I am wholly uncaffeinated but I'll just throw this out there because we did it in my last game and it ripped, and we also did it here once and it ripped, so consider: DREAM PARTIES.
What is a dream party? It is a shared dreamspace that can drag in anyone in the game (and potentially others but we'll get to that), with themes and moods and vibes that vary from dream to dream.
Why does it happen? Well, the first time it happened it was because John got hungie, but ultimately the questionable-entity-that-is-Darrow can do whatever it wants, psychic plagiarism included.
How often does it happen? We used to do it monthly and had it pull double-duty as a test drive (that's where the 'and potentially others' comes in), which ruled because it meant you could technically meet characters before they arrived and be like 'wait a minute, I know you, we fought clowns together in that haunted carnival nightmare, what's up.'
What does a dream party entail? Literally whatever you want. Maybe you want to do a daemon AU or drop everyone into the hunger games or do some weird high-concept dream logic stuff or alter everyone's moods. Maybe you want to mess around with a very high-stakes dangerous situation without having to worry about your character actually dying (or being fined for property damage). Maybe you want to meet more people but your character is a homebody and it would be easier if they just conveniently happened to find themselves lost on the same space station orbiting Saturn as everyone else. Maybe you want to have a fraught, emotional interaction with someone that only one of you remembers upon waking for maximum angst (because hey, you don't always remember your dreams). The possibilities are endless!
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What is a dream party? It is a shared dreamspace that can drag in anyone in the game (and potentially others but we'll get to that), with themes and moods and vibes that vary from dream to dream.
Why does it happen? Well, the first time it happened it was because John got hungie, but ultimately the questionable-entity-that-is-Darrow can do whatever it wants, psychic plagiarism included.
How often does it happen? We used to do it monthly and had it pull double-duty as a test drive (that's where the 'and potentially others' comes in), which ruled because it meant you could technically meet characters before they arrived and be like 'wait a minute, I know you, we fought clowns together in that haunted carnival nightmare, what's up.'
What does a dream party entail? Literally whatever you want. Maybe you want to do a daemon AU or drop everyone into the hunger games or do some weird high-concept dream logic stuff or alter everyone's moods. Maybe you want to mess around with a very high-stakes dangerous situation without having to worry about your character actually dying (or being fined for property damage). Maybe you want to meet more people but your character is a homebody and it would be easier if they just conveniently happened to find themselves lost on the same space station orbiting Saturn as everyone else. Maybe you want to have a fraught, emotional interaction with someone that only one of you remembers upon waking for maximum angst (because hey, you don't always remember your dreams). The possibilities are endless!
Anyway DREAM PARTIES that's my pitch.