So... why don't we NOT go all in, and get our hoard up instead? As it stands, we are commuting at least 60 more Gossamer than we need to avoid punishment, and that is enough to increase our attack power by half and our health by roughly a quarter; is that really worth it?
Genesys
(Discrete Mokona)
- Location
- California
I was bored, had free time, and decided to look at the calcs, saw something off, redid the calcs and several instances of hypothetical calcs.
First bonus, actually. Normally my tendency to do absolutely nothing in a thread earns the same.
If we win another reward session, fuck yes.
ConfusedPotato
Unverified Verifier
- Location
- Australia
[X] 120
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
[X] 120
Just marathoned this. It's very good. I don't like his lack of respect for more modern interpretations of dragons though. What with thinking them massive loners and all.
Just marathoned this. It's very good. I don't like his lack of respect for more modern interpretations of dragons though. What with thinking them massive loners and all.
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One more victory
[X] 120
This time the world was a temple, and they were it's priests. A rare fit of whimsy had each of the students of the Dream Catcher in fancy hats as they waited in a church. Frankly they looked ridiculous on the variety of forms, but they'd learned to go along with the occasional good mood from the being. There were far worse things that could be done.
The Dream-catcher was not in sight, though it's presence was felt. At the seat of an altar was a bowl, and each disciple of the Dream-Catcher placed their tribute into it.
The dragon won again, though just barely by a hair. The being of fire had placed behind him by so little that it was almost luck that he had managed to be victorious.
Last place this time was the Atom. His tribute wasn't paltry, but it was rather far behind.
A silence that was audible hit the world they were in as the last tribute was given. Then the disciples were washed away in a field of light. The dragon caught a glimpse of the atom being drenched in darkness before the next part hit. A series of sounds, a musical song that was alien and yet not resounded in the dragon's head.
Deep, deep in the dream. Deeper than anything else could possibly be. Where the greatest dreams and nightmares had flowed down. There, there lie dreams of the beginning. Where beasts roared to the heavens, and humans were non-existent. Their dreams were of prey and predator. Occasional comfort, but savage and primitive. The dreams there lacked flavor and substance, even if they were so dense that they choked the dream.
She went deeper still. Part of it was curiosity. The other part was due to something a bit more painful. With the lack of gods, what was she to do? She wanted purpose. She wanted to call something back.
Past the crushed and broken dreams of the first beings lay nothing. A great shadow of darkness. The beginning of everything. Where the dream did not exist.
Or rather where it shouldn't have existed. The dream was the dream of all was it not? That was what she had learned in her early existence, and nothing had disproved it. Yet it still felt like one could go deeper if they just pushed.
So she did.
She was caught.
She felt pain for the first time in her life.
She saw the world in truth and lies.
She saw endless horizons.
For one, brief and terrifying instant, she woke up.
Then she was at the surface of the dream. Pristine. Everything in it's place and glimmering with power. She fumbled around uncharacteristically. Trying to figure out what had happened. Why she had felt those things.
Fragments drifted back. She had touched something endless, and been broken just a bit by it. Instead of dying though, or being devoured, she had been put back together and made whole. Whatever she had touched had been beyond gods. Beyond anything. An ancient presence that had been there at the dawn of time.
The next period of time was spent in gathering power and knowledge with a frantic air. She had wanted, no, needed to know. Touching that endless thing had given her something different. A glimmer of power and understanding that she absolutely needed more of.
Over time, she eventually realized that there were traces of the thing if you knew how to look. Not at the surface, but like a funnel it directed everything down instead of letting it spread out. Without it, the dream realm would have become a thin film on the world instead of the vibrant sea it was.
She found a way to touch it once more. By this time she had enough mind and power to withstand the greetings. A hello, a goodbye. No truths were contained in the message. There had been no revelations. Yet the process had expanded her vision once more.
She encountered more beings with power. An ancient spirit of bloodshed, sacrificed to until it was drenched with blood and gore. So fat on death and decay that it had plummeted downwards and been impaled on it's own sword. A strange thing of thunderclouds and size that roamed the dream without a mind or desire. A snowstorm that reeked of death and carried in it frozen figures. A pair of lovers, dancing together endlessly. Something that glowed with a thousand colors of compassion and virtue. An angel. A demon. A nightmare beyond imagining. A dream beyond wonder.
All this and more. Until she had found all that could be found, and realized she had become old. She had become large herself. Fat on the fruit of knowledge. The thing that shook the dream instead of was shaken by it.
Still, she was a big fish in a little pond. She knew that there were things out there. She wanted to experience more though. She did for a time.
Time passed as it would though. In fits and starts. Twisted and turning. As humans advanced, flavors changed and altered. The world changed with it. And she started to feel old. She started to see everything repeat.
It was intolerable.
So she changed it.
John fell out of the bed as he woke up. Grumbling and hearing something laughing at him.
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You have 9 Gossamer.
You have taken 9 damage.
You have a dream of Gnashing Teeth.
[] Ability that effects the real world (Gossamer Construct: Creates a temporary construction out of gossamer. Can be anything that fits within a sphere of meters times wonder. These constructs behave as real items, but a hit that would damage them destroys the entire construct. They burn away in the morning light as well. Costs 10 gossamer. )
[] Grafting session and a new draconic ability. (Will give a powerup of your choice, see Mirror of Paths)
[] +1 Wonder.
Daytime Action
[] Patrol the campus. (You're a security guard for the local college. Your contract doesn't really need you to patrol, but it gets you out of the place.)
[] Nap and use Dream of Wonder
[] Watch the Monitors (Talk with Harold)
[] Play Ball with Scott
Evening Action
[] Hit the local library
[] Hit the local cafe
[] Hit the local bar
[] Go home (Use night action twice)
[] Socialize with someone
Night Action
[] Hunt for Gossamer (Specify a number from 1-7. 1 easy, 7 hardest)
[] Hunt for your rivals
[] Look for something new
[] Visit the dream city and do ____
This time the world was a temple, and they were it's priests. A rare fit of whimsy had each of the students of the Dream Catcher in fancy hats as they waited in a church. Frankly they looked ridiculous on the variety of forms, but they'd learned to go along with the occasional good mood from the being. There were far worse things that could be done.
The Dream-catcher was not in sight, though it's presence was felt. At the seat of an altar was a bowl, and each disciple of the Dream-Catcher placed their tribute into it.
The dragon won again, though just barely by a hair. The being of fire had placed behind him by so little that it was almost luck that he had managed to be victorious.
Last place this time was the Atom. His tribute wasn't paltry, but it was rather far behind.
A silence that was audible hit the world they were in as the last tribute was given. Then the disciples were washed away in a field of light. The dragon caught a glimpse of the atom being drenched in darkness before the next part hit. A series of sounds, a musical song that was alien and yet not resounded in the dragon's head.
Deep, deep in the dream. Deeper than anything else could possibly be. Where the greatest dreams and nightmares had flowed down. There, there lie dreams of the beginning. Where beasts roared to the heavens, and humans were non-existent. Their dreams were of prey and predator. Occasional comfort, but savage and primitive. The dreams there lacked flavor and substance, even if they were so dense that they choked the dream.
She went deeper still. Part of it was curiosity. The other part was due to something a bit more painful. With the lack of gods, what was she to do? She wanted purpose. She wanted to call something back.
Past the crushed and broken dreams of the first beings lay nothing. A great shadow of darkness. The beginning of everything. Where the dream did not exist.
Or rather where it shouldn't have existed. The dream was the dream of all was it not? That was what she had learned in her early existence, and nothing had disproved it. Yet it still felt like one could go deeper if they just pushed.
So she did.
She was caught.
She felt pain for the first time in her life.
She saw the world in truth and lies.
She saw endless horizons.
For one, brief and terrifying instant, she woke up.
Then she was at the surface of the dream. Pristine. Everything in it's place and glimmering with power. She fumbled around uncharacteristically. Trying to figure out what had happened. Why she had felt those things.
Fragments drifted back. She had touched something endless, and been broken just a bit by it. Instead of dying though, or being devoured, she had been put back together and made whole. Whatever she had touched had been beyond gods. Beyond anything. An ancient presence that had been there at the dawn of time.
The next period of time was spent in gathering power and knowledge with a frantic air. She had wanted, no, needed to know. Touching that endless thing had given her something different. A glimmer of power and understanding that she absolutely needed more of.
Over time, she eventually realized that there were traces of the thing if you knew how to look. Not at the surface, but like a funnel it directed everything down instead of letting it spread out. Without it, the dream realm would have become a thin film on the world instead of the vibrant sea it was.
She found a way to touch it once more. By this time she had enough mind and power to withstand the greetings. A hello, a goodbye. No truths were contained in the message. There had been no revelations. Yet the process had expanded her vision once more.
She encountered more beings with power. An ancient spirit of bloodshed, sacrificed to until it was drenched with blood and gore. So fat on death and decay that it had plummeted downwards and been impaled on it's own sword. A strange thing of thunderclouds and size that roamed the dream without a mind or desire. A snowstorm that reeked of death and carried in it frozen figures. A pair of lovers, dancing together endlessly. Something that glowed with a thousand colors of compassion and virtue. An angel. A demon. A nightmare beyond imagining. A dream beyond wonder.
All this and more. Until she had found all that could be found, and realized she had become old. She had become large herself. Fat on the fruit of knowledge. The thing that shook the dream instead of was shaken by it.
Still, she was a big fish in a little pond. She knew that there were things out there. She wanted to experience more though. She did for a time.
Time passed as it would though. In fits and starts. Twisted and turning. As humans advanced, flavors changed and altered. The world changed with it. And she started to feel old. She started to see everything repeat.
It was intolerable.
So she changed it.
John fell out of the bed as he woke up. Grumbling and hearing something laughing at him.
------
You have 9 Gossamer.
You have taken 9 damage.
You have a dream of Gnashing Teeth.
[] Ability that effects the real world (Gossamer Construct: Creates a temporary construction out of gossamer. Can be anything that fits within a sphere of meters times wonder. These constructs behave as real items, but a hit that would damage them destroys the entire construct. They burn away in the morning light as well. Costs 10 gossamer. )
[] Grafting session and a new draconic ability. (Will give a powerup of your choice, see Mirror of Paths)
[] +1 Wonder.
Daytime Action
[] Patrol the campus. (You're a security guard for the local college. Your contract doesn't really need you to patrol, but it gets you out of the place.)
[] Nap and use Dream of Wonder
[] Watch the Monitors (Talk with Harold)
[] Play Ball with Scott
Evening Action
[] Hit the local library
[] Hit the local cafe
[] Hit the local bar
[] Go home (Use night action twice)
[] Socialize with someone
Night Action
[] Hunt for Gossamer (Specify a number from 1-7. 1 easy, 7 hardest)
[] Hunt for your rivals
[] Look for something new
[] Visit the dream city and do ____
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[X] Nap and Use Dream of Wonder
[X] +1 Wonder
[X] Hit the local bar
[X] Visit the Dream City and do theater
[X] +1 Wonder
[X] Hit the local bar
[X] Visit the Dream City and do theater
[X] Ability that effects the real world (Gossamer Construct: Creates a temporary construction out of gossamer. Can be anything that fits within a sphere of meters times wonder. These constructs behave as real items, but a hit that would damage them destroys the entire construct. They burn away in the morning light as well. Costs 10 gossamer. )
[X] Watch the Monitors (Talk with Harold)
[X] Local Cafe
[X] Visit the Dream City and do theater
I think some real world capability might be needed soon. Our rivals are going to be...difficult.
[X] Watch the Monitors (Talk with Harold)
[X] Local Cafe
[X] Visit the Dream City and do theater
I think some real world capability might be needed soon. Our rivals are going to be...difficult.
- Location
- with internet
The visions continue to be the most valuable reward of the collection competition; we now know that going deep enough in the dream realm will expand our consciousness by force. Whether this would be as healthy for us as it was for the Dream Catcher is to be determined, but it is probably a prerequisite for becoming the next caretaker (like getting the owner's blessing for running their theater).
Oh, not suggesting we do it now, but this might be a good idea;
[] Hunt for you rivals
-[] The dream of science.
-[] Check and see how he's doing; his scientific project, the people he was trying to help, what data he's collected...
It might not be going to win anyway, but could I ask why you want this? It doesn't seem like it's going to be useful soon, especially with our other strong waking world abilities, and chances are good we'll eventually be able to develop more such abilities ourselves— be it with high enough Wonder, people's faith, or more understanding.
Oh, not suggesting we do it now, but this might be a good idea;
[] Hunt for you rivals
-[] The dream of science.
-[] Check and see how he's doing; his scientific project, the people he was trying to help, what data he's collected...
[] ...and since he's still thinking in terms of winners and losers, make it a trade; you'll tell some things you've learned from the Dream Catcher, dream Denizens, and one of the other rivals.
---[] Stuff like; how the Dream Realm is way older than it looks, existing well before humans, or how there's a force deep within it that keeps it stable and deep instead of a thin veneer, or how people in ancient history worshiped dream entities to give them power and get power in return, or how similar groups of people tried doing what we do now, and it didn't turn out well due to poor health, seeking immortality through dream forms, and mixing the waking world and dream world too much.
---[] Stuff like; how the Dream Realm is way older than it looks, existing well before humans, or how there's a force deep within it that keeps it stable and deep instead of a thin veneer, or how people in ancient history worshiped dream entities to give them power and get power in return, or how similar groups of people tried doing what we do now, and it didn't turn out well due to poor health, seeking immortality through dream forms, and mixing the waking world and dream world too much.
Genesys
(Discrete Mokona)
- Location
- California
I'm going to go wonder in case Fire gets pissed and comes after us again. 10 aoe is signifcantly more effective. Need to dream to get Sheriff Star, and need to hoard up so either theater or hunt, as bounty is off until sheriff happens(though we have no bonus, so, maybe?)
And a random realworld action for the sake of not diving too deep.
[X] +1 Wonder
[X] Dream of Wonder
[X] Hit the local cafe
[X] Theater
And a random realworld action for the sake of not diving too deep.
[X] +1 Wonder
[X] Dream of Wonder
[X] Hit the local cafe
[X] Theater
- Location
- Brazil
[X] +1 Wonder
[X] Nap and Use Dream of Wonder
[X] Hit the local bar
[X] Visit the Dream City and do theater
[X] Nap and Use Dream of Wonder
[X] Hit the local bar
[X] Visit the Dream City and do theater
What happened to our Devouring Teeth? I don't see it on the front page.
Forgot to add it to your 'items' You have to graft it first.
ConfusedPotato
Unverified Verifier
- Location
- Australia
[X] Nap and Use Dream of Wonder
[X] +1 Wonder
[X] Hit the local bar
[X] Visit the Dream City and do theater
[X] +1 Wonder
[X] Hit the local bar
[X] Visit the Dream City and do theater
Summon Car. Etc