Manifesting Dreams

Your adventuring party, tired from an especially challenging dungeon crawl, happens upon an idyllic inn and tavern in a scenic village. They paid for their rooms, enjoyed a meal, and turned in for an early night.

The adventure that followed seemed so real—at least the parts your party could remember of it did, at any rate. The enchanted forest. The spectral dragon who only spoke in riddles. The distant tower, just out of reach thanks to a shattered bridge.

At breakfast the next morning, over light conversation, your party realized they shared the same dream. More peculiar, however, was the arrival of two stone workers who were looking for your party about a bridge that needed mending. With a little collective recollection, the party located the forest…and suddenly found themselves living out the adventure they just had in their dreams. Details, however, weren’t exactly the same. The bridge was more damaged, the tower beyond more ominous, and a dark oppressive presence filled the air like a challenge.

GM Tips and Tools

The goal here is to establish your adventuring party’s collective dream and how it is bleeding into the real world. Showcase this as they rest while trying to make their way to the tower, adding in more details with subsequent dreams.

Additionally, they find that 1) their dream is not the only thing bleeding into reality and 2) nightmares are dreams, too, and one such nightmare has taken up residence in the tower the adventuring party is journeying towards.

Have fun, dream big, and good luck and godspeed!