Let’s start off with something nice and relaxing, eh? What we’re going to do in this task is pay a little visit to the countryside. Basically, I want you to visit a rural area and enjoy the day (or night… or whatever your mind comes up with). Fly a kite, meet some country folk, build yourself a summer home. Above all, enjoy yourself. Often times we try to do big and exciting things (many will be in tasks to come), but we forget how pleasant the little things can be in dreams. So grab your boots, partner, we’re headin’ out!
Base points: Go for a walk/ride in the country: 30 pts Starting in a city and traveling to the country: 20 pts
Repeatable points: Meet some new people (or any sentient being): 10 pts for the first and 5 pts for every one after. Every different activity you do while in the country (fishing, horseback riding, etc.; obviously a walk does not count): 5 pts
Secondary points: Find your own place in the country (house,barn,secret spot, etc.): 10 pts Actually create your place: 30 pts
You have 1 week to complete this task. No rush. Not yet, anyway
Wow. When I saw what the task was, I was wholly expecting to come out with next to nothing, since changing settings has never been my strong suit. Instead, I both became lucid and made a bit of progress on the task on my first night.
EDIT: I would probably call this medium-length… it’s a lot wordier than most entries in my offline Dream Journal, but most of it is describing my thought processes instead of actual action, and the lucid part felt like it was about five minutes or so.
Well done, Thorn. That all adds up to |30 Task While Lucid + 50 base (taking a walk; going from city to country) + 20 early = 100 pts| plus |30 lucid pts (medium LD)|. Congratulations, maybe next time you’ll be able to do a few more activities
And for those of you interested, here is the length to an LD I had last night. Of course, I am not competing but I figure if I participate instead of merely hosting, being TM won’t mess up my regular LD’s like it did last time. A bit of motivation is always what I seem to need
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I didn’t dream about the task, but I was in countryside, there was a lot of sand, and I was climbing with a person on a mountain or hill.
He told me that this his favorite thing to do, and people shouldn’t mind.
Had a LD last night. Didn’t remember the task, but I did my personal goal (even though I didn’t remember it was connected to the LC ). The dream was a bunch of pieces put together, but it all seems like part of the same story, so I’ll say I regained lucidity at the end instead of having 2 LD’s.
idanl09: For completing the task in an ND you get |30 base + 15 repeatable (mountain climbing; meeting a new person) + 20 early = 65 pts|
mattias: Congratulations! For completing your personal task you get |30 PT pts| as well as |40 long + 5 regaining = 45 lucid pts| for the LD. If you would like to do a new personal task, pot it below. You’ll get a PM from me with additional requirements to complete the second PT.
And I also completed the task last night in an ND; link is here. I was in the Old West, played some zombie bowling with my horse, and rode out with a TV character to try to save his town. That, of course, nets me 0 points .
Well I just got myself out of a rather large dryspell. I had gone almost inactive here, and I wasn’t doing my DJ or RC’ing very often if at all. For me it was just a matter of forcing myself to go back and doing everything I did when I had a higher lucid count. It was hard, since my motivation was much lower than when I started.
But that’s just my personal experience, there could be a lot of other factors that I didn’t go through. Still… it may be time for a guide on dryspells…
I had a Medium/Average LD last night in which I did the montly Quest. I have to say that the dream character gave me a very simple task… it was too easy I believe… that’s why I will try the quest again, to teach something more difficult.