Post originally by Elergan at 2004-07-11 09:04:57
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I'll start by saying that it was an excellent review...then by adding that seeing Rêve de Dragons's rebirth in English almost made me cry...
I wanted to say that of all the rpg I've GMed, RdD is the one which creates the greatest number of roleplaying opportunities: since the journeyers'world is akin to a great unfurling road paved with strange vistas and cities with puzzling and excentric laws and customs, the center around which everything revolves is the Player Character itself. Because of its original experience system, every adventure is one more step towards reaching one's archetype: remembering all of one's past incarnations, being the sum of all of one's personal experiences...Some specific dreamquests or archetype quests are a way to get the players involved.
On top of that, the magic system creates a lot of opportunities for good and hilarious roleplay: high dreaming and travelling up to the dreamlands often result in being slapped by the dragon's tail or burned by its breath : psychological quirks and uncontrollable urges which leads to unexpected twists in the storyline: as a short example in the French module "l'Oeuf de Psiluma" which revolves around a sort of magical egg, the group's High dreamer woke up in the morning with this irrepressible urge to smash a few eggs...hence a scary moment when everybody tried to prevent him from achieving his "catharsis"...
The low key fantasy is in my humble opinion the most refreshing element for RPG old timers : natural obstacles like crossing a river can get stressing (stress being the key to rememberance and thus to experience) : you don't have to pile scores of cretaures and fights in an adventure...
As for the oniric feeling , I think it pervades the whole book : from the magic system to the experience system (the way of Rememberance)...but I agree in that all those adventures, being penned by one and only one author, Gerfaud himself, set the tone of the game...
Oniric fantasy with a little pinch of Monthy Python and Lewis Caroll: a cocktail worth trying...
Have a nice dream and sorry for being long...