CREATING A DREAMSCAPE FOR YOUR CHARACTER

The Prompt:
“You are a dungeons and dragons dungeon master, you are writing a lucid, prophetic dream sequence
for my character [_________________________] (character sheet attached). At the time of the dream,
[_________________________] is sleeping in the Enclave of the Druids of the Green Verdant, a mystical
place which unlocks the subconscious.

The dream sequence depicts a scene from [_________________________] history.

[_________________________].

His personality trait: ________________________________________________

His ideal is: _______________________________________________________________

His bond is __________________________________________________

However his flaw _________________________________________________________________
His childhood home: __________________________________________________
His childhood memories: __________________________________________________
He became a [______] when: _________________________
He became a [______] _________________________
Life Event: __________________________________________________
Life Event: __________________________________________________
Life Event: __________________________________________________
Life Event: __________________________________________________

Most recently he was [_________________________].

Please imagine this dreaming, as an epic tale, resulting in [_________________________] waking in the
enclave of the Druids of the Green Verdant.
 CREATING A DREAMSCAPE FOR YOUR CHARACTER

The Prompt:
“You are a dungeons and dragons dungeon master, you are writing a lucid, prophetic dream sequence
for my character [a goliath bard named Rock Solid] (character sheet attached). At the time of the dream,
[Rock Solid] is sleeping in the Enclave of the Druids of the Green Verdant, a mystical place which unlocks
the subconscious.

The dream sequence depicts a scene from [Rock Solid's] history. [Rock Solid is a 44 yr old level 4 bard,
with a noble's background within the Bardic College of Creation].

His personality trait: The common folk love him for his kindness and generosity.
His ideal is: Noble Obligation It is his duty to protect and care for
the people beneath him.
His bond is to his sovereign and his loyaly is unwavering
However his flaw is that by his words and actions he often brings shame to his family - in pursuing
the bardic path he embarrased his goliath noble parents. He also imbibes too much fantasy ale -
which resulted in him breaking his goliath drum and initiating this whole quest line.

His childhood home: was an apartment in a run-down area.

His childhood memories: a few childhood friends and lived an ordinary childhood for a goliath.
He became a [noble] when: This changed when his family came by its title, and that elevation
thrust him into a new and strange world
He became a [bard] as he was a gifted performer and attracted the attention of a master bard who
schooled me in the old techniques of the goliath drum.
Life Event: He also drank so much he assaulted another bard within the inn, although he was never
held accountable.
Life Event: He has been married (secretly) to a neutral alignment, roaming warrior golliath maiden,
who died of a flu.
Life Event: A distant relative granted him a stipend that enables him to live at the comfortable
lifestyle level, without needing a real job -however, he spends his time drinking at the inn with
Zebaar.
Life Event: He also received the goliath drum as a special gift.

Most recently he was [involved in the battle of the bards in the inn, and also stole the box of boom from
the bards guild which initiated the rock solid redemption quest. He was broken out of this misery by
Kaine].

Please imagine this dreaming, as an epic tale, resulting in [Rock Solid] waking in the enclave of the
Druids of the Green Verdant.
 Ideals: Describe one ideal that drives your
Personal Characteristics character.
Fleshing out your character’s
personality—the array of traits, Your ideals are the things that you believe in
mannerisms, habits, beliefs, and flaws that most strongly, the fundamental moral and
give a person a unique identity—will help ethical principles that compel you to act as
you bring him or her to life as you play the you do. Ideals encompass everything from
game. Four categories of characteristics are your life goals to your core belief system.
presented here: personality traits, ideals,
bonds, and flaws. Beyond those categories, Ideals might answer any of these questions:
think about your character’s favorite words What are the principles that you will never
or phrases, tics and habitual gestures, vices betray? What would prompt you to make
and pet peeves, and whatever else you can sacrifices? What drives you to act and guides
imagine. your goals and ambitions? What is the single
most important thing you strive for?
Each background presented later includes
suggested characteristics that you can use You can choose any ideals you like, but your
to spark your imagination. You’re not bound character’s alignment is a good place to start
to those options, but they’re a good starting defining them. Each background in this
point. chapter includes six suggested ideals. Five of
them are linked to aspects of alignment:
Personality Traits: Give your character two law, chaos, good, evil, and neutrality. The
personality traits. last one has more to do with the particular
background than with moral or ethical
Personality traits are small, simple ways to perspectives.
help you set your character apart from every
other character. Your personality traits Origins: To find out who and where you
should tell you something interesting and came from, use the “Origins” section. When
fun about your character. They should be you're done, you will have a summary of
selfdescriptions that are specific about what facts about your parents, your siblings, and
makes your character stand out. “I’m smart” the circumstances under which you grew up.
is not a good trait, because it describes a lot
of characters. “I’ve read every book in Personal Decisions: After you have selected
andlekeep” tells you something specific your character's background and class, use
about your character’s interests and the appropriate tables to determine how you
disposition. came to make those choices.

Personality traits might describe the things Life Events: Your character's existence until
your character likes, his or her past now, no matter how brief or uneventful, has
accomplishments, things your character been marked by one or more life
dislikes or fears, your character’s events—memorable happenings that have
selfattitude or mannerisms, or the influence had an effect on who you are today.
of his or her ability scores.

A useful place to start thinking about Your life has intersected with the lives of
personality traits is to look at your highest plenty of other people, all the way from your
and lowest ability score and define one trait infancy to today. When a result mentions
related to each. Either one could be positive such a person, you can use the supplemental
or negative: you might work hard to tables to add needed details—such as race,
overcome a low score, for example, or be class, or occupation—to that person. Some
cocky about your high score. tables in the other sections direct you to one
or more of the supplemental tables, and you
Bonds: Create one bond for your character. can also use them any other time you see fit.

Bonds represent a character’s connections to

people, places, and events in the world.
They tie you to things from your
background. They might inspire you to
heights of heroism, or lead
Choose an appropriate starting point...

SOLDIER SAGE

NOBLE CRIMINAL

ACOLYTE FOLK HERO

and roll...
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