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Dream Weaver

A Twenty Minute Game

Charity - Charity represents a daydreamer’s demeanor

towards others and self. The higher that their Charity is

ranked, the more charitable they are towards others. A

low Charity rating denotes that the daydreamer is

selfish and greedy, thinking primarily of themself.

Passion - Passion represents a daydreamer’s ability to

influence the world around them. The higher that a

daydreamer’s Passion is ranked, the more successful

they will be in realizing their dreams.

Writing & Design:

James D. Hargrove

1.0 Introduction

A player initially has seven points to distribute

among their character’s three attributes. No attribute

may be ranked more than three at this time, and all

points must be assigned to attributes.

A “twenty minute game” is an exercise in

extemporaneous game design. As the name suggests

each twenty minute game initially took no more than

twenty minutes to conceive and design. Des pite being a

product of harried creative force, each twenty minute

game is a fully functioning source of amusement.

3.0 System Basics

Whenever a daydreamer conceives a dream, the

nature of the dream must be determin ed. Is it a selfless,

altruistic dream or a greedy vision of self-fulfillment?

To determine the nature of a dream, look at

the daydreamer’s Charity ranking and roll a number of

six-sided dice equal to the ranking. If at least one die

result is less than the ranking, then the dream is of a

selfless and altruistic nature. If no result is produced

that is less than the rating, then the dream is one of

avarice.

1.1 Preparation

In ord er to play a game of Dream Weaver you

will need to gather some friends, six-sided dice, pencils,

and paper. Once you have done this you will need to

choose one friend to serve as the Game Master, the

individual re sponsible f or ma king s ure that the game

runs smoothly and providing story elements for the

other players. Ideally, the person most familiar with the

game rules should serve as the Game Master.

Once the nature of a dream has been

determined, a player is free to fill in the specifics of a

dream however they see fit, provided that they adhere to

the following rules:

2.0 Characters

1. The defined dream must remain true to the dream’s

determined nature.

Your character is a daydreamer, a hopeless

romantic, a relic from a time long since passed. The

following attributes are used to define your character:

2. The defined dream must have a stated overall goal,

the achievement of which signals fruition of the dream.

Desire - Desire represents the daydreamer’s wish to

influence the worl d ar ound them. Desire is how badly

the daydreamer wants to see their fantasies come to

fruition. The higher that a daydreamer’s Desire is

ranked, the more likely they are to take action in order

to make their dreams come true.

Once the specific qualities of a dream have

been defined, it must be determined whether the

daydreamer is merely content to dream, or whether they

will act to see their dream fulfilled.

To determine whether a daydreamer will take

action upon their dream, look at the daydreamer’s

Desire ranking and roll a number of six-sided dice equal

to the ranking. If at least one die result is less than the

ranking, the daydreamer has decided that they cannot be

content merely to remain lost in thought. If no result is

produced that is less than the ranking, the daydreamer

merrily floats into the land of dreams.

Regardless of the result, the day reamer will be

doing something. Whether that something consists of

building a utopia in their mind’s eye or forging their

dream into reality matters not. Whenever a daydreamer

wants to take action (real or imagined), to further their

dream towards fruition, their Passion must be tested.

To test a daydreamer’s Passion, look at their

Passion rating and roll a number of six-sided dice equal

to the ranking. If at least one die result is less than the

ranking, then the attempted action turns out as the

player wishes and they may narrate the results. If no

result is produced that is less than the ranking, then the

attempted action may not turn out as the player wishes

and the Game Master narrates the result

attributes to increase, it is also possible for them to

diminish. Should a daydreamer ever fail four tests of

Passion in a row, their player must test the

daydreamer’s Desire.

If this test of Desire should also be failed, the

daydreamer’s player subtracts one from the

daydreamer’s Passion attribute. The daydreamer

abandons their current dream, and moves on to chasing

another.

5.0 The End of Dreams

Should a daydreamer’s Passion ever be

reduced to a rating of one, the daydreamer will cease to

dre am, trading their life of passion and romance for one

of dru dgery an d bore dom. Such former dreamers are sad

cases indeed, content to speak of dreams that they once

had, but lacking the passion to ever see them fulfilled.

4.0 Change

6.0 Thanks

When a daydreamer’s defined goal for a dream

is fulfilled, their player gains some points that they may

use to increase the daydreamer’s attributes. Points are

gained as follows:

Dream Weaver was inspired by the movie

Amelie , my good friend and fellow daydreamer Rachel

Schlick, and the mysterious “xgothgrrl” of RPGnet.

Dream was selfless = 2 points

Dream was self-absorbed = 1 point

Dream was achieved in the world = 2 points

Dream was achieved in the mind’s eye = 1 point

To increase a daydreamer’s attribute by one

rank costs a number of points equal to the rank times

itself. For example:

Adric has a Passion ranking of 2. In order to increase

Adric’s Passion ranking to 3, a player must spend 4

points.

Do note that a daydreamer’s attributes may

never increased to a ranking of more than six in this

manner, regardless of points spent.

Just as it is possible for a daydreamer’s

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