Session 076: Wilder Dreams of a Bard Report

Vecna uses his magic of secrets to get the party to assist him.

General Summary

 
09/27/2024
Wild Cards
 

Redfall 22, 2023 KC, early afternoon

  Thornwinds   Recap
Pre-Game: Notified Bastion would know of Akashic Records and it would have all knowledge if it actually exists.   Vecna has found the group, and he has taken items from them to bring himself back. He still needs the orb and so he has been trying to pull them into his Dream realm...   Someone was erasing all knowledge of the Spellweavers from history, and when the party investigated this they brought Vecna into their heads.   rolled Mental Fortitude points from last session...   there is a ritual where Vecna needs the orb... Bast said she would try to find Meklan. In the Dream world they began to learn they can control things in the dreamworld.   META: they earn MF/IS as they progress in Dreams. Then rank in Levels. MF comes from saves, IS from surviving Dreams. Levels are going to be milestone. This "matters" because Vecna is trying to steal the ball. They led him to themselves. The MF/IS allows them to do more stuff in the Dreams Dream Tools   MF points can be given away, they need enough MF to end the Dream link with the Dream seed. So Vecna will not have any control of them in the Dreams.   a reminder that the book has the actual spell Karsus was supposed to do when he failed in Toril.  
 
 
   

Summary

The session began with the party awakening from disturbing Dreams, each having encountered a mysterious voice offering secrets in exchange for unknown prices. The Dungeon Master explained that these Dream sequences were part of Vecna's attempts to manipulate the party through their subconscious, seeking to obtain a powerful orb in Sas's possession. Each character could earn mental fortitude and inner strength points by successfully navigating these Dream encounters, potentially breaking free from Vecna's influence entirely.   During their downtime, the party engaged in various personal activities. Shadow attempted to copy Sas's magical tattoo into her sketchbook but failed after four hours of careful Work. Barlo visited a local tattoo artist to acquire a mark of Telepathy tattoo, choosing a Celtic-inspired design split across both sides of his head near his ears, featuring an eye motif that would grant him the ability to cast the Message cantrip. Despite several tense moments during the application process, the tattoo was eventually completed successfully. Meanwhile, Bastion spent time reading a complex book about extra-dimensional spaces and the Astral Plane, learning valuable information about how magic functions differently in various Planes of Existence. Calliope worked on bedazzling her overalls and creating costume accessories, while Sas studied an herbalism book that provided detailed information about Elf leaf and its various applications.   As night fell, the party members experienced vivid and unsettling Dreams. Calliope found herself in an idealized version of her childhood, sitting at a table with her notebook filled with adventures she had yet to experience, surrounded by the comforting presence of her parents. However, the mysterious voice appeared, offering to reveal a disturbing secret about her mother's involvement in what it claimed was not truly a battle between Light and dark, but rather the Blood War between different factions of order and chaos. Despite her wariness of making deals, Calliope learned that her mother's allegiance might not be as straightforward as she believed.   Bastion's Dream transported him to a vast library filled with Books about blade songs and magical combat techniques. Various versions of his mentor Grognard appeared, initially criticizing his focus on blade song rather than traditional magic, even causing his sword to crumble to dust. However, the encounter ultimately revealed Grognard's true supportive nature, as the mentor explained that his harsh criticism had been intended to push Bastion to excel beyond what easy encouragement could achieve. The Dream concluded with multiple ghostly versions of Grognard at different ages walking away, leaving Bastion with a sense of understanding and accomplishment.   Barlo's Dream began peacefully, with memories of his childhood listening to Meklen's stories alongside Tika in the forest. However, the Dream quickly turned nightmarish as his bones began breaking and shattering from within when he tried to pick up dice. Using his inner strength, he managed to Heal himself and restore the Familiar faces of his companions. The mysterious voice revealed a troubling secret, claiming that Meklen had set all of Barlo's current circumstances in motion, and that a "purple dragon" was somehow connected to his ability to manifest claws and other Draconic features during combat. The Dream concluded with shadowy cultists emerging from the Darkness, one of whom Barlo fought and defeated before the figure disappeared with ominous words about Taristan claiming his Soul.   Sas experienced a Dream of her hermitage cave, now mysteriously covered with various mushrooms she didn't remember from her actual time there. She saw a younger version of her father on a ship and encountered the abbot who had guided her spiritual journey. The mysterious voice offered her a secret about her family, revealing that the abbot had advised her father to leave before her youngest sibling was born, suggesting a deeper connection between the religious figure and her family's circumstances. The voice also mentioned "doom dreamers" and continued to pressure her about surrendering the orb, though Sas remained defiant.   Shadow's Dream took her back to her snowy homeland with Artie, but quickly became a nightmare as the Earth began swallowing her family members. Despite her efforts to save them with Artie's help, the ground continued to claim her loved ones, and eventually even Artie disappeared, leaving her alone and angry. The mysterious voice attempted to offer her secrets as well, but Shadow remained resistant to its manipulations, though she was clearly disturbed by the experience.   Upon awakening, the party gathered in Sas's room to discuss their shared experiences with the mysterious voice. They realized that all of them had been offered secrets in exchange for unknown prices, and that the voice seemed particularly interested in obtaining the orb that Sas carried. Shadow mentioned noticing Sas moving and mumbling during her Sleep, confirming that the Dreams were affecting them physically as well as mentally. The group discussed the potential connection between the "purple dragon" mentioned in Barlo's Dream and deep dragons, which Bastion identified as creatures from the Underdark known for dealing in secrets and being curious about distant lands.   The party's investigation into Barlo's potential Draconic heritage led to a physical examination of his tail and other features. Bastion used his magical knowledge to determine that whatever was affecting Barlo was not the result of a spell, but rather something that had become an integral part of his being, similar to how Bastion himself had been affected by both a Soul inhabiting his body and later by a metallic Dragon essence. The examination revealed striking similarities between their conditions, suggesting that their shared connection to Meklen might be more significant than they had previously realized.   Their morning discussion was interrupted by Captain John, who brought disturbing news that the Professor Orb had gone missing from the ship. The captain explained that the orb, which had been used to power their vessel's flight capabilities, had simply vanished without explanation, and none of the crew members had any knowledge of its whereabouts. This revelation was particularly alarming given the mysterious voice's repeated demands for Sas to surrender her orb, suggesting that Vecna or his agents might have the ability to steal magical items even from secure locations.   The party immediately began discussing methods to locate the missing orb, considering various magical approaches including Scrying and Sending messages to their allies, the Gnome Brothers. They debated whether the orb might be safer in a pocket dimension or other secure location, though they acknowledged that if Vecna could manipulate their Dreams and steal items while they slept, traditional security measures might prove inadequate. Calliope suggested creating wanted posters offering a substantial reward for information about the missing orb, while Sas considered learning new spells that might help track their stolen property.   The session concluded with the party facing multiple interconnected threats: Vecna's continued attempts to manipulate them through their Dreams, the mysterious disappearance of their magical orb, and the growing realization that their individual connections to Draconic powers and their shared history with Meklen might be part of a larger, more complex plot than they had previously understood. The revelation that both Barlo and Bastion were manifesting Draconic abilities, combined with the secrets revealed in their Dreams, suggested that their past encounters and current circumstances were far from coincidental.  

Scenes

Discussion of Akashic Records Myth

A conversation about a mythical plane containing Books of all knowledge
  • Explanation of Akashic Records as a mythical library
  • Discussion of the myth being known only to educated individuals

    • Dream Mechanics Discussion

    The Dungeon Master explains the Dream sequence mechanics involving mental fortitude, inner strength, and Vecna's attempts to manipulate the party through Dreams.
  • DM explains Dream sequence rules
  • Characters can earn mental fortitude points
  • Characters can potentially break free from Vecna's Dream manipulation
  • Dream levels progress as characters become more aware

    • Tattoo and Book Study Time

    The party spends time getting tattoos, studying Books, and preparing for the day
  • Shadow attempts to copy Sas's tattoo but fails
  • Barlo gets a mark of Telepathy tattoo
  • Bastion reads a book about extra-dimensional spaces
  • Calliope works on costume design

    • Barlo Gets a Tattoo

    Barlo visits a tattoo artist to get a mark of Telepathy tattoo split across both sides of his head in a Celtic-inspired design
  • Barlo negotiates a tattoo with a 25% discount
  • Multiple failed tattoo application attempts
  • Eventually successful tattoo application after tense moments
  • Barlo chooses a location near his ears
  • Tattoo artist applies the mark of Telepathy
  • Tattoo is successfully completed after multiple attempts

    • Character Downtime Activities

    Party members engage in various personal activities during their free time
  • Calliope works on bedazzling overalls
  • Bastion reads a book about magic and the Astral Plane
  • Barlo gets a tattoo
  • Sas reads an herbalism book about Elf leaf
  • Bastion reads a book about magic and dimensions
  • Calliope works on costume design

    • Calliope's Dream Sequence

    Calliope experiences a Dream where she sees her parents and encounters a mysterious voice offering secrets about her mother.
  • Calliope sees her father and mother in the Dream
  • A mysterious voice offers her a secret about her mother's involvement in the Blood War
  • Calliope reaches Dream level one and gains the ability to Fly

    • Bastion's Dream Sequence

    Bastion Dreams of being in a library with various versions of Grognard, who challenges and then encourages his blade song training.
  • Bastion sees Books about blade songs
  • Grognard appears and initially criticizes Bastion's training
  • Grognard's sword turns to dust
  • Grognard ultimately reveals he was pushing Bastion to improve
  • Bastion reaches Dream level one and gains flying ability

    • Barlo's Dream Sequence

    Barlo experiences a Dream where his bones break and he encounters a dark, shifting dreamscape with Meklen and Tika
  • Barlo Dreams of listening to Meklen's stories with Tika
  • Barlo experiences his bones breaking in the Dream
  • A mysterious voice offers to reveal a secret
  • Cultists appear in the Dream
  • Barlo's bones start breaking in the Dream
  • Barlo uses inner strength to rebuild his bones
  • A mysterious voice talks about a 'purple Dragon'
  • Cultists appear and turn Barlo's Friends into mist
  • Barlo fights and defeats a cultist

    • Sas's Dream Sequence

    Sas experiences a Dream where she learns a secret about her father's departure and her youngest sibling from a mysterious voice
  • Sas sees her cave with unexpected mushrooms
  • She sees a younger version of her father on a ship
  • The abbot appears and praises her
  • A mysterious voice (possibly Vecna) offers a secret about her father
  • Sas learns her father left before her youngest sibling was born
  • The voice suggests the abbot advised her father's departure
  • The voice offers to leave them alone if they give up the orb
  • The voice mentions 'doom dreamers'

    • Shadow's Dream Sequence

    Shadow Dreams of her homeland, experiencing a disturbing vision of her family being swallowed by the Earth
  • Shadow sees her family sinking into the ground
  • Artie appears and then disappears
  • A mysterious voice offers to reveal a secret
  • Shadow becomes frustrated and angry in the Dream

    • Missing Professor Orb Investigation

    The party discovers that the Professor Orb has gone missing from their ship and discusses methods to locate it
  • Shadow notices Sas moving and mumbling during Sleep
  • Party learns the Professor Orb is missing from the ship
  • Characters share details about their individual Dream encounters
  • Barlo learns about potential connection to a purple/deep Dragon
  • Captain John reports the Meklen orb is missing
  • Party discusses potential methods to track or locate the missing orb
  • Consideration of using Scrying or Sending a Message to the Gnome Brothers
  • Captain John informs the party the Professor Orb is missing
  • Party discusses potential tracking methods like Scrying
  • Calliope suggests creating wanted posters for the orb
  • Sas considers learning Scrying spell to locate the orb

    • Investigating Barlo's Dragon Connection

    The party gathers in Sas's room to discuss Barlo's potential Dragon heritage and examine his tail for any unusual characteristics.
  • Bastion examines Barlo's tail for magical or physical signs of a Dragon connection
  • Discussion about deep dragons and their connection to secrets
  • Comparison of Barlo and Bastion's potential dragon-related abilities

    • Session Conclusion

      ...   Experience & Leveling
    t Milestone Experience: (2000 ea) | Total: was 111,000 (Next Goal: 120,000) t     Current Location ...
     

    Rewards Granted


     
    Experience
     

      t Milestone Experience: (2000 ea) | Total: 111,000 (Next Goal: 120,000) t  
     

    Missions/Quests Completed

       

    Related Reports

    Investigating Barlo's Dragon Connection

    The party gathers in Sas's room to discuss Barlo's potential Dragon heritage and examine his tail for any unusual characteristics.
  • Bastion examines Barlo's tail for magical or physical signs of a Dragon connection
  • Discussion about deep dragons and their connection to secrets
  • Comparison of Barlo and Bastion's potential dragon-related abilities

    • Notes

    Transcript Notes

    The tatttoo on Sas is done.   They want to return to the ship so Shadow can copy the Magic Tattoo of Striding.   When they get back, the captain gives them the Letter from Ellas Lantaththar to Wild Cards & the coins...   Barlo goes back to the tattooist   Bastion started to look at the Books they have, and chooses the Analysis of Divination Spell Extension into the Astral Plane.     Calliope bedazzles her overalls, and braids for the teammates' hair. performance (14), everything comes out exactly how she wanted.   Bastion int (11). Learned a bit about the author who wrote this in Toril and somehow this book came here. With what he has learned of these two worlds by this point, much of Toril exists in Dierde otherwise he learns that which is on the page for the book.   Barlo goes for the small ornate Magic Tattoo to cast Message. he had a high CHA so she is willing to give him the discount that she gave the others. He wanted to use the Detect Mind flayer ink on the Mark of the Telepath tattoo. (100 feet, and no corkage fee--used a full ounce) 5 hours.   application (+3 and advantage) (fail, fail, success, success, success) also retconned the contracts   his claws came out a bit as he got nervous, she was getting nervous too... but it worked out. He gets a leaf. the tattoo is a "celtic" tribal "eye" split in half with each half on each temple in the "bald spot".   he heads back. Shadow had failed in her copying of the tattoo so she waits until Sas goes to Sleep to try again.   During that session, Sas read The Alchemist's Laboratory: A Guide to Brewing Potions for Profit and Adventure (12), no new knowledge really. A section on the "Elfleaf" they had used on the tattoo. It comes from Hyulla-Putyor and is ground up then mixed with other additives to help sooth and Heal the skin. Especially when used with a green Elfleaf.   Barlo still thinks of putting something in one of the empty 6 slots. For a second he almost used the luckstone... nevermind. The crit ring? Boots of Striding and Springing   Shadow pulls first guard as she works on the tattoo... she succeeds.    

    Calliope Galanodel's Dream

    She is pushing for a happy Dream in a happy place... (13) she feels happy, she is at a table with her notebook of flowers and about her travels. She is noticing the vivid qualities and this notebook is more full than her real one. She is on a wooden chair with moss instead of pillows, similar to those from Skola Vale. This is a gallery, her gallery that she has long dreamed of (crit then 15-- Silver Flame briefly appears) The clouds seemed to be about to go dark, but they were held at bay.   Sees her father, Melios Lamphi, walk by and wave, then her mother, Relia, who waves. She is surprised. then the elder walks by. her mind wanders a bit and thinks of herself. The things she could potentially be.   3 successful saves   The voice "Looks like I can't get in tonight.. that is too bad. I do offer you a gift, my trade is in secrets and so I offer you a chance to learn a secret, do you accept?"   Calliope "I do like secrets"   The Voice of Vecna: "it's the truth about that group your mommy-dearest is a part of. Those little groups."   Calliope: "what's the catch?" it is hard to truly insight a voice in your head in a Dream, (11), so hard to tell. She can feel he is untruthful, but hard to truly discern.   Voice: "Would you like to know?"   Calliope: "Yes."   Voice: "Your mother thinks she is for the Light and that Garm Pavond is now part of the dark, but the truth is they are both a part of the Blood War and led by Fiends Demons and Fiends Devils that are using these groups to continue their fight of law vs chaos.   Calliope: "So she is on the quote/unquote light-side?   Voice: "It's what they call it, it is really just the side of order when it comes to the Blood War.   Calliope; "How do I know you're telling the truth   Voice: "You never really know if anyone is telling the truth   Calliope: "I don't like you.   Voice: "you wouldn't be you if you did.   Calliope: "Do you have snacks here?   Voice: "Do you want snacks?   Calliope: "yes, do you have snacks?   Voice: "I have snacks where I am, if you want to come here...   Calliope: "Stranger danger, dude. no thank you.   and the voice leaves...   She starts to float as she feels she told him.. she is Dream level 1.  
     

    Bastion Bladesinger's Dream

      he is wanting the safety of a library... (wis save 16) He is realizing he is in a lucid Dream.. As he wishes to be in a library and he is . Lots of Books, he sees an elderly version of Grognard as he remembers him from his youth. Grognard looks proud at him as he studies these Books... Books about Bladesingers and the artform.   (wis save 11) Then things change... Grognard is upset and comes up to him. Starts yelling at how he caught him again... not studying the real magics. The sword turns to dust in his sheath.   (wis save 24) as he deals with the beratement and then finally gains some strength within as Grognard becomes the younger version he has seen in his travels, he smiles: "The harder you train, no matter what I've said about the swords-- it has been making you better."   In this moment it seems as if Grognard pushed him away from the bladesinging in an attempt to make him study it harder. If he had made it easy then maybe Bastion wouldn't have gotten as good as fast as he had....   Grognard begins to "melt" away into a spectral version and more representative of the "spiritual" version he recently saw where it is various aged versions of him coming into and out of the same body.   then the voice: "But I am curious, would you like to know a secret?   Bastion: "From you? no thanks.   Voice: "alas, I had hoped tonight would be the night.   d20: 7   He begins to feel as if he is control of flying. Just as he has learned a lot about bladesinging on his own, same here.  

    Barlo's Dream

      Barlo's subconscious knows this all comes from the days with Captain Meklan telling him and Teeka stories. Save: 10   So as he sits there with the dice and Teeka, the dice becomes so heavy. It starts breaking his bones inside of his arms -- they are shattering. Brittle and broken, he uses the other arm to hold it back up.   Save: 9   he feels it is going to get worse -- so he uses his Inner Strength to reverse the direction of this Dream, giving him a success. By pulling that out, like a rage, his bones begin to rebuild. He is better, and looks around. The Dream had Meklan turning into the Grognard look... but he returns. Even Teeka was taking on a maniacal evil Goblin look, but now she doesn't look so scare.   Save: 10   As he holds his arms they start to feel week again... then a voice: "Would you like to know a secret?   Barlo looks at the other two. They are starting to fade into the shadows and the area is going dark...   Barlo: "last time you asked for a secret, so now you want to give me one? Sure, tell me what you know...   You think that you started Macklin on this path? But everything, every interaction he ever had with you was not the first. And he was always manipulating you to do what he needed you, what he wanted you to do.   Voice: "You think you started Meklan on his path, but everything, every interaction he ever had with you was not his first. He was always manipulating you to do what he needed you, what he wanted you to do. Your choices were always his. In fact, he's the reason why you're having your little "other side" coming through-if you will.   Barlo: "My other side?   Voice: "The little purple Dragon that keeps trying to find its way through you. He did this in his own way.   Barlo: "He was responsible for this?   Voice: "In his own way.   Barlo: "I will have to thank him when I see him.   out of the Darkness there are two strangers. Dressed in the garb of the other Cultists of Thornwind. They break through where the Friends are and they turn to mist.   ** COMBAT**   one strikes out with a scimitar, after wiping the blade. misses   Barlo rages. Claws. Crits on last hit (then a 2, so nothing) He kills him, then faces the other one and steps up "Come on..." It was a solid hit as the Dead one falls.   The other one does the liquid flame on his blade, and hits. As the blade cuts through him, slashing damage but no other effect   **SAVE**   He tells him "Tharizdun will have your soul" then he disappears.   ** Combat**   makes 2 successes total.  

    Sas W.T. Rayce's Dream

      She wants to Dream of her hermit days..   wis save: 25   She is there... in the wilderness, a mountain near home. a cave she made her dwelling for that period. She walks out, the same cave but lots of mushrooms and spores, various forms -- not sure if they were there before. THen she notices she is in her Dream.   Wis save: 15   She looks out. sees her dad heading to a ship far out there, he is younger.   Wis save: 17   The abbot comes around the corner and says how proud he is of all she has accomplished... best Dream ever!   at that moment, the voice: "Would you like to know a secret   Sas: "what will the secret cost me?   Voice: "It is more about unveiling what you really didn't know and the costs from that, there is always that cost   sas: "So you're just being generous... what's the secret?   Voice: "When your father made the decision to leave. He did seek, the advice of one close to him. And your friend the abbot was the one that advised him that it might be a good idea for him to to leave for a little while, do what he thought was right. But when he did it, it seems that he did it for his own reasons. You can always ask your youngest little sibling on why that is.   Sas: "what does my youngest sibling have to do with it?   Voice: "why the abbott wanted him to leave   Gortam is the youngest.   Before the voice leaves it says: "I will get that world from you one way or another. If you want, you can always drop it off with one of my little Doomdreamers. And then I will leave you alone.   Sas: "Good luck.   three successes   Turns out, this was during the time Shadow was copying the tattoo. perc (28) She sees some wincing... Nothing too serious, but she does see something occurring. Not enough to wake her.   After the offer is made she feels lighter, and she can also Fly.   Shadow isn't sure about what happened during the Dream. She goes to bed...  

    Shadow in the Snow's Dream

      She is getting homesick..   wis (7)   she is walking back home, with Arktos. The Earth starts to shake, starts to swallow her family and the Shadow Clan Shaman Hidden Depths   wis (18)   But things calm down... Arktos helps and everything, then...   wis (14)   And then Arktos runs away. The ground starts to swallow people again. Then Arktos is gone...   The voice: "oh, has everybody left you? I can comfort you with a secret. Would you like to know a secret?   she squints... she is upset... she is curious: "What's your secret?   The voice: "The truth is, you've been set on a mission. That coin was given to you. The book that was taken by your brother. All of these Lead to Bast And what she wants you to sacrifice to help her Pharaoh.   Shadow: "That's not a secret. I know they're connected to Bast.   Voice: "but she's put all this in motion so that you would sacrifice something for her own purpose.   Shadow wants to insight the voice... not good.   Shadow: "what does she want me to sacrifice?   Voice: "Oh, i'm not going to give you all the secrets right now. ... I can't even pull you in either, I was getting close with your other feline friend. You're still kind of a little resistant, but I will share that which has been told to your friend with the orb. IF you guys give that orb up, I will leave you all alone.   Shadow: "Not a chance.   the voice leaves. She can Fly and is level one.    

    Redfall 23, 2023 KC, early morning

      Aboard The Audacity Thornwinds port  
      Waking system shocks...   Calliope 69, noice   Bastion 94, close.   Shadow, 78   Barlo, 45   Sam, 78   all earned an Inner Strength point and didn't die.   MF: Bastion: 4 Barlo: 6 Sas: 8 Calliope: 13 Shadow?  
      Everyone meets up at Sas's room. Discussion of the Dreams. They share what they saw, how he wants the orb. discussion on what they can do with it.   Bastion arcana 21, he is aware of spells. https://2014.5e.tools/spells.html#leomund's%20secret%20chest_phb https://2014.5e.tools/spells.html#leomund's%20secret%20chest_phb   Dream shifts?   glyphs?   The gods, Meklan and Bast...   then a question about purple dragons.   Bastion, history (21) Most know of the main chromatics and metallic. He recalls from his readings -- the purple Dragon is also known as a Deep Dragon.  
    Making their lairs in the depths of the Underdark, deep dragons are nightmarish cousins of chromatic dragons. The warped magical energy of their subterranean realm gives them the ability to exhale magical spores that instill Fear and scar the mind.   Deep dragons' black-and-gray hide is smooth like a salamander's, and their eyes are pale. As they age, their spore breath causes fungi to bloom across their skin, especially around the head and neck. Their wings are attached to their front legs and can fold in close to the body, allowing deep dragons to easily maneuver through relatively narrow tunnels.   Deep dragons often hoard secrets, delighting in knowledge of far-off lands. Many seek out new insights and tricks that they can use against other denizens of the Underdark, preferring social manipulation and crafty dealmaking to exerting themselves in combat. Deep dragons look down on any creature that isn't useful to them, though they are willing to bargain for knowledge they lack.
      Calliope, history (12) Seems she might have slept during the fey Dragon class... She knows they exist and so do Fairy dragons.   Shadow picks up his tail and looks...   Bastion casts Skill Empowerment, arcana (22), medicine (5)   It seems it is not very apparent outside of a rage. It is not magic. It is a part of him. Bastion has a bit of experience with this as he had the Elf inside of him. It helped his connection to the bladesinging artform. As well as after Kolvar left him, he had the manifestation of the metallic Dragon in him. These are very similar in some ways.   Dragon: https://2014.5e.tools/bestiary.html#adult%20deep%20dragon_ftd   Then Captain Johnas Scott comes by and notifies them that Professor Meklan of Toril as Professor Meklan of Toril is missing. Since the other day. The hat can't detect him. Asked if they misplaced him.   IF they need to travel, they still have Professor Umbercresct or even the Psi Crystal...   Bastion wants to send a Message to the Balabar Sprocket and Dipple Sprocket brothers.   Message: "captain orb missing or taken. Can we find?   response: "Not sure unless you put osme type of tracking spell on it. sorry.   note: I also brought up how wizards don't have to "Memorize" the ritual spells. They are always memorized.   also discussions about a reward poster. offer 499 gp   discussions on Scrying or other spells... Locate Object.   Sas realizes she can still change out some spells and put in Scrying... or not as it needs an expensive focus.  
     

    Transcript

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    Mentioned all the sliders all day today. Well, I've had plenty to drink. You said it was a cider festival. Yeah. Cider festival. Beer. It's not the Pickering thing. Your mom and your sister.
    It's so smart this year. No, no, it's a bigger venue. It's smaller. I don't know if it's just there. So it's 20. It's Tony at their two hour. No, he's still Living down there. Yeah. Carrie is going to stay in the job for about a month or so and then reassess whether, she really likes the job or whether they can move up here or not.
    I'm pretty sure she's up here, and I can just see how much she's been enjoying it up there so far. So, yeah, I think so. She's already starting to look for areas that she can buy at home. Tony, aware of the internet up there? Well, yes he is. And that's why they're not going to get anything on the island.
    Go find something off yet. I'm, like, more closer to her word. Yeah. I mean, not only does the social media, but I'm pretty sure he knows a lot of gaming stuff. Well, if they get something inside Oak Harbor or the actual towns on this island, they'll have, some good, Comcast or whatever it is up. Know, like that.
    They'll have good, good screens. Listen, I don't know that we.
    Let's hear it. But I wanted to, Let's see what's up. So there was. And I'm trying to be careful. I don't want you thinking like, oh, I'm trying to set something up or anything like that, but boy, you are. No, but I'm trying to give it a little background. What's that? They call them?
    Trying to find the page. I started setting it up, but, because I was doing, I was looking at like, different planes, especially when I was doing research for the Dream plane. And one of the things I came across was something that kind of I did like, and it was something I did think about being in this universe.
    I kind of did set it up. Well, the myth of it, I should say,
    And the reason why it's important for you is to make it a draft.
    Because of your background or sage background, the ultimate best move. I have said that, for the most part, almost anything that's terrestrial or should be known would be found in that great library. There's a good chance that almost anything would be found in there. But obviously like, for example, there was the Metal on the floating island, and I made a point of like this.
    It would not be in that library. But that's how special this Metal is that, you know, like you're almost positive this is not written about anywhere. Okay. So that said, one thing that would possibly have the the writings of everything, it's called the Akashic Records. So I'm going to put it in the, Abby, have you.
    And what I'm going to say is, the Cosmic Records is a plane where supposedly there's Books about everything. Like there's a book of your life in there. But this is all myth. Nobody is. There's no actual verifiable of anybody going there. But there would be expressions that have been said. I didn't have this.
    Yeah. So, there's no evidence that this place exists. There's, But and like, for example, there's idioms. And I'll put this in the chat as well.
    You're about to get your tablet taken away.
    I hope that was to the son and that his death.
    You're about to get your tablet taken away. So I put some of the idioms that you would have heard, because it is a mythological place, but if any place would have any book that you're looking for and that place actually existed, would be this place. Yeah. And so, like, I'll have to consulted the cosmic library to figure out where I left my blank, or it's the only place I could think of to find my missing blank.
    So it's kind of like it's you and the old. You would probably be the only one that would have ever actually heard of these myths. Because this is also not like a common myth. This is more of like a, a myth spoken to like the, like the to the elite, the the educated. That if there's this discussion of this place that possibly exists, that if we could get there, we would know all of the knowledge there is to it.
    So it's like it's kind of like that pipe Dream of that person that wants to know everything. So I was thinking about it and they would have heard about it. Whether or not he believes that exists, that's on him. But I did want you to. I did want to at least let Sam know that he would have probably heard about that, at least when he was being educated.
    And most of the other guys are not really, like, schooled, so I don't think any that well. I mean, Calliope is school, but that was more of like, it would never probably really got into the he called you all. I know that it would.
    Just be like, he went to, like, an actual, somewhat actual university of sorts. Oh, he's like, there's nothing wrong with trade school.
    There was an me the game. You ruined our movie or somebody.
    Was like, did I get the hell out of here? You should her. Oh, I heard somebody. There's somebody for there. Somebody. So let's see here is. Is everybody ready? You got kids beds? Yeah, they're in bed. Hopefully a Ghost would come here. So let's see here. For you guys, there's some other things that can to out, but.
    Look at the notes for last time.
    So you guys let me see exactly where and where we left off. I think.
    It's walking up with some crazy ass three text. This is where we left off, actually. I'm not sure. I thought the Dreams were after the tattoos. The. No, the tattoo was in two parts. So, Sasuke at the beginning of the tattoo, and then you guys went to Sleep. You guys had your crazy Dreams. Where?
    You guys weren't really certain was going on, but then it turns out that SAS ended up calling on Bast and being in a Dream, it seemed that it was able to get to her. She kind of did a little bit of trying to figure things out. And then they said. She said that it looks like, that was brought up.
    Yeah. She didn't say the name. That's right. And then, Janie, not shadow, said the name back. Now.
    But you guys, it seems that, he's trying to pull you guys into that form. So give me one second. I'm trying to find another note that I had.
    You want to fight us in three? Let's read. I know, yeah, it really is. Remember exactly what you guys have heard about so far.
    So I can't see. I thought I had a little bit more clear notes, but, it does seem that a part of Vecna as he was. This. What you guys have learned is that he was destroyed. And it sounds like you guys have heard stories. A little bit of tidbits in here through your travels. Now that it seems that the McLynn Marauders, which was Mechelen captain, captain MacLean Reinhard, in his adventuring days, his team that at some point in time or space he fought back died destroying.
    There's been a, a Slow. Spread of how the ramifications of that death, though has kind of slowly been kind of seeping out. One of the things was that you guys also came across was the, a race of creatures known as fel weavers. At some time. Existed and were wiped out. And since then, all knowledge of them has been, somebody has been trying to erase all knowledge of them as much as possible.
    While you guys were in the floating cape, you guys came across some of the research that now Thoros was doing OG on these creatures. When you guys did that, though, Calliope used her magic gift. The the hidden glove that allows for the kind of get some lore off of things. And, Bastian had use Identify on the Hex, the miracle Silver plates.
    And by doing so, when they did those things, they kind of were messing with a spell that was meant to hide the truth of those things. And that's when they, they both got a little bit of nosebleeds and a little bit of psychic damage, and they saw the face of death that. And so somehow that is what has allowed him to kind of find you guys and the find that you guys have some things that he could use because the part of him is still residing inside of the Plane of Dreams, a hidden spot of area that he believes that nobody could find him in.
    And it seems that nobody really had been fighting him. In fact, Bast was unaware of any of this. But she didn't realize that she's trying to perform some type of ritual, and that he was already able to somehow obtain some of the items from you guys. The Mask, the mysterious book that once was the book from Ragnarok that you guys had, gotten, to remember, you guys had initially found it in the, in, being locked cave in the fable one.
    This is a book that it turns out that Shadow's brother had long ago stole it.
    One thing, guys, you guys had been able to kind of get into it at one point because you guys have found, the melody, but the really what? It was useless to use without the, these magical dice, this magical cube that Barlow had long thought was just game dice. Game dice. I should say it's just one cube that goes in there.
    He has his whole thing with that, I don't think it's really shared too much about that game dice with you guys and all that, so I'm not going to get too much into that with, no, but, You did let them know something about it, I do, I think you told us. Yeah, it was just, it was stolen and,
    Yeah, the stolen by another, Oh, not not bounty hunter, but another, person that works for the same people. Yeah. Sassa also had the, the modified Goblin hat, but that's somehow disappeared from her as well. And so these are it seems like somehow these have gone to the Dream plane. Possibly. And that the only thing he needs now is the alternate version.
    I don't know, I'll give you. You guys need some time? Yeah. Yeah, we have a a a little girl shouting for something. Okay, okay, I'll hold off that right there.
    Just me, I get it. Ours was taking quite a bit to get tonight too. Recently, she's decided that she's scared. Hearing your own of hearing. I feel like Atticus did that more than she. Annabelle. But then again, we just let her Sleep in our bed, which everybody told us not to do. Well, she wouldn't do it all the time.
    It would. She would want to fall asleep in there, and then we would just move her. But she would go to bed before us. She'd still be by herself. Yeah. I mean, I think she felt comforted by being in our bed. Yeah. You like Atticus trying to crawl in the bed with us this morning?
    But that's also been gone. She stayed the night at a friend's house last night. Oh, fun. It's her first, like, big girl sleepover. Oh, that's. What? You say it over with? Oh, well, just, you know, 12. Well, the like we've always been in the sense of sleepovers were helicopter parents that we wouldn't let her sleepover unless we knew the family.
    Like we're Friends with the family I've known since our kids about our. Our kids have only had sleepovers with family. Yeah, yeah. Like we had. I think there's like two, two families that are not blood family that she is. And one of them was our neighbor that we're really good Friends with. Like, right. Yeah. So now that makes that makes sense.
    This is the first time that it was at a friend's house. There was three of them. So there was another friend that she's known since kindergarten. But like, I've only met the mom once or twice. So it was just part of it for me is just because I've known too many girls in my life, and I've heard stories about how some.
    Yeah. So I get like, scared. And she had the full rundown of us again, if you need anything and they know, I know. But then she was like, but we want to go to wild River by ourselves with no adults. Today. I was like, yeah, that's you're 12. You're not 15 yet. Like, I'm not ready for that. I don't yeah, no parents, no.
    But I was like, even though I'm like 12 for she's a more grade six food seventh grade seven. Okay. So she's in when I was in junior high. So yeah, by the time I was her age. Yeah I definitely had a lot more freedom, but it was mostly out of no choice. But then had to Work all those hours.
    So it was kind of like, okay, you guys, you're latchkey kids. Yeah. Oh yeah. But I as much as possible, like, I don't know, maybe I watched too much true Crime. So I'm just like, it's all it's all a different atmosphere. We're all far more aware of potential dangers than we used to be. Well, that's how it was.
    That's the thing. People. People are like more so much more dangerous now. I'm like, I don't know that it's more dangerous. We're just all far more aware of the danger than we ever were. I mean, yeah, the Crime rate was the worst. I think it was like when we were in high school, between 91 and 94 was the highest Crime rate in the United States.
    And I'm like, that was my high. We're not in high school then. Yeah. No, I was an elementary school. There we are. We were not in high school. Sorry about it. But when I was, I was probably it was probably younger than Anabelle. Yeah. Because the thing was before we moved the Chino Hills and there was, I remember, like, we used to go to Craig Park over in Fullerton, and my dad would just sit there and read and we'd wander.
    And that park is huge. And then hours later we'd just come back. And then finally, one time my dad was like, guys, don't go too far. And I think there might have been like a kidnaping in the news or something because like, from that point, my dad was a little bit more nervous than going to the park and letting us just disappear.
    Yeah, yeah. Yeah. No. I'm down. Yeah. My mom, we were at the mall in Fullerton, and, me and my brother had wandered off and she couldn't find us, and she was worried, and, she left. We went home. We went. Well, we back home to Chino Hills. My brother and I walked around the mall freaking out.
    We can't find it. We were, like, so scared. And we found somebody and my phone number. Yeah. And then they called out, my mom likes that. Where are you guys? Then? We're at the mall. Yeah. See, now you know how. Yes.
    She came all the way back. Is constitutional.
    I'll tell you when you come. Oh, my token's not up there yet, Well. Oh, you want to tell antique a night? Hey, Jimmy, then? Yeah, she can hear you. Hey, buddy. Good night. You can you hear me? I can hear you. I can hear you, though. You got a headphones? Well, I say good night and says good night.
    Go to bed now. Go to bed. Good. Okay. Get your water and go to bed now. So.
    No. Auntie's character's not up here.
    These are all NPCs. I'll put it up there for him so you can see she's the brother. She's on the right hand side. And he's character is right there. There she is. There's my. If it'll drag over Kante right here. To Belgrade.
    Okay. Connect out. Don't climb on me, please. I'm not a jungle gym. Hey, Barbara. Quick, you. Yo, I need a bed. One b6. I can Jump in the game. We're getting there. But we have kids. I won't stay in bed. All right? I'm gonna get afk. Collect. I need one. I'm here. Oh, I'm here, I'm everywhere.
    Sorry. You're on mute. You're muted was on mute. I need 26 from you. Bastian. Six on the total. I didn't hear what you said. I just heard my name. Oh I need a 1006 from you. Calliope, one d6, three d6 from SAS and a 3D six from Chateau. 3D six. You said. Yeah, yeah, d6. Okay, yeah, I will 11 playing in a bit.
    11 from SAS. So so 20 is really Slow again to me. It's like it's fine.
    Bar the three. I will explain that in a moment. So I think everybody's back now. Yes. So there's a ritual going on. Vecna needs to get the orb from SAS. So he's been trying to pull you guys in. That said, she would try to contact MacLean, to see if he can help that maybe there's something he might know.
    And she then said that she had a hard time finding his present form. But she will see what she can do. I think that was the end of the streams for the most part. But when you guys were in the Dream world, you guys did learn that you guys control a Dream stuff, and you guys were starting to realize that you were in the Dream and that you can have some control over it.
    The number you guys just rolled is based on some of the saves you guys did last game. And let me just look at one of your Dreams. So she's,
    All right, so in your Dream self, she there's, two columns. There was two new boxes I put on there, and actually, I need to put a new box.
    Yeah. You're right. Well, it's really been really sluggish. Okay, let's not just move that. No, it's also. It shut down my computer last night. Last week. So D and D for you literally. I was the eyes of the match. That's now.
    And shadow you had. So that number you guys rolled is your. You got some mental fortitude points. You guys are.
    Oh, I gave it took me a while to build up. And that's as far as you everybody got. And one internal strength as well. You know, there's SAS, you got 11 points, and then I need to, Choose.
    You guys are all zero level on your Dream, so.
    The mental fortitude. I think should kind of bring it up. Up a little bit.
    So. Yeah. It pretty much what it comes down to. And there's a little metagaming here. Just so that with us players know. But you do earn those levels, and the Dream self, the more that you are aware of yourself in the Dream, and you start trying to manipulate the Dreams a bit, as you do so, you can progress in your levels.
    There's going to be times that you guys are attacked, like mental attacks and stuff like that. When you're successful on that, that's how you guys earn the mental fortitude. It's like you're you're being tested with your mental fortitude. And by being tested and succeeding, you earn points on, the Earth eternal strength. You earn those points through, usually at least surviving through, the Dream selves, I believe, was the main point of how you get the internal strengths, to hold in your mind.
    But this is that's what, I kind of giving you guys a page for the Dream Tools that goes a little bit more into this. Yeah, that's a really. That's one. I will give you a reminder here.
    Successful system shock after vivid Dream earns you an inner strength. Yeah. So pretty much coming out of a, out of a Dream earns you the inner strength points. I was going to do, like, a hard and fast rule on how you earn those levels, but I think what I'm going to do is make it just a little bit kind of like, feel it out as you guys, as your character feels more comfortable.
    It's kind of how they progress, at levels right now. We'll see it. We'll play by ear on that. So I'm trying to kind of milestone. Yeah, it's more of milestone milestones. Me because I'm taking some of the Aid and, second edition rules and what, how they dealt with this in the Ravenloft rules and been trying to kind of make it a little bit easier for you guys and make it a little more Fide is.
    Yeah. Can you explain to me why this? And I'm not saying this in a bad way, but can you explain to me why this matters? What this, this Dream sequence and mental fortitude. Like how does this apply to our actual characters when we're not in the Dream sequence outside of the Dream sequence, it doesn't matter, except for the fact that it seems like that guy is trying to steal the ball from pretty much what it comes down to.
    He's trying to steal the ball from the stars. He's already stolen some other items. When you guys, it seems, and that's pretty what it is. He's trying to get that so he can come back. You guys kind of stumbled upon, you guys kind of led to him to you guys when you guys were, Researching the spell Weaver stuff and kind of hitting some of the, magical blocks that he had put up.
    Does that help, or is are more so items? I guess I'm just not understanding. What what it is like. I don't understand what the mental fortitude does for the character. Oh, okay. All right. The other one. So to get metagaming, pretty much what it's going to come down to is those are going to help you, do stuff when you guys are in the Dreams.
    Yeah, that's on the. Yeah, inner strength to use. And so if you burn a point of the inner strength, you will automatically succeed. Different roles. You can also use it to kind of, do other types of spells, like it's at a certain point, like the casters will be able to cast any spell that's in your spell, in your spell list, like, even if you never knew it.
    But it takes burning the inner strength and mental fortitude points. But the if you're not a caster. Well, for the non casters of other benefits I'm trying to remember for me it was like unlimited is. Yeah, yeah. I think bards get unlimited then off the track they're part of the inspiration anymore. I will say the big thing is and this is the metagame part, what it comes down to though, is to really end the whole Dream thing.
    You guys have to have enough mental fortitude points and make sure that you can give those away. Your mental fortitude points, you can give those away. And if you give the person who's considered the Dream seed, if the Dream Seed has enough points that will allow them to find what's called inner peace, and that will allow them to, in the Dream, and pretty much free them from whatever it is that that's pulling them and pulling you guys in.
    So is it the same? We all wake every time? Is it the same seed every time? Well, that's the thing. I'm making it that it. Once you guys have broken that seed that done hit that point, he can't pull you guys in anymore. He has no more control over you guys right now. He has he's only able to pull in on that one seed.
    And I believe I think Bob did say that. Who? The seed was already right. It was Calliope. But we got out of the Dream. So does that mean he can't do that again to her? No, because you guys haven't. You guys haven't helped her find that inner peace.
    So that's the whole goal, is that you're supposed to kind of earn these mental fortitude points, right? And then once you give her all the mental fortitude points, she'll be able to break that link that he has with her, and that will make it so that he can't really access you guys through the Dreams anymore. At least through her, I've kind of said a little something that you can.
    You can burn those points to get some benefits while you're there. So it's kind of like, do you guys want to have some fun with it? And you burn the points doing the fun stuff? Or do you just do everything that you can to get those things and then move on to the next adventure? Then it's kind of what it's created.
    If you burn them, do they? Whatever the effect is, is a permanent, it's, it's, it's a, that's a Dream scene. I'm making it so pretty much for that whole night. So, Oh, yeah. Dream powers. At first level, you will learn that you can move your body in any direction.
    So, yeah, if I was going to get. I'm kind of speeding. You guys up to what I initially thought was I was going to get second level is where you guys are aware of the inner strength, the mental fortitude points. But, I'm trying to make sure that you guys aren't getting too lost in. I think I already screwed up and made you guys lost.
    So I'm trying to help you guys. I feel lost. All right, now we're all level one. We can just Fly around right now. Actually, I think you guys are zero level. You guys haven't found that you guys can Fly. Know? Okay, I'll figure that out. But also, third point, we get to learn about these parts out.
    Okay, so once we break the seed that he has planted and Calliope to it and all of our Dreams, and we break that with her, does that mean he can put a seed into another one of us? Let's try to get in again. I'm willing to say probably I'm making it right now that no, I, I'm not making this.
    Be so disappointed, Arlo. This isn't going to be something that's going to be. I'm. But maybe he can find another way. Who knows. But I yeah. And that maybe I shouldn't have said that. Maybe I shouldn't have let your characters not know for sure. I mean, I wouldn't expect him to be able to do it every single night, because obviously it's going to take some effort on his part to try and get into all of our minds at the same time in a shared Dream.
    So it's not like you don't attack us every single night of the night, okay? We banish him one night, Caleb is. And then maybe, like, I don't know, a week or so later and bam, I start having crazy Fear right now. Yeah, but you guys have also figured, so I haven't found those. He hasn't been able to put you guys in totally.
    He's he's able to kind of enter your Dreams and kind of communicate with you. And if you guys notice that he was kind of like he started with Calliope, but through with her, he was finding connections to other. So it was he was doing what he could through the two connections he had already, which was Calliope and Bastion.
    But through their knowledge and what they were saying, he was trying to get to everybody else. The other thing I should say is, what you guys wouldn't know about that is the fact that he's considered like, the God of secrets. And so the secrets is kind of what? His power. That's his power base. That's why with all you guys are drains, he was kind of asking about secrets, asking about trying to kind of prod your brain for any type of secret, because that actually gives him power.
    Yeah, I failed those things. That's why. But you you you succeeded one. That's why you had one rule. That's what those rules. Those. I told him everything. Everything you need to know. Well, I think you even saved on the role. And then you still told him. Anyways, you gave away the farm.
    But what I'll say is that that's kind of what kind of being manipulative behind the scenes. Whether you guys even find another way of getting around it, that's always a possibility, too. Like, like I said before, I'd try not to railroad anything in the in the sense that if you guys come up with something, then you kind of plays down that way.
    And honestly, that's what happened with SAS. Like when SAS kind of brought in, Bast and even, Bastian by when he brought in MacLean, the version of Macklin that he brought in, allowed that to kind of do things that I wasn't even planning on bringing into it. So.
    But I did, because you you started thinking about best when you were in the Dream. Thing is, you start realizing kind of like when I'm with past, and then by bringing up her name, she, And there was a whole situation where you guys talked, and, she wasn't. She was surprised because she didn't summon you. And that's usually how you've come to her.
    Is that she had summoned you. But in this case, you almost summoned her. I got it. It's a little mixed, though. It's also the fact that, part of it is the fact that the orb and her connection and you being in the Dream plane. So it's a little complicated, well timey wimey kind of thing. So I had it, you guys.
    So it's pretty clear, then what items you took the book in the what process? The mummified hand. So she had the mummified that used to belong to you. Catch hold of. That that you guys had heard that Iggy had that and was from the cult that she was in, and that they believed that it was a, the Goblin was like one of the apprentices of that fact, and that he could use that to come back.
    The book. Yeah. One thing you guys know about the book is that there was a spell that was in there that long ago, in old to real. There was a Wizard that tried to cast a spell to become a god, and it fell. This was called Cast Folly. Well, the reason why he failed was McKellen replaced the spell that casts was supposed to use, and he put the real spell in that book.
    So there's pretty much a spell in there that allows you to take the powers of a god. And then, of course, the orb contains the old world of Toril, which she was not able to get because it's currently being protected by the orb, that it's in that Bast that made.
    So I think I hopefully clarified the things that your characters, or at least the players, should know at this point. Like so.
    And then we had it where you guys did the first, that, sass end up getting the end of her tattoo? The tattoo artist was starting to have a little bit of a hard time, but that's noticed and kind of gave her a little bit of skill. Empowerment. And so the role that she had did it turned out okay.
    So shadow is now an official member of the guild.
    And then Barlow wanted to do a tattoo.
    Yeah, well, I can just wait until that, shadow learns that.
    The tattoo of starting. Yeah. That's why I had the good insight that the first thing you want to get, the 3D ink. Yeah. And then also reminder in the Dream sense, Calliope has an advantage on Oliver Rolls. And a plus one to Oliver Rolls there because she's a Bard. Excuse me.
    Oh, yeah. That's what I was gonna do. I was going to make so that you can sacrifice some of your points to avoid Vecna. If you're not ready for the final fight because he wants to pull you in for a fight.
    I think that's the main things. So you guys were finishing up the tattoo? Shadow by some ink? Yeah. I think you guys were, pretty much just buying ink. Size tattoos. All done thing. Whatever you guys want to do right now. I wanted to copy the tattoo, put it in my sketchbook, so then I could do her other leg.
    All right. Oh, yeah. No, you probably not want to do that in the shop.
    No, we would do it when we got back on the ship.
    So.
    Session 76. So since I got the one tattoo, how much has my speed increased again? No, I think it's five, five miles, bro.
    I keep is always 30, and right now it's. It's 40. Didn't you get one on each leg? No. She's got I've only got one so far. She's going to have shadow do the other one, so it'd be cheap to. My speech about 35. Right. Only out of five to complete.
    Six. I remember changing.
    And then I redid the tattoo page. I just can't see where it wants to see it. Oh, it's actually, it's not the PDF anymore. It's a little bit easier and allows me, if I want to make changes to it, which. So what was the what was the tattoo called again? No, the tattoo of striding right.
    We're now like mid-morning. Right. Because she had to she went back in the morning to finish the tattoo. Yeah, it'd be probably close to that. I'd say closer to the lunch time. Okay. Give or take. Yeah. Yeah. Five feet. Yeah. So it was a few hours, right. And then if you do the other one, they'll be another five feet.
    So both tattoos together would be ten feet. But I'm. Yeah. If you would if you use the three dimensional ink the tattoo would have actually been plus ten feet on each one.
    Yeah. I, so are you are you guys going back to the ship then, so that you can try to steal the tattoo?
    I think so. Yeah. I mean, the the chat. I want to do it right away. Sounds like she wants to. Yeah. Why not? I'm just saying that it was something that was, like, know we'll wait until the next time we're. You know who we are for a while. But if, shadow is itching to get on with it, then.
    Yeah. So it says, how much longer are we going to be in town? Yeah. I think you guys still have a couple more days. Okay, don't make me do the math, but I think you will. Oh, and also, did we get that letter that you showed us? Not yet. But was that, like, let's get back? We'll do that when you guys get back to the ship.
    The captain does say, there has been, a letter for you guys from, back home. They got through the Port Authority and then. Yeah, we'll go ahead and say at that point and, guys, we get the letter. And then for shadow, let's go ahead and, do a DC as you study the tattoo to load DC, it would be a five, right willing creature.
    Well, actually that size and intricacy will determine the. Oh, no, no. And that's, how much it needs to copy, because it's going to take you two hours and 50 Gold. For each size, at intricacy level, what was the size on it?
    Which one is it? It's writing. Trading. It's writing as average, medium, average. So I guess a that goes up the second level on both of them. Right.
    What are the levels?
    Simple average. Got it. Simple average or eight? Small. Medium. Large. So be four hours and 100 Gold. Copy. Well, to go with that, that's fine.
    You got to do is a DC and see if you fail. I mean, if you succeed.
    This is Work. Fine. Okay. Do I add anything? Can anybody assist you over the next four hours? It's just. It says intelligence check. That's what it says. Oh, okay. Intelligent. What is my intelligence? Okay. Wow. I rolled a two. And what's your intelligence? Plus one. So you spend the next four hours and 100 Gold pieces of materials for nothing, and it doesn't seem to.
    Something seems off. You're not sure what it is?
    Well, I mean, you're still new at this. Tattooing is still new. Do you just mutilate me? No, I was trying to copy it into my sketchbook first. Oh, right. So that I know how to do it. So now we're closer to, dinner time after anybody. What's anybody else doing while she's, sitting there holding SAS hostage to copy the tattoo?
    On that, how long did it take? So four hours? Yeah. So during that four hours. Sitting. In that case, I probably would've got my tattoo started in four hours. You want to go off and get your tattoo done? Yeah. If I you find this one. That was that. Just, Good luck with.
    Am I able to try again? Like. Yeah, when she goes to bed, I'll watch while she's. I'll try it while she's sleeping. So she's not sitting there for another four hours. I mean, yeah, that should be okay. It's still Living and willing or Unconscious. Yeah. So that still works. Okay, so I'll just make sure. Think. Get permission before you.
    But she gave you permission before she fell asleep. So. Yes. Willing, even though Unconscious, to ask, can I be a creeper and stare at you while you're sleeping and sure, as long as you don't mind snoring. Can I draw you like one of your French girls?
    So Barlow is going to go back to the tattooist. What's, Bastien and Calliope doing?
    I'm sure I have a book to read.
    Calliope is going to. Work on some new costume pieces.
    And is Bastian just reading whatever Books? And do you have any specific thing you're curious? Researching.
    For it is.
    Belos. Good. I can only hear you through, Veronica's computer. All those guide to all things magical. Oh, have you read that one before or. Oh, wait. Yes, I have. I'm not going to say that you wouldn't still learn something new out of the. I can't remember what you learned out of it. It's always okay to reread Books.
    Yes.
    I don't think. Oh, there we go, I don't. We have more Books in this. Calliope has some Books. I think in her bag.
    The one?
    So. Oh, yeah. She's talking about your, the haversack.
    I'm going to read the joy of extra dimensional spaces. You don't have that much more. That's the one that, like, disintegrated with the. Yeah, that was the one. That's right. That exploded. It would have exploded. The DM was a big, nice. I mean, if magic there wasn't. I do have Books.
    Books. Don't read the Necromancy book. It'll curse you see.
    I was actually going to make a book called Necromancy, and it was going to be spelled in a way that you have to read it that way.
    That's what I have for the Books category.
    Mr.. My p yeah, that's what I'm looking at.
    The analysis of Divination spells extinction into the Astral Plane. Sounds like a nice read. Yeah.
    It is actually, if you actually read what it says. Long winded and hard to read. Unless you. Really. Yeah. This is like a college thesis, but a very thick. Yeah. All I need was the title that that. So yeah. This one you have, I have no notes that you have read it. So, this is a book actually you've had since pretty much the beginning, session 13 into the end.
    So this is one of the Books actually you stole from, Tara. So it's like.
    So Weird that none of us wanted to read it. I know what I have on my last. I want to read the book about making Friends with rocks.
    There's actually a lot of happiness. All right, so let's. I feel like this is going to be the most intensive one. So we'll do this last. Okay.
    We'll do costume first. I would probably the easiest one. What kind of costumes is, calliope making?
    She is probably bedazzling her overalls and, Making little braided inserts to put in people's hair. Give me just a general like that, or I'm gonna say dexterity check. Unless you can think of something else that would fit better with.
    Would it be performance? We can do that.
    This isn't like a while. You succeed or fail. This is more of, like, a general kind of. As you're progressing and doing it, everything comes out pretty much the way you want it, and you are very well satisfied with your results. I literally rolled it to.
    It doesn't take much. It you can give me can remember how I was doing this before. So we'll just say, an intelligence check.
    I learned nothing from the book. Oh, yeah. There you go.
    There's a lot of things that.
    So what I will say is you learn a little bit about. Yeah. Feel. He was a,
    So this book was actually from Toriel originally. It looks like, So this is like a very ancient book. Somehow, like in their world, brought into, your world, which I would say that at this point, with what Bastian has learned about these two worlds, especially with you guys, this team learning about how there used to be this world of Toril and a lot of people from Toril are who transplanted to the day.
    It's it seems like there was, spells, magic Books, all other types of artifacts as well that have been brought. And this is one of them. But this year, I feel he, it looks like he tried to stand against a, Lich king of a kingdom called, say, this book here, this very boring book goes a lot, though, into, like, the Astral Plane.
    To do.
    You feel like there's still not everything that you're getting out of the book, but maybe if you spent more time studying it, you might be able to learn more.
    That's a public page. That's not just anymore.
    But you learn a little bit about, like, how magic works on the Astral Plane and some of the stuff you might have already, you might have already known, that extra dimensional spells in the Astral Plane, kind of effect differently. They don't Work. So, in other words, if you bring a Bag of Holding into the Astral Plane, it doesn't Work anymore.
    Spells that rely on the physical world, such as Disintegrate or the effects of a sphere of annihilation. They don't also Work. They also don't Work on the Astral Plane.
    Fireball and Lightning Bolt still translates, though, any spells? That outer space of time don't Work because time doesn't actually move in the Astral Plane. There's no, there's not a lot of solid ground there, so spells, other spells don't Work there. So I put it pretty much some of the stuff that you would have learned right now based with your, DC check on that, but with how thick this book is and, and I don't mean thick by pages, but just reading it, the, you're pretty sure that if you spent more time, you might be able to to get some more stuff out of it.
    We have Barlow. You go back to the tattooist. It's. Give me a charisma check and resonance. Yeah, I.
    Would you get any advantages? Because we were there twice already, and he doesn't even 21. Good luck. Good roll. So, you come in. I don't know how much you really need me. The role play. This, all of it. I just remember what the what? They're. What? Tattoos that, Yeah. And I was thinking I would make a list, but then it seemed like you had your heart, and you were thinking about looking at something.
    So what? I decided I'll just give you a chance on whether or not she has that tattoo there. I will say that was your charisma check. I will give you advantage on the, the check to see if maybe it might be one of those, it's kind of the way I did it with, like, the same thing I did with the items with Lars.
    If you want to. It makes it more of. There's a chance of what you really want, as opposed to me making a list of what I want to have on there. And that way, this. I think this works for your benefit. It. Okay, this is just a simple, cantrip. So it's a small, ornate in the market. The telepath mark of the telepath.
    It gives you the Message. Cantrip. Basically. No. No components. You just cast Message. Head small. Which I think.
    That's cool. I think it would benefit all of us if I get that in.
    So what I will do is, give me just a d100. Okay.
    It it's you. You're fine. You do see that? She does happen to have that tattoo in there.
    I go look at how much it was done. And with your charisma check. She's, She's willing to. She's being actually pretty maniacal to you. Okay. And she does say she reminds she remembers you being with the other group. And so she is willing to give you the, 50% discount, which I realized, should have been a lot less of a discount.
    We know. Oh, there's 20%. Wait, what was it that it was? A 50% was a chance. It was not 50. No. Yeah. What was, what was the discount? It was 25%. They just 25% ink. So I guess it's. I can't remember offhand. Okay, that sounds about right. Because you. She, paid for half, and then I said she.
    You don't have to pay for half. Yeah, okay, so we'll say that you get to, you know, and I think it's 50% off on the tools. That's what it was. That's what, 40% off. And that was going to have that, 48. There was going to be that special, the ink that she said she had for, it wasn't for operations by those combined players mind.
    Flayers. No, it had no, actually, you guys did find the Mind flayer one, I think, didn't you didn't? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So remember how much of what let me just. Well, no, she didn't have you guys I think bought it from the, we went to the shop. Okay. As detection. She only had aberration.
    Yes. Potentially. But then she went back to the guild and she bought two ounces of the mind Slayer detection. Oh, that's what it was. You mean you made it? So that means player specific was in shorter range? Yes. Then it was just aberration. It would have been everything specifically. No. No specific creatures. 100ft a time. Oh,
    The Aberrations, 50ft. Mind flayer was actually 100ft. Oh, that's what it was. Okay. Oh, so it's the trade off is that you get more range if you get the specific. But those that those inks are harder to come by coming up with. Right. Coming up into one that finds, like all beast operations, all Humanoids, but those ones have a smaller range.
    What do you guys think I do then? That's one. What do you mean? For average mind player? Yeah. I just wonder, should there be more in general or. Because you own already the ink though for Mind flayer. But you can you can buy from her the operation. You know let's just do the mind player one that way. It's it's more Mind flayer would be 100ft against that.
    Yeah. Me. Okay. Yes. Let's do my slayer. Let's do the, the market Telepathy with the mind slayer H. So the woman has brought your own. You don't get charged for the. Game. And we'll even forego the corking fee, because I would imagine if you brought your own ex, they would still charge you the same way the restaurants do the corkage fee.
    But because of the fact of the guild. Affiliation, she's not going to charge you on that, so I don't have to worry about that. So you're just paying. Okay? You, But I would. Mark, how much you used out of that ink. Whoever's holding that ink in their inventory should be an ounce per, isn't it?
    Well, you guys bought.
    You bought two ounces, right? I'm trying to figure out how much it uses. What was it for, Smalls. So small for name. That's. No, I mean, how many? In the ink. I remember you were looking at that before. How much is in the ink?
    One ounce? Yeah. One ounce is sufficient to create one large, two medium or four smalls. So there's three still, we'll say three fourths of an ounce of that. Yeah. So you have 1.75oz. Okay. So the quality of it, ornate, simple whatever doesn't affect the amount of ink. I don't believe so. I think now there's all sorts of sizes, size.
    I mean, okay. Good. So what you got? You saw. Hey, but you need the roll.
    Oh, yeah. Ornate to order it, order the amounts and says. All right, so this is smaller. Nate, you want to. Yeah. One ounce of ink is sufficient to create one. Large, simple, two medium simple or for small, simple averages have that number or need to order that number. Oh okay. So there wasn't so one. Oh all or so one one smaller.
    And it would be an entire ounce. Oh okay. Yeah. Because normally get for small samples and quarters. And so the one smaller Nate will be one else. Okay. So I use a whole bunch. So the first thing you need is A1D8 figure how long this is one oh. One hour. It's one. So five hours I'm hours. Perfect. And then the application I will let you roll it.
    She knows what she's doing, so I will let you actually roll this with advantage. So we we have less of a chance of what I had happened last time. I. Okay, I think that, professionals will have less of a chance of failing.
    Right. So I'm rolling when I roll into this one. Is, two d20. Yeah. For this one.
    Oh, Jesus. Oh, no, I didn't.
    Horrible, horrible. And.
    Sheltered, clean and nondestructive conditions. The first check of each tattoo session is done at an advantage. If there is an application from 20 schools.
    Or. After the tattoo is finished to the effects after a long rest. This. The DC is a 14.
    Oh, wait, hold on. I didn't read this part, and even though I talked to these over three successes, what complete the tattoo? Three failures? What fell for the tattoo attempt? Oh, it's actually a three. Let's say I Wish I would have known that with the last times you guys almost had failures. In my inspiration, I did.
    No. Oh. Okay. No, no. Go for it. So I guess so. That's one fell. Let's do this once. Well, once we did. What do I need? So what I'm going to say, we're going to give her a, plus. So it's a 14 DCF, so she's pretty successful. So we'll say a plus three. Which means you would have a got an eight there.
    So that wouldn't have succeeded and an 11 or higher. Okay. But they're all ones that. Okay, okay. Because she knows what she's doing.
    Let me roll. Probably doesn't based on. Oh I failed again. That's two fails. No that's a success. Oh no. I saw the 11. I saw the edition. That's why I'm in. Wait a minute. What's her, her plus name? You said plus three. All right, I'm a roll one of my stats, and then plus three. So this can make me feel better.
    I'll do with my dexterity. That's a plus three. Now. I'll do it with my card. I like my card better. I would also say that would have been a lot of paperwork. I think about it. You should have sign saying that. Oh, I signed it. Don't blame her and blah blah blah. I signed it. That should have been a part of it.
    Six you make it real. Oh an 18. Woof. One whatever. I kind of do this I gotta do at that time. Okay. That's one success. Two fails. This is a death. Save that. This is horrible. I like this. It's it's, it's actually on the positive side of save. It's not as bad as a no, but I've already failed two in a row.
    That's horrible. All right, here we go. Come on. No, go. The good news is reading what it says. After that, a failed tattoo attempt causes severe pain, as it. Well, that's easy, but it will sit and no marks remain. So that means. And you can do a whole new, tattoo, but all the materials are lost. You know, that was the Imperials.
    All right, all right, this is it. Three, one. Two, baby, into the bottom of the ninth. Two and two. Here we go. Oh, yeah! All right. Oh, I got nervous on the first two times, so, like, one of my claws slowly comes out. So she was sweating a bit, too. But everything works out okay. And then I just need a, constitution.
    Save. Okay. Awesome. Now I just have a normal constitution. This one.
    23 she slaps on the, the leaf with the goop on it. She charges that you take care of the cost on that. And I think you should be good. I would have her, divided up, like, on both sides of my temple. Like, or just above the ears, forward, above the ears, as opposed to the temple kind of thing.
    Like a little. Oh, wait, wait a second. Here I need. Okay. Yeah. I'm tracking. I want to. I have to write. I have a tattoo system for my character, so maybe.
    Is that, like, you know, how cats have that little bit of a bald spot right in front of their ears? Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. Right in that area. Yeah. So you have, because right now you have the Mark of the Adventurer and the back of your neck. And so this is, Yeah, we all have them.
    And everybody's got a different places. You have a Magic Tattoo. What was it called? The, tattoo. My tattoo. So the mark of the token.
    Mark.
    I think there's a way I could do it where I.
    Worry about that later.
    And where's it up? It's going to be, about the side of my head, forward, closer to the temples. But like, by the ears, your height, like Jamie was saying, a little spot on ears. Cats ears. A little bald spot between their ears and their eyes kind of thing. And it's on that little area inside. I would like to have her split it up in two parts.
    If she put up. On both sides. If not, I could add one side. Yeah, we could do that. Why not? Yeah. Even if she has to, like, connect it magically with, like, a thin line across the inside of my hairline. So now she's a connected, then that's one. Okay. So split on both sides. Simple.
    Can't say. Do you want, are you thinking, is it more like, like Celtic? Kind of like pattern. Is that what you're thinking of? It? Let's see. No, I hadn't really thought about design. I would let her, you just. You tell me. Let her do it. All right. Looks. It's something kind of like that.
    A little kind of like a little Celtic esque kind of, not if you will not. Okay, let's just do it with a little like. But it's almost like we're trying to think about now is that if it's like a, a little Celtic design that kind of creates like on the sides, but in between it is like an eye and then it's split so that on each side is like half of an eye kind of thing.
    Oh, perfect. Like it. So now you have that, that would have taken you longer than it took, shot of the fail in her copying. Yeah. Like another extra hour minus five. She took four. Okay. But as you get back to the ship, you see sorry, I don't have the paper. So that's finishing up with his reading clip for, finishing up with the costumes, shadows getting a little frustrated and oh, even though you, you were kind of having to sit there with your leg, exposed for shadow.
    Is there anything else you would have been doing at that time? Science. Well, that was going on. Besides just being like, model.
    This is. This is after I've taken a nap. Right. Well, she's going to do that when you go to bed. I'm just saying, like while you were sitting there during that four hours, I mean, you could have taken a nap during that time too, if you wanted. But during the four hours, if she was, like, trying to copy the tattoo.
    Was there anything you would have been doing in that during that time that didn't involve you having to get up? Oh, and like, I forget, is there a book that I'm reading? Don't I have, like, an herbalism book looking through? There's a couple that you've been looking at. Yeah, I'm, I'm browsing the herbalism.
    Books. Hello. Yeah, that was a Weird you. It's not like she was saying hello.
    Let's. Let's see. There was, there was a book that you were looking at.
    Looks like it says briefly reviewed. Still hold most secrets. So what we'll do here is there was a book called The Alchemist Laboratory A Guide to Brewing Potions for profit and adventure. Let's go ahead and do an intelligence check that nothing in the notes. That's not good.
    You should do.
    I'm going to do an intelligence save, which has a plus here. So we'll just take a word for you. You should really also hit where the just intelligence check what it's like the. I'm doing it. Not at. It's very. Yeah. Like five, five.
    As far as I know actually. Intelligence. Yeah. I've looked up several times and nothing happening. I bet you it's just lagging. I can't even know. Well, no, it wanted me to decide if it was a normal.
    12
    That it.
    I just want to,
    Because you started looking at over. Sort of reminded you about the journal. So instead, you went to Clarissa's journal instead.
    12 and save our check.
    In the notes on it. So what I would say is.
    As you kind of go through it, what? I'll say that, you do come across, a little bit about the. It's not really any real new information, but you definitely did find a whole section about the the leaf that the Elf, the Elf leaves that, that you had just, recently experienced, actually, where it goes into a little bit more depth.
    We'll just call it Elsa's. That there is the leaf that comes from, the goodness I can think of for the island that I've created. But there's an Elf, an island, and, that they they dry it out, and when they dry it, they grind that up, and they use that, mix them with different things. You get the feeling of that.
    What? They mix it on this place. And thorn winds might be different than what other places mix it. It seems like that that gloop that they've that they mixed it with, it's probably from like some sea snail or something. But they mix that. It's pretty common, though, to mix it with whatever's kind of handy to the people in that local areas.
    And then they use the large, greener, healthier leaves from the same plant. And that's what the like the they kind of, seal it all together. So it goes a little bit more into that, I would say with that intelligence check. Okay. But there's the other. You didn't really get a chance to kind of go through it too much.
    There might be other stuff you can learn out of it.
    And, that will Work.
    So that's everybody's, kind of day right now. Starting to get dinnertime. You guys are able to kind of, either eat on the ship. There's still some of the various meats that you guys have collected, like that. The, you guys should be able to kind of cook up for you guys with our endless jar of mayonnaise.
    Lots of mayonnaise. Dragon meat. And then. As night comes. It sounds like shadow wants to. To stay up. Probably over the first guard. Then while she's doing the the tattooing, the copy.
    And so is there anything else as far as guards and Sleep that I should know about?
    Let's go ask a question about. You know, that's how many slots do we have on the thing to upgrade with the slots on what? The slots on The Audacity on our ship? Spots that we have. To put in the box. Oh, right. Now we know it's not actual. You guys have it. You guys have put one in so far.
    I want to say, yeah. The non detection, not one.
    Thing. Here's the page for the spell jammer slot. There it is. Yeah. Proof against detection propagation. That's what we have. Yeah. Seven. And so there's six at these slots though.
    You want to try and put something else in. Does with it. But we're not really using anymore with. I know I got this, I got this magical stone from, I can't remember where I got it from, but it's always helped me out and I don't really need it anymore. What is it? What's. What is it? Well, I'm looking at the rolling Stone.
    Never mind. I'm keeping that one. Shit. You stole your luck stone. Yeah, my luck stone, I go. I'm still using that one. Never mind. Fuck. I had a confused with my ring of crits. Then I took off. Crit ring. Oh, yeah, I don't think. I don't want to shift too much, you know, too much. Finding really passionate.
    So. Yet.
    About the boots of striding and spring. I make this shit bounce. Would it make it faster? Let's run it. Oh, Oh, I don't tell you what it's going to do until after you have no idea. And done it. So is it. Whatever. The charm of the magical object is the basis of what is going into the ship.
    Maybe just not exactly. Or is it just the fact that it's a magical item? We'll do something. So there's pretty much the section on it. You take a gemstone. That's the value of the gemstone is based on whatever the dwemer is. It of, like, pretty much, the item rarity. What will happen is a caster will cast dwemer flow, and by doing so, it takes the magic energies away from whatever that item is and puts it into that stone.
    And what that stone now does to the ship, you know. No, it should gain some of that, some stats. I mean, not interesting properties and or issues can't occur.
    But it's a fun way of maybe upgrading the ship. Yeah.
    Okay.
    I rolled an 11 for copying. Oh, you're not doing the copy? Yeah. I think that was fine. Yeah. You only needed a DC five. So throughout the night, whether other things are happening during that time. But we'll say that at least as far as you're concerned, you're able to get the tattoo in your book.
    Are you going to do any casting of Dwemer flow or anything? Barlow, you're all good right now.
    Yeah, I guess I really thought I could do another time, so I don't know, but I think, in the morning, I guess what we should do is everybody roll a d20 except for shadow. Yeah. Only. Because for me. Oh, no.
    Oh, boy. I got to roll. And what's funny is, guys, initially I was just going to be anyways because she's the Dream. But I was like, you know what? We'll just let them figure out where this is going to start. And it still went that way. No. So we have Calliope. As you know, drifting to Sleep. There's a point where you start picking up what's going on.
    Where do you think you are right now? Physically, no. Where does Calliope I'm going to let you kind of try to see if you can direct Calliope Dream. Where do you think? Like you're dreaming right at this moment.
    Does it seem like it's in my in a happy state, or is this immediately, like, something that's scary? I'm letting you choose. Okay, I would definitely choose something happy. All right. So, like, go ahead. I don't wisdom. Yeah, yeah. Safe. Yeah. It's going to go with safe. Okay. And with your Dream self, she.
    I don't know if it's different. I don't think it is.
    I just get a plus one. Is that what it was? You get a plus one, and, Advantage on all of these roles. So that would be a plus one. Okay. So so 13.
    See?
    Let's see what this one. This is a simple part. Yeah. So you're having,
    Everything feels pretty happy right now. You are sitting there at a table where, you've got your little notebook in front of you. You've got all these, like, different various flowers in it and different little notes of your travels. There's no notes in there as you're starting to go into a regular Dream, into a more vivid kind of Dream and feeling like your Dream self and and taking control of your situation, you're noticing like there's notes there, like even adventures you haven't even gone on yet.
    I mean, this thing looks full. Like you've been copious notes and artifacts and findings, and you're noticing that actually where you are right now is, you're on the chair like this wooden chair with all this moss. I kind of like that's the. Instead of pillows, it's like, made of moss. And it's pretty normal from and back in School of Belle to have this kind of furniture.
    But, you're on a patio in the patio. You're on, it's like a little like a little gallery, a little art museum behind you kind of thing. And you. This is like your Dream. This is what you've always wanted. Go ahead and give me another wisdom. Save advantage plus one. Okay.
    Ooh. Give me a d20. Okay. Actually, that d20 also should be an advantage with plus one.
    Same same. Give me a second here and then check my notes on that.
    Oh, no. Okay, close. What I will say at this moment, because it's thing crit. While you were in your Dream self, you see that Silver Flame kind of pop, just a little bit over, like your text. Like there's, like, a little bit of space where you hear your body is, and then just above it a little bit the silver flame shine, just for a quick moment, kind of disappears and and then just disappears, but you're able to notice it.
    You see that the shop that's around you is everything that you wanted to be. There is a moment where you almost felt like there was a cloud about to enter above your head, but you just, like, whisked it away and it. Oh, everything's fine.
    Give me a d6. Advantage. Just. No, this is just a straight, just d6. This is going to help determine where the random fates are going to take place. As you're sitting there,
    You see various people kind of walk by, you see her, you see your father walk by, gives you a wave. And kind of proceeds shortly after you actually even see your mom walk by. She also gives you a wave. How do you react? Surprised? Kind of like. What's up?
    You see the elder walk by. And then I need another wisdom save.
    With advantage plus one.
    Come on. Dang, you are hot tonight. Give me another, d20. Rolled twice.
    There we go. So this time, as the silver flame pops up.
    It's a 718.
    Oh, I guess that just gives you a healing. Okay. This one. So. Yeah, as you're. But you're healed up, so it's not like it really matters, but you do feel like a nice little warmth, kind of little strength that kind of goes over you right now.
    Is there anybody else that you would be thinking about? As you see your mom and your dad and the elder, what would be some of the people that or if anybody would Calliope have been thinking about?
    If it's a good Dream.
    I mean, you know, reality. She probably would have been dreaming about herself. Like the kind of things that she could potentially be, like daydreaming.
    I'm sorry I said that again. That she would have been dreaming about herself. Like daydreaming. So. So far, you've gotten three successes and so. That's pretty good. But the voice does still come through.
    The sky doesn't really get dark, though, but you hear the voice kind of coming to you. So I see that I'm not going to be able to get through tonight.
    But I do offer you.
    Some a gift, if you're willing to take it. My trade is in secrets, and I'm curious to know if you want to know one.
    I do love secrets.
    If you want, I can tell you the truth about that little group that your mommy dearest and her little Friends. Those little groups I know a little secret about them.
    Way to bring up the mom. Okay. You would like to know the secret. What's the catch?
    There's no real catch. It's just I have the secrets. I find secrets.
    Is my Work in the Dream place? Is my ring Work? Oh. What I'll say is your ring gives you an advantage on inside. This is a voice in your head.
    So the the it would be complicated, if you were in my life. Trust him. That's on you. I will if you want to try to do an inside check on a voice in your head. It might be a pretty high DC, but you can certainly try.
    I'll try to do an inside check so I get an advantage. Plus one. But, yeah, I guess you're right. It's still would be an advantage. Plus one. So I regard that would be, that's a pretty high DC. Insight. Insight for and based on your Dream or perception. This would be insight. Yeah. This is me. Because you can't really perceive.
    This would have to be. This is exactly the insight is more. Okay.
    So so it is. I'm sorry. It is insight. Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
    Vantage.
    Not great. So 12. Oh, I mean, it's a voice in your head. Yeah. I mean, you personally can feel like you don't trust him. But with whatever the catch might be, it's hard to say. I will say that I. I will say, at least for Calliope sake, as as flighty as she can be. She's still a creature of the fey, wild, knowing that deals sometimes are not as transparent as they are outside of the fable.
    But I so, with as it stands right there, as you do that inside, the voice says, would you like to know the secret?
    Yes.
    Your mother thinks that she is. And a group that is for the Light side, as they call it. And the this Garm fellow is in the dark side. The truth is, is is that it was demons and devils that started both sides. And it's really just the Blood War being fought with different characters.
    It's really is the fight between law and order and law and order versus chaos. And it's not about Light and dark.
    She's on the or unquote Light side. That's what they call it. But it's really just the side of order when it comes to the Blood War.
    I don't want to know. You're telling the truth. You never know when any. But it's telling the truth. That's what secrets are so great. So.
    I don't like you. Most people don't. And I'm fine with that. I wouldn't be where I am if everyone lied to me.
    It's nastier. Oh, do. Would you like snacks? What would you like? Some snacks? Yes I would. You should come to my. My part of the Dream plane. I have all the snacks you want over here. Yo, stranger. Danger man.
    I think I would like you some of your Friends tonight. There's not much more I can do with you. I don't know, they're pretty badass to. And with that, the voice is gone.
    All right. What are the rules that we have here? Doing it? I will say. You, You were able you were successful in your Dreams tonight. So go ahead and give me, Well, I guess the fall we'll do when you wake up. We'll do all everybody when they wake up. Okay. See, I should have written down what we had here.
    Chuckle and Bastian, who I thought when, Calliope woke up, we didn't have to do it anymore. Or my treasure. No, no, he's he's he's continuing. You guys have to either find a way out of the whole situation or get to the point where you guys have mastered yourselves in the Dreams and then have a face off with.
    That's what it's leading to. But in the meantime, he's still trying to kind of pull you guys into his Dream plane. And while you guys are getting to learn about yourself and in fact, what I should actually do, though, is, because you did get those three successes. Well, I, I will say at the moment you are actually a Dream level one.
    So on your sheet where it's got the eyes hand off, I, I know that that's level one. And in fact, as you are sitting there feeling like I kind of told him, you also feel like you're kind of floating. And at this moment, you can Fly now in your Dreams suite. Where am I putting this? Under the Dream of the character sheet?
    On the right hand side where the counter thingies are, there's a one that says, DDS levels. It says zero in there.
    On the right hand side, above your features and traits. You see it? I think if I put on my attributes and abilities. Yeah, I got it. Okay. Sorry, I don't know it. On the right hand side of the first page, do you see where it says short rest, long rest. Underneath your floors? Yes. And then as you go down there, the bottom one there, it says on the left hand side says DDS level.
    Oh. Oh, okay. Got it. In fact, I see you on the inner washing up. To get the inner strength. You have to roll the on save. So we'll wait till you wake up to do those. Okay. We. Will do bastion first.
    Where does Bastian want to be in his Dream right now?
    Probably someplace safe. So place.
    Where does the National Library and the library? Okay. Library. All right, let's do a wisdom save. With some save. And this is off. This is off your desk sheet. Yes. You are in your Dream. So as you are starting to come to the realization that you are not just going with the motions of a Dream, but you are actually kind of what was the term we use you for when you have a like a vivid Dream?
    The, lucid, lucid. There's no you're starting to enter that lucid kind of dreaming right now.
    Not advantage. You don't get the advantage. You're not a part.
    Well.
    So, at this moment, you. You're thinking of being in a safe place, feeling like you want to be in a library. But instead, you find your yourself. Which 1 a.m. I supposed to be rolling? The one next to the attributed. The other one? Oh, yeah. That's a wisdom check. Your wisdom save is better. So? So add for, 16 and.
    So. So, yeah. You're in a library. You are. You're finding Books all about these. The various Books that deal with Blade Song. In fact, you even see, a version of Grog nard in the elderly state that you remember him in, even looks proud as you're looking at these Books. It's kind of odd, but, you're seeing all the different styles that you've been actually coming to learn on your own.
    Like. All the blades on. Like, you didn't even have a master to teach you the stuff. It's just been kind of coming to you naturally. And you're seeing all that,
    Give me another wisdom. Save.
    Version.
    So you saw grog nard walk by, and he looked all proud at you. But then he. He kind of comes back, sneaks up right behind you and starts yelling at you. Cut you again. I see, not studying the real magics, but instead you are studying this stuff. In fact, you look over at your sword and it starts to like, crumble.
    Like the sheet falls off your belt. And the sword, the Metal just like, turns to dust and kind of just, like, falls to the ground a bit. One more wisdom. Save.
    It.
    As. He kind of berates you, and you feel like the the everything about the swordplay is just. It is for not. And that you watched it just like falling apart next to you. You get kind of like a little bit of strength in yourself. And as you kind of starts to look at Grignard, you see his, his, face start going into the younger version that you've you've seen him in your travels and he at that point, he kind of then smiles and says.
    The more that you train, regardless of what I've said, it has been making you better. You kind of feel in this moment that, he was always pushing you away, but you're you feel like he was kind of still doing it because he thought that it would help you progress even better that way, that if he made it too easy for you, you wouldn't have gone in this far.
    And there is a nice little kind of like, comforting moment with, And as, as that moment is kind of taking you over, Grignard kind of just, like, drifts away and actually, as he drifts away, he kind of melts into all the various versions of himself, like that Ghost life that you saw earlier last time where they were coming and going into the main Grignard.
    But in this time, all those versions of them and the different ages that you've seen them and other ones, you haven't seen them in all these Ghost like versions of various ages kind of breaks it apart, and there is no broad in front of you anymore. And they all walk away their own way. And then the voice comes into your head.
    I can't do much with you right now, but I am curious. Would you like to know a secret?
    For me, you know.
    Oh, that's too bad. I really had hoped. That I could learn more from you and that you could learn from me. But I see tonight's not the night. And the voice leaves.
    Romeo d20. 20.
    Just ready. Gift one. Nothing special. No, there's no go. Seven. That's another one. As that moment, as you feel like you kind of were able to stand up to him, you, as yourself, you would now have progressed to the first level of lucid dreaming. So your level goes up to one, and you also start to feel like you are in control of flying.
    Just like how you've kind of, have been teaching yourself how to do the blade song and progress in that craft. Same thing with this. You feel like you're just moving on that path.
    Bravo. Yeah. Who's, What does Barlow want to be dreaming of?
    What? What Barlow would like to.
    Let's see. Are bar fights bar fight? One, last was a bar fight. I think this one. Let's see, after the recent trainings, are we do what, do we know as players specifically that it's Vecna fucking with us? Plus players? Yes. The characters we just know are pretty certain that might be who's trying to get through.
    They have reason to believe that based on what bastard told SAS and SAS told the group.
    That he would be in that okay. What? I don't know, it's telling you sort of the beer is falling from him, so I think he's pissed in his pants. No, he's. Like, I don't know, he went in the kitchen. It didn't go in the pisser. So I don't know.
    What happened? I had put beers in the freezer. I still want them to blow up. Why are we above beers and 15 beers in the refrigerator already? I didn't want to go down there, so I was just going. Oh, wow. All right, so Barlow's drink he would be dreaming about. Probably back when, I guess all this started with Nickelback when he was a kid.
    And then, think, listening to a stories probably back then in, in the forest. Simpler times. So, but everything that kind of does go back to it. Barlow has been feel like everything's going back to those days of when McLennan was telling the stories. Go ahead, give me a wisdom save.
    That's right. These names in this world.
    Still shit. You're sitting there trying to, like, hear the stories and start playing with the dice with, tech. And as you pick up the dice, it's, like heavy. It's so heavy, like your arms. Like. Like, starts hurting and you feel like the bones inside of your arms are breaking. Wrist shattering from within. You tried them with your right hand to grab at the thing and to try to even grab at your arm.
    That is like, now hanging off like like from the middle of the, forearm. It's like falling down because the bones inside of it are brittle and breaking. Go ahead and give me another. Was safety.
    Okay. We're not good. It's not good at all. Can I spend a point to past that? Yeah, yeah, you can use your inner strength. My one inner strength that I have. Yeah. I'll spend my one inner strength to pass them. So.
    You use that, you use like this. This. This is messed up. And you pull that inner strength like rage. Yeah. It's almost. It is almost like that same kind of feeling of when you go into the rage and at that moment, you feel your bones inside, like, start kind of rebuilding in a way. And it's kind of like, oh, that was, that was fucked up.
    Like, what the hell happened there? You're looking around and, like, even like, like at this point, though, because the Dream is still kind of been taking a dark edge, you started noticing that Maclin was turning into that groggy love that you weren't Familiar with until you got to know him has, as Bastian has known him. But as you kind of pull that inner strength, it's like it's going back into that, that Maclin face, Taika is still there, like, even for a moment as it was like like your bones were falling apart.
    Her face was starting to kind of take on, like, this maniacal look, like that kind of scary Goblin that everybody's usually afraid of. And how some people see her, but not as you've ever seen her. But as you pull that inner strength, she's back to being that tinker that you've always known. And, go ahead and give me one more wisdom.
    Save.
    Well, being consistent.
    Oh, boy.
    Okay. Now we're higher than. Oh, boy, the, plus six, level three or everything. Kind of, like, slows down a little bit. And as it, those things are kind of slowing down and you're, you're still trying to kind of hold your bones together. You hear the voice inside your head. Ooh, somebody is weakening. Would you like to know a secret first for my trade is in secrets that is it.
    Macklin talking to me. You know, this is the voice in your head that you heard the other night.
    In. I'll look to the two faces around me and see, although they've almost they've kind of sort of fading out. You're starting to notice, like the area around you is turning dark. And so they're starting to kind of pull into the shadows in this moment.
    Like time is slowing down as you're having a conversation in your head, you. Well, you asked me for a secret last time. Why? I'm offering what you know. Sure. Given it to me. What do you know?
    You.
    Oh, here's a damn song right now. A Beatles song. You.
    Oh, I know it wouldn't Work with you.
    Oh. That's right. I had a whole different job I was going to do with you. That's right.
    You think that you started Macklin on this path? But everything, every interaction he ever had with you was not the first. And he was always manipulating you to do what he needed you, what he wanted you to do.
    Your choices were always his.
    In fact.
    He's the reason why you're having your little.
    Other side coming through, if you will.
    My other son. You talked. Oh, the little purple Dragon that keeps trying to find its way through you.
    He did this in his own way.
    He little has to thank of. Next time I see. At that point, as the kind of Darkness kind of comes out.
    You have. Failures. So you have these two guys that kind of come out of nowhere. And we have a quick little fight.
    Oh. Let me get am I me or my little baby Barlow fighting in between. Baby Barlow. Your Dream self. Barlow. Oh, okay. Good, good. But I was dreaming back to when I was a little kid, so I was wondering. Oh, right, right, right, right. That's the thing is, you you were still actually looking like how you look now.
    It's one of those. Oh, okay. Things, one of those Dreams. All right. Let's do this. Is everything that was on here.
    We will go ahead and put Barlow on the stage. Barlow himself on the stage. And you see, out of nowhere, like, as I said, like the, out of the dark, like the. Everything was kind of Google turning black, and your friend and Macklin were turning into, like, almost like, like a black and white kind of version of themselves as it was kind of, but.
    And then it was like getting darker and then these two, colors kind of come out of the shadows. And as they kind of break through the your Friends, it's almost like your Friends turned into mist around them a bit. Twisted their.
    It's a grow the here.
    So roll initiative.
    At home. There's nothing in there. Nelson. In there. It's taken.
    As I say, collectively.
    Taken. It must be everybody's Dream. Let's.
    Am I logged in as Calliope? I think. You changed my sheet, remember? You went in and you. Yeah, but this being here, you know what it was. I wonder if it's because I'm playing inside of discord. I'm wondering if that has something to do with it.
    How do I stop this, though? Are.
    Cookie doesn't say anything. No, no. In this version. That's Weird. All right.
    So the first one. Did I not do anything?
    Here. At the end. No, not. That was Weird. Are you dreaming? Am I? I just filled my same.
    Yeah, it's. It's quite good. That's so Weird. What's going on there?
    You just said, like I see. So he's going to go ahead and move up.
    What the fudge.
    I did the look at their sheet and then went to actually the client. He.
    Maybe when you made the token, somehow you fucked it up. I have a feeling it was because I did it in. What's in, this part.
    No. Maybe it's cuz something up on the sheets.
    I see this. But if you really, really want to fuck with me, make it so. I am fighting to collect these cookies. Well, there's a reason why is the court. Oh.
    So he strikes out with a scimitar.
    And he misses,
    The other one comes up. I'm just gonna do what they would do. So screwed things up with what the alternative was.
    I forgot what the initially had as the turn order. I think I had one that was before you, and I think one was after you. So we'll do that. Yep. Yep. Let's. Do that. Let's do more.
    Yeah. So.
    All right, so your turn. As you see one come up to you. He strikes out at you with the scimitar. I should also say that as he struck at it, as he did that, he did the whole wipe on the blade, as you saw last time with the the cultists that you fought underneath the church. And he does the same thing, and he strikes out at you, but he misses.
    Oh.
    Okay, then. I'll rage then, unless that one, the fighting off his head in a rage, I will raise. You up? Well.
    I will bring out the claws. Okay. Yeah. I'll do. I'll just do the claws. One thing I want to do, it's really quick. And I will fight this guy with a long, serious. I will go full reckless attack on him.
    Go! One attack.
    For ten.
    But.
    Oh. I'm pretty.
    All right, so these are all advantage. Do me a favor with that last one. Go ahead and give me a d20. With the 110.
    Oh.
    You do feel, in that moment when that third attack hits, though, you you see a little glimmer of that Silver Flame disappear upon, like, a round. You just for a moment. But nothing else happens. Where's the damage on these? I roll them yet. Make sure they all hit. Yeah, or whatever. Hit the 27. They'll hit. Okay.
    First one's look at one in. The second it comes through.
    We go. And the crit.
    Is okay. So as as he goes out, those three hits is enough to to kill him. Okay. You know, turn to face the other one.
    Come on.
    As the body in front of them, I will stop right to him. Okay? And I will say, as you hear the body hit the floor, I mean, it sounds like a solid thunk as it hits. The second one.
    Yeah. So I guess the sister is. You have number two, right now. That's it. I wonder what,
    Right now, my Armor class is 14, too, so, you know, it's what, 14? 14? And you initiate. Yeah. I don't have my Shield out. Yeah. Working on as this one does. He touches his blade. It close that red kind of, Weird flaming liquidy flame kind of effect on it. And then he strikes out at you.
    So I need a here's a saving throw. He has advantage about this hack because I wouldn't recommend. Yeah. Wisdom. You.
    You 18 finally get a good one. Yeah, yeah. As far as the blade kind of cuts through you, he sees that it, that the effect does not trigger on you.
    You do take four points of slashing damage and, oh, plus six on the spark. So, it's nine, ten, eight slashing through. It's ten oh. Oh, no. Sorry. I know you're right. I see what you're saying. It was what it was. Four slashing, six six mark. Okay. So this. So it's five. Okay. So the sparkle. Yeah.
    Gotcha. Yeah. Okay. And as that character slice through you, He tells you the reason will have your Soul. And he disappears.
    You. The one in front of is gone. He he's. Yeah. He's gone. He disappears after he says the reason will have your Soul. Okay. At that point, you've kind of made it through. You had three failed. Oh, no. You had one success, one success. Two. That the last one was. Oh, no, that was a secret seven.
    Did you have three fails or did I only. Have you did two? I had one error. My I had three, but I used my the first one to get 61 successful. So I will say at this point though, you after you see him say that and he disappears, you start to kind of float a little bit. And now you are level one.
    So you can go ahead and put that on your sheet or this new level, this and you disappear. James, the body is still playing. Okay.
    But we are going to move on to the next Dream. Okay? Which will be sets.
    You know, this. Don't lose that. Orb says you keep that thing.
    All right. Yeah. We're we're those two items that we lost. Where were they? Are they they were. They were once the assassins possession members, I think inside of her on her possession, they weren't in, like a Bag of Holding on the box. Right. They were just under show. Okay. That creep was reaching inside the shell. Grab the ship.
    To be fair, I had gotten an item out of the Dream, so it only is fitting that Dreams were able to take things away from her. Yeah, yeah, that's what you've always. Yeah. So we will start with sass. And where do you want to be right now? Where does sass want to be right now. So basically what is sass dreaming about.
    Yeah. Or what does she want to Dream. It's more about what she wants to Dream about this kind of thing. Oh, yeah. No. Yeah. You did the secret. The one I want to make sure that I did. See, when I did.
    She wants to Dream about her time as a hermit. All right, give me a wisdom save. With your Dream. Yeah.
    All right, where's that one? To. Oh, there. That is this.
    Oh. Was she. Yeah. Yeah, yeah. You said a wisdom. Yeah. Wisdom. Save.
    You.
    20. But well done. So you you are back in that. Well, I don't think you ever really went over it. So you tell me what did where sass did her hermitage and what it was like. First at her hermitage. She went out into the wilderness. I imagine it's sort of like a mountain. Not too far from.
    Not too far down. She got there on foot and found like a cave and made that her dwelling for the period she was, as you're kind of like you, you walk out of the cave and you're noticing now, like the it's the same cave that you were in when this when you were doing it. But you're seeing now the, the mushrooms that are kind of sprouting that you don't recall if they were there when you were there before.
    But it's definitely kind of almost like blanketed with like different types and varieties of mushrooms everywhere. Spores, you are just in just in a quiet reflection as you just kind of look out at everything out in front of you. Not really any real thoughts, just the fact that I'm now in my Dream, very kind of Zen like thought about that.
    Give me another wisdom, says, okay.
    15
    As long as you're having those thoughts, you kind of look down and you see a ship kind of kind of out in the water, and then kind of like the perspective kind of changes enough that you can kind of like, you can see your dad on the ship kind of heading the ship. It looks like he's younger and just kind of enjoying his time out there.
    And then one more wisdom. Save.
    17
    You even hear the voice of the abbot. Kind of just like I he he comes around the corner right then and just. Wow. This is, this is amazing. Like, I couldn't be more proud of of all the things that you have kind of been able to to succeed and perform in, best Dream ever. And as you are having that thought, you hear the voice come into your head.
    Would you like to know a secret?
    So I recognize the voice. It's the voice that you were hearing the other night. The scary voice. The one that made you start. It's kind of like find comfort with based. Okay.
    But I never identified the voice. Right. I think she Identify it so that she had brought up the fact that back then was kind of pulling you guys towards him.
    Yeah. So I have I have a feeling that the voice is Vecna. Yeah. You have a pretty strong feeling of them. All right, what will the secret cost me?
    Well, cost is, like, such a strange thing. It's more about.
    Unveiling the things that you didn't know before. And that's where the real cost always comes from. A secret.
    So you're just being generous, then? It's all generosity in.
    All right. What's the secret?
    For you.
    When your father made the decision to leave. He did seek, the advice of one close to him. And your friend the abbot was the one that advised him that it might be a good idea for him to to leave for a little while, do what he thought was right. But when he did it, it seems that he did it for his own reasons.
    You can always ask your youngest little sibling on why that is.
    What does my youngest sibling have to do with that young sibling is every reason why your friend, the Abbot, wanted your father to take that journey? Oh dang.
    You, table talk? I'm trying to think how old my youngest sibling have any doubt that he's younger than I'm like. I'm like, I don't know, just I don't remember. Oh, I'm much younger. My understanding is that maybe I have it right here. He's younger than the amount of time that your dad's been gone, which is pretty darn young.
    Which is funny, too, because then I found out, like, I think I said it in chat, but I talked to the Jamie about it. Turtles are only supposed to breed once, and then they die within a year after having babies. So the fact that I have many siblings is, And that was something I was thinking about making, that maybe there's a reason why you guys are special, and maybe that's not true of all turtles.
    I haven't decided yet, but I will say, at least when you're Familiar with the turtles, is that they do have multiple offspring. Let's see here. Which one was it? Hasn't been gone for like ten years or something like that or something like that. Yeah, I believe it was a brother, not a sister. And that is only like 16 and well, when she went on, her journey was about 16 or 17.
    So now she is what, 1920, 2000, 18?
    You are just I do this relationships.
    Look at your family tree. Yeah.
    Yeah, yeah. Gordon was born in 2020.
    And it doesn't mean anything. Well, you started your adventuring. He was born after she had left for the adventure. I believe that's why. Because you. It's in 2023 right now for you guys and you guys. Wait, I thought fast as the younger. No, that's what I have in my bio. There are five siblings and she.
    The youngest. Didn't you discover that you had the sibling like after? Oh, right. Right. That came because the sibling was born. After I left, I thought I was the youngest. Yeah. Yeah. You were the youngest before. Yeah, right. Okay, fine. And then, so basically my youngest sibling, when they were a baby, my father left, was already gone.
    Before or after the child's birth? Your dad left before? Yes. While you're doing birth, the baby. There was a, There was a. And while you were gone, in fact, there was a brother, and you. But you guys did see them when, the Lord and lady thing. Right? Right. And ladies. I am a lady.
    Okay, so the secret is that my dad left because of my youngest sibling. Before that youngest sibling was born. Well, your dad had got you had sought the advice of somebody, and he pretty much said it was the abbot. And the abbot pretty much said, yeah, it would be a good idea to go. And he's saying that your brother has a lot to do with that is a key to everything there.
    Is the abbot banging your mom?
    At that point, the voices left you. Well, I will have him say one parting point, which is.
    I will get that word from you one way or another. If you want, you can always drop it off with one of my little doomed dreamers. And then I will leave you alone. I tell you, it's like. All right, I know what I said, that's all. You think you're better than me? Guys? Or doom? Good luck.
    Did any of this happen? Well, shadow was with tasks like. Could she tell if sass was moving around differently or, like, a shadow is tattooing? You aren't always copying the tattoo. I'm sleeping. Yeah, that is true. I, I imagine sass like kicking in shadow just. Yeah. Stop it, stop it.
    How about you give me a, Let's do it like this. Give me a, They're called the doom dreamers. He's. He does. Are you. Do you just drop it off with one of my doom dreamers? And I will have. I would totally leave you alone. Is what he told. Oh, that was your question. Go ahead and give me a perception check.
    Their, shadow with your regular sheet. My regular sheet is a zero wake. Wales. Australia is 28. We will say that. And you do start seeing her kind of wince a bit. So it's probably somewhere around this time in the Dream. So this is where things kind of take a little bit of a darker turn for her.
    Is there something you wanted to do at the moment or.
    No. I just wanted her to see if she could recognize if something was happening, like if it if it had been bad, she would have tried to wake up sass. But if she's just kind of moving around, maybe mumbling, then it's. Yeah, it's not it's not nothing here. But you do see her reacting in a little bit. And then for sass, after those parting words about the doom dreamers and pretty much saying that if you give him that, give them the orb will leave you alone.
    You do start to feel a little bit lighter, and you feel like you are now able, in control of yourself and your Dreams, at least a level one. So on your sheet know I'll just do it for you will click here start a stream. So you can Dream. So it's both actually mind altering where you go.
    Sometime today.
    There you go. Dream level one.
    And, Shadow. After you see that happen, you end up going to take your, rest or.
    Yeah. Because I don't know that she would have necessarily recognized why sass is moving around. Are you going to wake up and saying like. Like if she had been acting crazy, she would have woken her up and asked what was wrong. But if she's just moving around normally, I don't think shadow would have known that it was because of Dreams.
    Yeah. Three successes right? Or that it would be specifically in the Dreams. I don't know that she would know that. Right. Yeah. And then are you gonna wake anybody up for, for the next Garcia or. I mean, you saw the crew there doing guard shifts as well. So I don't know. Yeah, she would just. She just go to bed knowing that the crew's doing their own.
    The shifts that they regularly do. How does shadow want to start her Dream off?
    I think with everything that's been going on, she's getting a little homesick because she wants to go home and tell everybody what's been happening. So I think. I think she's home. Like walking the snowy forest, but with Artie, like, already with her. But she's home in the snow in the forest that she's Familiar with. Let's do a wisdom save with your new sheet.
    Don't keep.
    Well, that's not good. Oh, that's not good at all. Seven. I get it all the, Oh, sorry.
    So she's not good at these. You start walking back towards, your old homeland. And as you are doing so, you start to see, like, the Earth starts shaking a bit and you start seeing like the Earth is actually starting to swallow up and kind of pull in, like the, the elder and, all your siblings, and they're starting to kind of get sucked into the ground a bit.
    But do give me another, wisdom save. Like an Abyss is opening. It's more like they're kind of just, like, sinking into it. Like it's kind of like grabbing up to them and kind of pulling them in a little bit, like the chugs kind of situation or. No, it's a such as, what is it? It's supposed to be?
    1818
    It's at this moment, though, you kind of like, you start worrying about it, so you start running around and start kind of like, hitting at the ground that's kind of swallowing everybody up and sort, kind of freeing them up. You said 1818. You.
    You see, like, the even helping kind of like, free your family. And so, like, as things start to kind of start settling down and you start kind of helping everybody out, give me another, save.
    14. That so good. So it seems like everything's starting to calm down, but then Artie, like, runs away. And after him, you start chasing after him, and you can hear, like, your whole clan behind you screaming as the ground is, like, swallowing them back up again. And you look back at them, and then you look in front of you, and Artie is gone, and then you're like, oh no!
    And you're, oh, come on, man, don't mess with the pets. You failed twice. Oh, you're playing dirty. So you look back and even your family's not there right now. Is. And you hear the voice start coming into your head as it says, oh, has everybody left you? Oh. She's mad. I can comfort you with a secret.
    Would you like to know a secret?
    So, does she recognize the voice? It's the scary voice from the other night.
    But she's really, really curious. You know what they say about curiosity and cats? I know satisfaction will always bring you back.
    I don't think that's what they say. She kind of squints. Adam. She's really mad, but she's. She can't not. What's your secret?
    The truth is, you've been set on a mission. That coin was given to you. The book that was taken by your brother. All of these Lead to best. And what she wants you to sacrifice to help her. Pharaoh.
    That's not a secret. I know they're connected to best, but she's put all this in motion so that you would sacrifice something for her own purpose.
    And she insight. You can certainly try. Like I said, it's the same thing Clive betrayed. It's a pretty hard DC because you're trying to incite a voice in your head.
    Yeah. Nope nope nope nope nope. I'm going to ask them.
    What does she want me to sacrifice? Oh, I'm not going to give you all the secrets right now. I can't even pull you in either. Getting close with your other feline friend.
    You're still kind of a little resistant, but I will share that. I have been told your friend with the orb that if you guys give that orb up, I will leave you all alone. Not a chance.
    And at that point, the voice also leaves you. But you also feel like you can start to Fly a little bit. And so you are now, level one. So it has the you know what the word says? Yes. Level in. Go put that to one. So then what I need is everyone to give me a con save from the Dream.
    She gets as you wake up. Oh, no. We still have any kind of advantage to to manage. This is just a normal constitution. Save as you wake up from dealing with these kind of Dreams to see if you're sick or not. Shocking. You should, figure out what the moral of my role or look, I am sure can.
    You know. We're all doing great. Oh, well. Shadow's fine. She's just pissed that he brought in Artie. Don't mess with the pets, man. Oh, Calliope can't save. All you did was. Oh, that's one. Oops. Oh, wait. Actually, it's supposed to be. I'm sorry. It's supposed to be a d100. Sorry.
    To see how not concept. Yeah, yeah. Well, no. No.
    I will say you want low rules on this. Oh. No. Regicide. Rolling on D4 78. So we're not doing this this year?
    Of course. But she gets a high roll, and that's when you're supposed to get low on, what's your what's your constitution? Bastion? 15 plus two, 15, 14.
    14
    Let's get a little roll. Can we use our Constitution? Slave roll or higher? Yeah. Oh, actually, clip. It was okay. You already did up there. Yeah. Everyone's fine. It's 96 or higher. You might get, oh. We'll have total and, one inner strength point. So you can go ahead and put that up one point.
    Inner strength. And then. Calliope, I need three d6. Which sheet? Just a 3D six. Bastion, I need two d6. Barlow zero d6. Well, I got one pass one the failures. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right. Yeah. You get one. They say one, one pass. We're, Are we marking something for whatever you just said?
    Yeah. I'm going to tell you the second thing. Okay? I'll tell you what the, sass you had three successes, so three d6 and shadow, one d6.
    So that number will be added to your mental fortitude points. Oh, nice. And also, Jamie, you were asking, like, kind of what the whole point of this two is. Besides, if I want to try something a little bit different, that's kind of also what this is about. And it's an opportunity for you as the players, you might be able to kind of just like be able to, to do really stupid combat.
    I think that was kind of the other reason I wanted to give a chance to kind of do something different and then also like, yeah, I was just confused on like how it applies to our characters outside of the dreamscape, and if it did or didn't it? So it progresses. The story, like for example, like tonight you guys were able to find out possible truths and secrets.
    Also like it's also like the exploration of the character. It allows for that too. So give me once I get a drink, I'm a bit. I'm just a bit confused. We're adding one inner strength. What is that just mean strength. Onwards. No no, no. So on your. Yeah, on the sheet on the right hand side, I.
    Left hand side. Right hand right, right. You can see it. So, so one of the things that's on the book, on the right hand side, there's like a counter thing, like where just underneath you, right here.
    Underneath. So there's an is there, and then there's an MF and then a different okay. Okay. So everybody's okay. So what you so everybody going up. One is so I think everybody's up to except for Barlow. Barlow is up one and right above that you'll see what the max is. So each one of you is different. This is based on your wisdom support okay.
    And then you have the MF and that's the number that from your saves when you guys are saving, from bad things, for the most part you earn mental fortitude points, you're getting stronger and how you kind of, control the, the I, the the the Dream world. Okay. And how many do I add to that? So whatever your you just roll whatever my three d6 ones.
    Okay. So you got three six on. Okay. And then flippy you had like three d6 as well. 13. Give me one something got.
    A board and shoot it. But. Now we've got enough in the game.
    And at some points man. Nothing. Points. Mother fucking points. And then we get.
    So as you guys, I have 18. You know, you guys have all had your nice, interesting Dreams. Deals made. Offers made.
    What do you do?
    Let me go find sacks. Same. Likewise. Says I well, thank you for letting me borrow your leg. I got it, copied it. Did you Dream last night? Yeah. Why?
    I just noticed that you were moving around and mumbling while you were sleeping. And then I went to bed, and I also dreamed this creepy voice.
    Oh, yeah, I definitely have that. What did the voice say to you?
    And say something about secrets and sacrifice and. Not very nice things. Yeah. What is it with this creepy voice and secrets? It told me a secret to you. Mentioned they, It's not the Professor Orb. What do we call it? Tutorial or oratorio or or pictorial? He mentioned that again. That he wants it. You still have that safe, right?
    Yeah. He told me that he was going to get it somehow, or that I could just give it over. And I told.
    I definitely do this.
    We got to make sure that we keep an eye on that. I suppose. Something about this isn't right. If we have that secured somewhere. Right? Right. Secure the secured. I think. Do I just have it? My show? I think so, I remember, yeah, I mean, do we.
    Assume. Definitely. As long as I'm awake, nobody's getting it. Do we have something more secure for when we Sleep? Anybody got any ideas? Do you think he could get it? If it's in Bag of Holding? Because that's kind of another plane of existence. No. How? He definitely seems pretty determined that he won't leave us alone until he gets a.
    Yeah, that's what we're.
    We're. Anyone can get anything out. Hold me if they know what I'm looking for.
    True. So he gets hold of a bag. Do that. That's true. That's. It's. Yeah. How do we keep it safe? But we don't know how he got how or when he got the other items off you. Right? No, I don't think so.
    I think I think you just woke up and they were missing, right?
    Yes.
    But that was also before I knew this was happening. Now I'm on guard. Right. Okay. That happened during the first time that this happened. And now I know that I know it's a thing.
    And that's a told you that he can't really affect the fact that or because it has the or that she put out the Brass orb that she gave you. It's inside of that that's protected my. Okay.
    I mean, I don't know how to protect it any more than that.
    Yeah, that's true. You don't. You aren't you? I feel like ways for you guys to hide stuff and dimensions or something. I mean, I assume we could probably put it in a pocket dimension, but, I mean, just putting it in a Bag of Holding or putting a lock on something. I suppose could do it. Do you have any spells that could create a pocket dimension?
    That's not a Bag of Holding? Oh, have you heard of anything we can't find on. The. Go ahead. Would it be safe in a pocket dimension? Right? Yeah. Because, I mean, at least if it was like, a bastion was able to create a pocket dimension that only he could access, then it's not like somebody could grab a Bag of Holding and try to get the stuff out of it.
    It's literally a pocket dimension that's only accessible through his spell. Right? But theoretically couldn't. Couldn't he be convinced to open it while I Dream state? I mean, yes, those.
    That's all the paintings you guys are. I think that's the protected because. What base? Well, as a protection.
    Is that what can happen now? What was that? Don't that bust I didn't I didn't fully hear the question. I'm on the same page. Okay? That's what makes her bastion with know that I that exist a spell like that. Lemon's secret chat.
    Oh, yeah. I don't know what that linked. What Barlow is saying is, at least for now, for action over the orb. He's asking for it, too. It may have to copy paste it. I got it, okay, so maybe what's protecting it for now is good enough for now. It's good enough for now. Yeah, or he wouldn't be asking us to give it to him.
    Give it to him? Yeah. That's true.
    It would help if we, Sleep in shifts and watch over each other while we Sleep.
    I mean, if he's trying to get stuff from us while we Dream. I don't even know if that would help if someone was awake to make sure that while some Sleep, if they were safe. I don't know if that would help at all. I was watching you. Nothing happened while I was never found, and I was. I was never scared or trapped in exactly what was going on.
    That's true. If I put like a glitch warning with Alarm on it. And just anything that moves it, like, does it move around? Shawn, would that Work? I'm sorry, you want to put a glyph of warning? What warning? On the on the, ball. With, like, Alarm. So it wakes us up.
    Granted. So this all doesn't really mean anything because. The dreamer can take the thing, right? That's what's so having it in the. Having it in the chest. And then me doing this with the chest would, would prevent anything from happening.
    Yeah. Okay. Well, I was thinking maybe it's us secondary to best protection. I mean, I'm not sure how much more we could protect something better than a god. Yeah. Fair.
    I don't know, he told me something troubling about bass, but I don't know that I need to trust his word.
    And say about that. He told me that we're basically being played, that she's placing these things in our path to Lead us to a sacrifice that we have to sacrifice for her. Told me something similar about maximum, nor did he. Yeah, all this stuff has happened because of him. So the song set me on the path. All the decisions.
    I mean, he's pulled the strings for everything that happened. That's what he said about bass, essentially. Yeah. But I mean, isn't that what gods do?
    Well, no.
    It hasn't. What do you know about, purple dragons? Do you know anything about purple dragons? Purple Dragon? What? That could mean? I mean, what what do you want to know about them? Like, what are they? What I contracted are. Is that even a thing? Purple Dragon. Like a Gem. Like an Amethyst Dragon. I don't know.
    All right, so what am I saying? Songs about loving each other. I will let you play. What? You think that's a purple dinosaur calliope. Like. Sorry. My bad. Survival.
    History of dragons. You think that would be most likely? I mean, because everybody knows about chromatic versus metallic, right? Like, we all know those colors. Yeah, it's pretty common. Yeah. Knowledge about the difference. And then, of course, is the main ones that most people know when it comes to those, like when it comes to the, chromatics, you're dealing with the whites and the blacks and the, the greens and the reds and, but there are a few others that are not as well known.
    What's, 21 a history? What I'll say is, I believe fashion look through the Books about creatures just as much as all did. And, there is a creature that lives in the, And I think you also read the Underdark Books. Yeah. So you would also know that there's there's a Dragon that's kind of called the Purple Dragon, also known as a deep Dragon.
    And they usually come from the Underdark. What do you and Barlow I mentioned something about dragons. Purple dragons? So. It's just something I want in there. I will try to figure out what that is, find out more about it, let me know.
    How do we find out what these dragons are now?
    Alight with Calliope. No. If there's any crazy Fe dragons. Dragons, right. Should be dragons.
    Would I be able to like, know if they visit the room or, like. Oh, how would I? How would I know that? There's a lot of different ways, you can give me, like, in which one of your stats you think would most likely give you a chance of knowing. Well, I can lie about it.
    Probably history.
    With that Work. Yeah. So you're going to give me a history check? Well, that. So you just have to remember that Calliope was well educated and trained, but she also ignored most of those things because she always had her heads in the clouds. That said, first of all, I know, but I will say I talking about Annie.
    Are you talking about Calliope? Yeah. But we'll say that you are aware there are dragons, but you don't know much about them. And then, of course, there's the faerie dragons that are smaller dragons that a lot of people, that are pretty closely aligned with the fey, wild as well. And that's about it. Not without too much detail.
    Which is this lager that you put up about the deep dragons. That's something that, Ashley would have let others know if he wants to. Yeah, I would have.
    That's interesting that they. Talk about healing in secrets. What? Oh. It's also. What of voices have been talking to us about. Do you have any secrets as well? Do you think he is a Dragon, or do you think he knows the Dragon? Or do you think it's a hint?
    Well, here's what he told me at the time. I wasn't sure what was the Holy One. That, that's Greg grog Darkness. That maybe there was some point.
    Said that your grandma sent all this emotion for me. And that the reason why, my ability to, transform when I rage is because I have a purple Dragon inside of me or something like that. Okay? Part of you. And that's why I was wondering about purple dragons. Really? That's why I want to manifest those claws. Or my tail or my teeth.
    It resembles Dragon. And another. I know that these purple dragons also deal in secrets. And they're from the Underdark. There we go. There's boys. Sam. Fuck! I was going to say I'm afraid I myself need to be able to catch him. What do you. What do? Is there any way for me to check him? Check who?
    What? Oh, Arlo. Oh. You want to see what? What? Yeah. You can do an inside check. Yeah, yeah. You don't. No no no no no no, I don't I don't mean physically like a physical. I'm going to pick up your tail. Barlow. Look at the end of your tail. 0000I see just normal. Yeah. You can do, like, a medical check, I guess.
    So I see me. All right. I'll take my clothes off. Yes. Oh, I just roll. It's not taking all the clothes off. All right, here we go. Now, look, I do in arcana check. Consent, please. What I will say is you can do a car arcana check, but that's only going to try to figure out, like, you'll just see if there's anything magical again.
    That's right.
    But, yeah. So I'm going to pass, Skill Empowerment on myself beforehand.
    To transform real quick for you, you take a look at my tail, sorcerer. Do you mind? No problem. What am I doing? I'm adding. I'm adding four.
    I mean, to be honest, shadow would have asked because she doesn't like people touching her tail, so she would have asked Barlow if she could look at this. Give me also a but give me a medical check as well. But.
    I could check as well. Login. Like heaps of tail like, flopped up on the shoulder. I don't know nothing about medical, So Barlow. The the the the personality parts that have been coming out. How much of it do you think is apparent when you're not raging?
    But I'm not raging. Let's see.
    I don't think there's much apparent. Well, I never thought about that. If it is, it would probably be under my spur or anything. I don't think anything's physical in that space. Change. So I don't think much. At least not yet.
    So, as, that says you're kind of looking, looking him over and.
    You're seeing that, like, whatever it is, it's it doesn't seem to be coming. It's not like from a spell. It's not from magic. It's something that's kind of like, like almost a part of him in a way. But it's also in a way, like, I will say for you, especially you, you've had an occurrence of two different things going on here.
    You had a person whose Soul was, like, almost Living inside of you. And as it was entwined with you, there was a, a give and take between you. And then, you kept using that had its little, four hour rest. And as you did as you did that you were giving it an opportunity to kind of gain and power.
    But at the same time, it's probably also what kind of helped fuel your connection to this sacred art of, Blade Soul, which is an elven art and almost nobody outside of the elves, outside of what you had heard, there was a myth of the creator of the Whistler Sword way back when. He was also a non Elf who had excelled with, the art for you.
    Also recently, after you had injected that or that had come out of you and, and his name was Culver had left you, you've also gained something else, which was this Weird. Metallic Dragon essence inside of you. And what you're noticing is that what he has in him is very similar to that. That, it just kind of,
    Displays itself differently that he's able. It's a power that he's able to tap into when he rages. And it is a part of what? Just as this, The Gift of the metallic Dragon you have has manifested in you. And you can see there's there's a lot of similarities between that. Who?
    Interesting. Do you have any knowledge of what the, Deep Dragon looks like? Resembling, other than maybe a purplish skin or skin tone? You know, claws, phase tail that would manifest for quite what I have that chance. I have that knowledge. I will say that you remember. That was a rough sketch. And the, monster hunting book.
    And even though I kind of read a lot of that book, he's also not the brightest. So he's kind of. My knowledge retention is low. Yeah. But if you go to that page on the The Beast here, in here, this there's actually kind of a picture of and we'll say that what you see inside of the book is a little rougher than that, more hand-drawn.
    That's more his appearance. Dragon looks like.
    The eyes are all kind of.
    Also, they have more black on them. A beak like snout than a. Yeah, Dragon. Like a like a peacock. Interesting. Okay.
    And as you guys are conversing about all of this. There is kind of. Where are you guys at when you guys are talking about all this? I think we're in this room at this point or the.
    Are we eating breakfast while we're doing this, or did we congregate in spaces or.
    Yeah. I think everyone just congregated in first in your bedroom. I mean, I probably had a few munchies there, but I do not think I've got breakfast just sitting around and that's Calliope room. Yeah. Yep. So as you guys are doing. So, give us a hand, you hear, like, then we'll say the door is, like, kind of partially ajar because you guys kind of all rushed in there.
    They kind of converse about this. And you do hear, like a little Knock it right there at the doorway and you see the, the, the captain, John, something or other. I don't mean the Serbian. I know we still have a few more days of leave, but, I was just doing my checks, and I had meant to bring this up.
    But the other night, we. Since the other night, we have not been able to find the, the the the Macklin or the. I guess that you guys have been using the kind of power of the, the flight. It was still connected with the the, the hat. For some reason, it the hat doesn't connect with them anymore.
    So just curious on if you guys know what happened there or.
    Wait, what? So somebody took her orb? I guess I was hoping that maybe you guys had put them somewhere or something. Meant to bring it up to you guys yesterday, but we were kind of looking around, kind of finding. This is the professor or. Yes. Yeah. So somebody took her Professor Orb. We did. We have another one of those.
    Well, I mean, yeah. Amber Kress is up. He's still up in the captain's quarters right now, and he says he hasn't seen, captain MacLean either. That's true. That we had.
    I'm sorry. What was that? Man? Who else knew that we had it? As far as I know, the only people really know are the people in the ship. I don't know the history that you guys have with that. I just know in the history, the other orb is the one that we've been using for flying, right? Not the Professor Orb.
    Oh. Right. That I don't know. For some reason we had him sent up to it. I think maybe they've been trading off or something. I don't know, maybe the. What do you do? I don't know, so useless. Are flying orb is missing. Well, we can still use the other one, but the, request was the one we were using originally.
    I know that, so, request is still here. Yeah, we still have, request, but it's the, the other that professor MacLean, one that's been missing since yesterday. We last removed, you know, lost MacLean.
    I didn't know they could remove themselves from whatever we had them in. Well, I know that they can Fly around. I mean, they cast, like, a Mage Hand spell on themselves that that allows them to pretty much pick themselves up. Oh, I thought they were, like, slotted into some part of the ship and they were there. Well, we we we do slot whichever one we're using the power, the ship.
    And then when bastion over there, we'll, we'll throw in some power magic into it and allow them to Fly it. That's how I understand it so far.
    Is there any way for us to track it? Are you asking me that sound like a question to the DM, right? Yes. But I would also like to send a Message to the, to the Gnome brothers. To see if they have any idea if we can track it. Soon. I think you use in the little hands it uses, was Sending.
    Calliope, you can scry on things right? I don't. So you have 25 words or less that you want to tell the the brothers? Yeah. So,
    I would say something like, like captain or missing or taken. Can we find a question mark to.
    Probably. I could probably go a little more detail from that, but I think they'll get it.
    Not sure unless you put some type of tracking spell on it. Sorry.
    Well, hell. All right, that's. You can spray on it right?
    Don't we have some sort of Locate Object thing as well as the one you asked about the. Me? I don't, I'm just.
    We could find it, and I can make the second level Divination spell that bards, clerics, druids, paladins, rangers and wizards can. I do not have it. Okay, let's ask, can I will say it's still morning time. Because the druids please refresh my memory to druids, change their spells out. Yes. So. And Rangers can to write.
    Nope. No, but they used to, Which also just all aggression. Side note, Wizard bastion. I misspoke on something before. So something to take note of with your character sheet. I brought it up before that. Wizards can only know so many spells based on their intelligence. For you. Remember that? Yeah. Okay. Oh, that's. There's a caveat to that.
    I didn't realize, turns out any of the ritual spells that, you know, you automatically know those as well, and they don't happen based on what I understand. And I might be wrong, but there was a whole thing I saw somewhere that made me start realizing this. But based on the rules as written. I think if it's a ritual spell, you automatically know that one as well.
    So it's possible that you might never have a problem memorizing all the spells in your spell book, but that makes sense. Yeah. So it's a it's something that like, I don't want you to screw yourself over if that's true. And I'm I'm fine with allowing it. The whole idea of a Wizard is being able to have access to a lot of magic.
    So I just want to make sure I brought that up to you. I've been meaning to.
    All right, so I guess I don't think I can. Castle. Okay. The object is, retrieved.
    Well, know what I'm saying? Like, I don't know. Like what? It's a second level. Do you have it in your spell book or. No. No. Okay. No, no, we have to find it. You'd have to have it. You still have to have that ritual in your spellbook, though, so that still you don't get access to all ritual spells.
    However, if the ritual spell is in your spell book, you don't have to memorize those ones. Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Any ritual spells, you know you can cast it any time during doing it as well. Which is Weird because there's a there's a rule that says your intelligence score determines on how many spells you're allowed to memorize, but then it's like, what if it's a ritual?
    Don't worry about it. It's so it's like, if you're a Wizard, your intelligence is high enough and there's enough ritual spells. It doesn't matter. But I think it's because it's got to ten minutes to pass. So like, you're like, you're reading you book, you're not on the Fly. You can still cast that ritual spell as a. That's my point.
    That's. Yeah. If you have spells, well that's where it gets Weird. And it's like, wait a minute. Is gets away from the Vance. Yeah. So now we've gone to a digression, but the whole idea of wizards and D&D is, is Vance and kind of spell thing where like they memorize the spell in their head, it's pretty much cast until they, they do the final bit in real life.
    And just want to make sure you were aware of that. So they sent back the Message to you.
    What he is doing that in the book.
    But I don't know, why it be? How quick can you throw off a bunch of wanted posters for a flying orb? Super quick. Put them around town, offer a 101. 500 Gold? Yeah, let's say, like, 499.
    One. I have no idea what we're going to do now. I mean, try and spy on it, right? Don't you have to go describe to us I do not, but SAS, don't you?
    I think I have what is druids. Can they scry? I don't know. No. Team for does that's I know yeah. Bard, cleric, Druid, Warlock and Wizard.
    So sass you could learn, scry and Locate Object.
    In the day, it's. The whole idea is that you can change up your spells in the morning time. So you guys haven't really done anything right now, so. So I'm willing to say that you would be able to kind of spend the time in the morning or any other kind of change that spells out and then, yeah.
    Looking to see if I have oh, yes, I have Scrying. And that was the other one change object looking. Yeah. Let's see if if for now. Let's see if you can see if you can scry, find out where it is. And then we can determine our next step. Okay. So I'm going to cast Scrying. Yeah okay. So what we're using last time okay.
    First problem is the first thing the thing about those Scrying, you need a focus that's worth at least a thousand Gold pieces.
    Could we have some like that before here? Or a fort filled with holy water? Do we have, like, a fancy mirror or something worth a thousand Gold piece? Gothic. I have it one of us had something like that in story. We have. We have a small mirror, but it has to worth 1000 Gold. At least a thousand Gold.
    Well, has a mirror that's from the thousand Gold. Rich people. I will say that you would be aware that there's it's as a component in a spell, that there would be magic shops that would sell such things, or rich people.
    I heard that somewhere. The other thing that would be worth a rich person is it's not an object spell. You can see and hear a particular creature. You choose.
    Well, actually, you know what? I will actually allow that to be used with the orb. It is technically a person and a thing at the same time. They are paradoxes, especially in this universe. As I've created it. I have a Silver. You were a mouse that you are. You were. Is that. Is that like a, It's like a.
    I don't know, my distant treasure is that I picked up from a box one embroidered Silk handkerchief, a Gold locket with the painted portrait inside. One small mirror set in a wooden frame and Silver ewer. EWR. I think that's like a picture or. Yeah, it's like a for cancer. Thank. Think. And one cloth of Gold vestments and a small golden bracelet.
    How much Gold? Never converted this. Did it say does it give any value? Nope. Doesn't give me the Silver, though. It's just like Silver. Yeah.
    I mean, technically, we could fill that up. If it's worth a thousand, we could fill it up with water. And you can Scrying to that.
    You know, when you got a Silver and you were. Oh, here we go. We want to look. That's not found. It.
    Did we did that? Oh, yeah. That was,
    25 Gold piece art objects worth 200 Gold pieces total. So, yeah, it was only worth 25 Gold pieces. Okay. Yeah. I mean, we have a shit ton of gems. I wonder if we could exchange a bunch of gems for one single something.
    Well, doesn't quite. We have a bedazzled. Yeah, but can she bedazzled a year? That's the thing to have on it. If we embed gems into the year, would it be fewer? Would it make it worth a thousand Gold?
    Yeah, we're trying to think that up.
    It's reasonable trade for us. It's supposed to be a focus is at least. Yeah. If she's focusing into the bowl. Hocus. And it's not a bowl, it's a it's like a pitcher.
    Does it hold liquid then? It's a bowl. Could be a could be a bowl. I can eat cereal out of a pitcher. Does it hold water for. What is a font? Looking for one. Can we snowball? Can we end it for tonight? Yeah, yeah. You know, we can scrub. Yeah, we can. We scribe. All right, so you guys can try to figure out what happened to the missing,
    Professor or just what you guys want to do with that figured out what's going on with the Dreams. But, yeah, we can leave the, Oh. Okay. Oh, they're going to missing. Are we just now find out about it? What the hell? Because you guys running on and off the ship getting tattoos. Maybe he didn't want to tell you right away.
    We are paying these guys right? Well, you paid them upfront so far, and then there's a deal. That one. If you guys decide to leave the ship for some time to go off adventuring, that they would be able to use it to pull in profits, and then you guys would get a cut off that. That was pretty much more or less the deal that was made.
    But all right, well, we will let Sam and Veronica get some Sleep and everybody get some Sleep. And everybody else, you know, play a little bit of fallout. I think. You guys. Oh, nice. I nice. Oh, now I'm afraid I'm a Dragon inside me. I'm going to fucking killer. Well, that's all you know, that's what I did. I want to try to figure out what to do with it.
    No, I know, and you did that. I was like, put. Oh, purple Dragon. Okay, let's go toe the truth. I did not. I didn't even know anything about that. The Dragon until you posted that, that it was like under dark and it delves into secrets and is curious about faraway lands. I'm like, oh my God, this is going to fit in so perfect.
    Yeah, well, that's because I looked at the other one too. And I was like, well, I know how I could play it off that. But I was like, this, I think makes a little bit more sense. So this one fits into everything. Holy crap. Well, especially really cool. I mean, a little bit above the table Metagaming. Look at the fact that you and bastion both have a connection with, Maclin.
    Yeah, and both of you guys are having Dragon things come out of you right now. Yeah. So. And that's what I was kind of alluding to when, when he got that 21 on the roll, I wanted to kind of allude to the fact that you guys are both, I think, allude to the connection you guys have with Maclin, but the fact that you guys are fighting this like chromatic and metallic Dragon slides coming out of you guys.
    So. Yeah, we were really I think out of all we were the two that had more personal connections with Mac. When grog, our well in our lives and the other one and then right. To be fair though, sass and.
    Shadow have a bit of more of a I have a, kind of a Weird connection with bass you loosely do only just because you're background, but. Right. But her background has a little bit more, more. But then, of course, Calliope kind of threw herself into everything, but she's got the whole, she's kind of a little more of the wildcard between that.
    But she was also a late. Yeah. So that's kind of why it kind of makes it interesting. Dynamic. Yeah. But her, her mom, her familial involvement is, you know, touched into that realm now too. So it's like how it's all coming together. But I never got into that letter. I was really ask you about the letter, but we can deal with that next.
    Because that whole letter thing to read that one. Oh, motherfucker. I bet you nobody read it though. The other two, to be fair. Okay, I'm not going to read it. I go, we can't deal with this. We got here with this first one, then we're like, okay, we're going to do more. Three. Okay, I'll deal with it next time.
    But I'm like, we got to go back home now. We got to fix this shit. That's partially one of the have like, turmoil going on other places. And at the same time, but at the same time, at the very least, like, there's, there are things that are getting done. So I want you guys to be able to know what's going on outside of where you guys are at.
    I know, but. Oh, well, yeah, we're going to be jumping all over the, all over the.
     
     
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    Session 076: Wilder Dreams of a Bard Report

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    Campaign
    The Wild Cards
    Protagonists
    Bastion Bladesinger
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    Sas W.T. Rayce
    Calliope Galanodel
    Barlo
    Chaotic Neutral Tabaxi (Smuggler)
    Barbarian 8
    85 / 85 HP
    STR
    18
    DEX
    16
    CON
    16
    INT
    10
    WIS
    11
    CHA
    14
    Shadow in the Snow
    Arktos
    Report Date
    09 Oct 2024
    Primary Location
    Thornwinds
    Wild Cards
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