Sunday, June 10, 2018

I peered into the inky black of my scrying bowl and uttered the ancient words.

I peered into the inky black of my scrying bowl and uttered the ancient words. I pricked a finger and let a drop of blood fall into darkness, falling forever. The ripples took form and I lost myself in the gazing of another world for a time. I witnessed many strange and terrible things, a tale of great heroism emerged and I recorded it here:

Motifs
1) She stands, drawing both daggers
A strange woman with the Baron's ear

2) Streets plunged into sudden darkness
1) Flying daggers rain down
A flying leap across rooftops

3) Drinking Ale you can't afford
Beyond the Valley of Mausoleums

4) A Horde of Undead Monkeys
3) Drinking Away Your Troubles in a dim tavern
4) Chunks of meat and exposed bone
A spear bursts from his chest in a spray of blood!
2) Lights go out across the city
2) Losa steals the light that remains

Morals
Don't draw attention you're not prepared for
(ECHO: The Monkey King steals the amulet)

Mystery
Why did the geyser choose this moment to erupt?
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The numbers to the left of the motifs indicate those that I linked with silver thread (just match the numbers!)

This is my scrying report from today's #SundayAMSpeedSwords over on the livestream. I also did one for the second half but I was too enthralled by the story to finish it.

A question that came up for me: Is it intended that we should arrange our Motifs into three portions the way the Rogues do? Or do we keep ours more of a running list and just mark the echoes with silver thread?

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3 comments:

  1. Epidiah RavacholJune 12, 2018 at 11:21 AM

    Seers are not bound to the three motifs as rogues are. You can arrange them however you wish. It may be interesting to mark where the rogues pass from their first motif to their second and from their second to the third and then into the end game, but it is not necessary.

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  2. Epidiah RavacholJune 12, 2018 at 11:22 AM

    Oh, and thank you for posting this! This is awesome. I'm going to be making a post on the Worlds Without Master blog about how folks are using the Ritual of Scrying and I digging this.

    Is that any old notebook, or do you have one just for scrying?

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  3. Justin GordonJune 12, 2018 at 11:23 AM

    It was just an old blank notebook, but it is now a Tome of Things Unseen

    I think if scrying is something I do frequently I'd love to get a fancy notebook to use as my Scryer's simulacrum!

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