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Looking for help with Dreamspace ideas

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#1
tos_shai_hulud
Sep 14, 2011 8:12:34
I am running a campaign that has quite a bit of psionics. I want to create a base psionic class that involves pulling directly from the dreamspace (Secrets of Sarlona, pg. 18). Thinking more about it, I tried to envision what exactly the character would be doing. Essentially, he is making dreams manifest themselves in reality. So, I wanted to name the class, and I figured, something dealing with lucid dreaming would be appropriate. Reading up on lucid dreaming, there are two types: dream-induced lucid dreams and wake-induced lucid dreams. Because the character would be awake when inducing his lucid dreams, the latter seems the more appropriate form. The common acronym for wake-induced lucid dreams is WILD. So, one who performs that would be a WILDer.

At this point, I came full circle. I already decided against the wilder, as I did not like the flavor of the class. So, I want to reenvision the wilder's abilities to make sense in this context. For instance, the wild surge would become a WILD surge (contacting the dreamspace has the potential to greatly increase a WILDer's manifesting, but possibly to great detriment to the WILDer). I'm not sure what to do with elude touch, so I think I would drop in in favor of the Mantled Wilder. Additionally, instead of volatile mind, I think the Educated Wilder from the same link is more appropriate. Would anyone recommend any additional changes to the wilder to suit the flavor I'm intending?
#2
CorrinAvatan
Sep 15, 2011 17:47:45 ...

I'm not too knowledgible about psionics, so I can't really help you. I do have to ask, though: why did you post this in the Eberron forum? You're going to get more traffic through your thread on "What's a DM/Player to do"

Anyway, you could re-flavor any class that relies on magic (arcane/divine/nature) into "makes dreams real". The wizard didn't cast Fireball, he had a lucid dream where a fireball exploded right there.

I guess I don't see why you need a mechanic for this, when you could just wave your hands.
#3
tos_shai_hulud
Sep 15, 2011 17:56:25 That is exactly what I am doing. I am taking a class and trying to flavor it the way I want. Wilder is a base psionic class. But, I am taking its abilities and making them work the way I want. I was looking for advice on the Dreamspace, and what effects it might have on manifestation. I apologize if I didn't make that clear. I am using the established mechanics for the Wilder from the Expanded Psionics Handbook, and I am giving it the flavor that I want. Next, I want to understand more about the Dreamspace so I can determine if I want to change the Wilder any more than just its flavor to represent this connection to the Dreamspace I'm after.
#4
tos_shai_hulud
Sep 18, 2011 17:04:30
Were Secrets of Sarlona and Magic of Eberron the only places where the Dreamspace was discussed? I haven't seen any 4th ed materials on Eberron, so if it is there, I have no knowledge of it.

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#1 tos_shai_hulud Sep 14, 2011 8:12:34	I am running a campaign that has quite a bit of psionics. I want to create a base psionic class that involves pulling directly from the dreamspace (Secrets of Sarlona, pg. 18). Thinking more about it, I tried to envision what exactly the character would be doing. Essentially, he is making dreams manifest themselves in reality. So, I wanted to name the class, and I figured, something dealing with lucid dreaming would be appropriate. Reading up on lucid dreaming, there are two types: dream-induced lucid dreams and wake-induced lucid dreams. Because the character would be awake when inducing his lucid dreams, the latter seems the more appropriate form. The common acronym for wake-induced lucid dreams is WILD. So, one who performs that would be a WILDer. At this point, I came full circle. I already decided against the wilder, as I did not like the flavor of the class. So, I want to reenvision the wilder's abilities to make sense in this context. For instance, the wild surge would become a WILD surge (contacting the dreamspace has the potential to greatly increase a WILDer's manifesting, but possibly to great detriment to the WILDer). I'm not sure what to do with elude touch, so I think I would drop in in favor of the Mantled Wilder. Additionally, instead of volatile mind, I think the Educated Wilder from the same link is more appropriate. Would anyone recommend any additional changes to the wilder to suit the flavor I'm intending?
#2 CorrinAvatan Sep 15, 2011 17:47:45	... I'm not too knowledgible about psionics, so I can't really help you. I do have to ask, though: why did you post this in the Eberron forum? You're going to get more traffic through your thread on "What's a DM/Player to do" Anyway, you could re-flavor any class that relies on magic (arcane/divine/nature) into "makes dreams real". The wizard didn't cast Fireball, he had a lucid dream where a fireball exploded right there. I guess I don't see why you need a mechanic for this, when you could just wave your hands.
#3 tos_shai_hulud Sep 15, 2011 17:56:25	That is exactly what I am doing. I am taking a class and trying to flavor it the way I want. Wilder is a base psionic class. But, I am taking its abilities and making them work the way I want. I was looking for advice on the Dreamspace, and what effects it might have on manifestation. I apologize if I didn't make that clear. I am using the established mechanics for the Wilder from the Expanded Psionics Handbook, and I am giving it the flavor that I want. Next, I want to understand more about the Dreamspace so I can determine if I want to change the Wilder any more than just its flavor to represent this connection to the Dreamspace I'm after.
#4 tos_shai_hulud Sep 18, 2011 17:04:30	Were Secrets of Sarlona and Magic of Eberron the only places where the Dreamspace was discussed? I haven't seen any 4th ed materials on Eberron, so if it is there, I have no knowledge of it.