Rêve: The Dream Ouroboros imagines that all worlds and everything in them are dreamed by an inaccessible race of dragons (the original French name, Rêve de Dragon, literally means "dream of the dragon".) Characters are Journeyers, compulsive wanderers in the multidream whose whole purpose it is to see what lies over the next hill, what strange customs exist in the next city, what bizarre creatures lurk through the next Violet Rift, unfolding the designs of unguessable dreamers.
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Rêve: The Dream Ouroboros is 232 pages in length. Revised January 2005. (30.3MB)

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Often Denis Gerfaud’s scenarios for Rêve have a wry and skewed take on the classic fantasy roleplaying genre. Rather than postulate prodigious protagonists performing outrageous acts of heroism, they often involve Journeyers stumbling upon a small wrong in the Dreaming needing to be set right. Always, though, the solution is more about correctly interpreting the poetic analogies of the scenario, rather than, er, slaying a dragon so to speak. The three scenarios included herein and written by Gerfaud (The Chrysobelle, Vale of Phosneratu, and Dread Ringers) are classic examples of this sentiment.

Other scenarios here, not written by Gerfaud, nevertheless attempt to capture some of the mood of this game that French players have been enjoying for over two decades now. They, like the author they are inspired by, are deliberately skewed, and take as their props everyday situations and objects absurdly or surreally distorted.

Vault of Dreams includes:

• A Unicorn Dream
• The Chrysobelle
• A Nose of Hypnos
• Vale of Phosneratu
• Tempest in a Teacup
• The Sacrificial Oracle
• Dread Ringers
• Navigator
• The Dressmaker of Gothga
• The Dark of the Well

Finally, two appendices provide background information on the City of Crossroads, Gothga, and a new creature by Pierre-Alexandre Sicart, the bouncer.

Of course, these kinds of scenarios might not be everyone’s cup of tea. Even if you’re looking for some good ol’ hack and slash, though, you will find plenty of baddies here to cut your teeth on — just check out Dark of the Well, which if properly adjudicated is sure to rack up a respectable body count. And remember: combat in Rêve can be quite lethal, and death can come quickly. After all, as Alice can attest, the best dreams are menacing.

Vault of Dreams is 83 pages in length - 25MB. Published July 2005

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