Thread: Serial Dream RPG

I would absolutely love to do this, but I don't think I have anywhere near enough control yet.

Also please state what type of character you want to be. You can create anything, of course. Here are some ideas to get you started:

Please choose a role:

Wizard, Warlock, witch, necromancer, illusionist, summoner
archer, barbarian, thief, shapeshifter, assassin, vampire, werewolf

Please choose a race:

human, elf, giant, gnome, dwarf, elemental, dragon

I would like to have a balanced "team" of about three or four people.

-I log in my DJ most days, I only dont log if iv had very small and dull dreams

-Recently I have been getting lucid more and more often, since the start of this month I have had 9 lucids so pretty much one every two days

-Dream control isnt very good unfortunatly, getting better with each lucid though!

What do you mean by serial dreaming??

I would love to be an elf assasin!

This idea sounds awsome, im getting a lot better at remembering goals and incubating dreams too, just by going over my goals over and over throughout the day and especially at night in bed.

Originally Posted by katemorrigan

I would absolutely love to do this, but I don't think I have anywhere near enough control yet.

Sorry to hear that.

Originally Posted by Ferret

-I log in my DJ most days, I only dont log if iv had very small and dull dreams

-Recently I have been getting lucid more and more often, since the start of this month I have had 9 lucids so pretty much one every two days

-Dream control isnt very good unfortunatly, getting better with each lucid though!

What do you mean by serial dreaming??

I would love to be an elf assasin!

This idea sounds awsome, im getting a lot better at remembering goals and incubating dreams too, just by going over my goals over and over throughout the day and especially at night in bed.

Serial dreaming means dreams that pick up where one left off, a continuing storyline. I am glad you are interested. We just need two or three more people, then we can start.

Oh cool sounds awsome. This would be pretty hard though wouldnt it? Like if I was trying to pick up where I was last how would you go about doing that? Would you become lucid and then portal to where you were last maby? Sounds like a mean idea!

I assume you write down the details of your adventure and then simply assert that you pick up where you left off each night. I wonder if the brain could be trained to create "SAVE GAMES" for dreams... hmmmm...

Originally Posted by Ferret

Oh cool sounds awsome. This would be pretty hard though wouldnt it? Like if I was trying to pick up where I was last how would you go about doing that? Would you become lucid and then portal to where you were last maby? Sounds like a mean idea!

1) "Hard" is subjective. 2, 3) Lucidity and control are two different skills. Lucidity helps with control, but, you can have control in a non-lucid dream. You will return to the same place where you left off. You have two weeks to dream the dream for each episode.

Originally Posted by r2d2651

I assume you write down the details of your adventure and then simply assert that you pick up where you left off each night. I wonder if the brain could be trained to create "SAVE GAMES" for dreams... hmmmm...

Having serial dreams nightly is great, but I want to start off with having one every two weeks, to make it easier in the beginning.

Oh cool so you write and episode and we carry it out in our dream and then based on what happened in the dream you write the kinda next part of the story? This sounds realy awsome, im pretty sure if I had two weeks for each part id have a good chance of getting it!

Originally Posted by Ferret

Oh cool so you write and episode and we carry it out in our dream and then based on what happened in the dream you write the kinda next part of the story? This sounds realy awsome, im pretty sure if I had two weeks for each part id have a good chance of getting it!

I am not going to actually write an episode, since I don't know what's going to happen in your dream! What I am going to do is give a setting and an objective for each episode... hmm... mission. So, you will have two weeks to complete the mission. Until we get more people, focus on becoming an elf assassin in dreams.

i would love to do this. but i'm a noob and i don't think i could possibly achieve some of the goals. however it is a cool idea and i would like to hear more about it as it progresses. maybe in a year(?) i will have good enough dream control to participate in something like this.

Originally Posted by The Adventurer

i would love to do this. but i'm a noob and i don't think i could possibly achieve some of the goals. however it is a cool idea and i would like to hear more about it as it progresses. maybe in a year(?) i will have good enough dream control to participate in something like this.

Alright man. Well, only you can really judge your dreaming skills.

Ok im pretty confident I can become an elf assasin in two weeks. Im getting lucid heaps at the mo its awsome. Im just trying so hard to make a portal to the moon in all my lucids and I think Im prolly wasting a lot of lucid time doing that and failing. I'll get there though, constantly getting better!

Originally Posted by Ferret

Ok im pretty confident I can become an elf assasin in two weeks. Im getting lucid heaps at the mo its awsome. Im just trying so hard to make a portal to the moon in all my lucids and I think Im prolly wasting a lot of lucid time doing that and failing. I'll get there though, constantly getting better!

Let's not get too-off topic, but that is awesome.

Looks like you are the only one! Haha. Are you ready? Maybe more people will jump on board when you begin.

Haha I was sure more people would be keen! Oh well doesnt bother me. Yea im ready but in a bit of a dry patch, havnt had a lucid in week so havnt been able to turn into a dark elf yet but im sure it wont be hard

Sounds like an epic idea. Like a lot of people I'm probably not good enough, but I'm almost there. Maybe I'll still try it just not "officially". If you know what I mean.

Originally Posted by Ferret

Haha I was sure more people would be keen! Oh well doesnt bother me. Yea im ready but in a bit of a dry patch, havnt had a lucid in week so havnt been able to turn into a dark elf yet but im sure it wont be hard

Cool man.

Originally Posted by username695

Sounds like an epic idea. Like a lot of people I'm probably not good enough, but I'm almost there. Maybe I'll still try it just not "officially". If you know what I mean.

Oh, don't worry about officially.

Alright, Ferret, let us begin.

I will create an audio or video version of this later for WILD induction/dream incubation.

Rules:

1) There are no rules. It's a dream.

2) You don't have to be lucid.

****

You are in a forest with tall black-barked trees. There is the remnants of an old footpath, now overgrown with the underbrush. You can't see it, but you know there is a huge mountain to your left. You know you are facing east, because the sun is rising in front of you. A crisp breeze blows through the air, and swishes through the trees. It's late summer. You take a deep breath of the cool zephyr. You bend down, and touch the ground, and rub some leaves between your fingers, which give off a sweet piney scent.

There is an elf-berry bush nearby. Ah, your favorite fruit. The shiny thorny leaves protect the bright red juicy fruit. You reach a leathery hand and pick some berries, greedily plunging them into your mouth. They are perfectly tart, making your mouth water, but still sweet as honey. Instantly, your vision improves. You stare at the bush. It's lines get sharper. The colors jump out at you. Then, you notice your hands.

You have the hands of a dark elf, not a human. That's when you realize you are dreaming.

You look around for a mirror. You turn, expecting a mirror to appear. There is a flash of light, and a sound like swords clashing. In front of you, standing in the middle of the forest, is a light wooden framed ornately carved mirror. The frame is made of mythical beasts. You stand before the mirror, examining yourself as a dark elf. You look exactly as you would expect yourself to look. You hear a voice. You realize it's the reflection speaking to you. The voice is telling you to wake up, and write the dream down. You close your eyes and count backwards... 10, 9... You will remember this dream.... 8... 7.... you are a dark elf.... 6 5 4 3 2 1.... wake up.

***

Imagine this whole scenario, and play it out in your mind while awake. Memorize the scenario. Every time you RC, play the scenario in your mind. Then, do it as you fall asleep.

Don't worry about becoming lucid. Just incubate the dream, and you'll eventually have it. Do this by September 15. There will be two tasks every month.

Let the Serial Dreaming RPG begin!

Awsome! Very well descibed, sounds like fun. I'll post when I have any dreams similar

This looks like fun. Can I play Shapeshifter/Dragon? Since fallen angels don't appear to be on the list...

Originally Posted by Samael

This looks like fun. Can I play Shapeshifter/Dragon? Since fallen angels don't appear to be on the list...

You can play whatever the hell you want, man. Those were just ideas to get the creative juices flowing. Just think of a race, and a role. Such as fallen angel necromancer, or whatever, then post it here. Then, go in the woods, and look at yourself in a mirror, in a dream of course.

Oh, you were in my dream the other night in my castle on Mars.

I think I'm going to give this one a shot. I didn't have much luck with conisag's LucidRage dream RPG, though (but I had some interesting attempts to get to the island. Heh). I've been having a few sporadic lucids, lately, so if I can put forth the effort, I might be able to make something happen. I was thinking on being a Djinn, but wondered if that might be a little too close to Samael's fallen angel. I dunno. Maybe a warlock... I'll decide a lil' later.

Also, can I make a suggestion? Could the missions be made to be a little more open-ended? I just think it's a little too specific, and might take away from the opportunity to see how different each character's experiences will be. Like maybe adding some ambiguity like "You see that there is something in the brush, off to your right. Even through the shadows, you can tell that it is a living creature. It appears to be watching you, but you don't quite know of its intentions - whether malicious or benign. Your mind beings to ponder whether you should stop to investigate, or keep on about your path."

If that's the direction you were headed in, with this, then forget I said anything. Lol. And it's cool, if you don't plan on doing it. Just thought I'd contribute.

As for the questions: I DJ regularly - in note form, anyway. I just haven't been able to update my DJ in a while, due to lack of time. I'm trying to get caught up, though. I still keep all of my notes in wordpad, though. I think I'm around a lucid or two per week, now, but that's because I really haven't been putting in much effort (or getting enough sleep). I'd like to do something with this RPG, though, so I will try to be a little more on point.

And my control is usually pretty good.

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

I think I'm going to give this one a shot. I didn't have much luck with conisag's LucidRage dream RPG, though (but I had some interesting attempts to get to the island. Heh). I've been having a few sporadic lucids, lately, so if I can put forth the effort, I might be able to make something happen. I was thinking on being a Djinn, but wondered if that might be a little too close to Samael's fallen angel. I dunno. Maybe a warlock... I'll decide a lil' later.

Also, can I make a suggestion? Could the missions be made to be a little more open-ended? I just think it's a little too specific, and might take away from the opportunity to see how different each character's experiences will be. Like maybe adding some ambiguity like "You see that there is something in the brush, off to your right. Even through the shadows, you can tell that it is a living creature. It appears to be watching you, but you don't quite know of its intentions - whether malicious or benign. Your mind beings to ponder whether you should stop to investigate, or keep on about your path."

If that's the direction you were headed in, with this, then forget I said anything. Lol. And it's cool, if you don't plan on doing it. Just thought I'd contribute.

As for the questions: I DJ regularly - in note form, anyway. I just haven't been able to update my DJ in a while, do to lack of time. I'm trying to get caught up, though. I still keep all of my notes in wordpad, though. I think I'm around a lucid or two per week, now, but that's because I really haven't been putting in much effort (or getting enough sleep). I'd like to do something with this RPG, though, so I will try to be a little more on point.

And my control is usually pretty good.

I was reading about the djinn... very interesting. actually separate from demons and angels.

So, what I wrote above was specifically for Ferret, because he was the only person that was going to do it at the time! So, yes, to answer your question.

The most important task for the first dream is to simply go to a forest, and find or summon a mirror, and look at your djinn (or whatever) self in the mirror. I put the stuff about touching leaves and eating to engage the other dream senses, and looking at your hands for lucidity.

I know you have excellent dream control. I've been reading your DJ for about a year now!

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

You can play whatever the hell you want, man. Those were just ideas to get the creative juices flowing. Just think of a race, and a role. Such as fallen angel necromancer, or whatever, then post it here. Then, go in the woods, and look at yourself in a mirror, in a dream of course.

Oh, you were in my dream the other night in my castle on Mars.

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

You can create anything, of course.

I missed that bit.

All right, fallen angel then. Necromancer seems appropriate, considering the number of dark spirits I tend to absorb.

Sounds like a cool dream, btw. Is it in your journal?

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

1) There are no rules. It's a dream.

I like this rule.

ETA: I forgot to answer:

How often do you log in your DJ? Daily, for the most part. Now that summer's over, my schedule will probably be more predictable.

How often do you lucid dream? I was averaging once every three days for a while, but I've only had two LDs this month.

What is your dream control like? Pretty good, even when I'm not lucid. I seem to be invulnerable by default, so that's handy.

this is very interesting but i'm not quite skilled enough and i'm kind of in a slump due to school. but i will join when i have the skill

So, for now we're just incubating a dream involving our characters in a forest? No task other than that?