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<blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 6349590" data-attributes="member: 92511"><p><strong>26 [+infinity]:</strong> The hermit had dreams of a disembodied voice telling him/her/it things. The source of the voice and veracity of what it says (at least initially) is unknown. DM's holiday/roulette. Is it something someone is saying...or only thinking? Is it a mortal "real" person/creature or some extraplanar being or spirit? Maybe it sounds like some in need/trouble? Maybe its the plans of a serial killer/vampire/demon/were-creature revealing their next victim? Maybe it's just some commoner's wife? The hermit doesn't really know/has to figure it out. Anything, really, goes.</p><p><strong>27 [+infinity]: </strong>The hermit hears a voice in the winds. The source or veracity of what the voice says is [at least initially] unknown.</p><p><strong>28:</strong> The hermit has discovered [or accidentally or by the province of some deity for unknown reasons] how to partially open their psychic mind and hears the thoughts of someone they know/used to know prior to their hermitage. 28a: The hermit has an empathic sense of said individual.</p><p><strong>29:</strong> The hermit has discovered how to move through nature terrain unhindered and leaves no tracks anywhere (even in mud, snow, sand, etc...).</p><p><strong>30:</strong> The hermit discovered the last known titan remaining in the world and gleans occasional or random Wisdom bonuses from his conversations/teachings with him/her/it.</p><p><strong>31:</strong> The hermit found the hidden valley of the unicorns (where they mate and raise their young).</p><p><strong>32 [+infinity]. </strong>The hermit found the secret dying/burial ground of the dragons/holliphants/insert magical creature here.</p><p><strong>33: </strong>The hermit discovered how to communicate with flumphs.</p><p><strong>34 [+infinity]:</strong> The hermit discovered how to overcome a particular magical attack/effect: look a medusa/basilisk in the eye, breathe (or hold their breath inordinately long) poisoned gases (green dragon breath, gorgon breath, etc...), can cast magic in a beholder's anti-magic field, etc...</p><p><strong>35:</strong> The hermit either was or became blind in their hermitage and developed/now has super-hearing/sonar/eco-location a la Daredevil or Thundercats' Lynx-o.</p><p><strong>36:</strong> The hermit found the FIRST grimoire written by the FIRST/greatest magic-user/spell-caster of all time.</p><p><strong>37:</strong> The hermit found the FIRST religious text/decrees, written by a progenitor/long dead gods.</p><p><strong>38:</strong> The hermit found and carried out his/her/its hermitage in a cave containing the oracle/oracular statue of some deity no one has ever heard of. [whether or not the oracle functions/talks/tells the hermit anything or not is DM's holiday]</p><p><strong>39-41: </strong>The hermit discovered how to read the stars and their relation to certain locations that can be used as teleportal platforms [<strong>40</strong>: or open/jump gates to different planes or <strong>41 [+ infinity]:</strong> always/only the same plane -like always finds spots to enter/exit the land of Faerie]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steeldragons, post: 6349590, member: 92511"] [B]26 [+infinity]:[/B] The hermit had dreams of a disembodied voice telling him/her/it things. The source of the voice and veracity of what it says (at least initially) is unknown. DM's holiday/roulette. Is it something someone is saying...or only thinking? Is it a mortal "real" person/creature or some extraplanar being or spirit? Maybe it sounds like some in need/trouble? Maybe its the plans of a serial killer/vampire/demon/were-creature revealing their next victim? Maybe it's just some commoner's wife? The hermit doesn't really know/has to figure it out. Anything, really, goes. [B]27 [+infinity]: [/B]The hermit hears a voice in the winds. The source or veracity of what the voice says is [at least initially] unknown. [B]28:[/B] The hermit has discovered [or accidentally or by the province of some deity for unknown reasons] how to partially open their psychic mind and hears the thoughts of someone they know/used to know prior to their hermitage. 28a: The hermit has an empathic sense of said individual. [B]29:[/B] The hermit has discovered how to move through nature terrain unhindered and leaves no tracks anywhere (even in mud, snow, sand, etc...). [B]30:[/B] The hermit discovered the last known titan remaining in the world and gleans occasional or random Wisdom bonuses from his conversations/teachings with him/her/it. [B]31:[/B] The hermit found the hidden valley of the unicorns (where they mate and raise their young). [B]32 [+infinity]. [/B]The hermit found the secret dying/burial ground of the dragons/holliphants/insert magical creature here. [B]33: [/B]The hermit discovered how to communicate with flumphs. [B]34 [+infinity]:[/B] The hermit discovered how to overcome a particular magical attack/effect: look a medusa/basilisk in the eye, breathe (or hold their breath inordinately long) poisoned gases (green dragon breath, gorgon breath, etc...), can cast magic in a beholder's anti-magic field, etc... [B]35:[/B] The hermit either was or became blind in their hermitage and developed/now has super-hearing/sonar/eco-location a la Daredevil or Thundercats' Lynx-o. [B]36:[/B] The hermit found the FIRST grimoire written by the FIRST/greatest magic-user/spell-caster of all time. [B]37:[/B] The hermit found the FIRST religious text/decrees, written by a progenitor/long dead gods. [B]38:[/B] The hermit found and carried out his/her/its hermitage in a cave containing the oracle/oracular statue of some deity no one has ever heard of. [whether or not the oracle functions/talks/tells the hermit anything or not is DM's holiday] [B]39-41: [/B]The hermit discovered how to read the stars and their relation to certain locations that can be used as teleportal platforms [[B]40[/B]: or open/jump gates to different planes or [B]41 [+ infinity]:[/B] always/only the same plane -like always finds spots to enter/exit the land of Faerie] [/QUOTE]
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