9 The Domain Of Dreams (2/2)
[A way that a deity can influence the actions of mortals is for them to bless the mortal. When a deity blesses a mortal they temporarily grant them gifts related to a domain or subdomain of the god's choosing and the mortal is made aware of the fact that they've earned a deity's good graces. If you bless Troik's dreams then he'll wake up in a good mood because he had a night full of good dreams]
I listened to the system's explanation with interest. And at this point, I had a question. ”Can I bless someone with regards to every domain and subdomain?” I asked, speaking aloud and also in my mind.
[Yes you can. The exact effects are really... contextualized. If you gain influence over the subdomain of necromancy and undeath and you bless someone they won't be attacked by unintelligent undead. If you bless someone using the earth subdomain they'll be stronger so long as they are on earth of some sort.] The system revealed, mentioning necromancy which was something I unconsciously knew was a school of magic.
[Inversely you can also curse someone. Cursing someone follows the same structure as blessing them, but leads to them being inconvenienced, at least until you gain more influence over whatever domain or subdomain you seek to curse them using.] The system said to me, warning me with its tone that this was a powerful ability.
[The more influence you have over the domain the more dramatic the impact of your curse or blessing. Cursing someone doesn't require for you to identify yourself, and you can opt to use a false name or a title, which are things you don't have yet, when blessing someone.] The system announced.
[Anyways, we know you want to see the powers you gain via the domain of dream's first and lowest tier of influence over them. Here you go.] The thing told me, wrapping up its explanation suddenly.
[Alert:
You have been awarded the powers and recognition that come with holding the first and lowest tier of influence over the domain of dreams. What follows is a list of the powers that come with that.
Details about the domain of dreams:
The domain of dreams is a fascinating, central domain to gods and godliness. Godly powers over dreams are hugely influential and for eons, the dreams of mortals were where they communed most intensely and most regularly with the gods.
Godly powers over dreams are utterly absolute. Gods can transform and modify dreams in a number of weird and awe-inspiring ways, though those powers aren't available to you just yet. You need more influence over the domain.
In order to gain influence over the domain of dreams, you need to continue to use your powers over the domain and to gain worshipers who worship you as a god of dreams.
Passive Powers:
He Sees You When You're Sleeping: This passive power affects your minimap and allows you to detect if a humanoid is sleeping.
Dreamwalker: You gain the ability to enter the dreams of sleeping humanoids. In order to enter the dreams of other types of creatures, you need to gain higher tiers of influence over the domain of dreams.
Active Powers:
Restless Or Restful Sleep: This power doesn't affect dreams, it affects sleep. By using it you can affect how restorative a mortal's sleep is.
When you use it on a mortal you are given a choice. If you choose for your target to experience restless sleep then for the next twenty-four hours their sleep will not positively affect them no matter how much they sleep. On the other hand, restful sleep is twice as restorative as it would otherwise be for the next twenty-four hours.
You can use this power on three creatures per day. If you decide to target the same creature two days in a row the second time you use the power on them it will cost you extra, causing you to only be able to affect one other person rather than the two you'd otherwise be able to target.
As you gain more tiers of influence over the domain of dreams, or as you become a more generally powerful deity, you'll be able to target more creatures with it and customize how effective it is as well as how long it lasts.
This power can be used to weigh down enemies or to uplift and refresh allies and worshipers.
Dancing Dreams: This power is a vicious one. It can only be used on creatures who are already asleep but if used, and if not successfully resisted by its victims, it will cause them to be forced into a state of slumber for twenty-four hours. It can stack with ”Restless or Restful Sleep” which can be an especially empowering or devastating combination if used cleverly.
That said this power can only be used once a day as a deity who can only exert one tier of influence over the domain of dreams and who one is at the lowest rank of deific might.
The domain of dreams covers dreams, unconsciousness, sleep, and nightmares. Many domains have subdomains associated with them, but this one doesn't.
Details about the domain of dreams blessings and curses:
If you bless someone with this domain you'll cause them to have peaceful dreams and go to sleep quite easily. On the other hand, if you curse them with it you'll cause them to endure nightmares and suffer from sleep that doesn't restore much of their energy at all, which will eventually affect other parts of their lives.
That said this power can only be used once a day as a deity who can only exert one tier of influence over the domain of dreams and who one is at the lowest rank of deific might.
The domain of dreams covers dreams, unconsciousness, sleep, and nightmares. Many domains have subdomains associated with them, but this one doesn't.
Acquiring tiers of influence over domains and subdomains is a two-part process. The first part of the process is behaving in ways that intrigue or entertain the domain or subdomain in question.
As an example of this, your activities revolving around the creation of this false spirit 'Cosecha' has intrigued and entertained the domain of lies, the domain of creativity, and the domain of spirits. Once any of them have been sufficiently amused by your actions they will offer you a quest. This system will appear in your HUD, your Heads Up Display, what you sometimes call your 'mind's eye'.
Once you complete the quest you will gain the tier of influence you were offered.]
When I finished reading that lengthy message it vanished into nothingness. As it did I closed my eyes, and waited for the not-so-mini map to appear in the familiar darkness.
[Hey Althos, whatcha doing?] The system asked me, rather carefreely. There was a jovial tone in its voice that informed me that it had a suspicion of what I was up too. I grinned and kept my eyes shut. The not-so-mini-map appeared and expanded in my mind's vision.
”I'm going to go and test these new abilities out! After all my ancestors were apparently experienced... dreamwalkers?” I said, starting off confidently but ultimately finishing with less confidence in my voice. I wasn't sure if the name of the divine power I had acquired was a title my ancestors once possessed or just a descriptor of what they did.
”I want to walk in their footsteps and become familiar with what they were familiar with. I want to familiarize myself with dream-based powers and learn how my presence affects dreams.” I told the system, articulating why I was scanning my mini-map to find out who was sleeping and thus who I could introduce myself too.
[Oh boy... there are some rules you'll want to know about as you prepare yourself for your first venture into the land of dreams. It's gonna be a real trip.] The system told me, beginning to warn me about what my first venture into a dream would be like. I listened, curious and eager to learn more.