Thread: Task of the Month for January 2014

Originally Posted by woblybil

It all makes sense Or as much sense as dreams make...
A more advanced challenge like back awhile "Get A Date With a Mythical DC" Took hours of prep study on the internet along with planning and meditation etc to end up LD'ing back to the same task (The Sirens) three times in a row was a real challenge.. On the other hand I usually get three or four pot-luck lucid's a week and simple tasks get done using the raw materials on hand at the time and takes no special work at all.
I prefer the tough ones........

Yeaaaah, me too! It's through trial and error of the tougher ones that really teach you tools in lucid dreams. Or even show you something that you can do pretty easily, just never knew you could. For example, I NEVER tried phasing before the mirror task last year (year before?), then when I tried it for the first time, I went right through. Since then I've used phasing to accomplish so many other goals. I may never have tried it before, and I thought it sounded hard. I just lucked out that it ended up being something I could stick in my "old reliable" lucid tool belt.

All that said, I need to confront me a damn Balrog already!

Rolls giant d20, critical hits on balrog for 100 points frost dmage. Unfortunatley, balrog is huge elemental chaotic, and thus has a high initiative and ac, then blasting me with a fireball. As the DM, I rolla critical failure for the balrog and it falls into the depths of khazad dum, then set upon by hundreds of tiny gollums, summoned by a scroll my sorcerer picked up.
this is my first ever task, and I imagine future posts will be similar in nature

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

All that said, I need to confront me a damn Balrog already!

Ol Balrog appears by his colors to be a Hellish Demon and you may have to hop down there to drag his ugly butt out and kick it
Or conjure him up before you fall asleep....

After several failed attempts, I finally completed the monthly task. I am assuming we only had to do one Basic Task and one Advanced Task. For the Basic Task, I did "Opposite Day", and for the Advanced Task, I defeated the Balrog. I have copy/pasted the log entry below. The lucid portions of the dream are highlighted in blue, the Basic Task in green, the Advanced Task in purple. I will definitely do the Bonus Task at the next chance.

Spoiler for Dream:

Dream Log Entry, Date 18.JAN.2014



In mine first dream, I vaguely remember being in a facility with Johnny Marcone from the Dresden Files. Marcone was seated at a fancy wooden desk, his elbows rested atop the desk, his fingertips pressed together. The tile in the room was a milky white with streaks of blue--it reminded me of blue cheese.
Shortly after, I was abruptly awoken by mine alarm clock. I quickly deactivated the alarm and went back to bed, mentally repeating mine usual lucid dreaming mantra. Not too long after, I fell back asleep. After that, I vaguely remember having a brief dream about Wario. He was dressed in his WarioWare outfit.
I awoke again in a rather delirious state. The next thing I remember was being in the backseat of an automobile. Mine elder brother was in the passenger seat, whilst mine mother was driving. We were on a solitary road, in the middle of a desert. The sky was mostly clear. The sand and mountains were red, and there was very little plant life to be seen. I looked through the back window to see a red-clad man riding behind us on a Penny-farthing. He drew closer and closer until he collided with the automobile, tumbling onto the side of the road. We stopped the car and all went out to help. Mine brother and I lifted the Penny-farthing, which was surprisingly heavy. Whilst everyone else conversed, I simply stood aloof, and a few seconds later I realised I was dreaming. To be sure, I performed mine usual reality check, conjuring a holographic green Saturn in the palm of mine hand. After that, I projected mine Wings of the Heart and took flight. I eventually landed in the middle of the street in a rundown neighbourhood, which was empty save for a chubby, dark-skinned man clad in winter clothing and a lean, tanned woman holding a basket.
Remembering the Dream Views monthly task, I pulled out a piece of Dream Chalk, drew a circle in the air, and in the circle formed a crystal-clear image of Moria. I entered the circle-framed picture and found myself standing on a narrow bridge in the Mines of Moria. I began to look for the Balrog, but he found me first. Before he could strike me, I projected mine Wings of the Heart and kicked off into the air. I extended mine arm in front of me, trying to conjure my Keyblade, but before I could do so, the Balrog conjured two large, enflamed stones and hurled them at me. I narrowly avoided both rocks and once again attempted to conjure mine Keyblade. After a second or two, mine Keyblade materialised in mine hand. Just as I hoped, mine Keyblade looked just like the bridge key from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi.
I barely noticed the Balrog coming at me with a sword of flame. I swiftly parried his attack, then dived toward him, striking him square in the face with mine Keyblade. The Balrog let out a shriek of pain and rage, dematerialised into an ocean of flame, and retreated deeper into the dungeon. I dematerialised mine Wings of the Heart, landed on the stone floor, and followed him. For a while, there was nothing to be seen but stone pillars. Eventually, the Balrog crept from a dark corner. Before he could attack me, I projected mine Wings of the Heart, flew forward with supernatural speed, and stuck him in the jaw with mine Keyblade. After a few more exchanges of blows, I pointed mine Keyblade at him and shouted, "Freeze!" Immediately after, a magickal ball of ice erupted from the Keyblade and hit the Balrog right in the face, slowly freezing him solid. Once he was fully frozen, I flew high into the air, gripped mine Keyblade with both hands, and brought mine Keyblade down on him with bone-breaking force, shattering him into a million pieces.
I turned mine back on the wreckage, but before I could do anything else I woke up. Or so I thought. I do not know if I inadvertently DEILDed or not, but the next thing I knew I was lying in mine bed. I looked at the clock on mine coffee maker, but the numbers were faded and abnormally shaped. Also, the room was totally different. For start, it was much bigger. The floor was covered in a purple carpet, and the walls were white. The ceiling was covered with embedded lights, which were turned off. Despite all of these apparent anomalies, however, I was not able to realise I was still dreaming.
At some point, I ended up in a small, clinical, dimly-lit room with a high ceiling. The only points of entry and egress were two lift doors. There was also a narrow door I assumed led to a water closet. In this room, I spontaneously became lucid.
I heard the lift emit a "Ding!" sound, and the door began to open. Not wanting to confront whomever was entering, I pulled out a piece of Dream Chalk, drew a circle on the wall, and in the circle formed an image of a beach. I stepped through the image to find myself half-submerged in water, surrounded by giant oysters. Remembering the Dream Views basic task, I immediately thought to mineself, "Think positive." I thought positive for a few seconds, then went back to being cynical. After that was done with, I set off to once again try to contact mine subconscious, but before I could leave the beach I woke up, this time for real. Just to make sure, I tried to conjure the green Saturn in mine palm, but sure enough, nothing happened.

Originally Posted by Senak

Rolls giant d20, critical hits on balrog for 100 points frost dmage. Unfortunatley, balrog is huge elemental chaotic, and thus has a high initiative and ac, then blasting me with a fireball. As the DM, I rolla critical failure for the balrog and it falls into the depths of khazad dum, then set upon by hundreds of tiny gollums, summoned by a scroll my sorcerer picked up.
this is my first ever task, and I imagine future posts will be similar in nature

You've been here for a couple days after I show you this website at school, and you already completed the Advanced Lucid Task? Come on Ryan...
Looks like I have competition.

Originally Posted by Aristaeus

After several failed attempts, I finally completed the monthly task. I am assuming we only had to do one Basic Task and one Advanced Task. For the Basic Task, I did "Opposite Day", and for the Advanced Task, I defeated the Balrog. I have copy/pasted the log entry below. The lucid portions of the dream are highlighted in blue, the Basic Task in green, the Advanced Task in purple. I will definitely do the Bonus Task at the next chance.

Spoiler for Dream:

Dream Log Entry, Date 18.JAN.2014



In mine first dream, I vaguely remember being in a facility with Johnny Marcone from the Dresden Files. Marcone was seated at a fancy wooden desk, his elbows rested atop the desk, his fingertips pressed together. The tile in the room was a milky white with streaks of blue--it reminded me of blue cheese.
Shortly after, I was abruptly awoken by mine alarm clock. I quickly deactivated the alarm and went back to bed, mentally repeating mine usual lucid dreaming mantra. Not too long after, I fell back asleep. After that, I vaguely remember having a brief dream about Wario. He was dressed in his WarioWare outfit.
I awoke again in a rather delirious state. The next thing I remember was being in the backseat of an automobile. Mine elder brother was in the passenger seat, whilst mine mother was driving. We were on a solitary road, in the middle of a desert. The sky was mostly clear. The sand and mountains were red, and there was very little plant life to be seen. I looked through the back window to see a red-clad man riding behind us on a Penny-farthing. He drew closer and closer until he collided with the automobile, tumbling onto the side of the road. We stopped the car and all went out to help. Mine brother and I lifted the Penny-farthing, which was surprisingly heavy. Whilst everyone else conversed, I simply stood aloof, and a few seconds later I realised I was dreaming. To be sure, I performed mine usual reality check, conjuring a holographic green Saturn in the palm of mine hand. After that, I projected mine Wings of the Heart and took flight. I eventually landed in the middle of the street in a rundown neighbourhood, which was empty save for a chubby, dark-skinned man clad in winter clothing and a lean, tanned woman holding a basket.
Remembering the Dream Views monthly task, I pulled out a piece of Dream Chalk, drew a circle in the air, and in the circle formed a crystal-clear image of Moria. I entered the circle-framed picture and found myself standing on a narrow bridge in the Mines of Moria. I began to look for the Balrog, but he found me first. Before he could strike me, I projected mine Wings of the Heart and kicked off into the air. I extended mine arm in front of me, trying to conjure my Keyblade, but before I could do so, the Balrog conjured two large, enflamed stones and hurled them at me. I narrowly avoided both rocks and once again attempted to conjure mine Keyblade. After a second or two, mine Keyblade materialised in mine hand. Just as I hoped, mine Keyblade looked just like the bridge key from Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryu to Hikari no Tsurugi.
I barely noticed the Balrog coming at me with a sword of flame. I swiftly parried his attack, then dived toward him, striking him square in the face with mine Keyblade. The Balrog let out a shriek of pain and rage, dematerialised into an ocean of flame, and retreated deeper into the dungeon. I dematerialised mine Wings of the Heart, landed on the stone floor, and followed him. For a while, there was nothing to be seen but stone pillars. Eventually, the Balrog crept from a dark corner. Before he could attack me, I projected mine Wings of the Heart, flew forward with supernatural speed, and stuck him in the jaw with mine Keyblade. After a few more exchanges of blows, I pointed mine Keyblade at him and shouted, "Freeze!" Immediately after, a magickal ball of ice erupted from the Keyblade and hit the Balrog right in the face, slowly freezing him solid. Once he was fully frozen, I flew high into the air, gripped mine Keyblade with both hands, and brought mine Keyblade down on him with bone-breaking force, shattering him into a million pieces.
I turned mine back on the wreckage, but before I could do anything else I woke up. Or so I thought. I do not know if I inadvertently DEILDed or not, but the next thing I knew I was lying in mine bed. I looked at the clock on mine coffee maker, but the numbers were faded and abnormally shaped. Also, the room was totally different. For start, it was much bigger. The floor was covered in a purple carpet, and the walls were white. The ceiling was covered with embedded lights, which were turned off. Despite all of these apparent anomalies, however, I was not able to realise I was still dreaming.
At some point, I ended up in a small, clinical, dimly-lit room with a high ceiling. The only points of entry and egress were two lift doors. There was also a narrow door I assumed led to a water closet. In this room, I spontaneously became lucid.
I heard the lift emit a "Ding!" sound, and the door began to open. Not wanting to confront whomever was entering, I pulled out a piece of Dream Chalk, drew a circle on the wall, and in the circle formed an image of a beach. I stepped through the image to find myself half-submerged in water, surrounded by giant oysters. Remembering the Dream Views basic task, I immediately thought to mineself, "Think positive." I thought positive for a few seconds, then went back to being cynical. After that was done with, I set off to once again try to contact mine subconscious, but before I could leave the beach I woke up, this time for real. Just to make sure, I tried to conjure the green Saturn in mine palm, but sure enough, nothing happened.

Nice entry!

I flew over to some girl and asked her what her new years resolution was. She looked me straight in the eyes and said "I just want to see my mom and dad again/more" (not sure which it was) and she started tearing up.

From my workbook in the Intro Class.

I wish I had remember some of the other tasks. I guess there is always next time xP

Awesome Brizzl, congrats!!

Had a fantastic dream last night that ultimately lead to me asking a DC a New Years resolution.

Important bits: "I stop dancing to look at my hands and surrounding to anchor myself, and notice that the red paint of the walls has become a Christmas wallpaper of green gold and red. I look at her and her beauty makes me nervous to speak to her, even though I know its all a dream. I ask her her New Years resolution.

Suddenly, she sweeps me up and begins to lead like I was a few moments before. She is leading so hard that she seems to just pick me up and hover me across the floor in an aggressive dance. She spins me and dips me like a lady and I take this to mean her resolution was to take control, whether it be dancing or something deeper. I find it funny that I am being held in a dip, and I allow myself to lose lucidity and wake up grinning."

The whole dream entry is here, and was beautiful.

I was in a huge marble palace, shooting at bad guys, for a reason I forget, when I realized I was dreaming. I remembered the task of the month and decided to ask for one of their new year's resolutions. I walked up to a shortish man with curly, blond, hair, put my hands on his shoulders and asked him what his new year's resolution was. He said, "uhh, I dunno, uhh, seven days, or something." Not really what I was expecting XD. It doesn't really mean anything to me, but maybe It's because I don't have a resolution.

That was my second lucid this week though! Which is a great accomplishment for me personally because just a few months ago I was just trying to remember a dream a night, let alone have lucids .

Damn you guys are nailing it this year! That resolution thing?

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

Damn you guys are nailing it this year! That resolution thing?

Those are the easiest tasks, asking people something. There are always people hanging about in my dreams, so it's never hard to ask one something.

By the way, I'm liking the new invisible wings. New feature for this month?

Finally got around to the basic as well!

From DJ:
"January 2014 TotM, Random New Years Resolution
I walked in front of a man and thought what if he a duck bill on his face, and sure enough he did, and I instantly realize then I'm dreaming. It woke up me up, but I just visualized going back into the dream. Walking along that little corridor, and I slowly reformed. It started black, but I just kept feeling the walls knowing my sight would come in, and it did. I made a right turn, looking for the next DC I could find, and I came to a pool at a giant waterpark. I found a guy with long blonde hair who just came from the pool and was probably getting ready to leave.
I said "hey what's up" and he kinda just acknowledged me, but didn't give me a response. I wanted to stay positive to get a good response, so I say, "I've got a question for you when you have a moment." I get back "ok, just let me finish and find my shirt." He turns around and I realize if I don't force it, he won't give me an answer, so I just grab him by the shoulders and say "what's your resolution this year?" He looks at me with confusion and says "uhhh captain TV collar" and walks away. I repeat it a few times to make sure I remember it, and then slowly drift awake after that."

What a deep resolution that guy has!

Ooh - I need this thread - have motivation problems - and the TOTMs/comp always worked a treat for this - so - bit late - but I'll try to give it a go again - my private goals seem to lack the needed draw somehow..!?
Wings it is then!!



And Brizzl - love your avatar!!

I did the basic i task.

I was in a room of a mansion before becoming lucid. After that, there were shelves of books and calendars for sale in the room. There are DCs around, some I know, some I don't.

I go up to one I don't know, a black woman in her 30's, and introduce myself and ask her new year's resolution. Evidently thinking I am a salesman, she dodges the question and says she has a cart and is just looking.

Elsewhere in the room on a couch is a friend of mine, so I ask him. He says, "To get a Valentine's card." I ask, "For who?" After a pause, he says, "For you!" I walk away from him.

Originally Posted by StephL

Ooh - I need this thread - have motivation problems - and the TOTMs/comp always worked a treat for this - so - bit late - but I'll try to give it a go again - my private goals seem to lack the needed draw somehow..!?
Wings it is then!!



And Brizzl - love your avatar!!

What kind of motivation problems?

My motivation problems are always trying to find things to do.

I mean that's why I've been doing the TOTMs...I can't ever think of anything to do in my lucids anymore. I understand I have the ability to do everything, but I mean go look back at some old entries of mine if you want. I've done like everything I've wanted to do in a lucid really.

I fulfilled the Bonus Task this morning. I have copy/pasted the log entry below. The lucid portions are highlighted in blue, the Bonus Task in red.

Spoiler for Dream:

Dream Log Entry, Date 21.JAN.2014



I was in what appeared to be the suburbs of a strange town. The houses were gargantuous, and had colourful, cartoony, 18th century designs. Some houses curled to the side, and some reached as high as the Tower Bridge of London. The streets were made entirely of uniquely-cut bricks. It was nighttime, and there were no streetlights to be seen, leaving the place fairly dark. The only sources of light were the Moon and the lights emitted from the house windows.
I was with mine close and only friend, whom I have not seen in over six years. We were both dressed in dark clothing. We were sneaking about, causing mischief like we always did as teenagers.
At some point in the dream--I am not exactly sure when it occurred--I opened mine eyes. I was paralysed, and I could see a glowing sword plunged in mine chest. Immediately after, I closed mine eyes and then I was back into the dream.
At some point, mine friend and I got separated. I approached one house, and Captain Hook and his lackey, Smee, emerged from it. They said I had some sort of artifact they wanted, then prepared to subdue me. But before they could lay their hands on me, I kicked off into the air. As I flew, strange, magickal circles began to appear on the roofs of the houses. I kept trying to land on one, thinking it would teleport me to somewhere safe, but each one disappeared right before I could land on it.
Eventually, I found myself flying over what appeared to be a cross between the city of Agrabah from Aladdin and the Begnion capital from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. I spend several minutes looking for a spot on which to land. I eventually found a clear area blanketed in sand. Before I could land, however, mine Wings of the Heart suddenly sprouted from mine back, and in that instant, I realised I was dreaming.
Mine first thought was to once again try to contact mine subconscious, but I remembered the Dream Views bonus task and decided to do that instead. As I landed in the sand, a myriad of oases suddenly appeared around me. I approached one oasis, conjured my Keyblade, pointed it at the oasis, and said, "Freeze." A beam of ice then erupted from the Keyblade and began to freeze the oasis. Once the oasis was frozen over I pointed mine Keyblade at a spot on the ice and said, "Fire." A small ball of fire then erupted from the Keyblade and blew a miniature hole in the ice. This whole process was somewhat difficult, for I have not yet gotten used to using mine Keyblade, but I nevertheless got the job done. I then picked up a wooden fishing rod and cast it into the hole. Not too long after, a fish about the size of mine forearm appeared. After several tries, the fish finally bit down on the bait and I yanked it out of the water. The fish looked like a typical herring, except its scales emitted an incandescent glow.
I took the fish, left the rod, and began to venture deeper into the city. I looked down at mine trousers and found that they were dripping wet. I noticed I was wearing a pair of gloves and decided to remove them. As I did so, I unknowingly dropped the fish. Once I noticed it was gone, I began to look for it. I found it lying in front of a large cylinder supported by four beams. A short, chubby lady bent down to pick it up, but accidentally kicked it underneath the cylinder. I walked to the other side of the cylinder and found the fish lying there. I quickly picked it up and proceeded into the city.
I approached a man in the city whom had metal containers filled with fish and other sea food. He was wearing only a turban and set of beige underwear, and was on a short platform, lying on his stomach, his arms to his side. I as I drew close, he looked up at me. He had large, googly eyes with bags under them, and tiny, pink lips. I asked him how much he would be willing to pay for mine fish. In a normal-pitch voice, he said, "Eighty." I nodded and said, "Eighty. Deal." The man then snatched the fish from mine hand, then handed me a pouch of coins. I shook the pouch, listening to the coins jingle, then slipped the pouch in mine pocket.
I left the area and eventually found mineself in a dark area filled with black pipes. "What to do..." I thought to mineself. As I walked, I then thought, "Right. Contact mine subconscious." Not very long after I began mine search, however, I woke up. I was slightly disappointed not to find the pouch of coins with me.

Originally Posted by ineverwakeup97

I mean that's why I've been doing the TOTMs...I can't ever think of anything to do in my lucids anymore. I understand I have the ability to do everything, but I mean go look back at some old entries of mine if you want. I've done like everything I've wanted to do in a lucid really.

One thing that I never get tired of in my LDs is talking to DGs. Their advice and wisdom constantly changes and evolves with me. So it's always a dream goal of mine, every night

Congrats on the Bonus task Aristaeus!!

Originally Posted by anotherdreamer

One thing that I never get tired of in my LDs is talking to DGs. Their advice and wisdom constantly changes and evolves with me. So it's always a dream goal of mine, every night

Oh me too. I've had LDs where I finished a task or goal, and the dream was still going strong, and I just couldn't think of stuff to do. But as long as a dream character of some kind shows up, it's going to be a party. Last time I had a lucid where I was like "Ok now what..." I ended up fighting giant cloud jellyfish and having a freaking blast!

Originally Posted by CharlesD

Ok. I did one basic just this morning. I was walking around in a strange house with my wife's best friend's 17 year old son. The inside of the house was dark like night time, but when we walked out a door it was bright daylight outside. That's when I went lucid and told him that I was dreaming. I started to wake up at that point but I fought a bit to stay in the dream by focusing on my surroundings and it got clearer for a bit. He came walking up to me and said, "There you are." Then I asked him what his resolution was and he looked embarrassed and didn't want to tell me. I got pushy and even told him that he had to tell me because it was my dream. So he replied, "successness." I asked him if he meant success and he replied that successness was better than regular success, that it was succeeding in life but doing it spectacularly. Then I woke up for good and came in here to type this.

Oh sorry Charles, I JUST now noticed your totm post.

Originally Posted by imrossed

Well the basic tasks are certainly designed for anybody in a lucid dream to pull off, so proficiency isn't really required at all. But I too, wish there were more people attempting these

I love reading these threads! I've been gone a long while, and haven't LDed in like 2 years, but once I get back in the swing of things I will totally be taking a whack at the tasks. Assuming I can remember. I have a hard time remembering goals when I do LD, but I'm hoping that once I get back into the habit I can work on that.

Quite an interesting night. I asked a DC for their resolution ( turns out it was my orchestra director ) and he said he would like to take up ice fishing as a sport.
idea. i asked him to, and he did, come with me in search of... a giant bath tub. not sure where that came from, but anyway. he saw that the water within was liquid, frowned at it, turning it to ice. he then smiled, which for some reason remelted it, and so had to keep frowning at it as we fished in the ice. all i caught was one of those plastic bathtub fish. go figure.
*two tasks

Originally Posted by Senak

Quite an interesting night. I asked a DC for their resolution ( turns out it was my orchestra director ) and he said he would like to take up ice fishing as a sport.
idea. i asked him to, and he did, come with me in search of... a giant bath tub. not sure where that came from, but anyway. he saw that the water within was liquid, frowned at it, turning it to ice. he then smiled, which for some reason remelted it, and so had to keep frowning at it as we fished in the ice. all i caught was one of those plastic bathtub fish. go figure.
*two tasks

We should talk to Mr.Hutch about this. I think he would find it quite interesting.

"Hey, would you ever consider ice fishing?"

"Yea, actually."

"Huh, interesting... "

Originally Posted by woblybil

When you close the thread for the month add a link to next month as the last post so we don't have to navigate to it..

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

You know, someone suggested that before and I completely forgot about it. Will do!

Yeah that was me, and now I have returned from the dead to see if you've been a good girl.