Lucidity Challenge 37: Winner - Scipio Xaos! Congrats!

Lucid Adventures Lucid Challenge
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@HeadInTheClouds, Yep, I’ve never flown as a raven before. I don’t know if I deserve points for that though, since it was only an ND~

This afternoon I had a mid-length LD. About 3-4 mins. I attempted the expecto patronum spell at least 5 times without success. I only managed a spark. I also flew a broomstick lol. (Never done that before).

[spoiler]Starting from the most interesting part of my ND… I was in some sort of huge mansion with plenty of DCs. We were all being chased by Jotunns/ Frost Giants (Result from watching Thor, till 2am with friends :razz:) These frost giants either killed or tried to convert us to their kind. They looked exactly how they were depicted in the movie, pale blue creatures with red eyes.

It was very chaotic. I was caught by one giant, he grasped my wrist looking at me with a smile and snarled. From where he touched me, a pale blue colour started to spread from the wrist to the rest of my arm. I managed to pull away and escape. Eventually the room began to clear up, there was only one giant left in the room chasing 2 other girls I recognized as my friends. Luckily, being petite, I was able to hide behind a pillar on the second floor of the mansion. I watched the giant chase my two friends on the first floor to another room. The giant briefly stopped to sniff around my hiding spot, but went back to chasing.

I decided to go after my friends, in hopes to help somehow. I followed their path, but was lost shortly after. I was in a dark narrow hallway heading to a semi-open door. I slowly poked my head through the crack of the door and checked left-right. It was just another hallway that was perpendicular to the one I was at.

From the far left there was a room with people. I quickly retracted my head fearing they might be the converted Jotunns. I peeked a couple more times and concluded they were not. I quickly ran into the room and waved my hands frantically telling them to be quiet.

In the room laid a little boy and girl on a sort of bed on the ground. They told me that they had authority over the Jotunns, but sometimes the Jotunns don’t listen to them. These little kids gave off a very special presence. They were very calm and I knew I was safe.

I stopped to perform my hand RC, counting one hand I find 10 fingers lol. Usually I have 6-7, so it was pretty epic. Realizing I was only dreaming made me so relieved. I rubbed my hands together to stabilize and got myself out of there, all around me was a patterned stained glass window. I shattered through it with outstretched arms to flap…but then thought…hey! I should fly a broom. With a command, I called out to a broom. Nearing the ground a broom comes just in time to catch me. I briefly zoomed around a farm-like pasture. I got myself to the ground and imagined up a wand and called out, “Expecto Patronum!” while flinging my wrist. Nothing happens. I do this about 2-3 more times. The best I got was a little silver/blue spark at the end of my wand. Suddenly Dumbledore appears out of nowhere along with another DC. He hands me a new wooden wand. He then teaches me how to perform the spell. I try a few more times but it just doesn’t work. He tells me to pronounce it correctly and quickly. He demonstrates flicking his wrist in an instant while saying the spell. The DC that appeared with him tried to learn the spell as well. I keep trying but eventually wake up. [/spoiler]

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I had a short LD this morning, and realise that yesterday’s dream was half lucid. I did wonder if it was a dream. Since the LD broke a nightmare, I had no motivation to do any task apart from simply enjoying the peace.

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last time i slept i flown on a horse D:. not sure if there was any flying through air, but it was through some interdimensional gateway portal thingy, or was it some time portal? anyway, at some point, or before that, this flying action was not on a horse, but in some flying device, maybe a bus or a car, dont remember.

it was a normal dream, i think this would count as two flying methods i never done before, if any.

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Yesterday I’ve done an ND when I was flying in a rocket to the moon :content: . Counts for task 1 I think…

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Hi Thorn,
Yeah, I guess the rules are slightly confusing. Whoever hosts the LC next should clean them up. :tongue:

Also, I wanted to let everyone know that the tasks can be accomplished in a ND, but you will not get the bonus lucid points. Hopefully that clears up some confusion about whether you can accomplish tasks in a ND or not.

The third task will be posted in a couple hours, and the current scores, as well as the awarding of task 2’s creativity points will be posted in a couple days.

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Had another LD this afternoon. Medium length 4-5 mins.

I tried a couple spells from HP, such as lumos maxima (In the dream, I said it wrong), the expecto patronum spell again, wingardium leviosa, and accio (remembered Thorn wanted to do this one). I also tried some spells of my own. I made up luminous el, kind of played with the lumos spell and twisted it with some elvish :razz: el means star in quenya, the spell produces more stars in the sky and a lot brighter. Also, still playing with lumos, luminous minimus the opposite of the original, to dimmer the light.

The only spells that didn’t work for me was the lumos maxima and patronum one 8(. All along I thought it was pronounced, “luminous maxima” lol till somebody lrn2potter me on irc… :blush:

[spoiler]Starting from the most interesting part of the dream again. ND part. I was a police officer along with two other dudes. We were inspecting a house basement for something. I let the guys handle it while I went upstairs to the owners kids, two little girls, they were adorable. They wanted to show me their bags, both of them ran upstairs to get it. The mother comes and we have a friendly chat. The two girls come back and chattered away about their bags, having some treats in my pocket I stealthily slip some in their bags. The faces of the two girls lit up once they discovered it.

After the basement search, me and the police men head back to the car. They make some sexist joke here and I get slightly mad. The dudes still chuckle and joke in the car while I was ignoring them at the backseat. We back up the car and drive off onto the open road. While sitting at the back seat, I stopped to think a bit and said out loud to the guys, “You know you’re dreaming right now right?” Then I stopped to think at what I just said,[color=royalblue] performed my hand RC and realized I just made myself lucid lol. I told them to stop the car and I got out.

The scene changes to me in some huge rectangular room with another dude. I rubbed my hands together to stabilize. I made a command, a wand came flying to me. I took a second to look over it. It was shorter than my last LD’s and the tip tapered a lot. I was happy with it nonetheless.

I shouted the expecto patronum spell with a flick of my wrist, nothing happens. I remembered what I did wrong in the last LD. I wasn’t thinking of a good memory. I stopped to think of something happy in the past…I thought of a past relationship. I tried once again trying to keep that happy thought in my mind while casting the spell. Nothing happens.

I decided that I was wasting my precious time. I tried another spell, the lumos maxima, except I said it incorrectly. “Luminous maxima!” x3. Didn’t work.

Switched to another spell, the one I created. I looked up to the ceiling of the building and expected it to be the night sky. I called out, “luminous el!” Gradually, dots of light appeared in the dark sky twinkling nicely.

Content with that, I tried to think of another spell I could do. I remembered the floating spell I used to chant as a kid. Wingardium leviosa. I looked at the one guy in the building with me, he was just standing there looking very suspicious. I point my wand at him and begin to chant, “wingardium leviosa” repetitively. He begins to lift off the ground with his body parallel to the ground, dorsal side up. He looked frighten and kicked his leg around while making a sort of paddling/clawing motion with his hands. I got him about 1.5 m off the ground and stopped. He dropped onto his stomach still frightened. lol I’m so mean.

I made sure to perform my hand RC again. The next spell I used was the luminous minimus. I said the spell out loud at least twice with nothing happening. I kind of cheated I guess, I said it once again but with a thought command. The lights dimmer. The guy on the ground begins to crawl away from me, he looked like he was kind of in pain. >> While switching to the next spell I didn’t notice the lights went back to the original state.

I was out of ideas at this point. But I recalled how Thorn wanted to do his accio charm. So I kinda stole his idea… :razz: I wanted to try the spell myself. I threw my wand and called out, “accio!” The wand came zooming back into my hand. I was musing here at how Thorn would probably kill me for stealing his idea… >> Then I looked at the guy crawling on the ground while I was going through the list of spells in my head, I said, “accio” again accidently… The man’s body came flying at me… I quickly moved aside and he smacked into the wall. >>

The dream felt like it was coming to an end soon. I was getting bored and out of ideas. I thought of attempting the spell I made up again. Looked back up at the ceiling and called out, “luminous el!” The stars appear and twinkle around, but then afterwards it started to form a diamond shape[/color] -I briefly wake up- back into the dream I watched the diamond shape and here a boy saying something about dividing the diamond by 4 and still having a perfectly squared world… Then I wake up.[/spoiler]

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Two LDs in the past two nights.
[community.ld4all.com/t/the-tales-of-the-purple/38847/12)
This post (posted yesterday), and the one below it (posted today).

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[center]Task 3 – Mirrors[/center]

Hello everyone. Welcome to the third task, which deals completely with mirrors. Now mirrors are my specialty, although I’ve had some trouble with them recently in my LDs. A lot of people claim and believe that you will see some scary and creepy things when you look in a mirror, but I never have. Not to say that you won’t see some odd things reflected in them. Below are the tasks that can be accomplished:
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  1. Look in a mirror and report what you see - +30 pts
  2. Ask a question to whatever reflection you see in the mirror - +20 pts
  3. Travel through a mirror - +20 pts
  4. Each additional question you ask of the mirror - +5 pts per tick[/b]

To get points for the first part, you must report what you saw in the mirror. If there was nothing in the mirror, as long as you report that in your post, you will gain the points for part 1. For part 2, to gain points, you must post what question you asked as well as the answer you received if the reflection responded to you. The third part rewards points once you go through a mirror and end up in a different dream location. Part 4 is like part 2, except that you can continue to gain points each time you do it. +5 pts creativity will be given to the person who I feel has the most creative question for the reflection in the mirror.

There is also a bonus task for this week. It will expire when the next task is posted and no longer be eligible for the bonus points.

Bonus Task – Ask the mirror, “Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?” Make sure to post the response, if any, that you get. +20 pts

The bonus task will also reward the points for part 2, or for part 4 if you have already completed part 2.

Additionally, the votes are in, and False Lucid Dreams (FLD) will now count for +5 pts each. Make sure to report any FLDs that you have during LC 37. I will post the current scores in a couple days.

HeadInTheClouds :happy:

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Congratulations to StarryGwee for taking the top spot of task 2’s creativity challenge. As no one else has completed any of the tasks from task 2 yet, the second and third place spots for creativity points have been eliminated. However, specifically for task 2 items, +5 pts creativity can still be awarded to those who I feel accomplish part of the task in a creative way.

StarryGwee, I liked your spell for illuminating more stars up in the sky. Also, you noted that in one dream Dumbledore came to help you, but I have a feeling that Lupin might be of more help. He is who taught Harry after all :tongue: . Finally, one last note to you, StarryGwee. Because you got a spark out of your wand for the expecto patronum spell, I gave you half points, meaning that you got +15 pts for it. If you fulfill the task fully, I will give you the other 15 points. Same goes for anyone else who gets similar results.

Here are the current scores:
Thorn: 190
Lucidis: 0
James_uk2008: 0
Masonc1: 70
Omnisomnia: 0
MrLucidZombie: 0
argon: 130
Scipio Xaos: 165
Rhewin: 0
Cyclonic: 40
MagykKatte: 0
Siiw: 180
StarryGwee: 645
Jessica: 10
GigaByte: 0
squoak: 0
mr_Block: 0
demented: 80

For those who are behind in points, do not despair. The next couple tasks should give you some ample chances of catching up. One might say that things will be different for you for the next task. (I know I’m bad at riddles, but that is a hint as to what lays ahead for the fourth task.)

Have a good rest of your week,
HeadInTheClouds

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ld4all.com/forum/viewtopic.p … 024#700024
I think I’m supposed to say that I had a lucid dream and that is the dream journal thing for it? Also it was of medium time.

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Finally back in the game, and with some magic! :happy:

I had a medium length LD in which I flew in an old way (Task 2) and in which I did some magic! Expecto Patronum! :tongue:

A Fair & Orange Static

Current Stats:

[spoiler]Fragments: 34
Non-Lucid Dreams: 15
False Lucid Dreams: 1
Short Lucid Dreams: 2
Medium Lucid Dreams: 1

Task 1: 1 New + 1 Old Late
Task 2: 1 (Patronous Charm)
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I had a short LD yesterday. No tasks, but it was good to see my WILD variation work. It has been a while since I last used it.

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I had a medium-length LD here, although it doesn’t accomplish any tasks.

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I am confused. If you flew in a way that you have before, that qualifies for part 3 in task 1. Only if you have not flown in that way does it count for part 2. So you know what I have recorded, you have completed part 1 while lucid and part 3 during a ND. So, if the way you flew in this dream was unlike anyway you’ve flown before, then I will award you points for part 2. Otherwise, if it was in a way that you’ve flown before, you gain the lucid points for part 3 but that’s it. Let me know which one you meant, as I currently have scored this as giving you the additional lucid points for part 3.

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I had a medium LD, and used a magical spell. I don’t think it qualifies, since it was unrelated to Harry Potter and didn’t use a wand. I am probably too old, because Harry Potter hasn’t coloured my impression of magic. :tongue:

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HeadInTheClouds: It was an old flight method, though it was lucid. I used willpower flight which is my preferred method of flight… so preferred in fact that I did it again this morning. :razz: I’ll clarify my stats better below.

But for now… another medium length lucid! :happy: And this one had mirrors! I know who the fairest is! And it’s not who you think! :razz:

((( Medium Length LD - Task Three Parts 1, 2, 4 x 2, Bonus - Early - Lucid )))

May 8 -> May 9

Current Stats:

[spoiler]Fragments: 6
Non-Lucid Dreams: 17
False Lucid Dreams: 1
Short Lucid Dreams: 2
Medium Lucid Dreams: 2

Task 1: Part I (Lucid) and Part III (Lucid) (Early)
Task 2: Part I (Lucid) and Part II (Lucid)
Task 3: Part I (Lucid), Part II (Lucid), 2 Part 4’s (Lucid), and the Bonus (Early)
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Also, HeadInTheClouds, I was trying to calculate my score just to see where I sit, but I notice you mention the current ‘task’ a lot in the rules, but I’m confused. Do the individual parts of each task count as tasks themselves? Or do they count solely as parts, and task based points are applicable only to the group as a whole?

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[community.ld4all.com/t/james-uk2008s-dream-journal-part-9/38316/124)

By far the longest LD I’ve ever had (15minutes+). Didn’t complete the LC but the current one and previous one were referenced during it but didn’t complete fully.

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Hi everyone. The 4th task will be posted tomorrow. However, next weekend looks to be quite busy for me, so the 4th task may be extended for a week. I will post an alert to you all if an extension should be necessary.

Although the rest of this post is in response to other people, it may be wise to read it over, as it may answer some questions you have about LC 37.

Congratulations to james_uk2008 for having his longest LD yet. 15+ minutes is quite impressive.:clap:

I’ll count the spell as qualifying for part 4 because I didn’t specify that you need to use a wand to cast a spell. For Harry Potter spells, you would need a wand, but for other ones I suppose there is no reason why you would need to use one.

People may interpret the rules differently than me, but this is how I have been scoring everyone for this LC. Each weekly task is comprised of what I have been calling parts. In reality, a better word would be sub-tasks. So, for instance, Task 3, which is the current one, is comprised of four parts, or sub-tasks, as well as a bonus task. Each part or sub-task is by itself eligible for task related points like early, combo, and lucid points. The sub-tasks that have a scoring of [color=green]+x pts per tick[/color] are only eligible for these task points the first time they are completed, whereupon you only gain [color=green]+x pts per tick[/color] with no more bonus points.

To give you a better idea, I will show you how I scored your most recent post.

[color=green]+30 pts[/color] for a medium length LD.

You completed part 1 for [color=green]+ 30 pts[/color], part 2 for [color=green]+20 pts[/color], part 4 twice for [color=green]+10 pts[/color].
You also completed the bonus task for [color=green]+20 pts[/color]. As you had completed part 2, the bonus task also counted as another completion of part 4, thereby awarding you another [color=green]+5 pts[/color].

You gained the lucid as well as the early task bonus points for part 1, part 2, part 4 (only one lucid and one early point for part 4; not 3 lucid bonus and not 3 early bonus), and the bonus task. Thus, you received [color=green]+120 pts[/color] for your 4 lucid task bonuses and [color=green]+80 pts[/color] for your 4 early task bonuses.

For combo bonuses, you received two. As you had not completed part 1 or part 2, and finished them in the same dream, that awarded you a combo bonus. Same with part 4 and the bonus task. Thus, you earned [color=green]+40 pts[/color] for your 2 combo task bonuses.

Thus, from your last post alone, you gained [color=green]+355 pts[/color]. Quite an impressive take.

Overall, your total score so far is 740.

I hope I was able to clear up any ambiguities. If you find that something seems wrong with your score, then let me know and I’ll take a look.

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I had a medium-length LD here in which I found a mirror, but the dream ended before I could begin to pass through it or ask questions. It seems like I spent too much time thinking about what to do, so the dream collapsed.

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I think I finally completed a task, kind of. Anyway, I had a dream with mirrors.

I was holding one end of the mirror and trying to see if anything was hiding in a small space. I couldn’t see very well because of my position, so didn’t see anything. I think I just saw a blank reflection.

I wasn’t lucid in the dream, though towards the end, I felt there was something significant about the mirrors and remembered the LC in the back of my head.