A LOOMING SENSE OF DREAD: WALKABOUT INFO

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A Looming Sense of Dread
A walkabout in Questing Country
May 15 - June 24

A remote island in Questing Country, sealed off by Dreamers of the distant past, is now unsealed, as the magic keeping the seals in place has degraded. The island is infested with an abnormally large number of nightmares; the concern is that these nightmares will spread beyond this island to the rest of Questing Country proper. It falls to the Dreamers on hand now, and the Travelers who are joining them, to find the source of the nightmares and neutralize it.

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BONDS AND BONDED GROUPS

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Bonded are a supernaturally connected group of Champions & Oracles, which may rarely include an Adversary or a Pillar. Bonded fight and work together and are stronger for it, but any gain they make is also divided between them, and a Bond that is large or unwieldy is unlikely to get much of anywhere in Questing Country. A small Bond can face down bigger challenges, but the power of a Valence can only go to ONE of them, possibly at random, so a Bond is commonly only made of people who love and trust one another with near-absolute devotion. Bonded can share physical health, mental resilience, magical power, & supernatural insight. Their familiars & spirit animals may combine into a larger creature called a volksgeist, often used as a mount or battle companion. (After the jaunt, players who kept both their spirit companions and True Bond with each other can still have their companions form volksgeists.)

For purposes of game balance and CR generation, Bonds will usually be from 4 to 6 people in size, although you may ask to form a larger or smaller Bond. Single-canon Bonds are permissible but discouraged. A Bond may be a long-standing team, or it may be a group of people who are thrown together during the events of the plot forming new connections.

As this is a walkabout, Bond groups may be less of an active concern, but they are still available as a plotting/CR option.