Advanced Serial Dream RPG

**Baron Samedi** · 04-06-2011 02:37 AM

I have revamped the shape of the game. It was dots around one point. Now the plot is going to go forward in backspiraling circles.

The purpose of doing these tasks in order is to build your character.

The game continues to take place around the town of Denn in the Land of Aud.

These tasks must be completed in order. You may do as many as you want per level (rank) in one dream. You may do both tasks for each adventure in one dream, or two dreams. Bonus tasks may be done at any time if you are of that level, or have advanced beyond it.

How To Get Started
For New Players
Create a character. Don't tell us about it. Incubate the dream. Do the first task in a dream, which is looking at yourself in your character in a mirror. After you have the dream, log it in your DJ, then copy and paste it into the Real Playaz thread.

For Veterans
If you have already completed the first task, and become your character in a dream, please post the old dream in the new Real Playaz thread. Any old dreams of Denn or being in your character, please add to the new thread:
Denn Awakens

For Everyone
Once you have completed the first dream, you are actually playing the game, and have earned the rank of Player, and the title Shapeshifter. I am not saying this to exclude anyone, this is simply fact. This game is not played over the internet. This game is played in dreams, and dreams alone. I am simply the facilitator, and I may even be a Dungeonmaster, depending on your perspective. So, if you have not done the first task, you are not playing a role in a dream, are you? And if you do become a character you have altered your shape, therefore you are literally a shapeshifter. All the ideas of ranks and titles in this game are literal. Once you earn a title you may put it in your DV title or signature if you so choose. You may create a signature of your character once you have completed the first task and actually become it.

Even if you did not complete a task, but had a dream of Denn or being in your character, post the dream in Denn Awakens anyway.

Rank: Non-Player
Shapeshifter Adventure
1) Go into the forest of Denn. There you will find a free standing mirror. Look at yourself in your character in the mirror.
Post the dream here:
Real Playaz
Completing this task earns you the title of Shapeshifter.
Now you are playing the game, and have earned the rank of Player.

All dreams from Player level on, please post here:
Denn Awakens

Rank: Player
Warrior Adventure
1) Go into the town of Denn, and find the Free Market. Select a fine weapon and armor. It will cost Nothing.
2) Go fight something with your shiny new gear.
Completing this adventure earns you the title of Warrior.

Beastmaster Adventure
1) Go to the forest of Denn, and find an animal familiar to be your companion.
2) Go fight something with your shiny new friend.
Completing this adventure earns you the title of Beastmaster.

Green Fairy Brawl Adventure
Bonus:
1)Go into the Green Fairy and have a drink.
2) Start a brawl.
Completing this adventure earns you the title of Brawler.

Rank: Intermediate
This level will be unlocked once a dreamer completes the above level.

Rank: Advanced
This level will be unlocked once a dreamer completes the above level.

Rank: Expert
This level will be unlocked once a dreamer completes the above level.

Rank:
Oneiromancer
This level will be unlocked once a dreamer completes the above level.

The Setting
This game takes place in the mythical medieval town of Denn in the Land of Aud. Denn is built on a plain in a temperate climate near mountains in a thick forest. There is a market in town called the Free Market. Everything there costs Nothing. There is a bar in the town, the Green Fairy. There is a large fountain in the town square.

Outside of the town, in the forest lurks many creatures to do battle with, against, eat, gain wisdom from.

The land of Aud gets more and more strange the farther you get from Denn.

The Character
You are the main character. This story is told in the first person, and is written by you... well, me too. Write in your DJ in the present tense. You can be any type of character you want. When you create your character, don't tell us about it. Don't tell anyone. I am preventing you from gaining satisfaction from talking about your goal until you actually complete it. Use the energy from the frustration of not being able to talk about it as impetus to drive you forward to complete the first task so you can actually be in the game.

Don't Panic. Have fun.

**saltyseedog** · 04-06-2011 07:32 PM

Awesomesauce

**Snowboy** · 04-06-2011 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

Beastmaster Adventure
2) Go fight something with your shiny new friend.

Wait... so the animal has to be shiny?

**Baron Samedi** · 04-07-2011 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by Snowboy

Wait... so the animal has to be shiny?

Are you jocking?

**Ferret** · 04-07-2011 12:56 AM

This is awsome nomad! Just makes it way cooler with all the different levels and stuff, great work!

**Baron Samedi** · 04-07-2011 01:20 AM

Originally Posted by Ferret

This is awsome nomad! Just makes it way cooler with all the different levels and stuff, great work!

Mahalo. I am looking forward to people busting through the levels to unlock the higher ones.

**Snowboy** · 04-07-2011 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

Are you jocking?

Sorta. But that was mainly to point out a typo... if it's a typo.

**Baron Samedi** · 04-08-2011 09:21 PM

Originally Posted by Snowboy

Sorta. But that was mainly to point out a typo... if it's a typo.

No. It's not a typo. It haz 2 be shinny or GTFO. By shiny new I mean brand new. But, I hate brands. So, they're shiny new.

**Snowboy** · 04-09-2011 12:09 AM

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

No. It's not a typo. It haz 2 be shinny or GTFO. By shiny new I mean brand new. But, I hate brands. So, they're shiny new.

**SaiC** · 04-09-2011 03:32 PM

I would love to participate in this, but my dream incubation and lucid skills are too low I think. But I'll try!

**Baron Samedi** · 04-09-2011 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by SaiC

I would love to participate in this, but my dream incubation and lucid skills are too low I think. But I'll try!

Just keep going, and learn all you can along the way. Try different methods. You'll get it eventually.

**Royalpeach** · 05-07-2011 07:39 PM

Damn. What a great idea! I've always wondered if something like this would be possible in a dream. Once I work myself back up to LDing, I'll be sure to join in!

**Baron Samedi** · 05-08-2011 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by Royalpeach

Damn. What a great idea! I've always wondered if something like this would be possible in a dream. Once I work myself back up to LDing, I'll be sure to join in!

It's extremely difficult, yet will be very rewarding.

**Royalpeach** · 05-08-2011 07:30 AM

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

It's extremely difficult, yet will be very rewarding.

No doubt. Is the ultimate plan to have these dreamers interacting in real-time? (Or dream-time, suspended time, what have you. I still can't figure it out.)

**saltyseedog** · 05-08-2011 05:02 PM

Originally Posted by WakingNomad

It's extremely difficult, yet will be very rewarding.

Naaaaaa its not difficult. Saying its difficult will make it difficult

I actually did two more of these the two nights after I did the first one but my recall of them was kind of jumbled and hard to remember. since then I've been unmotivated to do it anymore. maybe I'll try again sometime

**Baron Samedi** · 05-08-2011 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by saltyseedog

Naaaaaa its not difficult. Saying its difficult will make it difficult

I actually did two more of these the two nights after I did the first one but my recall of them was kind of jumbled and hard to remember. since then I've been unmotivated to do it anymore. maybe I'll try again sometime

"I.. I... I.. I...". Yeah, for you this may be easy, but not for everyone. You have greater skill than the average dreamer on this site, and it's okay to acknowledge that.

Saying it's difficult is reality. Look at the data. Many people have tried the original game, and few were able to accomplish the first task. Very few beyond that. It already is difficult. Yes, it is difficult. Serial dreaming is an advance skill. Prerequisites are Recall, Lucidity, Incubation, and Dream Body Control. The reason I am telling people it is difficult is so people will understand that this will take time, effort, and tenacity.

I totally understand your point. I agree in the sense that you one must not tell oneself, "this is difficult so I may not be able to do it," but rather, "this is difficult, so I may not get it the first, second, third... time. But, I can do it if I keep trying."

**Baron Samedi** · 05-08-2011 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by Royalpeach

No doubt. Is the ultimate plan to have these dreamers interacting in real-time? (Or dream-time, suspended time, what have you. I still can't figure it out.)

The ultimate plan will be revealed as dreamers advance through the game. This may take months or even years.

**saltyseedog** · 05-08-2011 08:17 PM

Yaa I guess. Its not to hard though you just have to have faith in your self

You can do it!!!!

**MrIrony** · 05-15-2011 05:03 PM

Yayyy!! I can finally participate this with my shiny new keyblades and portal-making skills.

(Note: the portal-making skills are not shiny.)

**Ferret** · 05-18-2011 09:30 AM

oh how did you figure out how to make portals? Always been a mission for me and iv never been able to do it yet!

**MrIrony** · 05-18-2011 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Ferret

oh how did you figure out how to make portals? Always been a mission for me and iv never been able to do it yet!

A blacksmith DC upgraded my keyblades to make portals. Although every time (3 times.) I have used it there has been something on the other side that wants to kill me. (It was friday the thirteenth so I quess I had bad luck.) But that´s what the keyblades are for, right?

**Ctharlhie** · 05-18-2011 05:12 PM

@Ferret; Basically archetypal control. Find something from a piece of fiction that you like that opens portals and use it in your dreams

**Ferret** · 05-19-2011 01:54 AM

Iv tried archetypal control and so far hasnt worked. For some reason even if im really confident with something it fails to work, my control isnt very good. I think I just have to find or make an item in dream that will do it like mrironys keyblades. As soon as I get to Denn and find my weapon im hoping to find some other wicked items at the free market like a ring of flying and hopefully some sort of portal generator

**Baron Samedi** · 05-19-2011 04:05 AM

Originally Posted by Ferret

Iv tried archetypal control and so far hasnt worked. For some reason even if im really confident with something it fails to work, my control isnt very good. I think I just have to find or make an item in dream that will do it like mrironys keyblades. As soon as I get to Denn and find my weapon im hoping to find some other wicked items at the free market like a ring of flying and hopefully some sort of portal generator

That's a wicked cool idea.

**Ferret** · 05-19-2011 08:57 AM

yea man, iv been incubating my sword too, I really want a sword that can change to different elemental types. Been incubating a mean dream for a little while now. Next lucid I have im sure will be epic