Ethereal Plane: Domains of Dream and Dread

Part Three of the Ethereal Plane Series, detailing domains of Dream, known as Dreamscapes, the role of a Principle and an introduction to the Domains of Dread.

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[SteveRadermaker]

Aren’t the Domains of Dread in the Plane of Shadow ?

[nicholasbrosseau]

For a bit of flavor, a DM may consider in dreams that all lights are on dimmer switches, because the mind cannot instantly render a scene.

So you may think to make rooms seem bland or dark and filled with mundane objects who's details only reveal themselves when players are focusing on them. Perhaps bookshelves full of books that swap places when the players aren't looking and whose pages are scrawled with nonsense or totally blank.

Or maybe a landscape that shifts slightly based off of intently the players are studying them.

Just some flavor ideas.

[Mattluke]

AJ, these videos are such a rich resource for DMs (like myself) who enjoy taking their players into obscure and esoteric places. Thank you! And please keep up the great work!

[lysander]

Hiding a powerful item in a dream sounds really cool. It would have to be an artifact or something equally dangerous, something that must not be found, but you can't risk losing. Oh, or maybe a person. Or maybe even the dreamer themselves. What would happen if you brought the physical body of the dreamer into their own dreamscape???

[guuspot]

Another light snack, like a kind of brush-on glue ;)

[ismaelkidhohn]

Im get the exactly moment that you posted, and I'm loving the series of Etherial! You always made high quality videos!

[keatonr]

If you're making videos on the domains of dread, may I suggest the one with the portal in Chult. I forget the name at the moment but its mentioned in ToA.

[theakspud]

Much love from Alaska man, your videos help keep me warm while I wait to bus to work. Keep up the great work

[AngelusAnsell]

I've been waiting for this ever since the first time you mentioned these places. Our loremaster delivers once again! :D

[tatsusama]

Love this concept. Literally infinite possibilities 😀🍿

[falkfire]

Dreamlike realms always interest me. My own cosmology has a deity as old as the first sentient creature, born from the first dream. The incontestable ruler of the dream realms who longs to be in the waking world, and the rage from his inability is what makes nightmares. Mergos the Nightmare Fiend.

I love all your "extra realities" videos and I look to them for inspiration. I wish you well, and I hope I can afford to support you on patreon one day.

[samsamsamsamsamanilla]

I've always loved the idea of a mindscape or a dreamscape, the best example I can think of is The Cell

[thStreet]

The Moonstone dragon is usually found either in the realms of faerie(feywild) or the realms of dreams, and in its 5e lore it seems to visit people in their dreams as well. The connection you made between those two realms is really cool and perhaps showcases why the dragon prefers them. The thought of a Ravenloft/Dread equivalent Moonstonen-esque nightmare dragon is horrifying.

[Billdow]

Just so much more please. I wrote a tone-down adventure in Bluetspur and I'm excited to see how it stacks up.

[charion]

"Quirky rules" like my dream of an incredible shop that sold hundreds of different types of soda, but the owner only speaks Welsh.

[brianroberts]

One thing I would like to incorporate into dream realms is actually drawn from The Wheel of Time books. When characters are in the World of Dreams, they have to be cautious about entering someone else's dream, as they may find themselves becoming part of the dream and therefore under the control of the dreamer.

[zacharyweaver]

Looking forward to videos on specific domains of dread because I know very little about them or their unique inhabitants

[madocmayhem]

Adore how you've presented, writen and thought about this lore. Thanks so much AJ. I just watched Locke and Key awhile ago. So thought about scenes in that when you talked about hiding things in the dreamscapes.

[alanschaub]

AJ’s videos are an automatic pick and click! 👉🏻💥

[otakunemesis]

after this i look forward to the lore behind the astral plane.