Lucidity Challenge 49 - winner: drd!

I’d prefer it if it wasn’t something simple as that, really, but I’m also not going for something super complicated — where every crack and brick remain exactly the same. As for revisiting a location, I already absentmindedly did that (first I was in a house in a ND (a house I do not recognize as something in irl), then I was outside supposedly the very same house in a LD…) If I can do that but more, then yay. As for DCs, I have my ideas on who could easily be part. Preferably they’d be people who dont exist in the real
world, as to seperate the two. Like that one planet I visited. Blah blah blah. Typing on a phone is such a pain.

Lucidity Challenge 49 Signups (Name - Team - Personal Goal)

  1. Thorn—NIGHT DRUID—Visibly and tangibly increase in musculature
  2. Oleg — Sky Ranger — Establish consistency and recurring elements… (And if not that, how about I just go to space, or something?)
  3. Mew151 —SPACE MAGE—Play DDR Dream Mix
  4. James_UK2008—NIGHT DRUID— Transform self into Predator
  5. Letaali—SKY RANGER—Visit the frozen planet
  6. Koal44—SPACE MAGE—Open a dimension door and go through it

I just like to mention that I did 2 LD tonight and in one of them I dreamed of Sea dove and obfusc. We were a bunch of people meeting for the opening of the 49th LC. Obfusc was busy talking to someone so Sea dove did the opening speech (in german but then I told him to speak english hehe).
Crap this won t make me earn any points… :happy:

1.Thorn—NIGHT DRUID—Visibly and tangibly increase in musculature
2.Oleg — Sky Ranger — Establish consistency and recurring elements… (And if not that, how about I just go to space, or something?)
3.Mew151 —SPACE MAGE—Play DDR Dream Mix
4.James_UK2008—NIGHT DRUID— Transform self into Predator
5.Letaali—SKY RANGER—Visit the frozen planet
6.Koal44—SPACE MAGE—Open a dimension door and go through it
7. Jer - Sky Ranger - Fly out into outer space.

Count me in! The last LC was my first one, and I found it really motivated me to invest more time LD ing.

Lucidity Challenge 49 Signups (Name - Team - Personal Goal)

  1. Thorn—NIGHT DRUID—Visibly and tangibly increase in musculature
  2. Oleg — Sky Ranger — Establish consistency and recurring elements… (And if not that, how about I just go to space, or something?)
  3. Mew151 —SPACE MAGE—Play DDR Dream Mix
  4. James_UK2008—NIGHT DRUID— Transform self into Predator
  5. Letaali—SKY RANGER—Visit the frozen planet
  6. Koal44—SPACE MAGE—Open a dimension door and go through it
  7. Jer - Sky Ranger - Fly out into outer space.
  8. Scipio Xaos - SPACE MAGE - Say hello to Cardia again. It’s been a while.

So I’m going with SPACE MAGE cause it sounds like the one of the three teams I’d most like to participate in right now. It was a tossup with the NIGHT DRUID one, but I think I’d rather be doing some magic. :razz:

And for my personal goal, I’ll be looking for a recurring DC and try to have another chat with her. :smile:

Eh… You know what, nevermind. Quitting now.

:bambi:

  1. Thorn—NIGHT DRUID—Visibly and tangibly increase in musculature
  2. Oleg — Sky Ranger — Establish consistency and recurring elements… (And if not that, how about I just go to space, or something?)
  3. Mew151 —SPACE MAGE—Play DDR Dream Mix
  4. James_UK2008—NIGHT DRUID— Transform self into Predator
  5. Letaali—SKY RANGER—Visit the frozen planet
  6. Koal44—SPACE MAGE—Open a dimension door and go through it
  7. Jer - Sky Ranger - Fly out into outer space.
  8. Scipio Xaos - SPACE MAGE - Say hello to Cardia again. It’s been a while.
  9. footballfreak - Space Mage - Talk to an animal or plant about their life experience
    

Mental abilities is what I’d like to work on, which is why I chose the Space Mage team. Very excited about this Challenge!

Haha nice, though Sea dove is a woman IRL I think!? :razz:

@Oleg: :bambi: +1.

And welcome to the other recent sign ups. I’m about 98% set and ready to rock, baring a few little tweaks to task descriptions. So when we get the last few sign ups we’ll be good to go.

Beh. never mind. I won’t quit.

Really, the entirity of the LDing just feels like disappointment after disappointment and I just dont have the willpower to keep it up without some sort of end goal to work towards to… But then that’s what the LC is for, so oops?

Edit: Also whoops to fall back on frustrarion and disappointment and then not realise them as potential causes for failure. Like seriously, I’m dumb sometimes.

  1. Thorn—NIGHT DRUID—Visibly and tangibly increase in musculature
  2. Oleg — Sky Ranger — Establish consistency and recurring elements… (And if not that, how about I just go to space, or something?)
  3. Mew151 —SPACE MAGE—Play DDR Dream Mix
  4. James_UK2008—NIGHT DRUID— Transform self into Predator
  5. Letaali—SKY RANGER—Visit the frozen planet
  6. Koal44—SPACE MAGE—Open a dimension door and go through it
  7. Jer - Sky Ranger - Fly out into outer space.
  8. Scipio Xaos - SPACE MAGE - Say hello to Cardia again. It’s been a while.
  9. footballfreak - Space Mage - Talk to an animal or plant about their life experience
  10. CornBrick(Coast) - Space Mage - Conjure a suit of armor and a sword

Initially I wanted to try Lucid Dreaming out of pure curiosity and because I thought it’d be a bit stupid not to take advantage of this amazing side effect of the way our brain works. Later on I discovered that LDs can offer a lot more that just pure fun, and then I stumbled upon an extremely important goal, that of meeting a particular DC. And so I must push onwards until my wish is fulfilled, for to spend time with this person would mean to spend time in the best way I can currently imagine. It is therefore my duty to myself to give myself the gift of godhood and to enter the realm of which I am the rightful king: the realm of my own mind.

Ok we’ve hit the 10 signups! :smile:

The challenge will start on Friday 15th May 2015 13:00 GMT!

for me lucid dreams started as the “just for fun” reason, after investigating it further i found out how much potential lucid dreaming possesses, from actually learning to be awake that third of your life you spend sleeping and close the circle, to using that time to learn tasks you can preform in waking life and further into things im investigating right now such as my personal goal.

right now im really into my personal task more than the LC itself so i wont be as active as last time, just letting you guys know.
i chose Space Mage team since a lot of times im having trouble conjuring in my dreams things like swords and powers, although last LC i did manage to use electrokinesis… but theres still work to be done! oh yes and i love Magic and space of course!
im getting the feeling there are too many Space Mage people, so if its a real problem i can move to the Night Druid since they also deal with changing things in dreams, if that helps, worst case ill just go for the Space Mage tasks and get less points.

seriously !?!? how did you plane to go about that!? sounds interesting!

ahh Thorn im glade youre here! for me that task from the last LC of kicking your avatar’s ass still remained ^^

OMG! we have a member that is 151 year old! xD

Letaali is that frozen planet you keep wanting to visit from somewhere? is it specific or do you just want to go to some frozen planet?

like it! sounds great!

Regarding the teams, I’m not bothered about balance, it is your choice, but we have seen in previous challenges how a good player on a small team can completely dominate, winning the team advantage and thus getting extra tasks/points to complete.

It does effect which tasks are worth more points to you, and possibly your approach.

All teams will have some crossover, but it comes down to your personal dream control skill and how you like to attempt tasks. E.g. If you require a sword, a mage would probably shout ‘Accio Sword’ and expect one to come flying to their hand, Harry Potter style. A druid would find a suitable object, say a stick, and turn it into a sword. A ranger would search the area for a sword or ask a nearby DC for help.

I cannot reveal anything about the tasks that each team will get, but if anyone wants to change teams, you have until 13.00 GMT tomorrow. :content:

Yeah I read about practicing languages in lucid dreams on a blog that lead me here. At first when my Japanese studies were good enough I couldn’t reliably LD, and now I can reliably LD my language studies are well… taking a back burner. Basically the conversations/phrases you know would be accessible through your SC, with the idea that you could converse with a DC in your chosen language to practice speaking/pronunciation etc. I will get round to it… one day. :smile:

It’s specific. I visited it in a very memorable dream 778 days ago.

i really just know words in japanese from anime but i dont know how to converse properly, i will keep that in mind as one of my LD to do list, sounds great!
does your line says “are you dreaming?”/ “do you see a dream?” (had google translate for the last word)

wow, i take it you werent lucid, i really hope you do get there. how did the houses look like?

Strange… I seem to recall you saying in LC 48 that you were leaving the LCs to work on more important things, but I see you’re back because nothing’s more important than beating up on somebody you barely know. It’s always a pleasure talking to you too! :tongue:

About time! I’ve been sitting on a nice, constant lucid pattern with no LC to apply it to, and I’m itching to earn some points. Also, how’s that tabletop campaign going?
/me flees!

Yeah it means “Am I dreaming?” but the verb is ‘to see’ so I guess literally it translates as “I see a dream”

Started and in progress, but not ready for human consumption. Guess I’d better quickly write some ’ host-self-insert fanfic’ instead :razz:

Suddenly, a lightning bolt falls from the sky, and makes a loud crash. A large dust cloud lingers in the air. After about 30 seconds, the dust clears, and there is a large crater in the ground, with a man standing in the middle. Oh look it’s drd! Drd announces as loud as he can “AS YOU ALL HAVE EXPECTED, I WISH TO JOIN THE LC AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE!”

  1. Thorn—NIGHT DRUID—Visibly and tangibly increase in musculature
  2. Oleg — Sky Ranger — Establish consistency and recurring elements… (And if not that, how about I just go to space, or something?)
  3. Mew151 —SPACE MAGE—Play DDR Dream Mix
  4. James_UK2008—NIGHT DRUID— Transform self into Predator
  5. Letaali—SKY RANGER—Visit the frozen planet
  6. Koal44—SPACE MAGE—Open a dimension door and go through it
  7. Jer - Sky Ranger - Fly out into outer space.
  8. Scipio Xaos - SPACE MAGE - Say hello to Cardia again. It’s been a while.
  9. footballfreak - Space Mage - Talk to an animal or plant about their life experience
  10. CornBrick(Coast) - Space Mage - Conjure a suit of armor and a sword
  11. drd - Space Mage - Fire a mouth laser

Welcome drd!

(just fixing signups)

  1. Thorn—NIGHT DRUID—Visibly and tangibly increase in musculature
  2. Oleg — Sky Ranger — Establish consistency and recurring elements… (And if not that, how about I just go to space, or something?)
  3. Mew151 —SPACE MAGE—Play DDR Dream Mix
  4. James_UK2008—NIGHT DRUID— Transform self into Predator
  5. Letaali—SKY RANGER—Visit the frozen planet
  6. Koal44—SPACE MAGE—Open a dimension door and go through it
  7. Jer - Sky Ranger - Fly out into outer space.
  8. Scipio Xaos - SPACE MAGE - Say hello to Cardia again. It’s been a while.
  9. footballfreak - Space Mage - Talk to an animal or plant about their life experience
  10. CornBrick(Coast) - Space Mage - Conjure a suit of armor and a sword
  11. AWE - Space Mage - effect the physical body through a lucid dream.
  12. drd - Space Mage - Fire a mouth laser

[center]Task 1: A Dream of Thrones[/center]

You know what I look forward to every April? The new series of Game of Thrones! A Song of Ice and Fire is an epic-proportioned adventure written by George RR Martin. It’s got everything: Battles, magic, dragons, heroes, villains, political games, secret love affairs, assassinations. You don’t need to know anything about the books or the show to complete these tasks.

Apparently we do stories and roleplay type stuff in these challenges now… Gratuitous host-insert fiction below.

[spoiler]You find yourself lying on a cold stone floor. Pale sunlight pours into the room from several large stained glass windows. High overhead are stone archways and a painted ceiling that seems to shift and swirl with images too fleeting to comprehend. The large room is dominated by a raised section at one end of the hall. Up the three small steps your eyes fall upon an impressive looking chair. It’s form is hard to describe, like the ceiling it continually shifts and swirls, the memory of it slipping away like half remembered dreams.

You are not alone. There are others lying on the floor, looking around as confused as you.
“Where are we?” Someone asks.

One figure is already standing. Tall, slim, dressed in jeans and a black armored motorbike jacket. His face is obscured by a high-tech looking metal mask. Above the mask is a mop of short dark brown hair but no distinguishing features can be observed. He climbs the steps and with a shrug, takes a seat on the shifting dream throne. Slouching, one leg hooked over the arm of the chair, Obfusc8 proceeds to rest his head back in his hands as if preparing for a nap.

While you get to your feet the entire room starts to dematerialise. The walls phase in and out of existence, the floor alarmingly disappears, leaving you looking down over a large map. Towns and cities rise and fall as if made from clockwork. Dramatic instrumental music begins, drowning out the rhythmic sound of the figure now sleeping on the throne. The northern lands are locked in ice and snow. Great armies clash on the battlefields below.

You realise this is a dream and you are lucid. Welcome to a Dream of Thrones.[/spoiler]

SNOW: Play in the snow. Winter is coming! Find snow and throw a snowball or two, sledge or make snow angels. Have fun. Chill out for a while. If you can’t find a suitable snow covered land, then make it snow! Do you want to build a snowman? (Dancing across snowy mountain tops in a princess outfit while singing is entirely optional and not worth any additional points, just so you know, but feel free.) 20pts

BRAVE: Show your bravery in battle. Specifically; participate in a large battle, fight overwhelming odds (i.e. more than one opponent) or survive against an opponent much bigger than you. You don’t have to be big or strong to be brave. ‘Participate’ in this instance does not require any violence or killing on your part, but you cannot simply observe a battle: You must be in it and defend yourself as necessary. 30pts

CROWN: See a King/Queen/Ruler or a throne. You could explore a palace to find a throne room. Better yet, take your rightful place and sit on the dream throne! Rulers often have a crown or badge of office, so if you can’t find a king or queen, simply appoint a DC by giving them (or yourself) a crown. 30pts

TEAM TASKS

SKY RANGER
CLIMB: Climb something tall. At the start of the books, Bran Stark loves to climb the towers of Winterfell, and he inspired this task. Ideally I mean free climb a large tree, the outside of a building or mountain or other large structure. Climbing regular stairs doesn’t count… unless they are giant sized or you find yourself hanging off the side of a bizarre Escher-type impossible construct, or the wrong side of the safety handrail… you know, something out of the ordinary. 30pts

DRAGON: Ride a dragon/mythical beast. Daenerys is the called the mother of dragons, maybe you can command mighty beasts too? Dragons are obviously the most awesome, but any other large/impressive/mythical beast like a dinosaur, a pegasus, a griffon, a unicorn, will do. I may allow other beasts if they are exotic or magical in some way, so post your dream if you ride something extraordinary. 40pts

NIGHT DRUID
GROW: Grow in size. Have you heard of ‘The Mountain That Rides’? He’s a giant of a man. This task is about seeing life from a taller perspective. Transform yourself into a large human/giant or something greater… Dragon? Dinosaur? Anything big! The bigger the better, right?30pts

METAL: Shape or create metal. Lost your best sword-fightin’ hand? No problem: Get a new one made from gold. To complete this task you just need to find something made from metal and bend/shape it into something else. Alternatively you can change any item, object or person you wish into metal - and this being the transformation team then yes you could turn part (or all) of your body to metal. If you’re looking for inspiration, how about Colossus from the X-Men, or becoming a liquid metal Terminator. 40pts

SPACE MAGE
DISGUISE: Change your appearance. Using willpower to change your clothes is one way, or you could put on a mask/wig/disguise. You could cast a spell to change your appearance, whip up some polyjuice potion, do a full body swap or transformation (limited to standard human forms only to avoid task crossover with the Druid team tasks). Arya Stark often pretends to be a boy, so if you’re feeling experimental, try a dream disguised as someone of the opposite gender. (Combo restrictions: Wearing a crown, growing in size or turning yourself to metal doesn’t count as a disguise.) 30pts

SHADOW: Manipulate shadows with magic - make shadows grow or shrink, make them dance or attack people or defend you. For the truly powerful, how about turning night into day or vice versa? Take inspiration from the Red Priests and Shadowbinders of Asshai: They can send assassins made from shadow to hunt their enemies. 40pts

FAQs

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…hey, obfusc8, where are the bleep are the team designed tasks?
After participating in several of these challenges I’ve noted a high amount of interest in creating the DIY team tasks, but not many completions of said tasks. The ‘TEAM-UP’ weekly bonus is designed to replace the team tasks with an option of summoning other LC participants for additional points. You’ve got 9 tasks, a personal goal and monthly quests to do. Focus on them.

This time the team which completes the most tasks-per-member each week wins the team advantage and gets to create a task of their own, based around the current week’s theme. So essentially the winning team get to design a task with (hopefully) like-minded team mates that can fit their own lucid dreaming goals and desires. These DIY tasks cannot overlap existing tasks, but other than that are pretty open and are an opportunity to accomplish other personal goals… as long as the majority of the team agrees.

…hey, obfusc8, can I combo with ?
Sure. That’s the idea. If I haven’t stated specifically that it cannot be combined with something, then that’s either by design or it’s something I didn’t think of. Exploit any loopholes you spot, but as soon as you point them out, others will doubtless try the same thing.

…hey, obfusc8, can I combine with my personal goal?
Sure. That’s the idea. These tasks were dreamed up long before signups were even posted. If they happen to link nicely to your personal goal, feel free to combine task and goal attempts for big points! When you complete your personal goal, remember you can pick a second goal worth another 25pts.

…but obfusc8, wah! wah! Somebody’s personal goal is just like ! Favouritism! Conspiracy! You’re so unfair!
Personal goals can only be completed while lucid, the other tasks can be completed in normal dreams.

Most people’s personal goals are much more specific than these tasks. E.g. Letaali needs to travel to a specific planet from a previous dream and then play in the snow to complete both his goal and the SNOW task, and given that he’s been trying to go there for over two years, I think we can give him a little extra incentive to finally get there…

And just before you /ragequit, who knows, next week might have a task which assists your own goal. I want you all to complete your personal goals. If everyone manages their goal before the end of the challenge, I’ll be really really really really happy. Really. :yay: