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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 2777086" data-attributes="member: 386"><p>I tend to die a lot in my "story" dreams. Like when the world is being overrun by zombies or aliens or mutant Nazis, and I'm fighting them all - eventually I get to the point where I'm surrounded or can't get out. And then I think, "Man, I can't get out of this and keep up my suspension of disbelief. I guess I have to die." And then the dream isn't cool any more - not because I've died, but because the story is over. Sometimes I give myself super powers and blow them all up, but it still feels cheap.</p><p></p><p>They are pretty cool dreams up until that point, though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>edit: I've also died in some of my "D&D" dreams, but it's a different sort of death. That's where you get hit by a couple of arrows and you realize that you're down to -7 hp or something and you just have to sit there and watch the rest of the fight. Never been hit with a save-or-die spell in my dreams. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Those are pretty cool dreams too, since I incorporate the D&D rules into my dreams. "I can only move 30' since I attacked, and that orc is going to hit me! I hope he misses my AC!" etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 2777086, member: 386"] I tend to die a lot in my "story" dreams. Like when the world is being overrun by zombies or aliens or mutant Nazis, and I'm fighting them all - eventually I get to the point where I'm surrounded or can't get out. And then I think, "Man, I can't get out of this and keep up my suspension of disbelief. I guess I have to die." And then the dream isn't cool any more - not because I've died, but because the story is over. Sometimes I give myself super powers and blow them all up, but it still feels cheap. They are pretty cool dreams up until that point, though. ;) edit: I've also died in some of my "D&D" dreams, but it's a different sort of death. That's where you get hit by a couple of arrows and you realize that you're down to -7 hp or something and you just have to sit there and watch the rest of the fight. Never been hit with a save-or-die spell in my dreams. ;) Those are pretty cool dreams too, since I incorporate the D&D rules into my dreams. "I can only move 30' since I attacked, and that orc is going to hit me! I hope he misses my AC!" etc. [/QUOTE]
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