We know Ragn loves to read and it's a classic escape from reality, but something came to mind
Self-development can be one of the most sophisticated ways to self-hate. The pursuit of knowledge isn't because of a genuine zest for life, but because learning is all you can do. And that being said, your only activity is constantly immersed in other people's work and realizing that you're incredibly far from their intelligence/fantasy/skill level.
And in fact, your study is an attempt to become "normal" or at least "fit" to earn the right to exist.
But no matter how hard you try, you'll always have that sense of inferiority with you, because the problem was never a lack of skills.
Esoteric Events: The Pocket, Part 6 (The Dancing Pocket)
Welcome to the Dancing Pocket! (Perhaps the most beloved and well known of pockets hehe)
This is one of the three outcomes you can get for the event. I go over how the game determines this in the introduction post!
Here's some quick links to the other pockets:
Part 4: The Time Pocket
Part 5: The Gravity Pocket
Ever heard of the Dancing Plague of 1518? I get the feeling Chris has...
Option 1 here is the only one with unique dialogue. Picking option 2 skips straight to Constitution's line.
At this point, both Ragn and Snell are dancing (hooray...?). Charisma's comment here is likely referencing the flashback you can get when you 🕺 request a rent extension on Nearly's behalf 🕺.
1. "Great moves, buddy!"
2. (Try to figure out how to escape.)
3. "There is no music, yet I must dance." (Dance even harder.) (This changes Ragn's dancing animation!)
4. "Snell, any ideas?"
4.1. "I don't have the means to stop it while - moving - like this."
4.2. "It should stop naturally after a while. Most pockets do."
5. (Try to leave the pocket.)
6. [Constitution | DC 11] Endure the dance until it ends.
Possible unique modifiers:
-1 DC | Snell is also in this with you.
-4 DC | You're really committing. (Set by selecting the option to dance even harder)
ADVANTAGE | You are the DANCING BARD. (Declare your class as a bard for the Class Conflict questline)
Success -> Heal for a flat 8 hp... and gain six levels of exhaustion.
Failure -> Gain six levels of exhaustion at this point and no heal. Ouch.
Regardless of whether you pass or fail, time advances to 6:00.
And, to round it all out, depending on which story you tell him leading up to this, Snell will have corresponding concluding comment (it's nested among a bunch of other dialogue and I'm strapped enough as is for photo space in these pics so I shall simply type it out LOL).
CONSTITUTION
The pocket is gone.
The Great Towers Riot Story:
SNELL
The goblin exhales slowly.
"I would have preferred the getting-drunk pocket."
"By a lot."
The Gremlin Story:
SNELL
The goblin sits up.
"At least we didn't get any gremlins."
He looks around, as if checking.
"Small victories."
The Necrobutcher Story:
SNELL
The goblin gets to his feet slowly.
"Eh."
He brushes grass off his cloak.
"At least there wasn't an undead fish involved."
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand that's all, folks! enjoy these gifs of the two variant dances 😆
So we know he used to tag along a bunch of older kids right? And he'd do anything just to fit in and get their attention. I'm guessing at some point he realized it was really pathetic of him to do that, but since he was so desperate to belong, he did some mental reframing to cope. As in: all the errands and things they made him do, he referred to as a "quest" mentally, or had them refer to it as a quest to convince him to do it, just so it felt less like he was being used and more-so being sent off to do something meaningful.
If I may add some headcanon to it, perhaps his father also referred to slaying the troll with the rest of the people as a "quest" to soften the blow—emphasizing the act as heroic, all to distract from the fact that it was basically a suicide mission. That's also why Strength specifically is the one obsessed with quests and not any other chimes, mostly because Strength represents the hypermasculine drive to protect and defend, born from witnessing his father's sacrifice.
Hi! I don't know if you are still taking drawing requests, but I keep thinking about Ragn's tendency to cover up literally every inch of his skin. It is a great source for angst, yes, but I can't help but crack myself up over the idea of Snell (pre- or kinda early in their relationship) going absolutely insane over Ragn showing just a hint of ankle or something 👀👀
If you fail a passive DC 12 dexterity check when attempting to loot the gems from Bondavol's shrine, you get to ask Snell about taxes........... and a little something extra.......... ;)
(and of course, you take 1d4 damage for your trouble)
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