Showing posts with label Dream. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dream. Show all posts

Monday, March 23, 2020

Random dream and interpretation creation using Dream Generator tool and added to the Dreadmarsh.

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In this project, the tool Dream Generator seems like something fun to use.



Dream Generator, which is one of the tools found in Character Mechanisms
Roll 10, 3 = 10 location person, place, thing, idea, 3 crossroad options, choices

So, the dream is of a location, a crossroad, which represents options or choices.

What else is in the dream?

Roll 8, 11 = 8 insects fear, anxiety; 11 termite attack on the soul or being.

This might mean that in the dream of the crossroads the dreamer sees termites eating a fallen log. An interpretation is that the person is at a point in life where the character must make a choice because the character is feeling attacks on the character's soul or being.

One more roll!

Roll 4, 2 = 4 clothing perceived, public self; new clothing new attitude or guise.

All together, this is the dream.

The character comes to a crossroad. Down one path lies a fallen log covered with termites eating the log. Down another path on a rock folded nicely sit a set of new clothing.

An interpretation for the character is that a point in life is coming near where the character will feel an attack on the character's soul or being when a choice must be made to change one's attitude or guise in order to pick the correct path in life.

Let me now apply this dream to that location created on 2/19/20 Neredhos Mareskos, the Dreadmarsh. Since it is a dream, I'll place it before the location.

Dream of crossroad and entrance into Neredhos Mareskos

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The character dreams of coming to a crossroad. Down one path lies a fallen log covered with termites eating the log. Down another path on a rock folded nicely sit a set of new clothing.

An interpretation for the character is that a point in life is coming near where the character will feel an attack on the character's soul or being when a choice must be made to change one's attitude or guise in order to pick the correct path in life.
...

The Neredhos Mareskos is a war-torn dead forest marsh.

On a clear and sunny day, the characters enter Neredhos Mareskos—a war-torn dead forest marshy area located between dead forest mountains and sandy hills.

The Neredhos Mareskos Giant Pale Violet Red Beetle inhabits the dead forest marsh.

The characters hear creaking!

Something in the present time is very important.

A small swarm of Meroedhos Mareskos Giant Pale Violet Red Beetles are attacking a swamp alligator with a pounce, stamp, ram, and/or slam. A creaking sound is heard echoing across the war-torn, dead forest marsh.

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Character Mechanisms - creating character profile instructions (part 9)

This is part of a series of posts to create a character using Character Mechanisms using the Character Profile sheet.

From the last post, I created knowledge and career for the character profile information. I'll focus on the relationship first and do the dream second. If I can, I'll finish up with the remaining generators except that skipped one. Finally, I'll show the entire character profile sheet finished.

√Group A Important
√Group B Reliant
Except skipped combined action engine

Group C Flavor
√Knowledge Generator
√Career Generator
Relationship Generator
Dream Generator
Fact Generator
Modifier Generator

Group D
Sound Generator


1. Relationship Generator

Who does my character's know?

6
4

6 merchant
4 designer, lone wolf personality

This character knows a designer, probably a clothing or armor designer. This relationship fits in nicely with the character's social, acknowledgment & self-actualize, ugliness motives.

Style is everything.


2. Dream Generator


Who did my character dream about at night?

I'll roll for two and maybe a plot and/or twist if needed.



first symbol
11
1


11 character, role or aspect of self
1 mother, help, care, or sacrifice

second symbol
1
6

1 animal, instinct or motive
6 cat, create or luck

plot
6
9

6 temptation
9 prevent

twist
11
5

11 reversal of fulfillment
5 when, timing is perfect

3. Fact Generator

What does my character sense?


1
5

1 see
5 structure

4. Sound Generator

What does my character hear?

10
11

10, 11 swish

5. Modifier Generator

How is my character's dream modified?

2
10

2 degree
10 nearly

Unnamed character's dream which the character remembers constantly
So, bringing it all together, I think the dream is that the character's mother is trying to reach the family cat in the road to save it from the oncoming structure, a vehicle. A swish sounds out, however, something is preventing her from reaching the cat even though there is plenty of time. The mother is nearly escaping, but can't quite break free from a dark tentacle-like force.

The Final Character sheet.

This character can be used now, with high amount of detail, with a name, race, and maybe gender. Additional details can be added to this, if the character becomes more important.
Click to enlarge image of Dakota character profile.
I assigned an androgynous name, Dakota, so this character could be any gender or race — even dwarf. This is a sample character for the Character Mechanisms book which will go into the next update.

This finishes doing all of the random tables and engines found in Character Mechanisms, except the combined action engine. I wont do that skipped step since I don't have any real instructions in the current book edition. That would probably entail adding some more stimulus response actions based on the total known details.

Thank you for reading this series.

I'll next switch to something else for a while.


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