So, I've trolled these forums for the last month and have read up on quite a few tutorials etc etc. As I'm sure I'll have many questions in the future, my first is about a dream I had last night.

I had a false awakening an at one point and decided to do a reality check. I used one that I heard before (while not the most common, it seems to make sense), I poked my finger at my palm. My finger did not go through, my palm reacted normally, i then pinched the skin to be sure, it all panned out, so I reasoned I wasn't dreaming...

I didn't realize until this morning i was

Was the fail, in the type of RC, or just my noobness or does this just happen, sometimes an RC actually "works" in the dream