Attribute Levels

As you continue with your Journey, you will inevitably improve your attribute scores by persistent training or consistent exposure to different life experiences on Terra. As you improve your attributes one point at a time, you begin to realize that the challenges you face also change. Here is a simplified path of your journey to becoming a hero and saving the world.

RPG Monsters in Real Life 2

Animals from the Mentis Jungle

The inhabitants in this lush forest range from playful to horrifying. Some are deceitful, most are earnest, but all of them must be avoided. When you encounter them, and you almost always will, be prepared with the proper counters and cantrips. Three creatures are revealed in this scroll.

Mind Monkeys
They infiltrate your consciousness at random times in the day. When you are idle or concentrating or when you are trying to sleep, they come. They force you to think and think and think. Things from the past, events that were unexpected, plans for the future, responsibilities that require your attention, conflicts that need resolving, a forgotten piece of information that you want to retrieve, something that has been nagging you for months. Thoughts that you cannot do anything about. These are the mind monkeys. Some of them do not even have names. They occupy you. They feed on your attention. They waste your time

Pitifrogs

Poisonous creatures that inflict numbness instead of pain. They drain your energy by infecting you with Worry Warts. Hope and positivity will slowly fade as if they were never there in the first place. All action will become futile. No form of assistance will be of help. No power can ever save you from the worst living nightmare of your life. You will never be good at anything ever again.

Flock of Confusion
This swarm comes from the Caverns of Unknowing. These exquisitely grotesque predators are mutated composites of avian and insectile descent. You will not know whether to be scared of them or be awed by their unsightly splendor. There are some nasty smells and aromas that you can't quite place, but you keep on sniffing. You know that it smells bad and yet it seems enticing you to smell it again for reconsideration. This is a sure sign that a flock in near. You won't know what to do because are too many things to consider, so many factors that affect the outcome. And, you simply don't know.

Elusive Eels
When you need focus, you can't. You need to prioritize, but you don't know how. You want to give a task your full attention, but you also want to do something else. You know you reminded yourself of something important, you can't remember it. An itchy feeling at the back of your mind is telling you there's something that you must do, but you don't know what. These are the elusive eels playing with you. They are fond of powerful adventurers like you. They know you have so many important things to accomplish, but they just want several seconds to a few minutes of your time. Stay for a while and play with them.

Be prepared. Exercise your mind. Stretch your mental capabilities, awareness and openness to new ideas. Paola Antonelli, curator of New York's Museum of Modern Art presents collaborative designs from artists and scientists. Allow your mind to be blown by the futurist concepts that may change human behavior in the near future.



Hippo-frog photo courtesy of Balt-Arts

RPG Monsters in Real Life

All adventurers regardless of skill and experience encounter monsters on a day to day basis. Sometimes we ignore them, sometimes we can simply avoid them. As adventurers, it is better to engage them head on. Monster encounters are always beneficial even if we sometimes have to retreat or sometimes lose a battle. Fighting monsters will remain to be one of the best learning experiences you will have in your Journey. Let us take a look at some of the more popular monsters other players have willingly detailed for you.

From the diverse habitats of Time Sink Valley, we have the top 3 monsters who eat up your temporal resources. We all know that each and every player is given 24 units of time in one day, and 60 sub-units per unit. You must not allow these monsters to steal them away from you.

Goblins of Distraction
Insidious creatures, they disguise themselves as pretty little shiny things that amuse and invite you to engage with them. Their most popular form these days are feline in nature. Several of them have studied the esoteric magic of Cybernetikos, the digital god of imagination. Several cantrips may work on these pesky little monsters as well as a properly prepared Planning scroll. High scores in Worth and Endurance can help in fighting these pests.

Basilisk of Procrastination
Be careful of the paralyzing gaze of this salamander-like being. It comes from a different dimension and it is always attempting to transport its prey through the forbidden veil. You must not give in to the paralysis that the Basilisk induces. It is a mere psychic suggestion, an illusion that you must check your awareness for.

Crystal Golem of Perfectionism
There is a challenge when everything becomes transparent. A tiny voice may lure you to continuously adjust and review and redo. Clarity becomes refracted into numerous choices that choosing and settling for one becomes almost impossible. If you fall into the trap of this golem then it might quite be impossible to get the job done. Use the Done cantrip to realize that something finished is good enough.

In the Valley of Time Sink, the Eye of Isis amulet of self-awareness is a strong relic that can help you to ward off these nasty things that linger and feed upon your precious time.

Stefan Sagmeister, a veteran adventurer,  has a great way of recovering time from all the monsters from this treacherous valley. Watch and learn.



Photo courtesy of Andrea Alemanno