[center]Task 2: Treasure Island[/center]
This lucid challenge needs more pirates! Prepare yourselves for a nautical themed week of adventure on the high seas. Tasks do not need to be completed in the ocean, any body of water will do - river, lake, swimming pool, puddle, or even in the bath tub! There are so many options for combos here, it’s almost rude not to: I’ve already thought of a dozen or so, I’m sure you will come up with even more imaginative ways of combining tasks for big points.
The story continues…
Features Season 2 Game of Thrones / A Storm of Swords (which was on TV in 2012, so not really a spoiler)
[spoiler]A thousand ships battle in the port of King’s Landing. The sky is filed with cannon smoke and dark thick smog created from the alchemists’ wildfire unleashed on the bay. Two fleets are locked in a great naval battle. You find yourself on the deck of a ship. Cries of battle and explosions fill the air.
At the helm, slumped over the wheel is the masked figure obfusc8. The ship is on a collision course with another vessel. You run to the wheel, trying to quickly avert the disaster, knocking the masked man to the deck. The ship rocks violently, almost capsizing. Impossibly obfusc8 still seems to be asleep.
After setting the ship onto a course out into the ocean and away from the battle, you attempt to wake the man lying on the deck. As you shake the body, the ship seems to shake too. Other people you recognise from the dream throne room gather around.
“But I’m lucid. This is my dream, I know it.” You tell them.
“No, this must be my dream. I have control, I have power. See?” Drd demonstrates his mastery of shadow magic.
You point down at the sleeping figure. “No. We might be lucid but we’re stuck in his dream.”
The contestants all look around at each other.
“I hope he doesn’t have one of those dreams, then.” One laughs nervously.
The contestants share a look of fear.
“We have to wake obfusc8 up.”
One steps forward and slaps obfusc8’s face mask, hard.
“Wake up, you lazy bastard!”
As the contestant’s hand hits the mask, the whole ship lurches violently to one side accompanied by the sounds of crashing timber. The deck shifts under your feet. A torrent of water drags you under the waves. A large heavy shard of wood hits the back of your head and the dream scene dissolves into darkness.
You open your eyes and find yourself lying on a sandy beach, the tide tugging at your waterlogged clothes. The small isolated island is surrounded on all sides by calm blue seas. In the distance, a ship is heading towards you, proudly flying the cliché skull-and-crossbones flag. You quickly do a reality check and become lucid once more. Welcome to Treasure Island.[/spoiler]
PIRATE: Talk/act like a pirate or sing a sea shanty. The more raucous the better. If in doubt just make up a song about rum/ treasure. Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate’s life for me! And while you’re at it, why not dress like a pirate too - combo it up to claim the week 1 DISGUISE task. 20pts
UNDERWATER: Explore underwater. To reiterate the above - it doesn’t need to be the ocean. All that is required for this task is to get your head underwater and have a look around. 30pts
TREASURE: Find buried treasure. It might be hidden in a sunken ship wreck or on a desert island under a palm tree. Maybe it’s in your back garden. If you can’t remember where you stashed the loot, check the map: X marks the spot. 30pts
TEAM TASKS
SKY RANGER:
FINDING NEMO: Encounter an aquatic creature. Any life-form that lives in water will do - swim with dolphins, mermaids, talk to your pet goldfish, ask a sea-turtle how old it is. Wake the Krakken or a large sea monster and then fight it if you still need the week 1 BRAVE task.30pts
SURF: Travel on water. It’s time for an ocean adventure, but on the surface rather than beneath the waves. How about hitching a lift on a pirate ship? Run across the surface, windsurf or row a boat. Hitch a ride on a dolphin or whale to combo with the FINDING NEMO task, as long as it’s on the surface. If you can find a mythical aquatic beast, triple combo it with the week 1 DRAGON task! Or come up with your own imaginative way of exploring the ocean waves. 40pts
NIGHT DRUID:
FLOTSAM: Make something out of things you find in or near water. So examples of things found in or near water: seaweed, starfish, coral, boats, wreckage, driftwood, anemones. If you’re in the bath, yes your beloved rubber ducky is a valid item. You can make anything - literally, anything - a weapon, a tool, a sculpture/piece of art, bring the item to life, etc. All you need to do is combine/transform the items in some way. (The only combo restriction here is with the mage SANDCASTLE task. Working with sand alone will not complete both tasks.) Work with metal wreckage to get the week 1 druid task at the same time. 30pts
ADAPTATION: Transform yourself into something suitable for life underwater. Suggestions include: mermaid/merman, give yourself gills, fins, or fully transform into an aquatic or amphibian animal. 40pts.
SPACE MAGE:
PARLEY?: Talk/charm your way past a guard or out of danger. Not all magic is destructive or flashy, sometimes a bit of subtlety and smooth talking can get you what you want. Everyone’s heard of the famous Captain Jack Sparrow, right? Well probably his best talent is his silver tongue… Talking his way out, or in, to places he shouldn’t be and convincing people to not kill him. As this is the mage team, you are expected but not required to use magic or willpower to complete this task. I don’t mind if you use Jedi mind powers, hypnotic gaze, telepathy or your natural winning charm, just use your words and not your fists to convince them. 30pts
SANDCASTLES: Make a castle out of sand! Use your mighty powers to create a building or structure out of sand, or mud, loose earth, small rocks etc. Yes okay, it’s earth magic, but let’s try and go with the theme here yeah? Little bucket-and-spade sand castles are okay, you can claim points for that if you wish, but you can do better than that… can you make a full sized castle? To be clear, again, it’s the mage team, magic is expected but not required. Build it by hand if you have to. 40pts
TEAM ADVANTAGE
Thorn and James, you have 48 hours to come up with a task based on this week’s theme of Treasure Island/Pirates/The Ocean. If you have any questions, PM me.
Good luck everybody.
(currentl, unless I get lucid Im only remembering 1-2 per week).
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