Session 075: Wild Dreams of a Bard Report

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NEED TO FINISH & CLEAN UP!!
03/05/2023

08/03/2024

Wild Cards

Redfall 21, 2023 KC, evening

Bone Arch district in a tavern, Thornwinds

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The party was hunting down the D'Jedi knight who stole the arm from Yggdra. He was about to trade the arm with members of the Doomdreamers. He was trading for a Benducron which would give him insight into his order. The party fought some undead, and took the prisoner and Dead priest to town. They got his cloak, a map to a town, and a Psi Crystal.

As they are walking back to the ship, Bastion Bladesinger realizes the Psi Crystal can power a Nautiloid. He also realizes the Strange Drawing from Jacoby might have been such a ship. The Psi Crystal is supposed to be traded with Gruzzussk D'Achtend in a town a few days away for "something". They have a map, and the cloak that they believe will be a "symbol" there for Gruzzusk to know who to trade with at their port. Shadow wonders if the Headband of Intellect would change Arktos in some unknown way. then if anyone needed supplies. Bastion suggested Sas should get some tattoos to speed her up at such times. Shadow suggests going to The Weaver's Mark and remembers she wanted to join the Tattoo Guild, The Etched Canvas. The Shop is run by the narcistic Human, Hannah Lane -- in the port, i believe As they enter she is working on some Halfling. In the rear of the shop with some black curtains drawn, and she peeks through to see the group. Shadow waves, and there is a bit of recognition... insight (26) -- she seems to have some recognition, but a very slight and quick "did I get caught" look, but then she pulls the drape a bit more to hide the customer. A bit of side eye and then she is trying to hide something. Shadow silently tells Sas she thinks something shifty is going on. Sas tries to "casually" sneak a peek -- Perception (disadvantage, 11) -- hard to tell much. It is a Halfling, dressed in black. Shadow also tries to do the casual sneaky peek... Perception (22)... she notices the Halfling is wearing a shawl, similar to what Barlo once had from Jacoby Drexelhand. The Cowl of Warding which he returned to Garret, a rogue from the Shadow Thieves. Also notices how the back two booths have tracks for such curtains. There is a desk/bartop in the front. 4 stations. Her perception allows her to see the tattoo is being done on the top of the left hand on the wrist. Shadow takes Barlo to the side and asks about the cowl. Learns he gave it back and points out this guy is wearing a similar one. after that Barlo pays more attention. Perception: 9 he is starting to make things noticeable, so the tattoist huffs, whispers to the customer, and gets up, closing the drapes. "So, what can I do for you?" Sas brings up that she wants a tattoo to help with speed. they went through a listing of some Magic Tattoo she had which would help with speed. Bastion wanted to send Princess, a Flying Snake, over to investigate and Shadow went to whisper to Arktos who is outside. Princess gets a 1 on the dex check to sneak and so gets caught so she tells them to keep an eye on their pets. Shadow is still trying to take a peek (22) They are looking at the Tattoo of Striding. It would be a minimum of 10 hours, around 5-12 hours per. Shadow thinks she might be able to replicate one and so they only need to do one.

Tattoo of Striding

(Leg, Medium Average) A design of leaves or flowing wind spirals around your leg. The wearer's walking speed is increased by 5 feet. This tattoo may be applied to the other leg for an additional +5 feet of movement. If made using three-dimensional ink, the tattoo instead increases movement speed by +10 feet.

Hannah says if Shadow joins the Tattoo Guild The Etched Canvas before the tattoo is done, she can save the guild rate of 25%. She says she won't be able to finish it tonight, but she can schedule some time in morning to finish... they pay half up front, charged at full cost. so shadow leaves and winks at Barlo So the ink chosen is brown, 1500 gp... about 3 hours in, halfway point. d20 (9, 12) everything looks good. Con save (15) everythign is fine, no infection. Shadow, uses perception (20) and finds the guild. any guildhall or merchant in field can sell with same discount. reminded to create a book they will have access to. She is now a member of the Thornwinds chapter of the Tattoo Guild. The tattoo is done for now, so Hannah puts some goop on a very large leaf which she puts over the tattoo to assist in keeping it clean and Heal. They decide to finish up at 9am... and Shadow shows up. They owe 751. she goes back and opens the curtain, no one is there. Barlo (perception) to see if any secrets... He notices a "secret" door, but on the other side. He then goes to back alley and checks on Arktos, no reason to believe he saw anything. Barlo wants to get a tattoo... They get back to the ship. Arktos sleeps on deck. Sas has no bad feelings from tattoo due to the leaf. Barlo stays up a bit...

Calliope wisdom save (19) she works on some interpretive dance before bed. As she goes to bed she sees the pile of Books and recalls how she never left the bed this morning, just appeared at the church. And then she is in Skola Vale Wisdom check (9) She didn't realize it but now she is in a lucid Dream... Calliope and Dreams: a dreamer. Both day and night. Very vivid Dreams. Storytelling... Arcs. Highs and lows. Because of that she gets an advantage (6) so the 9 stands... actually a 10, for some reason...She notices something is different with herself though. She is acknowledging her NTO: Dreamself and she is aware that she is in the Plane of Dreams. Her DS has a higher strength, but lower dexterity, than her real self. As a Bard, she has advantage on all her rolls here and she gets a +1 to any roll here. Sees the elder working on something... Wis save (21) Something was trying to do something, she is now becoming aware of that. Sees storm clouds forming in the distance and then a voice: "what's the secrets you keep?" It seemed to have been trying to force her to answer... but is failing. She thinks of ridiculous things she is embarrased about and confesses it... "one time..." The voice is trying to scare her and it is not having much effect. and then the voice asks "who in your merry band do you trust the most?" Wis Save (12) Everything is now stretching away from her, this entity is trying to separate her from all she knows and finds safe. She calls out "who are you?" as she feels It responds: "You're the one trying to learn more about me? She says: "What are you trying to find out?

Bastion, Wis save (14) Bastion & Dreams, he used to need a full 6-8 hours rest, but then discovered he could do an elven rest, aka "Reverie". Yet he then learned after doing those he was tapping into a spirit hiding within him. That was Kolvar. He has gone back to full 8 hours after that incident, didn't want to give him any more "power". Since then he has had his own Dreams. He is now a child, but no -- actually an adult walking the streets he did when he was a child. He now realizes he is supposed to be on a ship. In here -- he is physically stronger and more dextrous -- he realizes he is in a Dream and does a backflip to test the theory of how much dexterity he seems to have. He notices that there are other abilities here, and feels he is on the verge of understanding them. Wis Save (27, natural 20, then a 9) - he has an inspiration in this place. he started to see the clouds turning black, thunder in the distance. A faint Silver white Light surrounds him with flickers of Silver Flame -- this is what granted him the inspiration. then a voice: " Oh, you're a bit harder to reach. I thought you'd be easier. Bastion: "Why did you think that? The voice: "Because you're not as as comfortable in this place as I thought you might be. But I am curious what you hold back as a secret. The nat 20 save stands to protect him. His general thoughts: did something happen to me that I didn't know about?
History: 12. Something happened to let this happen, some action he did. the voice again: Let me ask you which one of your Friends Do you not trust? Wis Save: 21 At that time he thinks of ... Grognard. He is the reason for everything right now. At that moment the area around him disappears. Like the white room of the Matrix. In front of him now is Grognard, a version he knew him as with various versions of Grognard in different ages coming and going as specters or ghosts. constantly coming and going. This elderly version as it tries to "speak" it doesn't seem able to -- no words. then a slight cough and he seems able to irk out: "I can't help you right now. You guys need to figure out how to do this. Bastion then wakes up.

For Calliope: She was looking around. When the voice had disappeared, the space separating her from the vale was gone, so she enjoyed the space. then the voice returns: "That wasn't very nice... Calliope interrupts and speaks over him: "What did I do? He doesn't stop as he continues: "What is your Friends' names? wis save (8) she can't help it, but thinks of Arktos

Shadow Wis Save (23) Shadow's Dreams. Back at home she knows of Dream walking, and the experiences of it. she knows some have conversations in them... With the bond between her and Arktos they actually do share the same Dreams. In fact, that is now going on. They are sharing a Dream as they return to her home. Sees her elder speaking to some people as they seek to prepare for their next move... then Arktos disappears. Wis save (19) sky begins to darken... that was odd. She is now fully aware she is in a Dream. She is aware she is dreamwalking and aware she could manipulate things if she knew what she was doing. Her Str is better, but her Dex has gone down a bit... Wis save (9) The voice comes in... "Oh, that was Weird. I had to kind of get through. the way I wasn't sure what Work, but your psyche is a little bit easier than your Friends. Now that I can talk to you, what do you think is your greatest secret? Wis save (12) She is compelled to share - Secrets about her feelings... secret

trust about Bast

She tried to hold it back... but couldn't. He asked "Who's next? Wis save (nat 20, The voice returns... "Fine.

Wis save sas: 14, Barlo: 9 Barlo Dreams: grandiose Dreams where he is the champion, he leads the charge, he is the king, he is the one who discovers things... He is an a bar fight. He headbutts a Dragonborn. The Dragonborn goes down. Barlo lashes out with his claws and reaches out to another Dragonborn that was about to attack him, swiping the hadnd and slices off the arm. an elven monk kicks at him, but he smashes at the lags and makes her lose her footing. She falls. Wis check (4) The rage begins to calm down a bit... The first Dragonborn was Adrex Lhamboldennish. The hand opens and he has the game cube in his hand. The Dragonborn who lost their hand was Yggdra, the monk is Nissa Silverfrond. He says "Thanks for finding that for me." and takes the die, then surveys the bar. He steps on a table and looks around.. Perception (26, nat. 20, 14... ) His hair bristles and Silver flames are on him. He gets a +1d10 on next role... HE is now realizing something is up. He is not as strong as normal... Dex (20) he is not as strong, not as agile... a bit of self consciousness. wis save (dis) (9) Storm outside... a voice: "why are the felines so easy to get into? It was that I wasn't sure if I'd get into this one, but. Wow, this was easier than I thought. I have a question.. Barlo: "where are you? Voice: "oh, I'm everywhere you are ..now what I'm curious about is what secrets you know. What secrets do you have? wis save (9) He is compelled to share something... some secret. barlo secret

his Dreams show him as the hero, but he really feels a fraud. He wishes he could be more like that, especially with this primal beast. He hopes it is connected to something bigger and wants to be bigger. He tries so hard to take the hits due to the imposter syndrome... (gold dragon)

the voice then asks: "what is your turtle friend's name? wis save (17) He isn't compelled... yet Barlo still thought of Sas. Barlo: "why? He then realizes he could control more here... if he knew how.

Sas and Dreams... her nightmares are of disappointing the abbot. not even mad, but just disappointment. Good Dreams revolve around pleasing him... but the best are of nature and accomplishment. wis save (19) she is back home. Teh abbot and her parents are talking nearby. while something tries to poke through the back of her mind... wis save (18) a nudge... almost physical. She looks at herself and recognizes something is different. She is aware she is more physically strong as normal. She is aware of something trying to get to her. the space between her family begins to stretch.. wis save (18) She hears a quiet voice..: "you're the one who I really need to get to. And it won't happen tonight..." She continues the Dream, one unlike any she has had before. She is aware of her space. She remembers how the Abbot Grok would speak of Dreams. A place where believers and others are able to communicate with their Deities since the gods cannot directly speak to most on the Material Plane. There are many stories on why.. She knows she has spoken to Bast in such Dreams and this pulls her thoughts to Bast. She is now in that same Desert she has been with her in. Bast comes out of nowhere and walks up to her. Bast: "well, this is interesting. I didn't summon you. How did you find your way here? Sas: "I don't, I don't know. Please forgive me for the interruption. Bast: "You are no interruption. The Task you are on is still very important, so of course if you need time.. or anything... Sas: "I thought you were trying to speak to me. I heard a voice and I don't know. I felt like I had before when I spoke with you, I thought you were reaching out to me. Bast: "Interesting. Someone is trying to manipulate your Dreams. Sas: "What do I do? Bast: "do you trust me? Sas; "Completely She puts her hands out and a very elegant bed appears as her hand moves to the side and she tells her to lay down: "If you will lay down and then let me find out who was trying to mess with you. Sas lays down and Bast puts two fingers on her temple, right on the forehead.. she closes her eyes, it starts to morph into other versions of Bast (human and cat), then a bit of pain. she lets go Bast: "Now this is impossible and unexpected. Sas: "What happend? what did you see? Bast: "A long time ago. And time is complicated. For reasons. There was a great power. it sought it's path across many planes and this person became a god of sorts. He became one of the most famous Liches ever known. Your Abbot and Meklan and their band of adventurers they killed him. But somehow it seems he left a part of himself, somewhere... and Somehow your Friends have tapped into that. Bast then looks down as if trying to think or solve a riddle and then she takes a deep breath: "There was a point that your Friends interacted with, some type of ward that he had put up, that Ward had allowed him to kind of start entering their psyche. So he's been traveling through your various Dreams. It looks like if you hadn't thought of me and at the time that he was communicating with you, you would not have been here. That's what caused it. He's creating these opening channels through the plane. It seems that he's, found a way, a place to hide his own personal Dream plane. And he's been hiding there, waiting for something to bring him back. And I think he thinks you guys are the way. In fact. It looks like the only thing that's protecting this is the fact that I gave you that. The casing for those orbs. she looks down again and then continues: "Okay, so you have lost your book. And it looks like he's been able to grab the Professor Orb. But as long as you have that orb, he can't fully complete his ritual. I don't think I can really help you much here. He's in a place that I can't get to. But I can tell you, that the orb that you hold, that holds that world of Toril, that's important for him. He. You had an have. You have that hand. He's already taken that from you.. Somehow as you Sleep, he's he's able to take some of the physical objects from you, except for that, or because of the casing that it's in. But it looks like he did steal the book from you. And he stole the Professor Orb, and he stole that hand. I Fear that he's going to try to get you guys into another, into his plane to perform a ritual. Sas: "How do we defeat him? Bast: "Well, you are going to have end the ritual if he captures you. I can try to speak with Meklan, I'm sure he has something he has kept from me on this. she looks up for a moment... "interesting. I can't find his current form. I will have to find another version of him. I'm going to wake you, and then I'm going to try to see if I can find a way to figure out moe of what is going on here. This this is scary. It's in a way that I wasn't ready for. And it could also. Well, if it's successful, it's going to ruin everything that I had planned. Sas: "How do I end the ritual? Do I wake my Friends? Bast was about to send her back, then pauses. "To fully wake yourself from a Dream. You have to understand the two... When you're in the Material Plane, you have your strength. You have your agility. You have your intelligence. When you are in the in one of these dreamscapes, that's different. Your strength. Right now, you are stronger in here physically than you are out there, because your strength in there is dependent upon your how wise you are. It is a mixture of how your physical strength is and your wisdom brought together. Your agility here for you is not much different, because your agility is based on your intelligence, and your agility in the Material Plane. For your Friends, this can cause very different, abilities for them. But there's two other main abilities that you will need to learn how to master, and that's going to be one of them is called your inner strength. Knowing how to summon the strength is going to help. And the other thing is going to be your mental fortitude. If you can start to learn how to use those two skills while you're in, dreamscape. It's then you will be able to figure out who the Dream Seed is and give me a second here. note: these are the Dream Tools And so she kind of looks down again and ponders...: "What I can tell is your friend, Calliope is the Dream Seed. She was trying to find some knowledge about some type of species that was erased from history. All those erasures were warded by this evil gods whose name I'm not certain I want to say right now because I'm starting to find that he's got more powers than I expected. It is a name that you have heard before, though. But this Lich God, he, ... If you guys together can get enough mental fortitude with the Dream Seed, you'll be able to help her find inner peace. That inner peace will be able to help you guys defeat the dreamscape. I know these are trees that might not make a lot of sense to you right now, but I will try to find a way of explaining it and to help. I can say that right now, all of you still hold that Silver Flame that you guys brought in from Ibarra, and I can see how it's been trying to protect you guys, that the Silver Flame is very important. It's definitely going to be very important when you guys win. And if you guys are able to make it to me, because that's what we need to fully help. My Pharah. I'm guessing Meklan may have planned on this as well... Before I send you back, is there any other questions besides that Confusion I just gave you? Sas: "So I should wake up Calliope Bast: "I have a feeling when you wake your firends will already be awake around the same time. Sas: "Thank you goddess Bast: "Your Friends will need to protect you, that orb is the one thing he still needs and it is protected by the orb as long as you are alive. But if he's able to get you into his plane, into his Dream plane, it's dreamscape. Sorry. At that point, if he's able to defeat you guys, he will be able to take it from. And that will put everything at risk, not just for my people, but for all of your people as well. Sas: "and I will protect it with my life.

Redfall 22, 2023 KC, morning

Bone Arch district in a tavern, Thornwinds They have learned they have a dreamself... Sas learned the most due to her calling for Bast. They lost a few items. She wakes up as does everyone else... Shadow goes to check on Arktos. He is still resting. Sas gets up and checks her belongings. She has the orb, is missing the things stated by Bast. She investigates (nat 1) Bastion asks if anyone else had a Weird Dream, then if they saw the person and compare notes... Shadow contemplates things... Bastion goes to Sas due to her experience with Dreams. Her room is a mess as she is tearing through things. Sas says how the book is gone. The arm is gone. She says how she was told in the Dream Bastion says he also had a strange Dream. they go to everyone else... Bastion asks the captain if anyone came or went. He then investigates the teleportation room. Inv (28) nothing is out of place Shadow wonders if they can contact Yggdra... they haven't spoke with them since before they went to the church. She asks about night crew to the captain. Everyone takes a shift, with the night captain in charge. no new crew or suspicious people... the local rogues come near the ships, but no one has been an issue. They all know the words of Bast. Shadow goes through the ship d100: Sas: 24
Chucko: 6
Shadow: 5
Calliope: 53
Bastion: 52
Shadow stays quiet... They don't know how things were taken. Bastion History (14) doesn't know much on Vecna. He has heard he was a Lich from another world who tried to become a god. He might have been defeated by Meklan. He knows what he looks like as he saw him when he took psychic damage trying to learn about the Spellweavers. in Session 067: The Wizard's Cellar Report. Vecna is from Oerth and was a Human To take their mind off things, they go for a breakfast beer and plan to finish tattoo. They wonder if they know of ways to handle their Dream situation. Sas, Survival (14) She had discussions with the Abbot which she didn't understand at the time... she has learned how he once had a a whole life of adventuring before he settled down. She knows she will need to learn how to progress in power in the Dreams. She has some insights into Dream Tools. You can Fly... You can double movement... you can use Inner strength and mental fortitude to excel. Casters open up to all their spells... at their level. 4th level barbarians and bards get unlimited use of powers.... At the tattooist, a 4 on the tattoo. She is having problem. Bastion Bladesinger casts Skill Empowerment on her to help her, the line Work vastly improves and everythign is fine.... con save (23) no problem. another leaf with goop, Sas asks about it. She says it comes from the elves up north, the goop is mixed with powder from the leaves and that comes from the elves. Since there was a problem she discounts the tatoo so they only pay 500. The magic of the tattoo doesn't always hold, but this will be fine. a discussion on speed, Barlo shows off his speed. he asks about stacking speed... she asks if he wants a tattoo.... I said there is a percentage if she has any they are looking for. She has all the simples and small types, for the most part. Shadow persuasion (7)... no new sketches. Barlo asked about different inks on the different tattoos.. he asks about detection inks. He wants mindflayer & she has aberration. specific creature: 100 type: 50 Shadow asks if she has all the inks she wants some for a discount: glow, prismatic, metallic, and mood. Barlo asks if the guild might have them too.. The guild might have other creature ones. Shadow buys those four from her. Barlo buys vials of 3d ink. 4 oz. 2 oz. of mindflayer detection... at guild. the voice is raspy. male. elderly. and very powerful...




t Milestone Experience: (1000 ea) | Total: 109,000 (Next Goal: 120,000) t

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t Milestone Experience: (1000 ea) | Total: 109,000 (Next Goal: 120,000) t

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Redfall 21, 2023 KC

The Wild Cards explore the Plane of Dreams

Redfall 22, 2023 KC

The Wild Cards finish tattoo on sas

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