |
| Eating. |
| That's a little nudge in the back of your head. That's this almost feeling physical thing. You start looking at yourself right now, and and things are seemingly very different. |
| Because of you two now, in your character, she, You are now aware you're not home. You're still asleep on the ship. You are aware of your current form. God, you are strong right now. You above table 21, strength. Your dexterity is the same thing. Still clumsy. Just as clumsy as normal. Not any clumsier. |
| Okay, but you're stronger right now. Physically stronger. Your your mental. And that. That's still the what what it is all is, but you definitely feel like something is trying to kind of take a get into the space here. That distance between you and your family and the Abbott is growing, though, like, in a, in a strange, dreamlike way, like you could. |
| It feels like they're not far away, but then physically, it looks like they're they're they're going farther away at the same time. And this thing is trying to get into you. Go ahead and get me one more wisdom. Save. |
| Between. Helps my wisdom save as a plus nine. I know, maybe. You so smart. Oh, you do hear the voice, though. And it's it's very quiet, though. But it's trying to. What you hear it say is you're the one who I really need to get to. And it won't happen tonight. |
| From that point on, you have a dream unlike you've ever had before, where you're starting to be a little bit more aware of yourself in this space and that. |
| You recall, actually, with your Abbott, there was times that with his spiritual side, he would talk about how people use dreams, how people do communicate with their deities, and the dream plane that deities do not communicate with the people outside of dreams. There's legends and stories. Most of them claim that they're there's different reasons that are given why they don't really walk the earth, if you will. |
| But when it comes to dreams and with your background, you know that they do communicate here and you already know for a fact. You've talked about this many times, and it's always in a similar dream, claiming, |
| In fact, you posted that, I'll ask you at any time, though. Would you be thinking of fast in this? |
| It's okay to say no. I would, I would say yes, because if I, if I've been in this dream before, it has been when I was spoken to past that. Yes, my brain would go there. Okay. That's going to change things. As, as you are trying to, to kind of, to, to understand this form of yourself that you've never really, really fully explored. |
| Every time that, you've talked to the past, it you realized there was in this form, a little stronger physically, but that everything else being more or less the same, actually, Would that change anything else, really? Yeah. It doesn't even change any of your skills. |
| In this form, though, you think about those times that you were with past. And as you do so actually, the dream takes on a new familiar setting. You are now back out in that desert that you have been with her. And at this point. Bass does walk up to you. Well, this is interesting. I didn't summit. |
| How did you find your way here? |
| I don't, I don't know, please forgive me for the interruption. You got no interruption. The task you guys are on still very important. And so, of course, if you need time. But yeah, if you have. Need of anything, you can let me know. I just this is very I, I've never. I thought that you were trying to start |
| I just never had I thought somebody come to me in this plane. I thought that you were trying to communicate with me. I heard a voice and, I don't know, I felt like I had before when I. I'd spoken to you, I thought you had reached out to me. That's interesting. Somebody is trying to manipulate your dreams. What do I do? |
| Oh, do you trust me? Completely. |
| She's going to kind of put her hands out, as she does so a, a very elegant bed will appear kind of as her hand moves the side where her hand was, you can see it appear kind of very magical. If you will lay down and then let me find out who was trying to mess with you. |
| Okay. And as you lay there, she puts, her hand just two fingers on your temple, like, right there on your forehead. And, as she kind of closes her eyes, you start seeing her face kind of more. She's in the cat form right now, but she kind of, like, starts morphing into different versions of. That's how she has shown herself to different followers. |
| And there's a little bit of pain in her face as she does so and, as she lets go. |
| She looks at you and says. Now this is impossible and this is unexpected. What happened? What did you see? |
| A long time ago. And time is complicated. For reasons. There was a great power. It's not it's it's not. It's path across many planets. This, this person became a god of sorts and became one of the most famous as ever to be known. You're having. And, This, Macklin dog nard, as you've known him in those forms, their band of adventurers. |
| Long. They killed him. But somehow it seems that he has left a part of him somewhere. And somehow your friends have tapped into that. |
| There. And you see, you're kind of like. She looks down just like she's trying to think, like, solve a riddle. And as she takes a breath, she's. I think there was a point that your friends interacted with, some type of ward that he had put up, that Ward had allowed him to kind of start entering their psyche. |
| So he's been traveling through your various dreams. It looks like if you hadn't thought of me and at the time that he was communicating with you, you would not have been here. That's what caused it. He's creating these opening channels through the plane. It seems that he's, found a way, a place to hide his own personal dream plane. |
| And he's been hiding there, waiting for something to bring him back. And I think he thinks you guys are the way. In fact. |
| It looks like the only thing that's protecting this is the fact that I gave you that. The casing for those orbs. |
| You see her still thinking like another riddle she's trying to solve. Okay, so you have lost your book. |
| And it looks like he's been able to grab the professor or. |
| But as long as you have that orb, he can't fully complete his ritual. |
| I don't think I can really help you much here. He's in a place that I can't get to. But I can tell you. |
| That the orb that you hold, that holds that world of Toril, that's important for him. He. You had an have. You have that hand. He's already taken that from you. |
| Somehow as you sleep, he's he's able to take some of the physical objects from you, except for that, or because of the casing that it's in. But it looks like he did steal the book from you. And he stole the professor orb, and he stole that hand. I fear that he's going to try to get you guys into another, into his plane to perform a ritual. |
| How do we defeat him? |
| Well. You're going to have to probably in the ritual. If he. If he captures you, there, that'd be the, I can talk to Macklin. I'm sure he has something he has kept from me on this. That's interesting. She kind of looks off. I can't find his current form. |
| I will have to find another version of him. |
| I'm going to. I'm going to let you. I'm going to wake you. But when you wake up, I'm going to try to see if I can find a way that I can figure out more what's going on here. This this is scary. It's in a way that I wasn't ready for. And it could also. Well, if it's successful, it's going to ruin everything that I had planned. |
| How do I end the ritual? Do I wake my friends? At that point, she was about to kind of release you, but you did that. So you see her pause. To fully wake yourself from a dream. You have to understand the two. When you're in the material plane, you have your strength. You have your agility. You have your intelligence. |
| When you are in the in one of these dreamscapes, that's different. Your strength. Right now, you are stronger in here physically than you are out there, because your strength in there is dependent upon your how wise you are. It is a mixture of how your physical strength is and your wisdom brought together. Your agility here for you is not much different, because your agility is based on your intelligence, and you're in geology in the material plane. |
| For your friends, this can cause very different, abilities for them. But there's two other main abilities that you will need to learn how to master, and that's going to be one of them is called your inner strength. Knowing how to summon the strength is going to help. And the other thing is going to be your mental fortitude. |
| If you can start to learn how to use those two skills while you're in, dreamscape. It's then you will be able to figure out who the Dream Seed is and give me a second here. And so you kind of looks down again and ponders. |
| And then she looks up again. So what I can tell is your friend Calliope, she's the dreams. She seems to be the one that, Was able that, I guess, to to find some knowledge about some some type of species that was erased from history. All those erasures were warded by this evil gods whose name I'm not certain. |
| I want to say right now, because I'm starting to find he's got more powers than I expected. It is a name that you have heard before, though. But this lich. God, he, If you guys together can get enough mental fortitude with the Dream Seed, you'll be able to help her find inner peace. That inner peace will be able to help you guys defeat the dreamscape. |
| I know these are trees that might not make a lot of sense to you right now, but I will try to find a way of explaining it and to help. I can say that right now, all of you still hold that silver flame that you guys brought in from Ibarra, and I can see how it's been trying to protect you guys, that the silver flame is very important. |
| It's definitely going to be very important when you guys win. And if you guys are able to make it to me, because that's what we need to fully help. My Pharah. |
| Which I'm guessing Declan had planned on this as well. Before I send you back, is there any other questions besides that confusion I just gave you? |
| Laura. We we just. So I should go. Wait. Calliope is what you. I have a feeling that when you wake, your friends will already all be awake around the same time. Okay. Thank you. God, I think you've been kind of just protect your friends who are going to protect you, because you're. That orb is the one thing he still needs to finish. |
| Then he can't get to it because I have protected that orb. But if he's able to get you into his plant, into his dream plane, it's dreamscape. Sorry. At that point, if he's able to defeat you guys, he will be able to take it from. And that will put everything at risk, not just for my people, but for all of your people as well. |
| And I will protect it with my life. And as you say those words, you do wake up. |
| Everybody had a dream. Most of you guys figured out more or less about your dream selves. If you look at that sheet, there is on the counters. You all see, there's, is an an EMF. |
| Does anybody not know what I'm talking about? Like my the title of our name? No, it's, over on the right hand side where it's a short rest. Long rest on the first page of your character sheet. And then you got, like, your rages or wild shapes, your torches or revolutions, whatever it is. Yeah. The bottom two you guys will see is an is an EMF. |
| And then on your eyes it will have a max. So like is an, you're says Max and five. It's right above all of your features and traits that are listed. Yeah. Am I looking at their, It's on your new sheet. The desk sheet. Did I not give you that? Oh, I don't think it gave me any sheet. |
| Then I hit save changes. Oh. |
| My bad. That's my last one. Make sure that you guys all got that. You should see a sheet that says, SAS, dss 12. |
| B oh, yes, I see. Yeah. So that's where you'll see that you have a much bigger strength and dexterity and constitution. Fashion. |
| So, go ahead and take that. The inspiration is only on your dream self. It will still be there when you go back to the dream plane, but it's not on your regular sheet because you are. Yeah. On your dream side. Okay. I try to make sure, because that silver flame was actually a little bit stronger on the dream plane than it is on the material plane. |
| What you guys have all learned, though, is the fact that, well, most of you guys learned that you guys have a dream self. And for the players, maybe if the characters don't fully understand it outside of SAS, SAS is the one that got the most insight on this. But there's going to be, inner strength and mental fortitude. |
| In fact, you guys should have earned some. |
| Okay, let's let's. It's public. |
| Did you say that Vecna took the book? Well, you guessed the name. All right, that's what I mean. I mean, he who must not be named SAS. Her. That. Yes. It sounds you also said that you might have taken. I'm sorry. Go ahead. Do we know what book does she. Does she know what book? She's. |
| Yes. It's the book that her father had. It was, which supposedly also has, like the, the lost pages to, get. God, I can't think of his name right now. I mean, you know that Sam. |
| He's over here, like, obviously you. Hey, I have good long term memory. I have really bad short term memory. So just table talk. Just like he physically actually took the book. Yeah. So these are you guys don't know? Yeah. Okay. SAS hasn't checked her belongings, so that hasn't happened yet. Okay? And SAS hasn't told you guys anything? |
| I'm trying to give you guys a little insight, though, because you guys are learning new game mechanics. Give you guys a little over the table. And add the older, advanced dragons. They that's the ones that actually has a lot more of the stuff about the Plane of Dreams. So I kind of went through there and I've been trying to kind of simplify it because ADHD can be, very esoteric. |
| But what it comes down to is there's nothing on here that you can't know right now. Yeah. |
| I'm going to put in the chat if I can get to it. |
| There should be no multipath on that page. No, I put together the page. So it kind of goes into what was called dream tools. And so the more time that you experience in the, in the, in a dreamscape and the dreamscape is a area that's built when somebody is having a dream, when somebody has a dream, they create a dream. |
| If you are aware that you are in a dreamscape and you work on it, you can start earning dream tools. As you guys have learned though, you guys, it's, strength. And your dexterity changes when you guys are in there. Pretty much how that works is your strength, is your intelligence. No, sorry. Your strength is your wisdom. |
| Plus, whatever your strength modifier was, your dexterity is your intelligence, plus your dexterity modifier. So that's why I made new sheets. So that way I could just do it all for you guys already. Wait, what? Oh, I see this. So. Yeah. Like, I'm the only one that lost 60 points with stats because. Because you're straight. I lost because your strength is based on your wisdom. |
| So what's your wisdom? It's at 1212. And then what's your strength modifier? Currently, right now, that's four. So 16, 16 or 18 to 16. And my dexterity was 17 to 13. Okay. Based on your intelligence, intelligence plus your temporal and so it was 313. So I removed, so Constitution, intelligence, wisdom, prison of the same strength as, we like it. |
| Nobody got hurt. So there's nothing to be concerned about. I mean, emotionally, yeah. Like feelings got hurt. |
| I'm not sure how much Bastila would know about this right now, but illusionist and illusion spells are much stronger in the dreamscape. So our bards, because bards are based on imagination, a lot of their power actually comes from that imagination and the arts. So that's why, Calliope has those abilities, as well as the fact that she's from the fey wild. |
| But they bards automatically get a plus one to all. The difference. |
| Oh, thank you. Said that, the guy had the hand. The guy doesn't have the hand. We have the hand. |
| Have we? To make sure we still have the hands. We haven't checked yet. So what a. One of the things I meant to do was give you guys a little more access to some of those powers, but we'll wait till the next stream for that. What we will say is, you guys wake up and what do you guys do? |
| I'm going immediately go find Artie and make sure he's okay, because he just popped out of my dream like he doesn't normally do. You see Artie as he. He's actually still resting. And you see a little bit of lake. It's. |
| He seems fine. Okay. I have a feeling to be the one. What's going on? She immediately jumps up and check her belongings. Make sure she still has the ore that she's supposed to and isn't. The book that's missing? Was that missing from her? From somebody else? So I've never. I believe you had you okay? Very protective of it. |
| All right. I check for the book as well to see if it's. If it's there. If it's gone. The book is gone. The hand is gone. You still have me. I start panicking, going through everything to make sure that in its place, it like I start making a mess of things and. |
| Not on my dream. No regular sheet of. Oh, yeah. I just almost clicked on it. |
| Wow. You spent a lot of time going through everything. In fact, while you're looking, we're going to go ahead and see what everybody else is doing. She. |
| Wants everybody else. Do you guys have woken up? I'll figure out what inner strength and mental fortitude afterwards. But nobody got injured, so this shouldn't be a problem. I mean, the first thing that I'm going to do is I'm going to ask everyone if they had a weird dream. |
| And then I'm going to ask, what, if they saw the person or what the person sounded like. |
| I think this like, when shadow went to go check on Artie, she's just going to sit there watching him sleep and just kind of contemplate what the voice made her think of. So let's do this for Bastian. Comes up. Okay. |
| I would probably go talk to, Oh, that's a good question. Sorry. My hands are itchy as hell for some reason, so I put them in a bunch of ice water. |
| I probably go talk to sass because she's the one with, like, the dream stuff, like, from her background and all that. So as you go to sass, you see her just at this point, she's just like. Like her room is a mess. She's going through everything like she's got, there's everything out of her. So you see, like, like just like, kind of sticking out of her shell right now. |
| Even, like she's. She's a little mad. Disarray. Manic. Yeah. Yeah, I'll let you go from there. So that's. |
| That's just. It's gone. Gone? I can't find it. It's gone. The book, the arm. They're gone. I can't find you even have the arm. How about it? She was the one that picked it up. Oh. They're gone. Okay, so. |
| She told me in the dream. But it's real. All right, so the first thing we need to do is get with the others. We just have to do the others. It was my dream. We all had dreams. How do you. How do you know that? We all had dreams. We've only talked for five. I'm sorry. I had a dream also. |
| Wow. Veronica, teach him how the real play. Right. Clearly, we need to practice this. |
| Yeah. Okay. Let's talk to the other. I will keep my dirty jokes to myself. Oh, I left that wide open. I know. Shadow's just up deck watching already. Sleep. I asked captain if, anybody had gone, or left the ship last night, but, there was nobody. We did not see anybody on the ship. No. |
| I at least according to the night shift, which I just got done talking to. |
| Interesting. Hold that thought. I go down and check the, little teleportation room. All right. |
| I want to check to see if it's on or if it's different from the last time we used it. Certainly. So you're talking about the one that goes to the firewall? I mean, technically, it can go anywhere, right? If you have a stone that's put into the, into it. So you just want to check and see if it's been used. |
| Not. Well, go ahead, give me an investigation. Check this out. |
| Don't cancel. 28. Much different from my one. And, as you start looking around, you don't seem. See anything out of place from the last time you were down here. Everything seems to be as it was. Nothing seems touched. Nothing that causes any concern. No. Then how do they get off the ship? Nobody saw them. |
| I'm not even going to have you do an intelligence check on that one. Magic. That is a possibility. I guess some tech magic. Oh. Well, how long is this magic even last, I guess. Yeah, that's what I'm just trying to think. I think that you would know that, the tech magic would to be, like, usually to find a magic item kind of thing. |
| To know if magic was used in the vicinity. Unfortunately, there isn't, like, nothing I could think of, at least. Shawn speaking. Anything that allows you to, like, detect traces of magic that has been used in an area like magic residue. |
| Yeah. All right, well, I go up and tell everyone that it doesn't look like the, teleportation device was used. |
| Do we have, a way to send a message to to Iggy? I mean. Is it possible they took it back? She took it back. We dropped them off. You know where she's staying? Where? They're staying in town. You haven't talked to them since before you guys went to go. You guys did talk to them briefly at one point and then. |
| Right. I just figure, like, sending a message would be a quicker response. But if somebody has sending or. |
| I think last time whenever something anybody has sent help. Captain who is on who was on Night crew. That would be the normal, a draw, a draw. And, just lately, like, everybody takes a shift at night. So pretty much everybody except for me took a shift at some point last night. Have there been any new crewmates or anybody new delivering shipments or not, that we've seen? |
| I mean, if we were to have new crew, we would definitely make sure we got to let you guys be notified of that. So we haven't had to leave the crews, the same crew we've had. But we haven't seen anybody really any suspicious. |
| Yeah. I haven't seen anything suspicious around the sheriff. Nothing more than normal, I guess. |
| And then there's, the local rogues around here. We to come from time to time near the ships. But it seems that they've been leaving ours alone. So. |
| Something's, At this point, SAS has told everything, has relayed everything. The boss told her to the rest of the party. |
| Okay, so you guys, now have all without having to roleplay that whole thing out. Everything that you guys have heard, though, that was said as far as and as it seems, shadows deduced. Vector seems to be a bit up play. Was. |
| What's up? What are you whispering? Lotus? Sorry, I'm trying to get lit. I thought that was chibi. Actually, I think I thought it was Jamie to. I'm like, what is going on? No, it's it's big. Yeah. |
| It's a voice in my head. Oh my God, it's coming real. It's a potty break. |
| I think, |
| I think shadow will just kind of go through the ship again. |
| So start going just in case she'll start going through, because she doesn't want to believe that it's necessarily true. Real quick. Can everybody give me a d100? Do you want 100 hundred? |
| But I don't do that again. Wow, Chuka, I know what five? I'm just gonna have to pick a number between 1 and 7. Zero zero is what, one zero. Right. Well I have zero zero and then five. So that's five. Right. You will have five you know. Yeah. Yeah I thought you meant it might go up. |
| That's what I was confused. Just mind you up on the thing. Yeah. 53 for you an okay. Since here are we we could question are we still using the you're using dreamcatchers. You're going to use the switch back right now. But this is just a d100 for something else. Okay. I'm going to switch back to and does is only when you're in the dreamscape. |
| Barlow got a six Bastian is 52, and a yours was the highest 53. No. Technically, I think the lower numbers are better for this. Oh, yeah? Well, then that's good. Let's be real pretty low. What's everybody's constitution scores. |
| Scored 60. |
| 16 |
| I think a lot of these systems to the right. It like regular constitution is your score 14? Yeah. Everybody's fine. All right, so I think everybody should have gone that. Inner strength point. |
| One. Oh, and our other sheet. |
| And we'll figure out the mental fortitude afterwards. But I think you guys all had a very vivid dream. So you guys would have been able to earn a point out of that. And. |
| Pretty much give you guys a little above table as you guys are going to. There's a chance more than likely you guys will be real. I mean, find yourselves, in a dreamscape with the fact that it turns out and the mechanics to get out of that fight is going to be based on those two things. |
| I have a whole thing put together to explain it. So, you know, to go to a game, so what did you say that we earned from that? We need to update something on our call to go. All right. I just wanted you guys to actually do the roll for it. But you earned an inner strength point. So the next time you guys go in this game, you'll have an inner strength point. |
| You guys were having a conversation. Now about. Yeah. So everything this I said that just got done relaying, you guys all did learn that you guys can control yourselves a bit, though, when you are there. And it seems right now that you guys were all at some point able to realize that you were in the dreamscape and have that ability to kind of control it a little bit. |
| Which is good. My curiosity is what you guys talk about. Anything else during this? |
| I think after hearing sass talk about her dream shadows just kind of quiet. She's just going to stay quiet. Contemplate as. |
| We don't know how they were taken. They're just missing. But I know if Bracknell was an elf. Give me a history or religion check. Actually, with a higher DC, I'll let you do Arcana as well. But it's going to be a bit harder. |
| In history. 14 I don't know. |
| What I will say is, okay, let me do this. |
| I will say that you don't recall anything saying he was an elf. |
| Victim was not something that you really studied very much about. The things that you would probably know, though, is that he comes from another with a. It's believed that he comes from another place and that he became a very powerful lich and that he tried to become a god many times. It's believed that in some ways he did become a god. |
| And you have also recently learned from Macklin and Grignard and a few other sources. I think that it seems that he might have been defeated. |
| You also, though, recall seeing what possibly looks like, what it looks like because you and Calliope both when you guys were in the tower, the flying tower, you guys both tried to. For bastion, you try to identify spell on something and Calliope use the glove on, I think at least 2 or 3 times, to the point where she started getting nosebleeds. |
| Maybe you might remember that now. And when you guys did that, you guys saw, let's just face inside your head as you guys took a little bit of psychic damage. But it was when you guys were doing research about the spell weavers. |
| I don't remember this. |
| It was, when you guys were in the tower. Thanos's. Tower. |
| Yeah. There was. I went through the notes to find what it was to find out who interacted with those things, and. Yeah, Calliope did a few, like, a few items. We're trying to find out more. And she took a bit of, like, psychic damage from it. I remember even, like, getting a little bit of a nosebleed. I think you will. |
| I think I only did one thing. There was something where he used the identify spell. And he saw the lich. |
| Anything else that you guys want to discuss right now, or would you guys like to go finish your tattoo? |
| And. No. No, it's like anybody else talking about their three. So that's not hers. |
| It's it's. What time is it I might do to the tattoos. It's it's pretty early morning. Potentially. So why don't we go get some on this? Let's go get a breakfast beer before we go finish your tattoo. |
| I think we all need to shake it off a little bit. |
| Do any of us know any ways that we can fortify ourselves against dreams and things available down or against or within dreams? Which shadow? I've heard anything from her shaman about that kind of stuff. |
| Give me arcana. History. Does it have to be something I'm proficient in? I think that's something like this. Probably would. Yeah, probably require proficiency. So if you can figure out, like, some proficiency that you can figure out how it might help you, I'd be willing to, play a long. |
| What was my question? You were thinking about, if you're shaman, but. Oh, insight. Would insight work with that? No. Or would be level. |
| Unless you could tell me how insight would. But it's like it's usually like looking at somebody and trying to figure out what's going on there. |
| Nature. Because. |
| I don't know, I got nothing. |
| What about the survival self-protection instincts? |
| Trying to think, well, for, for SAS. Yeah. I'll let it go. Because, I mean, you also have a spiritual leader in your, history part of your life, so it makes sense that she'd have some idea of how to survive on different planes and different realities, or at least would have something, depending on how you roll those. |
| All right, if we go and ask the, Archer, maybe she knows how we can protect ourselves. I can 14 group real quick. I can't find I can't find where best intent. But that's the session. That's though where, Calliope interacted with it. That's when she touched the skeleton. That seems to be. |
| Okay. Oh, no. Bastion is. That is the, cast identify on. It's when you cast that that identify on the, something's called the hexagon silver hex thingy. Super hex. Leo. Hex Americ folia. Yep. That's it. When you, you cast identify on it, you got a weird feeling and a drop of blood from your nose up here. |
| You learn that this is not of this role. You did learn what it's called and how the spell weavers use it to create spells. It once had a sense of that. That world. The 30. Holy crap. |
| Yeah. That's how you. So. Yeah, I guess. Yeah. You would have known a little bit about that because you did have that. So, you know what? Because you got a third and we're looking at that, I will tell you that, you know, the fact that was a human original. Okay? It comes from a universe called our. |
| Old one or. |
| What has ruled was called. Now, you got a 30 on that thing. I'll give you a little bit of residual history. Veronica. So with your survival of 14, you're kind of going off the survival instincts of sass, and things that she would have picked up from. Here. Sure. |
| I will say. |
| There have been discussions you've had with the abbot that sometimes they never really made a lot of sense. Not in the context, not in the timing, but because of your adoration and admiration for him. You were an avid listener. But even though he never really made a lot of sense to you, it's only now that things are kind of starting to fall into place a little bit. |
| Whether or not you realize the patterns and recognize what was going on. But you have learned there was a whole lifetime of adventure that, yeah, that once was a part of that. He doesn't really talk about. But it seems that with those interactions that he had in those adventures in some way, that maybe he was trying to impart some things on to you, knowing what would happen in your what was ahead of for you. |
| In that sense, what I will say is to really help yourself in the dream plane, you're just going to need to really understand your surroundings. You need to understand how to really build up and manipulate these dreams. And in fact, I will give you the next cheat, which is what's on that page already. As you do progress in there, you will be able to fly in there. |
| Ooh, cool. Flying turtle. Yeah. You know, so it's on that Dream Tools page. Okay. So I will say that you, you're able to recall some of these things that over time he kind of talked about. And now it's kind of making sense that why he kind of dropped these bits of knowledge. And you'd be able to impart this knowledge with your fellow team members. |
| But as you gain a little bit of power in there, you'll be able to move your body in any direction. So type of flight, get a little bit more, you'll be able to double your movement. That's where you guys were supposed to become aware of your inner strength and mental fortitude. And then the third level, you will be able to learn how to use that inner strength and mental fortitude to your advantage. |
| Pretty much what's going to come down to is, and when you're at that third level, you fully understand your class casters will now have access to any spells that are available for their main class to whatever level they can cast. Those spells, but it still uses spell slots. So in other words, let's look at bastion. What is the highest level spells that you as a wizard can cast? |
| I think level six. So any spell that's between, It will say can choose to wind up between cantrip and six level. You will have access to whether it's in your spellbook or not. So he does it for the fourth level. |
| Yeah, I did that. I did for third level. Any one of your spells, any wizard spell of the sixth level, you'll be able to cast, Calliope, whatever, Druid, whatever bard spells are, to whatever your highest level you will not be able to cast while you're in the dream plane. When you hit that level. Ranger. |
| Same thing, but, barbarian. All, well, what is barbarian? How do we know? How do we know what level we're at right now? You guys are at zero. I will, I will, maybe I'll put a little thing on there, saying which level you guys are when you guys get there. |
| Fourth level, the barbarian. That's where you really want to, fourth level. You truly learn how to manipulate this place. The bards won't have to track their bardic inspirations, but you will have to sacrifice mental fortitude and inner strength to to to fully do that. Okay. I think I need to word that a little bit better. But same thing with the barbarian. |
| So in other words, if you guys are in a when you are in a dreamscape, that's a whole new adventure. When you're in there, you sacrifice five of your mental fortitude and one inner strength for the rest of the time you are in there. The bards will not have to use attract their bardic inspirations. The Druids won't have unlimited track. |
| They're wild barbarians raging as long as you. But once if you. The next night you'll have to sacrifice those again. If you were to. I, that's go. But also with the casters. I have cantrip. Oh that's so that and stop tracking your first level spells and cast them as if they're cantrip. That cost and mental fortitude and one inner strength. |
| Though during that the dream scene. |
| So because first of all, spells are just, for that, will you fully understand the dreamscape so much that if you get a one on a d20, you can decide that another d20 is roll? D20 as well by anyone, and there is a one rolled. Any character can sacrifice five mental fortitude points to have that one roll redone at a disadvantage, and let the new number stand. |
| You cannot make this one reroll though, in any way. On the other hand, if a 20 is rolled on a d20, it can also possibly will to change. The d20 is rolled by anyone, and there's a 20 rolled. Then any character not an NPC can sacrifice ten mental fortitude points to have that roll redone at an advantage, and let the new number stand. |
| So in other words, that's really if I hit somebody. If a bad guy hits a, gets a d20 against you, you can sacrifice some of your mental fortitude points to have them reroll it. They'll roll it at an advantage, and then oh, so in other words, if they're about to hit you with a crit, you can say, no, no, no, try that again. |
| They're going to do it at an advantage because they were hitting you pretty good. But what's the likelihood even with an advantage of getting another 20. So that's kind of how that plays out. But it's you guys manipulating that space. |
| So what it's going to come down to is you guys are probably going to have to have a dream or to kind of fully start playing with these powers to strengthen, right, and go up in that levels and hopefully do it before everything gets you. Yeah. |
| So that's that. |
| I will say that you guys have a better understanding of the in this discussion, as you guys are having a breakfast beer at the, Captain's Coin. I think it's what it's called. Right. Well, let's let your characters have a pretty good insight on these kind of things. So that way the next stream that they have, they can try to start playing with it and see if they're able to advance in the levels. |
| So it's pretty cool as as breakfast is over and you guys have had this long conversation, it is probably getting close to get the tattoo. |
| Yeah. I head over to the tattoo tattooist to get my ink finish. |
| You will say that as you show up. She is just starting to. You see that she's been doing like this, the morning cleanup kind of thing. Come in, come in, come in. Yes. Yeah, I was kind of worried. But we can finish this up today, and what I will do is. |
| Tattoo stuff again. |
| I need you to roll me, |
| Give me a d20 with advantage. So two d20. |
| Already started. |
| Out. Four. Ouch. |
| That's like. Nope. |
| Doesn't even say with them. |
| So. So, |
| So happens that I have you roll, and then it's like, hey, what do. How do I, |
| So, as she's kind of working on the tattoo, |
| She starts noticing that some of it's not, like, really connecting in there. I've never had this happen before. For some reason, the magic is not really taking it. There. Why would that be? |
| Because of a bad roll. |
| She's going to feel bad about the fact that it's not taking your mutant. And skill. Empowerment on the tattoo artist. In shadow. Help in any way without making her feel bad. What skill? Empowerment. Do again? Doubles or rolls? |
| Touch one really creature and give it expertise in one skill of their choice until the end of turn. The creature doubles their proficiency bonus on ability checks of their chosen skill. You must choose a skill that the target is proficient in. |
| So I will say that as she is faltering, you do come up and you do cast that on her. And as you do so, at this point and all the line work actually improves quite a bit. But, and we will say that, yeah, that will, that will do it. Oh, you're worried for a minute. Yeah. |
| But now I just need a, constitution saving. Let's see how you do with that. That's on your in the same. |
| 23 she grabs another bonus action. Put some pop on it, a goop on it, and puts that on to it. Over it. |
| This form is impressive, by the way, can you tell me about it? So we get this from, The elves up north, they kind of give us a nice little discount on it. We mix a certain powder from them, from one of their plants to a, to a, like, like an aloe that kind of mixes in their. |
| And the leaves also come as the actual plant that's used into the powder, but that also comes from the elves up in the north. |
| That explains it. Elvish. You know, I have to say that you guys owed 761 for the remainder of the balance, but because the fact that. I'm not going to lie, I probably wouldn't have been able to to fully allow the magic to work on that one without your friends assistance. If you just for 500, that'll call it even. |
| I think that. Oh well, thank you, I appreciate that. No worries at all. It I mean, I mean magic is tricky sometimes and it's the one problem with our field, I'm not going to lie, is, everybody wants a magic tattoo. And every once in a while, the magic doesn't hold. But I think that's what should be fine. |
| After you take a long rest, you will find that you will move faster. That it doesn't actually come into effect until after a long rest. And so the next morning you will be able to have that extra speed. And no risk of diseases. |
| Wise. It. Oh, does you have another tattoo? For that has to do with speed. It makes you fast. Well, the one that was temporary or you have to activate it or something. Yeah, there was, this cheetah to do that. Yeah, yeah, that's a temporary one. Once per rest. As an action, you can activate it. |
| Your speed will increase by ten feet for an hour. |
| She looks at you. I'm pretty sure that you're pretty fast. I bet you have a speed that most people don't see. |
| Yeah, and show up or zip around the roof. Right? |
| I'll do a full 80. He just turned and he's, But, so it can always be fast. |
| That's goes. No, that's it. You know, the magic on the market that you did what could combined with the one you just put on my friend who, like medium average. |
| Chest. Oh, that's one. Small. Simple. Yeah. It looks like you'd be able to have both of them. I mean, the only thing is, I don't. |
| It's a temporary. No. I've. I'm sure that they would probably work together. I can't recall if I know anybody that's ever had both those tattoos and see if they work together. I know that sometimes when it comes to magic. Sometimes if you try to get the same benefit to your life from two different types of magic, they don't always, what's the term that like to use stack right in returns? |
| Yeah, there's a bit of sometimes even possibly even cancel out. Especially when you get into those who get into, alchemy and potions. It can get very complicated when you're mixing benefits. |
| Where where are the tattoos again? Put it in the chat, but I'll put it again. Oh, sorry. Yeah. If you scroll up a little bit, it's. I happen to have the page right up there. I was looking at, Why is there a tattoo you're thinking about? Oh, just like anything once you have with support for the, some of what she has, like, it's that everything on that list. |
| What I'm going to say is it depends. What I should have done was actually listed out which ones she has, what I'm willing to do. It's kind of my little, The way I kind of manipulate that sometimes is if it's really low, I'm fine with it. If it gets into the more advanced, there's a percentage that she might have. |
| So that way I don't have to kind of do the large, ornate, the, harder percentage enough to know it's small, simple ones. House like small, simple tattoos. Large, ornate. Yeah, like a large, ornate. Would be like a chance that she might not have it. Of thing she's. It's kind of like what I did before with, when you guys were. |
| When Lars was offering magic items. I think it was he. I had a chance. Based on, the rarity of the items. |
| To make them. |
| Is there anybody else that would like to get a tattoo, though? Well, your friend here looks. |
| Don't think so. For me. Yeah, same. I don't think so. I'm more interested in collecting them from my sketchbook. |
| Yeah. So if I get one of obviously. Yeah. In fact, you know, since I do feel kind of bad that I almost put ink in her and then give her the expectation, give me a persuasion check. Actually, shadow. |
| Does this lady have any temporary tattoos? There is temporary, seven. |
| My persuasion zero. |
| Yeah. I'm not going to. |
| I should have. It's a small, simple one, but let's see a lot of markers of frog. |
| It's not. It's not super. It's on both legs. I'm going to be able to jump real high. The triple distance is triple. Nice. He croaks while he does a long rest for Ribbit. I think she has. Oh, that was fine. That does have to be on both the legs, though. Yes, but it's a small bit, so I still get a medium that. |
| To, simplicity. I guess that one. Doesn't matter whether you get this. Oh, you know what I would like? To do that. Does it have to be the same thing for both legs? Like, could I have or do one? Have you got one like the other ones? Tattoo does that again. I know it's one tattoo for both legs. |
| What kind of have however, do one on one leg of London on the other. They're different. Yeah. Different things for the same person. Okay. And I would do that. It's, It's I could, if she has me detection ink. I like that. Which one? Detection ink. Oh, it's actually. Yeah. |
| So bring it up. So we will say that she, I did already say it, talked about it. So will say that she does. That was ink specific to a certain creature type. Or I just have the talent for this. And she. |
| Each different is a, oh a different type of detection. Yeah. Yeah. So we'll say that she does. But it depends on what kind of what kind of creature type you're looking for. I'm looking for one creature being, I see an object. Brain melter. What the fuck? Mind flayer, mind flayer, mind flayer. That's very one. Yes, but acquaintances is that, you know, problem with things that fuck with smite. |
| So once you know if anything's around them. |
| 100ft detection would help out a lot. How are you going to see this, color changing ink under your fur? Magic. Magic. Well, my leg will start glowing. Yeah. Cool. Actually, like, so with the, to back. See, the ink magic ink is kind of unique. Oh, it, it actually does make, like in this, it affects the hairs that are around it that grow out of where the tattoo skin is. |
| The kind of almost like stains the hairs that are in that area. |
| Layer. |
| There. What are they? |
| E sounds like it. It might be. So I don't have detection ink for that specific, but I do have ink that will help if there is an aberration. What's classified as an aberration around you? So it's not as particular. So any aberration would go over, Just. |
| Also different creature types. Oh. It's tight art. I was thinking specifically features. Well, yeah, that's. So that we might, like Celestial Face demon, but I want change actually, to this. What? I was thinking about that it's going to be, like, very complicated. Okay, what we'll say is this specific, if it's specific, like in Mind Flayer, it would be 100ft, let's say. |
| But when you get into type like, umbrellas, you're going into 50ft. |
| Oh, okay. So the more broad it is, closer. That's I'll put a note on the page about that because as a DM, that's going to be a nightmare for me. Yeah I know it's like okay. But I will say that if you are near an aberration within 50ft of you, it will detect it. If I did have one sort of mind flayer, yeah, it would be able to do for 100. |
| Does she have, all like pretty much all of the inks that I could get? Well, I'm looking for metallic, prismatic glow and mood three dimension that I could get for a discount. I'd say the. Yeah, those would be fine. Like the the detection is only because there's so many different types that becomes a problem, right? Oh, do you think you could find a would the guild have some for you? |
| So of which ones like detecting different types of detection because it's just the she gets her from the guild. Right. You can you can ask if you guys go check with the guild, they might have it for the Mind Flayer. I just don't have it. Yeah, we can go to it. Okay. So I'll. You check. You sure? |
| Sure. I'll buy these for from her now, and then I'll go to the guild hall and see if they have Detection Inc specifically for my players. Okay. Oh, and here, let's give you another. Sure. I need a couple files of three dimensional. I need to. What we need, you can cut another in the 3D. Oh, yeah? Yeah. |
| 3D ink. Yeah. Give it money. You can market gems, just whatever ones you want and just mark off your gold. As long as you're not, like, buying gallons of it from her, I don't think you can afford it. Know, how much are you giving me? How much? Right. So for two, it would be there. |
| 50% off. So if you went two ounces, it would be 350. |
| That's used for a lot of the bigger, ornate ones. Just get me here right now just to give two, four points. So 700. I'll give you some. Okay. Get four ounces of 3D or. Yeah, for four uses. Okay. So let's. And then did you say that they would have had that detection Inc for mind Flayers. So you'd have to go check the guild hall. |
| Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Okay. And I'm falling asleep over here. I'm sorry. Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. No, no, no, it's it's late. And and last night is, it's football season again. And and last night I was out. It's all right. Was it that old man? We'll say. Yeah, they had a mine. They had a little bit, we'll say about it. |
| Yeah. They had like two ounces of it. That would be about as much as they would have. So up to two ounces you can put. All right. We can work on the tattoo later. We can leave it there. With you guys. You guys can, maybe if I need to kind of clarify the dream powers a little bit more, just let me know. |
| But it's really going to be that when you guys go to sleep, you guys will have to try to manipulate the dreams before Vecna is able to pull you guys in and fight you. That's pretty much where you guys are right now. Okay? Yeah. Looks like I don't even worry about much about the dreamscape. All you casters do. |
| You know, worry about nothing. I'm simple. Well, you want to get up now? Level? Well, I guess you don't ever run out of rages, so it doesn't really become a big deal. |
| But. Oh, well. But then you can also learn how to manipulate the d20 rolls. That's true. How? That's the best for. I mean, second level, you can double your movement. I mean, just could you imagine, Me? Damn. All right, guys, get some rest. Get some rest, guys. Good night. Night. Thank you. One night. Thanks. Bye bye. |
| Oh. |
| Two, two. |
| One. How do I exit this? |
Table of Contents
Campaign
The Wild Cards
Protagonists
Session 075: Wild Dreams of a Bard Report
Table of Contents
Bastion Bladesinger
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Sas W.T. Rayce
Calliope Galanodel
Barlo
Chaotic Neutral Tabaxi (Smuggler)
Barbarian 8
Barbarian 8
85 / 85 HP
STR
18
18
DEX
16
16
CON
16
16
INT
10
10
WIS
11
11
CHA
14
14
Shadow in the Snow
Arktos
Report Date
06 Sep 2024
Primary Location
Secondary Location