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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Richards" data-source="post: 9037539" data-attributes="member: 508">In today's "Dreams of Erthe" campaign, the PCs:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Discovered they were being scried upon and shut down the magical sensor with a targeted dispel magic spell</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Were accosted by a band of four hobgoblin soldiers who had been sent to escort the dreamwalkers to the castle of the King of the majority of the continent</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Identified the hobgoblins as being evil but went with them anyway, trusting they were much more lawful than evil (as has been the case with the other hobgoblin soldiers in service of the King they've met up with in the past)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Entered the dreamscape of the King's six-year-old sister, Princess Caroline, to find her with the anthropomorphic representation of her stuffed toad, Mr. Wartimer J. Toad (the "J" stands for "Jumpy"), on the day he's to be married to his girlfriend, Darling Darlene Dumpling</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Set off on a raft, only to be ambushed by bullywug fighters (Princess Caroline refers to them as "frowny frogs")</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Made shore, crossed a gorge to fight four clown spiders (spiders whose abdomens look like clown heads), of whom the Princess is deathly afraid (she froze up solid until they had all been slain)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Entered the forest, to be encountered by a myconid ("mucky mushroom") who warned them the Nightmare King didn't want the wedding to occur and had set a guardian, an earth titan named Older-Boulder, to stop them from getting to the forest clearing in time for the wedding</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Fought off Older-Boulder, who was a pushover once the two clerics each successfully cast a bestow curse on him making him miss his actions 50% of the time (so he only had a 25% chance of being able to attack each round - which only occurred for one round after the two spells took effect; it was like shooting a very large fish in a barrel after that)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Made it to Darling Darlene Dumpling in her wedding veil, only to be warned to flee and save themselves</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spotted the hypnalis viper ("sneaky snake") in the trees behind Darling Darlene Dumpling but failed to spot the other three nearby</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Killed the hypnalis vipers before any of the PCs could be put into a permanent dream coma</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Watched as Princess Caroline presided over the marriage ceremony for her bestest friend, culminating in her casting a light spell on the end of the stick she'd been carrying throughout the full dreamscape</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Got worried when the king's advisor suggested the dreamwalkers should remain at the castle in case they were ever needed again instead of being allowed to free others throughout the kingdom</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Got even more worried when the spellsword PC basically told the King he wasn't as important to them as the Queen of Dreams (and when he asked if the dreamwalkers were beholden to two separate sovereigns, the spellsword answered, "Basically, you're beholden to us, Your Majesty" - which caused the other PCs to want to kill him right then and there)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Were told they would be guests in the castle overnight while the King made his decision on what to do with them</li> </ul>It was an opportunity for the "dream sequence" in this adventure to last pretty much the whole game session, and we had a lot of fun with it.  And the players twigged on to the fact that Princess Caroline is like them: capable of manifesting a single 0-level spell per day and recall her dreams with 100% recall after waking up.  (With the proper training, she could one day be a dreamwalker like them.)Johnathan</blockquote>

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