Mage/Theme/Legacies/Dreamspeakers
Dreamspeakers
A clever quote.
Uncovering the Dreams of the World
Stuff.
Origins
Parentage: Thyrsus, Free Council, Children of the Tree
Background: Stuff.
Appearances: Stuff that isn't racist.
Doctrine
Prerequisites: Mind 1, Occult 2
Initiation: Stuff.
Organization: Stuff.
Theory: Stuff.
Magic
Ruling Arcanum: Mind
Yantras: Stuff
Oblations: Stuff
Attainments
First:
Prerequisites:
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Optional:
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Second:
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Third: Dreamwalking
Prerequisites: Mind 3, Occult 3
The Dreamspeakers are perhaps best known for this attainment. With it, the Dreamspeaker may roll to enter the Astral each round as an instant action, rather than with the standard meditation rolls. In addition, the Dreamspeaker is able to remain aware of both locations simultaneously. This functions in a manner similar to one mind two thoughts, in that the Dreamspeaker may make mental actions in either reality simultaneously, but social and physical actions require focused concentration on one reality over the other. This has the unfortunate consequence of making the Dreamspeaker appear to be speaking with or interacting with unseen beings and objects. In addition, the Dreamspeaker finds travel through the astral to be far simpler. Add their dots in the Mind Arcanum to their Astral travel rolls.
Optional: Spirit 3
Dreamspeakers rarely undertake dream travel for purely recreational purposes. When entering a dream or the shadow to resolve an issue for their community, they find they tend to attract spirits and goetia who will prove useful in resolving the matter down the road. These spirits are often tied back to the choirs of the Dreamborn. Spirits and goetia summoned in this way have a good first impression of the Dreamspeaker by default, but still require convincing to assist the Dreamspeaker, often including payment.
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Fifth: Dreamself
Prerequisites: Mind 5, Occult 4
Rather than split the attentions of their consciousness from their material body, this attainment allows the Dreamspeaker to become the stuff of dream entirely. Using the rules for Dream Forms found on page 249 of mage core, the Dreamspeaker's whole body, mind, and soul are concentrated into a single presence and point of being. When calculating the stats of their dream form, add their Spirit Arcanum to their Power, Finesse, and Resistance. While in this form, the Dreamspeaker may pass through one phase of being to another as an instant action. This means they can pass from twilight to manifested, twilight to an oneiros, and so on each as an instant action. Similarly, while in the Astral, travel may be undertaken each turn as a single instant action. It is possible for a dreamspeaker to lead others through dream travel in this way. Dreamspeakers whose corpuses are destroyed while in this form can suffer one of numerous fates. They may simply drop to the ground in their physical form with 0 willpower, they may also lose their minds and wander the astral until their amnion gives out and the winds take them. The point is, it's almost always unpleasant and cause for future roleplay.
Optional: Spirit 5
The goetic dreamwalker can now travel into the Shadow as well. Their spirit form can claim up to five numen or up to five dots in influence, or any combination of numen and influences totaling five. Travel into and out of shadow takes an instant action of power+finesse-gauntlet rating.