You can’t always have everyone at your games when you want. Sometimes life happens and people need to reschedule. What if you don’t want to play without them, but you don’t want to pull out an entire oneshot for the day?
Compromise with the Dream One Shot.
I’ve done this process a few times now. When someone can’t play, I pull from parts of the story and let them experience it as a vision. They’re like interlude chapters in a novel, or sitcoms told from a minor character’s perspective. They’re self contained stories that take place in your world, creating opportunities to explore the story in new ways.
The first time I tried it, things went really well. There’s something here worth exploring. I fleshed it out into a useful tool to enhance the stories in ongoing campaigns. They’re self contained one shots that happen in world. They can be dreams, magical journals, vivid memories, or mystical visions.
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