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suffer aggravated wounds to their
Willpower meter automatically. Rollover
still applies, though.
Comatose Comatose Dreamers
Dreamers
Comatose Dreamers, both Hysteric and
Lucid, are incapable of awakening on
their own. Well… not incapable, but it’s
quite unlikely. Usually that makes them
a safe bet when a Dragon goes dreamwalking,
as there is virtually no risk of
getting trapped. Coma victims can be
brought around, though, just as any other
Dreamer is awakened. If a Dragon (or
more likely, a Nightmare) so desired,
they could just be beaten back into
consciousness. That doesn’t mean their
bodies are still capable of handling
conscious mental activity, but they
awaken nevertheless.
Shared Shared Dreaming
Dreaming
A rarely practiced but still possible
mortal excursion into the Dreamtide is that
of the shared dreaming. A group of
determined individuals gather in a circle
(much like a séance) and simultaneously
drift into unconsciousness—under the
direction of a lead dreamer that is. The Lead
Dreamer generates the dreamscape, though
other Dreamers may contribute to its scenery
or trappings as they please.
Just like a private dreamscape,
inflicting enough harm to a group Dreamer
will force him to consciousness. The dream
will not end, however, until the Lead
Dreamer awakens. Also, group dreamers
are much more likely to be lucid and travel
in a pack. Usually Dragons will stay away
from such dreams unless they are assured
the group of dreamers is acting in their
interest. Sometimes Dragons encourage
such shared dreaming to overcome a
subconscious trauma, secretly intending to
use them as weapons against a Dreamtide
Nightmare. Dragons may also act as Lead
Dreamers, but only if they enter the
Dreamtide through sleep (rather than
through the Miasma).
Another (albeit much more rare)
form of shared dreaming is that of touching
dreams. Occasionally two very similar
dreamscapes actually merge, first
overlapping slightly and then amalgamating
completely. In such situations one Dreamer
may pass over into the other’s dreamscape,
whereupon his control of his environment
(hysteric or lucid) is lost. After all, it isn’t
his dream anymore.
Nightmares
Nightmares
Dreamers Dreamers Dreamers and and Pandemonium
Pandemonium
It is important to note that no
matter how powerful a Dreamer may
become, they never possess the capacity
to pierce the walls of their dreamscape.
They are incapable of entering
Pandemonium.
Anima, Carrion, or even Dolls that
taste the fear of others slowly grow in power,
mutating into a twisted reflection of their
original purpose and growing hungry for
more. These are Material Nightmares, those
originating from the mortal mind (bestial or
otherwise). Material Nightmares are
excellent at terrorizing the Dreamers that
spawned them, but that’s where they stop. It
is terror, not death, that fuels them. Without
the Dreamer to remember them and provide
them a food source, they cease to exist.
Such is not the case for nightmares
born of the world’s slumber. Pandemonium
Nightmares—those that flicker into
existence in the deepest stretches of the
Dreamtide—are ruthless maws that live to
eat and eat to live. Pandemonium
Nightmares don’t care how much damage
they cause, as they can always retreat to the
depths if they begin to fade. Sturdy enough