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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #40 on: October 13, 2011, 04:56:44 PM »
Slight derail into RL but I have found that I can read in dreams. It just takes me "physically" taking the text and hitting it against something to make it stop swirling then stretching it so it doesn't have a chance to move again.

Back to game. It seems like it would be a good place to practice skills though, if anything. Or with GMs like mine who will allow certain things "for free" that are player made if enough time and percentile roles are pass (Such as my psionic character learning to meditate like an elf) it would be a great place to keep practicing combat training.
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #41 on: October 13, 2011, 05:38:14 PM »
I broke the Expert vs Monk debate by making a VoP Lucid Dreaming Diplomancer.  Just solve all your problems by going into the dreams of everyone and making them into your fanatical followers, and use this to usher in a new age of peace.  When a BBEG shows up... just pop into his dreams and convince him to be nicer.

Take over the world while having a nap!

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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #42 on: October 13, 2011, 08:22:33 PM »
... And I'd have gotten away with it too, if not for those meddling elves! :shakefist
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #43 on: October 13, 2011, 11:48:51 PM »
Quote from: Scrollreader on October 13, 2011, 08:22:33 PM
... And I'd have gotten away with it too, if not for those meddling elves! :shakefist
Kalashtar are worse.  They don't dream at all.
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #44 on: October 13, 2011, 11:55:36 PM »
stupid quori spirits
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #45 on: October 14, 2011, 12:48:52 AM »
Quote from: Cagemarrow on October 13, 2011, 02:33:32 PM
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Problem with this - you can't read in a dream. The words shift around all weirdly.

That may be true in real dreams, but since scrolls still work according to the rules its possible that normal books would as well. Of course since its not spelled out that would be a DM's call.

i've never had that problem in real dreams....
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #46 on: October 16, 2011, 05:20:55 AM »
I'd think the Dream version of a book would contain what you think is inside, rather than what is actually inside, but thats just me.
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #47 on: October 16, 2011, 07:53:52 PM »
it depends on how well you've trained your memory, connections with other people, or if you happen to have a precognitive or psychometric or clairvoyant gift.
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #48 on: October 16, 2011, 08:45:09 PM »
Well if you have precognition or psychometry you could presumably read the thing anyway without sleeping. I suppose theres a niche application for photographic memory(via autohypnosis) then reading the 'saved' book in a dream.
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The mind transcends the body.
It's also a little cold because of that.
Please get it a blanket.

I wish I could read your mind,
I can barely read mine.

Quote from: Soda on July 22, 2009, 02:48:16 PM
"Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. At 2:15, it begins rolling up characters."

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"Just what do you think the moon up in the sky is? Everyone sees that big, round shiny thing and thinks there must be something round up there, right? That's just silly. The truth is much more awesome than that. You can almost never see the real Moon, and its appearance is death to humans. You can only see the Moon when it's reflected in things. And the things it reflects in, like water or glass, can all be broken, right? Since the moon you see in the sky is just being reflected in the heavens, if you tear open the heavens it's easy to break it~"
-Ibuki Suika, on overkill

To sumbolaion diakoneto moi, basilisk ouranionon.
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #49 on: October 16, 2011, 09:25:04 PM »
some people can only access gifts in a dream environment due to conscious or subconscious resistance, belief issues, dissonance issues, and so forth.
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #50 on: October 16, 2011, 09:27:16 PM »
I was thinking of using Autohypnosis to have a dream library, but are there any ways to read faster? A way to be left alone in the Library of Congress for an hour and devour it all.
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #51 on: October 17, 2011, 01:21:20 AM »
Scholar's touch (races of destiny) lets you read one book a round.
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #52 on: October 17, 2011, 01:36:34 AM »
Sweet. At that point just need to get Autohypnosis up to auto succeed level. Then keep a library in your head.
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Re: The Uses of Lucid Dreaming
« Reply #53 on: October 17, 2011, 04:04:42 AM »
there's a spell that lets you do a take 10 search check in a single round. would help in knowing what to do first.
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