1. Cave Fisher Silk - twice as soft, twice as strong, twice as expensive
   
2. Violet Fungus Tendrils - used for totally legal and not at all necromantic rituals
   
3. Blackroot - an herb used in potent poisons. If properly fermented and distilled, the base of an unbelievably strong spirit
   
4. Drow Ears - illegal to harvest in most areas, but a valuable status symbol among Dwarven and Goblinoid communities
   
5. Glühstein - A naturally luminescent purple stone seen in the chandeliers of the realm's gaudiest nobles
   
6. Purple Worm Secretions. Ranging from bile, blood, to waste, all of the parts of a purple worm have their uses.
   
7. Strange artifacts drug from the deepdark. Who knows what was their intended purpose or who their creators were.
   
8. Strange potions, exotic drinks and other such substances
   
9. Luminous paint made from glowing mushroom powder
   
10. Top-grade poisons
    
11. Carpets (many underground races weave fine carpets to cover hard surfaces of their interiors)
    
12. Precious gems, minerals and ores
    
13. Granite, Marble, and other expensive building stones
    
14. Mind flayer tentacles - incredibly dangerous to harvest but used in dozens of illicit potions from improved truth serum to near mind control.
    
15. Grimlock skulls
    
16. Flumph Ichor - A pearlescent, viscous substance, with the consistency of a water-based lubricant, that can either be extracted from a Flumph or found in the places it touched. Eaten as-is when found makes you violently ill for 1d4 hours. Adding water, salt, ash and rendering down into a draught makes a pearlescent potion which gives you -1 to CHA rolls for 1d6 days.
    
17. Umber Hulk chitin - in large quantities, can be boiled to create armor. The claws can be fashioned as smaller picks or pitons. Powdered Umber Hulk chitin has various medicinal and illicit uses.
    
18. Cloaker guano - wizards have found this to produce unusual effects if substituted for bat guano in a fireball spell.
    
19. Blursveftrubim - a svirfneblin (deep gnome) concoction said to help new denizens resist some of the effects of breathing toxic fumes in parts of the Underdark.
    
20. Harvested Roper tendrils - when trimmed from a Roper, dried, and worked until pliable, Roper tendrils can make strong ropes.
    
21. Ocher rot - a fungus that grows on the walls of caves near the entrances of the Underdark. When dried and burned, breathing in the smoke can induce visions or hallucinations.
    
22. Living slimes. used to create poisons. 1. acid slime (common). 2. big acid slime (common). 3. Poisonous slime (common). 4. Paralyzing slime (uncommon). 5. Ooze (Barrel size. Rare). 6. Necrotic slime (damage caused by these ones can only be healed using high rank spells. Very rare).
    
23. Sacred Drow's flower. Used to create powerful healing potions which give temporary extra stats. Only Drow's know how to cultivate it. As a sacred resource they will never bargain it. Should be robbed or assaulted.
    
24. Cave fish roe - the eggs of a species of eyeless fish native to pitch-black caves in the Underdark. Considered a delicacy on the surface but they have many alchemical properties too.
    
25. Duergar tobacco - a type of lichen harvested, dried, and smoked by the duergar. It’s claimed to do anything from increasing fortitude to granting Darkvision but few surface dwellers have ever properly examined it.
    
26. Aboleth Essence - the waters of the pools and lakes the aboleth make their home take on many strange properties, but few are brave enough or foolish enough to try to collect some.
    
27. Cloaker leather - the hide of cloakers are known for their sound-dampening qualities and as such are prized by thieves and assassins. The hard part is getting it before the cloaker gets you.
    
28. Rift Stone - A Strange Stone that has been deposited from the Astral Sea into the Underdark via. Unknown means. The stone is abnormally dense and seems mundane until identified and has a strange property about it that rebounds spells and any amount of damage dealt to it back to the assailant.
    
29. Crystallized Weave: A concentration of crystallized magic that has been found to power magical abilities if ingested. Spell users who eat one of these crystals restore one spell slot. The level of spell slot is dictated by the quality of the crystal.
    
30. Drider Silk: Webs from a drider, sold by Drow colonies in the underdark for exorbitant prices. Makes very fine and highly protective light armors, and is also a luxury for the various nobilities aboveground.
    
31. Deepness Mushrooms: A hallucinogenic mushroom that has yet to be officially declared illegal aboveground
    
32. Spore Filters: Finely woven masks that, when worn over breathing holes, protects from most fungus spores and can even give limited protection against toxic gasses. Does not protect against smells. If it gets wet it becomes impossible to use until it is dry again.
    
33. Rod of Tiny Spiders: Casts unlimited infestation spells but with tiny spiders instead of any other insects. When touched it almost feels like it's writhing in your hand. After many uses it may catch the attention of Lolth and her followers.
    
34. Pudding Residue - quickly harvested into specialized containers built for the purpose immediately following the death of a black pudding. Useful as a solvent, made into cleaning agents or corrosive weaponry.
    
35. Myconid Telepathy Spores - illegal to own in civilizations that believe Myconids to be sentient beings the spores are harvested from the corpse of a slain Myconid. These spores when properly processed can allow a pair or group of individuals to form strong telepathic links for up to 8 hours.
    
36. Myconid Reproductive Spores - harvested from the corpse of a Myconid who has reached reproductive age. These spores are known for a single use outside of their usual Myconid reproductive cycle when properly processed: The creation of a Fungi-Golem from a humanoid corpse. (Re-skinned version of flesh golem)
    
37. Hook Horror Hooks - harvested from the Hook Horror these hooks can be fashioned into tools, weapons, or decorative items.
    
38. Beholder Eye Stalks - these stalks are often sought for purchase if they are removed with the eyes intact and properly preserved. A talented or knowledgeable wizard can often create a rod that contains the ability that the stalk once used when the Beholder still commanded it.
    
39. Construction fungus spore - the fertile spore of a type of fungus that grows into large lumps as hard as stone but much lighter. Many underdark inhabitants use such fungus to build houses and other buildings
    
40. Slime Crystal - a crystalized ooze creature, turned to crystal by the unique underdark environment.
    
41. Mists of Desire- Vapors from a unique volcanic vent that when inhaled cause you to see hallucinations of specifically things you desire most. Is sold in small glass jars that can be inserted up nostrils
    
42. Advanced Technology- There are ruins of an incredibly advanced civilization down there, every now and then someone will bring back relics from it. They can range from shelves that extend the storage life of products placed on it to laser weapons but it is always random.
    
43. LuMoss- bioluminescent moss with a pleasant smell, used as eccentric light sources aboveground mostly in noble manors
    
44. Manticore Leather- Durable and very comfortable leather made from the hide of a manticore. Difficult to come by and expensive but some people swear it's worth every penny
    
45. Blindheim Occular Jelly. Useful for creating potent flash-bombs, when focused.
    
46. Umber Hulk Eye Lenses. One of thier compound eye lenses can provide some protection against certain gaze based attacks.
    
47. Bloodletting Dust. A fungus that resembles filamentous asbestos. When dried and prepared properly, a small pinch of it is enough to prevent the closing of wounds and inflict bleed damage on victims, easily weaponized into an airborn powder.
    
48. Burning Baiju. Brewed by the dark dwarves, and made from various lichens of the depths, this liquor (when enchanted by those in the know) helps provide Fire Resistance.
    
49. Spurge Resin-mold; a medicinal, succulent fungus which resembles cactus, and grows wild in darkness where the water supply is intermittent. It has never been successfully domesticated, but can be transplanted. Once removed from its native environment, the fungus never fruits again, but can survive for centuries, and even slowly grow to the size of a full-grown dwarf. When broken, the succulent “leaves” of this plant release a medicinal resin. Additionally, the flavor of the sap is spicy; so spicy, in fact, as to literally kill the nerves in one’s skin with a fiery heat that beats that of the hottest forge. Properly diluted (thousands of times), the sap can be used as a flavoring agent reminiscent of humans growing and enjoying hot-peppers.
    
50. Cave Grapes: Phosphorescent Beetle larvae that feed on a variety of root-like fungal nodules. They grow to be grape sized and store a large amount of sugary liquid in thier abdomens like honeypot ants on the surface. They squirt a phosphorescent goo on attackers as a defense mechanism. They can be foraged for, and even domestecated as delicious treat.
    
51. Flying Wrigglers: A variety of worm-like outsider creature that has naturalized to this plane, they do not fly, but actually burrow through the air like worms, leaving a burning hot glowing trail behind them several inches long. They are capable of melting through glass, rock, and metal, but do not seem to feed off of anything except magic. Spells cast in thier presence (while they live) have a 5% chance of being treated as if they cast by one that is 1d3 levels lower (when determining spell save DC, duration, damage, etc). Holding these creatures is difficult, but thier magical damping properties make them valuable.
    
52. Cavelotus: A distinctive white lichen that instinctively casts dancing lights for up to 1 hour per day. The lichens grow in large clumps of multiple plants, supporting the sustained cantrip for much longer than 1 hour, collectively. The lichen supports itself by tapping into both the photosynthesis system of nearby plants, as well as breaking them down for nutrients. Other plants requiring light are dependent upon the cavelotus. The cavelotus leaves resemble giant lotus leaves (up to 2 meters across), and have a perfumed (if fishy) flavor, edible; with creamy-white with milky blue veins. The leaves roll and unroll slowly by themselves, in a very slow dance (hours); it sprouts milky-blue puffballs that release pale-blue spores; supported by a stalk that drips a white, sticky, milk-like sap. The sap is narcotic, and a powerful dissociative; somewhat like ketamine if properly collected by a trained alchemist. Chronic exposure to the sap occasionally caused collectors to display 'semantic memory impairment, and dissociative and schizotypal symptomatology'.
    
53. Sour Po'Tuber: Not actually a plant, but technically an outsider and a form of "slow life" that experiences time differently than normal creatures and plants; these cone-shaped lifeforms burrow through even solid rock with a single, hard tooth on the end of their six to twelve-inch wide tap-root by slowly twisting and pushing forward. A single Po'Tuber takes 15 years to grow to adulthood from a bud, and digs at a rate of about 1 foot per year. Once established, they spread out runner-vines which form woody, waxy, starch-filled tuber-like buds which can be harvested, steamed and slow-roasted, and then pounded for several minutes into a tasty, very stretchy mochi-like paste. The paste is sour and tastes like mashed-potatoes with dill pickle juice and anchovy paste; to topsiders perhaps not a flavor combination that appeals, but many in the darklands relish the dish. Additionally, the po'tubers resist rot for up to a year until cooked.
    
54. Mirror Mold: Step in, or touch a patch of Mirror Mold, and a mindless, shambling simulacra of yourself will grow from this silvery grey glop a few hours, days, or weeks later. There are old dark-delver tales that occasionally, particularly old patches of this stuff, if left alone long enough, learn to do more than just shamble. There may be some truth to these tales. The simulacrum melts if severely damaged, exposed to high heat (60 Celcius, kills the Mold), below freezing temperatures (The mold ceases to function, but spores are viable), Low humidity (doesnt kill the spores, but stops the simulacrum). Other methods to kill the simulacrums may also exist. Because of these properties, they make a much sought after component for making magical simulacra!
    
55. Bristlebud: Not spectacularly dangerous, but painful if encountered. These crystaline outsider puffballs resemble spiky cotton balls and bristle with fine urticating hairs and fling them if disturbed. The fine, jagged hairs are actually ultrasharp silicate, glass, or asbestos-like fibers that irritate anything they touch. Were one to pop near your eyes or mucous membranes, you may be in for some potential blinding, long term pulmonary distress, or serious rash and swelling. A component in some area-denial magics.
    
56. Obsidian Nettles: Crystaline growths from a form of silicate outsider that forms fractal forests of long, ultra-fine obsidian needles. The needles vibrate and transmit sound almost perfectly, storing it for long periods of time like a sort of battery, the energy further causes crystal growth. It is not clear the creature or plant is sentient, nor what specific sounds foster growth, and what triggers cause the needles to release thier energy in dangerous focused bursts capable of seriously injuring careless adventurers. Some small patches that have been well exposed to the noises of sentients for years have been reported to be able to cast the spell Ghost Sound. It is not known what capabilities larger patches may have. Spines of this plant are often components in sound based magics.
    

• We start the day inside Tohjo Falls where we'd been badger hunting, but stepping out on the Kanto side reveals a Trainer! Cooltrainer Megan was so cool she had a Ho-cune that obliterated our team. No wonder she said not many people seem to come that way, the road to the League will surely be filled with other powerful challengers. Worse trouble is, it didn't checkpoint Y in New Bark Town, so we got flung all the way back to Blackthorn City. Oops
  
• After puttering around for a while to make our way back, we get the nerve to try again, and we won! ….With only half the team still standing. XD But Y is a smart kid and decides not to push his luck. Besides, didn't the professor say something about a present?
  
• Y heals up using the machine in Elm's lab and goes to see what it was Elm wanted to talk to him about. Honestly, he just wanted the kid to know he's been such a huge help and his research is going great! And maybe just to help him out in return, he gives Mister Y a Focus Band as thanks. <3 Y wasn't expecting that, and his bag is full, so he just sort of… stares at it. Elm seems to understand though and says he'll hang onto it until the skater is ready.
  
• Heading back out Route 27, we get past Megan, the gatekeeper of the falls, and begin challenging the other Trainers that line the path to Victory Road. Of these, we find another Cooltrainer and, because we deleted Jack and Wade when Y was having a bad time, we get Reena's number! She admits she likes him and wants him to be a new training partner. She's always up for a rematch especially since Y winning this time was totally a fluke. Yeah. Kappa
  
• Reena wasn't lying when she said not to underestimate the Wild Pokemon here and she was right! We found a Snoractyl in the grass and it looks like this bane of our journey is common out here! There's a Rest House out here too though. With the team all back in top condition means we also have a nice training spot. Swiss Suzie evolved into Baytortal! \o/
  
• We get to the awaited gate, make our way to the entrance of Victory Road, and come face to face with true terror! "You need ALL the badges of Johto and Kanto to enter." Nooooooo! D8 Oh but what's this? The door to the east is unguarded meaning we can go to Kanto from here! What glory, what joy! To be able to reach the last three leaders without the need to face Snoractyl!
  
• Y decides to checkpoint at the Pokemon Center and head southward in order to challenge Blaine first. This seems to be thrown out just outside of Pallet Town and we turn back north to challenge Brock.
  
• Healed and ready to go, Y goes to the Gym and we find out quickly we are yet again over powered by an overpowered Leader. Brock greets us by saying he doesn't get very many Trainers from Johto and explains how the Rock-type is impervious to most physical attacks. And frankly we know very well if he actually had the Rock-type, we'd be dead on arrival since he has five Pokemon all in their 50s. Note, Tess, our highest, is only at level 51 and the lone Gym Trainer we fought before this was at 48 and only had one.
  
• Fight, fight, fight! Starting off it's a Lv 53 Tangekrow against our Lv 47 Togetape. The beaked mass is faster, spraying Feb with a Stun Spore to paralyze him, but he still manages to pull off a Fly to put the bird in red health. Tangekrow didn't seem to like that much though as it now Slams down on him, then tries again as he goes for Fly once more. A bit risky with the paralysis, but he nails it!
  
• Next out is Pidgeonaw! Not only is it a huge jump from Lv 53 to 57, using Agility to build itself faster, but smart too! As Feb goes for Fly, the reptilian bird uses Mirror Move, soaring upward as well to dodge Feb's attack then use his own Fly against him! D8 Feb is maaad now, using Fly again to avoid a Hydro Pump and lands a crit to crush the Pideonaw! But it managed to survive in red health and finishes off the monkey-faced bird with a Hydro Pump! Overkill! He's down! We send in Bii to finish the job but as he goes to use Strength, Brock decides to ruin things with a Hyper Potion. Exchanging Strength for Hydro Pump a few rounds, these displays of physical power seem to be going nowhere. Pideonaw switches to Mirror Move to throw Strength at us, but Bii switches to Mega Drain for the knockout!
  
• Next up is Rapidgon2! Oh… dang. Bii tries to use Mega Drain again, but the Fire type merely shook it off and used Agility to get ahead. That looks bad, so we switch in WWW the Dratsprout to take the fall to Tri Attack as we switch to… Bii. Well that was useless XD The speedy robotic stallion goes in on Fury Attack, getting three strikes to bring Bii down to orange. Bii tries again for a Mega Drain, doing minimal damage, and gets lucky as another Fury Attack still only brings him down to low red. Time to switch to Strength before being torn apart by Tri Attack!
  
• We bring in Tess who surprisingly still outsped and narrowly dodges doom a Zap Cannon to try a Rock Smash! ...For being Super Effective, that sure did a whole lotta nothing. XD Fury Attack also missed, and then didn't do much when it hit, so Tess just keeps whittling away at it with Rock Smash. It's down!
  
• Out next is a Jolteckle! Being part Rock-type, Tess succeeded to lower it's defense with Rock Smash, only to be obliterated by Thunder! D8 We only have IRS left, and he unfortunately gets paralyzed by Thunder Wave before getting to use Strength. A couple more Strength attempts just isn't enough as a pair of Thunder strikes ends the challenge. Blackout!
  
• Seeing as we didn't even see his last Pokemon, some serious training might be in order. We head for Pallet Town since the Wild Pokemon there are about the same level as Swiss but we find to our dismay there is no healing place in town. We stopped by Blue's house to find Daisy keeping watch while her brother is out of town so often it's become a nuisance. We find Oak who said we've about 20 Pokemon left to see and a hundred more to catch to complete the Dex. Going to the only other house in town, the kind woman there tells Y that her son, Red, hasn't been home for a long time… but no news is good news, so she's hopeful. Y heads upstairs to check out Red's room, but no sleeping in the bed. Guess it's time to move on.
  
• Surfing down to Cinnabar, we find the city is encased under a mountain with only the Pokemon Center surviving. But Y quickly realizes he's not alone and goes to meet the fellow teen nearby. The guy introduces himself as Blue, a former Champion before Red did him in. Still, his troubles seem so small in the grand scheme of things. Just look at this island. Nature so much as twitches and an entire town vanishes. When faced with that, human problems seem so small. But… he is only human and seeing another, clearly strong Trainer wakes up the competitor in him. He'll return to the gym for Y to battle against. Thanks, man! <3
  
• But while we're here, Y heard there was another leader we had to fight. All healed up, it's time to cruise for Seafoam Island, reduced to nothing more than a few mounds of dirt, and enter the cave to find… Blaine! The crazy old coot cries how he's now homeless and his gym is gone because of the volcano. Waaaah! But he is still a Leader and promises to give Y a shiny new badge if he can beat him. This kid better have Burn Heal!
  
• Here we go, it's Feb versus Hauntchoke! At Lv 50. Guess the game really did expect us to come here first. XD Feb goes first, throwing Strength at it only for us to realize it's a Ghost-type. That doesn't stop it from trying to hurt us with Vital Throw, but Feb's Flying-typing makes it not very effective. As such, Feb shows off by one-shorting it with Fly!
  
• Next out is Weezomoth! Feb still having the advantage, gets to avoid a Sleep Powder using Fly! But he missed!! Weezomoth seemed to be hoping for that as it throws a Sleep Powder at him on the landing. Feb just can't seem to wake up as the moth mutant fills the room with a Haze and whittles him down with Psybeam! The second strike is a crit! He's down!
  
• Next out is Tess who comes in swinging as she strikes it with a Rock Smash! But the Poison typing makes for not much damage. At least she lowered its defense before being put to sleep like her fellow bird. The Weezomoth didn't take to that too well as it suddenly uses Explosion to take them both out! D8
  
• Out now is IRS versus Lanticate! The ratfish turns out to be faster, but it's aim is poor as it misses a Hydro Pump. IRS goes all in on Strength, throwing a couple of rocks as the Lanticate literally takes a chunk out of his health with Super Dang. But another Hydro Pump misses! Blaine tosses in a Max Potion as we continue to throw rocks in high hopes. It's in red. Hydro Pump hits! We're down!
  
• But not out. With only Bii left to fight (well WWW is there too but let's be real) victory is just within our grasp if he can just hold on. No heal. We're faster. Mega Drain hits! It's finished! \o/ Blaine seems pretty sour as he admits he's burned out. Y can have the Marsh Badge! It's said to really help bring out a Trainer's firepower. The old man swears to us that one day he's going to rebuild his gym. You'll see! YOU'LL ALL SEE!
  
• We start to leave when we realize we're not alone in the room. A stranger appeared while the match was going on and Y turns back to find out who he was. It's the Gym Guide! He didn't know where to find the battle since the gym had been destroyed, but the match was over and we won handily. He knew Y was too smart to need his help.
  
• Okay so this isn't important it's just funny. We ended up leaving the gym with only Bii and WWW in our party when we came across a large dragon-hybrid Charazam! Naturally, Chat wanted to catch it, but after the first ball, it torched Bii with a Flamethrower! WutFace The game asked if we wanted to Run and we said no, making some in the party pretty mad because if we died at this point, we'd lose 8,000 poke bucks which we need for Poke Balls since we only have about 30 left. Chat decides "the worm" is too low leveled to successfully run away so we might as well throw balls at it since there's a 45 catch rate chance we'll survive. A menu struggle begins to fight between the pack and running when the pack wins out. And Charazam uses Scary Face. Then Recover. Then Future Sight. Chat is eager and worried that we could still do this if it won't attack, but we're also on a timer before Future Sight hits. We caught it! ….We're COMPLETELY stumped that it worked, but we did it! Now Fly, you fools!! WAHAHA
  
• We wander Saffron a bit before heading to Vermillion where Y decides to go house exploring until he stumbles across the Poke Fan Club. A little chat with some of the members and suddenly he's finding himself listening to the President's whole life story. Yeesh… But even the man seems to know he tends to go on for far too long and thanks the ice skater for being such a good listener by rewarding him with a Master Ball! ...Wait, what?! 8O
  
• Naturally, Chat begins buzzing with ideas to get rid of it as quickly as possible and seems to decide the best choice of action is to go after Lugia thanks to Clair's Silver Wing. Navigating the pitch black of Whirl Islands, we find a large creature in its depths… It's Ho-Cune! Prophecy fulfilled, it's in the Master Ball! ...Though at LV 19, it's staying in the PC XD Since we spent all our money on balls back in Olivine, we decide to badger hunt until we pass out.
  
• Deciding blackout will take too long due to our levels, we manage to navigate out and Fly to Cherrygrove to say hi to the Guide Gent, then to Goldenrod to check up on PG4 and Tazz in the Daycare. Guess some of what Blue said has sunk in and we're just taking some time to appreciate the small things. Like fishing and returning to areas we haven't fully explored.
  
• We found the all mighty Suitwo in the fields of Route 43! Someone call Eusine! And tell him it ate all our Poke Balls! 😂
  
• While exploring around the Lake of Rage, our pack continues to give us problems as we found a Max Potion, met Wesley of Wednesday who tried to give us a Black Belt, and a hermit in a house who tried to give us some Black Glasses. None of which we can carry. There's a bit of a debate as we toss or use a few items to make room and then make the rounds again. This area being so remote, we wouldn't want to come back after all and Wesley is on a time limit.
  
• We also make a stop to go skating in Pryce's gym before saying hi to the man himself. He reminds Y that someday the snow will have to melt into spring. But he's sure Y and his Pokemon will be together for years to come. Cherish it, okay?
  
• At last, it's been teased long enough, Y FINALLY gets the nerve to explore Mt Mortar. We check the main route where a ladder leads to the top of the waterfall, a wide river that spans most of the inner mountain. He stands there without moving for quite some time and Chat starts to wonder if he's contemplating on jumping with a few calling out to him not to do it. (Personally, it gives such a sense of a view that I'm sure it would be mesmerising to watch in real life. Buuuut considering what happened last time we came here, some PTSD is not out of the question.) Back out the door, we move to the cave's "secret" entrance that allows us to Surf right up to the falls and climb it to search the mountain's darker depths.
  
• What's this? An item? Could it be? The secret treasure that has long since eluded us and cost us so much on our journey? It's… IT'S… TM05 Roar! WAHAHA
  
• We run into a Super Nerd who mistakes us for his friend Markus. #YoMarus and #FreeMarkus quickly start trending as we all really want to know who that could be. Upon defeat, Super Nerd Hugh explains that he and his buddy came to explore Mt Mortar, but the guy has gone missing. If Mister Y doesn't mind, could he keep a lookout for a Trainer with a Slowbuto that knows Strength?
  
• Burn Heal… Hyper Potion… Full Restore… A Berry??? Quick Claw… Iron… Max Potion… Max Repel… Max Revive… As someone in the chat put it, this place is quite the Cave of Wonders, huh? But unlike Aladdin and his Magic Lamp, Y has no trouble stuffing as much as he can into his pack! XD
  
• We spot a Black Belt at a dead end and immediately wonder if it's Markus. Much to the Voices' disappointment, it's not. 'Tis the Karate King! The old martial arts master we heard from the Saffron Dojo had gone away on a journey of enlightenment. The King tells us himself he had trained here in the darkness for some time, and now that a Trainer had arrived he wished to battle!! We beat him with Feb and he quickly realizes his Training is not enough. But he offers to give Y a rare Fighting-type Pokemon if he ever returns with an open slot in his party. For now? No thanks.
  
• Going back the way we came, Y spies the curious outline of a boulder. And he's looking for someone with Strength… Might see if he can still find Markus.
  
• TM13 Ice Beam... Escape Rope… Max Ether…Potion… Doesn't look like it's in this cavern after all, meaning we never needed Waterfall in the first place. Or at least not before the League. Time to head outside, and explore the third entrance and see how far it goes.
  
• ...TM40 Defense Curl… Nugget… Machine Part… … … MACHINE PART?! What do you know, we found it!!! 8O Y immediately tries to call the Guide Gent to signal his success only to be reminded there is no reception inside a cave. We dig through our bag for the Escape Rope and Fly the heck out of Mortar!
  
• Calling him again, the old man seems quite pleased and tells us he had a curious encounter. A Fisherman came to his house crying that a loud man stole his Fishing Rod so he made him some tea to make him feel better. But goodness the thief couldn't have gone far, could he? We Fly to Cherrygrove to help in the search but eventually give up due to the hint being perhaps too obscure.
  
• We also realize we never found Markus and #RIPMarkus starts trending. XD
  
• After our long attempts at cave training, it seems it's high time we went back to try Brock again. The Voices have a brief talk among themselves about the fate of WWW as we've had him at the back of the line since he joined after nearly a day, and all our adventures, our Worm had only grown two levels. If Y planned to keep him, he NEEDS to be trained. Y seems to understand and moves the dragon up to the front in place of Swiss to begin switch grinding.
  
• We make our way back to Brock and the second attempt begins! It's Worm versus Tangekrow but not for long as we switch in for Feb! He comes right into a Slam attack, and tried to retaliate with a Cross-Chop only to miss! Tangekrow seems to laugh at our misery as it goes for a Stun Spore just when Y was considering moving to Fly. Payback is sweet though as it gets to go first and misses Slam but Feb comes at it with a successful Cross-Chop! It's super effective, it's down!
  
• Next out is Pideonaw! It's still faster than Feb and love him with a Hydro Pump before we go for Fly, dodging a Screech, and then getting the strike! Brock calls for Mirror Move though, allowing him to steal our Fly and dodge Feb's attempt at Strength! Fly hits, Feb is out! Next we bring out Tess, who also has Fly. You think we would learn our lesson the first time as Tess goes up, so does Pidgeonaw, and as it dodges our Fly we get struck by theirs. Hey… Next round, Tess goes for Fly and the opposing bird goes for Hydro Pump, taking the hit and going for Screech on the landing! A great maneuver on Brock's part as Tess thought to finish them off with a simple Peck and the Gym Leader throws in a Hyper Potion. Now with her defenses down, we go to Peck again only to have Mirror Move show his bird is stronger! Tess tries to even the field by lowering Pidgeonaw's defense with Rock Smash but gets put into red by a Hydro Pump. Barely hanging on, it's time to Fly, dodging another Hydro Pump and earning the K.O.!
  
• Out next is Rapidgon2, but Tess is still the faster of the two as she flies again to avoid a Tri Attack only to be knocked out on the landing with a crit. We send in IRS who managed to dodge a Zap Cannon and land a Rock Throw with ease! The fuzzy snake isn't so lucky the next time as Zap Cannon hits to take out half his health in one go, but we get some relief to know it won't happen again as Rock Throw takes the mechanical horse down!
  
• We finally get to see what Brock's final Pokemon was and it's… another Tangekrow! Jebaited It proves to be faster, using Growth to raise its Special Attack as IRS switches over to Strength. Slam misses as another Strength brings it down to red. Another Slam hits but it doesn't do much, we're paralyzed so it strikes again! This time Strength hits, it's down!
  
• But now it's time for Jolteckle, the fiend who beat us last time. Thunder strikes, taking out IRS before we even get to attack! (D8) with the little ones still in tow, our only real chance is with Bii. Counting on it's Rock-typing weakness, we go for Mega Drain; which while super effective, doesn't do nearly as much damage as we might have hoped. Thunder Wave misses as we Mega Drain again, but then T-Wave hits to paralyze our plant puff! Now faster than Bii, Jolteckle goes for the big guns with back to back Thunder strikes, Bii being fully paralyzed can't defend himself! He's down! We send in Swiss but another successful Thunder renders her useless! All hope seems lost as we send in Worm, Thunder misses, Poison Powder lands! Can we hold out? No! Thunder strikes again! Blackout!
  
• It feels we got really close but made a few bad plays so Y us determined he can win this. We head straight back and begin Round 3! Starting off its WWW versus Tangekrow, but we switch in for Feb! While we walked right into a Slam, the Togetape shakes it off as he goes for Fly! We avoid Stun Spore hoping to one-shot the tangled mess, but it just barely holds on and tries Stun Spore again; but Feb won't take it! We use Fly again to dodge a Slam and get a (pointless) crit to finish the job!
  
• Next out is Pidgeonaw! We worried that it was faster than Feb, but it turns out that was because our monkey-bird was paralyzed from the Tangekrow. Feb goes for Strength only to be countered by Mirror Move! Feb then switches to Fly, which again, you'd think we'd know better as Mirror Move allows Pidgeonaw to avoid our strike then come down hard with Fly to send Feb reeling! We send in Tess and take another chance on Fly, dodging one Hydro Pump, but coming down into another. Brock throws in the Hyper Potion, as expected, which gives us time to get in another Fly, strike, and take off again before he tries for another Hydro Pump! It's down in low red but drops a Screech on Tess before we knock it down with a Peck! Fail!
  
• Next up is Rapidgon2, so we switch in for IRS to tank a Tri Attack! We exchange blow for blow, Surf for Zap Cannon, until on the third strike Zap Cannon missed! But IRS is fully paralyzed! With both opponents only a hit away from falling, it's crucial who will land first. Zap Cannon missed- Surf hit!! It's good!
  
• The second Tangekrow comes out, and is faster due to the paralysis. A single Slam, though not effective, is just enough to take down our snake. Tess returns though to wipe that smug bird out with a single Fly! ... But it didn't. Still hanging on, the bush-bird tries to trip her up with Stun Spore but SURPRISE she has a Przcureberry to counter that! Another Fly to avoid Slam and it's down!
  
• Only one Pokemon left, the dreaded Jolteckle. Tess goes for Fly but is nearly struck down by Thunder still being able to hit! And Fly barely makes a dent in it to add salt to injury. Thunder strikes again and you can say goodbye to our Orb and Saviour. ;o; Once again, it's up to Bii to save the day as he comes rushing in with Mega Drain! Thunder hits! Mega Drain crits!! Jolteckle decides not to take any chances and goes for the Thunder Wave which works as Bii can't move! A single Mega Drain ought to finish it off when- IT HAS REST?!?! WutFace
  
• That actually changes everything and Y realizes that if he wants to win he needs to slow down and play it smart. While the Jolteckle is sleeping, we move to use Leech Seed, hit Cut, then end up fully paralyzed instead. Jebaited Jolteckle wakes up and immediately goes back to Thunder when our Leech Seed finally hits! The tables have turned in our favor as Thunder misses and Mega Drain hits, leaving the fuzzy turtle in low health. But it uses Rest again! >O
  
• Chat starts to debate if it would be better to keep using Mega Drain or use something less damaging to try to make it waste all of the Rest it has before we go in on the full offensive. RNG seems to decide it best Bii doesn't get to move at all due to paralysis twice. We eventually decide to continue with Mega Drain as the slight upside is we probably have more PP than he does for Rest due to our not attacking. Buuut he's not either while he sleeps so the debate continues. At least Leech Seed is doing something. We try Strength and wonder if it's within Mega Drain's range and try to switch back. It woke up! Thunder missed!! Leech Seed brings it into red as Mega Drain strikes! It's down!!! VICTORY! \o/
  
• Brock is impressed Y managed to get past his defenses and gives us the Cascade Badge! He admits that while he did enjoy battling with Mister Y, he is a little upset about losing. Still, the Cascade Badge should make Y even stronger as he moves forward.
  
• Well on the note of moving forward, with that done, Y still has some unfinished business. We Fly over to Cerulean and walk the rest of the way to the Power Plant so we can finally deliver the Machine Part. It's probably worse for wear as opposed to the piece they had stolen, but the owner is thankful nonetheless and gave us TM12 Sweet Scent! ….Thanks TriHard As we prepare to leave, the security guard comes over, saying he just got a call about a Shady Character in Cerulean. Maybe we should check it out. Slow...poke
  
• Time to head back to Johto and find a good place to train Worm, we stopped in Olivine Mart to sell nearly our entire bag (the Berserk Gene and Focus Band we went back for included) then flew to Goldenrod to buy Poke Balls because they're cheaper. Y decides to explore the basement of the store and realizes the door to the underground maze is still there. ...And it's still occupied. He follows the noise to find the Radio Tower Director still cowering behind some boxes as he pleaded with Y to save the tower! Who knows what Team Rocket plans to do with a signal that can reach nation-wide! But… if he's still here… then who gave us the Coin Case? WHO IS RUNNING THE TOWER?!? O_____O
  
• A single Voice leads Y to the PC while no one is interrupting and deposits Worm. Then goes up north to see that the Kenya side quest gives us a Chardabra! DansGame If they didn't want to grind before, this is worse as we now traded in our level 18 for a level 4. A PC struggle breaks out as Y shreds the mail that was supposed to be delivered, throws Kenya into the PC, and kicks out a Golemnitar for good measure before pulling out a Nineswine and storming out.
  
• And then goes all the way Y to Celadon just to play the slots. Dang this kid does not take well to PC shenanigans. XD
  
• We take a bit of a detour with the change of shift. As we only lack the Mind Badge, we ride down Cycling Road to see if Janine might have something to say, but back down only part-way through the Gym. Off to Viridian City then we battle the Gym Ledge and inside is…! Nothing? It's possible the place has been under construction, as there's no maze or puzzle or gimmick yet the walls are uneven by what the Voices call "Lego Blocks." Blue awaits us at the back of the building.
  
• The Leader explains he wasn't really in the mood for a battle back at Cinnabar, but seeing Y again has awakened his eagerness. … … … They stare each other down in determination before Blue notices something. Does Mister Y seriously have ALL OF THE BADGES? Heh, Johto must have not been much of a challenge then. Well come on, Johto Champ, he'll find out just how strong Y really is!
  
• Fight fight fight! Starting off it's Feb versus… a Nineswine! Guess we're not so different after all. XD Feb goes on the all offensive with Strength as the fluffy boar starts with Mist before going in on Fury Attack! That was pathetic, it's down!
  
• Out next is Rapidgon2! Not again… Feb switches over to Cross-Chop, but the steed is faster as it lands a Zap Cannon! We're fully paralyzed! Another cannon strikes and we're down! IRS comes in swinging with Slam as Blue falsely predicted our defenses against Fury Attack! Another Slam! Zap Cannon hits and paralyzes again! IRS pulls through to just keep swinging as Zap Cannon finally missed! Slam prevails, it's down!
  
• Blue sends in for a Gengchamp making our Slam somewhat useless. But it doesn't matter since he goes first with a successful Cross-Chop of his own. It's x4 super effective! Our snake is out cold! Tess comes in with her own super effective attack with a Peck! It's something of a good thing too since Gengchamp hits her with a Confuse Ray that would make Fly somewhat risky. She can't stop hurting herself though as she gets pounded by Cross-Chop! She's out! Time to send in Bii who goes for Mega Drain but quickly gets zapped by Confuse Ray! To shake it off, we sacrifice NNNNN the Nineswine to a Cross-Chop and thank him for his service. Swiss comes in, but it's no good as she gets one-shotted by the brute, leaving only Bii to take on all four left of Blue's team. This. Is. Bad. Bii goes for Leech Seed before getting smacked with Confuse Ray again. We switch over to Mega Drain as Gengchamp starts pounding him with Vital Throw but Leech Seed wins out to finish it off!
  
• Blue brings in the big guns as he sends in an Artikou! D8 The Voices start to panic over being faced with such a hideous bird monster we don't even get the chance to fight. A single Ice Beam and it's all over! Blackout!
  
• We debate on if there's anything to do besides Blue and check on the League again. Still no luck. Guess there's not, so time to do 20 laps around the gym before getting inside only to be CRUSHED. Due to the Ledge, it seems unlikely we can use Blue as a sparring partner to gain levels for the team.
  
• (Though I can't say enough how it kills me we still have several side quests we can do including Mt. Moon rival battle if I remember right and Diglett Tunnel we've completely ignored after being spoiled by having two Fly users.)
  
• Crushed again on Round 3, the Voices begin contemplating the PC again. After attempting to switch boxes, we end up stuck on Box 1, run outside, and start saving. Somehow this causes the boxes to switch?
  
• With everything in order, we march into the Pokemon Center, deposit NNNNN into the PC and JKILT HAS RETURNED!!! ;o; Oh it's been too long and Y proves he never wants to lose him again by immediately attaching some Surf Mail. The Quagynx has some catching up to do as we approach a full day of adventures he's missed out on, but the team is certain he's the key to defeating the dreaded griffin of Viridian.
  
• An NPC tells us that Blue doesn't have Trainers since he wants to be able to win without any underlings. While good in practice, that just makes him sound like even more of a terrible Gym Leader since the point of a gym is for people to generally go and learn from an expert. Not to mention, is he really a "leader" at that point if he has no followers? But whatever, it's time to grind as we prepare to beat his butt so we can finally be on our way!
  

1. A poorly sculpted statue of the dragon that apears to be made entirely out of gold except for a few gems for the eyes and other rare and valuable things that represent scales, wings, claws etc. It's about the size of a dog and when examined it appears to be magical in nature. If the dragon is dead it will have wounds resembling any large injurries the dragon has sustained, the gems in the eyes will turn pitch black. If the dragon is alive the statue will have small dents representing any damage resently taken, the gold will aplear to be the color of the dragons scales, and the gems in it's eyes will shile brightly(other effects may also be seen. Such as fuctioning wings and a breath weapon one fourth as powerful as the dragons). (By thestupidone51)
2. Letters sent by the dragon's former human paramour bound lovingly into a book. (Lysdexic12345)
3. Various pieces of complex machinery scattered about. The dragon was an amateur tinkerer. (Lysdexic12345)
4. Four broken dragon eggs, with no baby dragons in sight. Were the eggs 100 years old? 3 days old? Who knows. (Lysdexic12345)
5. A map to somewhere you don’t recognize. However, it looks very old. On the back is a drawing in crayon of a dragon, presumably the dragon who owns the hoard. When asked, the dragon says it was made by their son. (By malnox)
6. A tortle’s shell encrusted in gems and precious metals. It belonged to an old noble who was obsessed with jewels and jewellery. He died from heavy metal poisoning... and dragon fire. (By DungeonsNDysenteryDM)
7. The Ornate Knife of Lavish Excellence- A beautiful, spotless, golden, platinum, and gem encrusted knife. The gems make it uncomfortable to wield, but it looks gorgeous. If the knife gets dirty, it's holder gets -1 to all rolls until properly cleaned for at least 10 minutes, longer if it gets even dirtier. If it continues to get dirtier, the penalty increases to a maximum of, -5. The wielder of the knife also draws hostile attention of any nearby ankhegs, mud mephits, and any variant of earth elementals within a 5 mile radius, if there are any. (By Stolas95)
8. An old cookbook, either from the nearby destroyed kingdom or a long forgotten civilization. Once translated, there are 50+ recipes of easy weeknight meals for busy serfs. If rolling a high enough investigation, there is also three interesting potion recipes on the last few pages. (By less_hairy_bear)
9. A golden dragon statue, that when the command word is stated can scout ahead, attack, or take watch. Very shiny, so bad at stealth, attack is a spurt of molten gold equal up to a tenth of the statues mass, after nine or so attacks, the dragon is just the head of the statue which can still talk and observe, but cannot move. (By less_hairy_bear)
10. Seven large cats, of various colors and temperaments. Whether they be the dragon's pets, or parasites who scrounged on it's scraps I know not. But I am leaning heavily towards the pets. Some have magical collars that makes their jumps farther, or stealth stealthier (By less_hairy_bear)
11. Large brass or gold telescope that can not only see incredible distances, but can also see through most objects. Provided they aren't over 3 feet thick, when attuned, can also hear over the distance you see, making eavesdropping super easy (By less_hairy_bear)
12. A giant gold statue of the dragon posing, made by someone who the dragon captured to make it. On the base a message in a language the dragon didn’t speak reads “A smug Asshole” (By Fish_can_Roll76)
13. An old heavy wooden coin. When flipped (such as to play heads or tails) the symbols indicating the head or the tails change. Different kings and queens feature on the heads side and the tails shifts between various fantastical animals. (By Moss_the_Boar)
14. A pile of roughly 50 large stones, each about 9 meters tall and weigh 23 metric tons, the dragon stole the fucking Stonehenge (By Jens_Viking)
15. An oil painting portrait that changes it's subject based on whoever the first person to look at the canvas after the crack of dawn. (By DeathBySuplex)
16. A splendid magical sword/spear, that appears out of use after inspection : the blade is blunted, jagged and bent. (The dragon used it as a toothpick) (By Lymakk)
17. Deck of No Things: Just a pack of playing cards. Ordinary playing cards. Missing a 4 of clubs. (By LordSwitchblade)
18. An ornate box or velvet case of playing cards that looks exactly like the one that holds the Deck of Many Things... which is totally empty. The dragon just liked the container. Somebody else has the deck. (By Ninten_Joe)
19. A self-playing set of Azad "the most complicated game in the world"; think Jumanji meets the most grognardy game system imaginable. The game itself is sufficiently subtle and complex that a player's tactics reflect their own political and philosophical outlook. Each player must place two or more small items of value, like a copper, silver, gold, platinum piece, on the game board and then say the command word aloud which is "Would you like to play a game?" in Celestial. One piece is for you, and the remaining pieces represent the difficulty level of the opposition. The game features cards, tiles, miniatures, dice, spinners, etc. and the set is very ornate and intricately carved of ivory, jet, alabaster, ebony, jade, and gold inlay. Each loss, the pieces are incorporated into the board, each win and an amount equal to half of what was wagered, plus the original wager appears on the board. The base DC to win a copper wager is DC16. What the players might not realize is that the quality of the item degrades slightly with each win they make, down to minimum value of 100gp, at which point the game resembles a faded cardboard game box. (By MaxSizeIs)
20. The Oathbone: A dagger made from the fossilized bone of an ancient being. The dagger dates back to the stone age, and you can actually feel it's age by looking at it. ANY being that makes a solemn oath and seals it with blood spilled by the blade is magically forced to keep that oath. They will be physically incapable of backing out of their word, and if it's within their power to do so they will be compelled to complete the oath as it was stated. Only a god or higher being could hope to overcome the influence of the Oathbone, everything else is susceptible to its covenant. (By Kami-Kahzy)
21. A masterfully well crafted musical box made out of ivory. When the beautiful Ivory box is opened a finely crafted Dragonborn of corresponding color to the dragon twirls with a sword in his hands. The music casts a sleep spell on anyone who hears it. When brought into town the device can be given to its gnomish maker who’ll then reward the party. (By CrusaderKingsNut)
22. Throughout the encounter, the dragon converses with and makes comments to an unseen entity they address as Rufus. Afterwards, the party finds an empty suit of non-magical armor hidden away in a corner of the hoard. It is on a stand with a plaque that reads "Rufus". (By r13allan)
23. A small jar of magical boot polish, which will cast "Make Whole" on any worn or damaged boots, as well as a small kit with needle and thread which can magically do the same to clothing. A small pouch of Prestidigitation Powder will clean any item of clothing as well. The whole thing is inside a nondescript wooden case clutched in the arms of a very dead, and very stiff skeleton dressed in a Valet's uniform. A nametag on the uniform reads, "Bentley".(By MaxSizeIs)
24. A wondrously intricate wooden chair full of brass levers, and gem encrusted knobs. The chair is actually a broom of flight, but more comfortable. (By MaxSizeIs)
25. A 1 dram vial of liquid computronium. The vial scintillates with brief random pulses of colored light. With study, the pulses can be confirmed to have a pattern that will always be maddeningly elusive. After consumption, the drinker's Intelligence Bonus (for Intelligence Checks only) should be considered +2 higher, permanently. The drinker must, however, succeed on a DC17 Constitution Save or permanently have disadvantage on either Strength or Constitution Saves (Player's Choice). (By MaxSizeIs)
26. An ornate sarcophagus covered in gems, stones, and precious metals. It is completely melted shut. When finally pried open, a perfectly preserved adventurer corpse on top of a much older skeleton is inside. (By A_Heckin_Goblin)
27. A gold embossed, jade handled, cold iron seal that weighs 10 pounds. The seal magically changes with each user that holds it, updating the seal into a unique and intricate pictoglyph in an ancient dialect of Celestial or Draconic that, when translated, lists the true and complete identity of the wielder, in so far as an "official and unique" identifier that can never be changed and follows the user through reincarnations. Along with the seal is an ivory urn of a red-carmine colored powder that when combined with the seal and pressed to an object, affixes the object with a permanent arcane mark in the shape of the seal. (By MaxSizeIs)
28. A Jade cylinder approximately 4 inches in diameter and 10 inches tall, intricately carved with bas relief of the founding of an empire and uncounted multitude of subjects performing all sorts of tasks. The detail work is incredibly minute and seems to change each time the canister is rotated, with the scenes updating "forward" in time if turned clockwise and "backwards" in time if turned counterclockwise. (By MaxSizeIs)
29. A crystal sphere in which is housed the skull of an evil lich. Four holes have been drilled in the sphere as if they were meant to be used as a bowling ball. The lich's eyes glow when someone holds the sphere. They glow brighter when the sphere is used as a bowling ball. There is no sign of a bowling-alley anywhere nearby. (By MaxSizeIs)
30. An exquisitely taxidermized Draco-sphinx in a "regal" and "noble" posture with an engraved gold nameplate declaring it to be named: "Lord Fluff-kins Prissyfoot Jenkins Poof-poof Twist-tail IV". It has been placed in a position of prominence. The eyes have been replaced with gigantic, highly faceted, nearly priceless gems of painite that are 10,000 carats each. (By MaxSizeIs)
31. An entire galleon half buried in coins, evidently snatched from the sea with sailors included by the dragon. (By Lysdexic12345)
32. A famous statue that was stolen from the town square of a city. (By Lysdexic12345)
33. The dragon's prized snow globe collection, lovingly cared for and in mint condition. (By Lysdexic12345)
34. The dragon's automated defense system of 5 mimics disguised as chests mixed among the loot. (By Lysdexic12345)
35. The hoard is literally inside of a dragon sized swimming pool..... you honestly can't blame the dragon (By Lysdexic12345)
36. A chest full of toys such as tin soldiers, dolls, etc. All of them are covered in dust and look like they haven’t been touched in years. When asked about it, the dragon will suddenly go all quiet and melancholy and refuse to elaborate further. (Sobek6)
37. A golden statue of an adventurer, apparently frozen mid conversation. At [insert oddly specific time] every [day/night/second Tuesday] the statue turns into a living adventurer. The adventurer is cursed to exist as a statue, only returning to normal every [insert parameter] for [insert oddly specific amount of time]. The dragon took the statue without knowing of its true nature long ago. They enjoy talking and having tea together whenever possible. The dragon may consider the adventurer their only true friend and would be very upset to lose them. (Brogan9001)
38. a life-size statue of a celestial, made of solid silver. it is frozen in a position of reluctant defiance, its wings spread and its face the very picture of fear and bravery. maybe it's not a statue... (-peachmilk-)
39. A Child-sized Ornate Gold Coffin, (1500-2000 gp value). (disturbednadir)
40. A thin golden circular disc the size of a dinner platter with a circular hole an inch across in the center. The surface is extremely polished and gleams with an rainbow iridescence in the light. It is easily scratched, and devalued when one does so. (MaxSizeIs)
41. A 30 foot long chain carved from ivory, with links two inches across, ending in a closed collar made of adamantine, sized for a gargantuan creature. Each link is etched and inset with platinum wire, with a unique name in an obscure and truly ancient dialect of Celestial. (MaxSizeIs)
42. An adamantine anvil the size of a house, weighing in excess of 750 tons. The base of the anvil has melted, leaving the top angled at a strange angle. The anvil is much hammer-beaten, and is covered in a massive number of untranslatable runes. (MaxSizeIs)
43. A finely faceted, crystalline egg, five feet across, containing a nested set of the platonic solids made from purest gold from the Celestial planes, and etched with astronomical symbols. It is cradled in a wrought iron holder. (MaxSizeIs)
44. A simple set of mirrors on wooden stands, set at least six feet apart, facing each other. Any one who looks in either mirror only ever sees the back of their head. Each night, for 3d6 weeks later, the viewer has vivid dreams and nightmares, full of omens and portents. Each dream or nightmare is either absolutely devastatingly true, or so devilishly false as to shake one's worldview to the very core. (MaxSizeIs)
45. A tiara of mithril, tantalum, and platinum with sharpened, dagger-like protrusions jutting out at least ten centimeters long in a corona (imagine the Statue of Liberty). Seven astral diamonds, the centermost 1 cm across, adorn the tiara. The crown is the functional equivalent of a magic staff and has ten levels of spell charges and may be used to cast the following spells (if the wielder is capable of casting that spell natively): Clone (Lvl 8, uses 8 charges), Regenerate (Lvl 7, uses 7 charges), Magic Jar (Lvl 6, uses 6 charges), Soul Cage (Lvl 6), Blight (Lvl 4), Magic Circle (Lvl 3), and Revivify (Lvl 3); regaining one expended charge per day. The wearer may expend a spell slot of the same level to recharge a number of charges, and or may up-cast a spell from the tiara if there are enough charges remaining, the upcasted spell uses a number of charges equal to its new level. ( MaxSizeIs)
46. A three headed, medium sized, statue of a seated feline made from what appears to be Onyx, Black Marble, and highly polished Black Basalt, in a highly stylized form. The breed of feline appears to be a very short-haired variety. Each head of the feline is in a different pose, which changes whenever no-one is looking at it. One head always has three eyes and two demonic horns, and one head has an eye made from a brilliantly cut astral Diamond with swirling flecks of pigeon-blood ruby within as inclusions. Occasionally, the cat statue has tentacles similar to those of a Displacer Beast. ( MaxSizeIs)
47. A kinetic sculpture twelve meters across, made from suspended plates of mithril, hammered bronze, and gold-leaf, with supporting bars of adamantine. At times the structure resembles a flight of dragons. The structure moves with the slightest breeze, nearly silently, except for the nearly inaudible rasp of leathery wings flapping. When a powerful light source is placed within, it casts a shadow-story of a dragon defeating all-comers on the walls. ( MaxSizeIs)
48. A set of scrolls in an ornate ivory holder carved with images of pineapples and angelic and diabolic versions of cherubim frolicking. The scrolls are magically enchanted to display, in vivid color and intricate, illuminated majesty: a thorough chronicle of the past, present, and most importantly, future life-story of whoever is attuned to it; as if it were them at their most grandly heroic or villainous. The scrolls are prone to blatantly airbrush the protagonist in the most "fan-fiction-y" way, elide boring parts, and cannot actually foretell the future, only projecting a version based upon what the scrolls can magically read from what one remembers (or imagines) their life (and the characters within it) to be. The scroll is very nearly infinitely long, and seems to record continuously, resembling a very medieval, campy comic-book with a nearly infinite number of issues. Reading ahead is possible, and those issues get tagged as "non-canonical". Once "written" it is not possible to overwrite the issue, except via a subsequent "retcon" issue. Much of the scroll currently details the life-story and history of the Dragon from which the item was taken, and man-oh-man... the reader will be lost for words describe the self-aggrandizement within. ( MaxSizeIs)
49. Seven porcelain urns, each the size of a medium human, from a now extinct kingdom. The urns are extremely rare. They contain a gritty dust that is actually a mix of equal parts industrial grade diamond, high grade residuum, gold filings, ghost salts, and ground bone, which the dragon would take a pinch of each meal to help with digestion, help with heartburn, and give just the right edge of anger for peak performance and a nice, brooding slumber. A skilled alchemist and wizard, teamed up, could (with luck, time, and a great deal of infrastructure) extract a fair amount of gold and material components from the urns, provided they get past the screeching undead infesting it. (MaxSizeIs)
50. A magical, decorative koi pond, taking the form of an angular, floating Klein bottle that flexes and gyres slowly to some inscrutable pattern. The water it contains defies gravity, and smoothly flows like a peaceful, sunlit, babbling brook with a gravel bottom, a small grassy bank, and other appropriate flora and small fauna that would occupy such an environment. The brook contains a small school of ornamental koi fish, some of which are quite large. Each fish's scales are actually gold pieces. Any copper, silver, gold, or platinum peice deposited in the water becomes a fish of a size dependent on value. Over time, if fed and cared for, the fish gain size and value, slowly. Careful study and prolonged observation may reveal the gold-plated skeleton of the Wizard that created this magical art installation, ritually pinned and eternally drowned, slowly moving with helpless, unending undeath. The small fish seem to love swimming between the bones. (MaxSizeIs)
51. A gold plated statue of a seated, meditating monk. Inside it contains a Lich or body of some other Sentient Undead Humanoid, trapped in astral form, bound and captive, tortured with the knowledge that it will never be freed to the Material plane. The dragon would talk to it; it was a good listener. (MaxSizeIs)
52. Goblets of Shattering: A set of at least seven fragile musical crystal goblets. Up to once per hour, when all are played at once (A standard action), it can cast the spell Shatter against selected targets within range. Roll a d6. On a 1, this causes one of the goblets to break as well, but the damage dealt by the spell is doubled. If all the goblets are broken, the magical set no longer functions. A DC25 Int or Wis check, an day or casting and puzzlework, and the spell Mending, plus 100gp per attempt can repair one broken goblet. (MaxSizeIs)
53. Scrubadub Tub: A heavy gold plated metal washtub weighing 300 pounds. Six feet long, three feet across and three feet deep. When mostly filled with clean warm water, any object or creature placed within the tub is cleansed as per the spell Prestidigitation. It also smells strongly of either rosewater, jasmine, orange blossom, mint, smoked sausage/bacon/steak, sandalwood, patchouli, or lavender (roll a d8), for up to one hour. (MaxSizeIs)
54. A rare magical bottle of "flavor-anything" sauce. The bottle is never empty, and never goes bad. The flavor is interesting, unique, and addictive. It is also hundreds of years old and not able to be replicated. (MaxSizeIs)
55. A fine set of masterwork, elven, boxwood combs, smoke aged and hardened for 30 years, and inlaid with fine gold wire in a floral pattern. The combs come with a fine black boxwood case, lacquered and inlaid with gold wire in a matching pattern. On closer inspection, the inlay is a stylized form of an elven family crest that hasn't been in active use for over 600 years. (MaxSizeIs)
56. A collection of nine large-sized black porcelain vases with fine white scroll work, that have been deliberately broken and then artistically repaired with gold via the kintsugi method. A medium sized creature could easily hide inside each one. They are easily 2000 years old. (MaxSizeIs)
57. The title to an "small" estate. It is signed by a minister of a nearby kingdom, that died 200 years ago. Surprisingly the estate is still held in trust by an agent of the Dragon, it has fallen into disrepair and quite the tax-bill, however. (MaxSizeIs)
58. A set of ornamental nesting dolls weighing 300 pounds. The inner-most dolls are only 1 inch high, made of gold, then silver, then copper, then of carved jade, then 1d4 ivory dolls, 3d6 of lacquered smoked boxwood. After that, the dolls are fine porcelain glazed with green celadon of varying hues from jade to black. There are 12d6 dolls in total, with the final doll being 5 feet tall. The motif is of various dragons, and their eggs, the largest one being a multiheaded dragon. (MaxSizeIs)
59. An iron plated doorway five feet wide and ten high, and stone frame weighing one ton; all placed on a roll-around cart. Runes an eighth of an inch high cover every inch. Open the door and on the other side is a vast poplar forest, with the perpetually golden canary yellow leaves of fall. The forest is "infinite", and contains highly potent amounts of negative planar energy, although enough positive energy remains to be over-all neutral. Each time the door is opened it takes one to a random place within the forest, but within a few miles of where it was last opened. When closed (and it closes automatically exactly one minute after opening, DC20 STR to prevent closing) the door is gone. The runes on the door are difficult to decipher (DC25, even with magic), but tell of a forest where the leaves are literally gold, and how to get there. News-flash, it involves child sacrifice at midsummer, and making a deal with an evil power. Maybe if you're lucky, you'll teleport exactly to the golden leaves. (MaxSizeIs)
60. An magic axe that can only be wielded by one who will die by its blade. It looks quite crude, but is very potent, magically. (MaxSizeIs)
61. A magical ayam cemani rooster in a small golden cage shaped like a carriage. It lays small golden eggs worth 1d6 gold peices (one per day) to do so, it must be fed with grain upon which a person has died by violence, or the laying stops. One dead sentient makes about 1d100 eggs. (MaxSizeIs)
62. A matched pair of life-sized terracotta camels. They bear runes at least 3 times older than the dragon, but don't do anything special. (MaxSizeIs)
63. 1d6 terracotta chestnuts. When buried and watered with a drop of blood and the sweat from one's brow, they grow either a dry-fit stone wall 5 feet thick, 10 feet high, and 50 feet long (in the shape desired by the user), or a tunnel thru solid stone of similar dimensions. The process takes one full round. (MaxSizeIs)
64. A polished stone statue of a dog the size of a 10 foot cube with the magical abjuration and necromantic effect of Turn Undead DC17 in a continuous 200 foot radius. It doesn't seem to do anything else, otherwise. (MaxSizeIs)
65. An earthenware dovecote in the shape of a beehive that fits within a 5 foot cube and weighs 150 pounds. An attuned user may, once per day, while adjacent to the dovecote summon a swarm of Stirges (CR6) for up to one hour. The user has no control over the swarm, except will not be attacked. If used in this manner, once per day, the dovecote will produce randomly either 1d6 Healing Potions, 1d4 Greater Healing Potions, 1d2 Superior Healing potions, a 20% chance of a Greater Healing Potion, or a 20% chance of nothing. The stirge swarm must be feeding for the entire hour for this to occur. (MaxSizeIs)
66. A large urn the size of a human with the word Mom carved into it (Lysdexic12345
67. A few large piles of dragon dung (Lysdexic12345)
68. A large block of never-melt-ice (Lysdexic12345)
69. A golden magic harp enchanted to play by itself once the command word is spoken (Lysdexic12345)
70. A Cubic Gate (Lysdexic12345)

• Check on your eligibility to apply via the HDB website. The whole application process is outlined in the site. But there were still a few times I wished I had more guidance on the process. Single Citizen Scheme is only applicable for 2 room BTO in non mature estates.
  
• First timer singles applying for BTO flats need to pay $15K in addition to the flat price. The flat price may also be much higher than what is stated during the sales launch by anything from 10-30K depending on the unit your choose. Higher floors come at a premium, corner flats come at a premium, unblocked flats come at a premium and ofc bigger flats (47sqm vs 39sqm) cost about 20K more than the smaller ones which I feel is a bit wasteful for a hallway. But I'm quite giam siap lah lol. When you add 15K to it, that's quite a huge difference from the advertised sales launch price. That kind of price usually is for the low level (Eg level 4) 39 square metre flats that are blocked & corridor unit. Do your homework and work out your finances (what kind of loan, if any, you need) before you start applying to save a lot of grief. Of course there is the EHG grant but if you're earning a decent salary it's probably just a meagre figure that won't help much. The grants for family nucleus is much more attractive for obvious reasons.
  
• Keep your old pay slips. You need the past 12 months pay slips or income letter, also your CPF contribution history and previous year CPF Yearly Statement, but these can be obtained online.
  
• I repeat again, do your homework. At first I had this stupid mentality that everything will work out on its own but that's not gonna do you any favours. This is a major purchase. Choose your flat before the appointment, work out your finances, keep your documents, apply early and you won't have as many nasty surprises/disappointments.
  
• Sales Launch
  

• Ballot results

• Invitation to book your flat

i think like check the night before (when selection has closed for the day), then make up to 30 choices, depends on what time is your appointment slot. also once you reach the counter, yell your unit so the hdb officer can 'chope' the unit while she processes your documents.

• Go for the appointment

• Pay option fee, submit documents etc

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