Misremembered Dream
Value: 1
Mysteries • Rats • Mirrors • Stone
Meanings: Confusion, mistakes, change in identity
Dreams are strange constructs of our subconscious, made stranger still because we don’t remember them clearly. Some say that in Shadow, people’s dreams seem strange because they’re remembering the Actuality, and in the Actuality, people’s dreams resemble the mundanity of the Grey. This is, at least in part, true. But of course like anything having to do with the deepest reaches of the mind, it’s much more complex than that. The line between memory and dream is already tenuous, but the memory of a dream (or the dream of a memory)? Who can count on that?
Divination: The Misremembered Dream isn’t necessarily a bad card turn. It suggests confusion or mistakes, but they don’t need to be the confusion or mistakes of the person in question. We all dream, so this card can represent the poor memory or befuddlement of anyone. It might also suggest that one should adopt a new identity or disguise something important in order to succeed.
Game Narrative: People are confused about something. An NPC makes a huge mistake. Something strange is occurring in the dreams of multiple people. Events transpire in the Deeps of Sleep.
Joy: NPC foes around the PC are confused. Someone makes a mistake that benefits the PC.
Despair: The PC loses their action in confusion. The PC makes a terrible mistake. An NPC ally confuses someone else for the PC (or the PC for someone else).
Ah yes, there were rats coming out of mirrors in the sky in my dream. Weren’t there?