Exilon Dreams

Some bizzaro dreams with possible adventure hooks, messages, contact with spirits, and destiny revealed by divine messages. Sorta in between adventures or start of a session or when resting in a town. They might get characters doing stuff. Don't let one player hijack the action unless others seem interested and can get involved.

Maybe spend a resource like inspiration or luck or make a sacrifice to get a roll or when you do a shopping and downtime session. 

I have dream spells, dreamlands and nightmare realms in my game
Bad fx often can be treated with remove curse or shielding the dreamer

Yes spirits roam about doing lore dumps in commoners' dreams

Spamming mortal's dreams occasionally scores a victim or inspires someone 

Sleeping in a temple or sanctified land will block many hostile spirits and dream intrusions but probably has more moralising minor spirits giving unwanted moral tips 

These are open-ended and characters shouldn't need to be too fancy or go out of their way much. It's a good way to lore-dump stuff the DM would like to pass on somehow. 

You could have tricky symbolic metaphors and such and hard riddles but id rather they not be too distracting at play and used often not to derail the campaign every session. Personalising these with details of the player's life or what the entity is all about is good to do in visions.

Priests and other experts may interpret your dreams and know about dream threats and alternate realities of the dreamlands or the nightmare world.

d12 Nice Dream Lands Setting
1 Feasting with peers, family or at a festival on a specific date
2 Garden scented with rich perfume and narcotic sweet flowers, talking animals roam
3 Primal misty forest in mountains with sacred trees and animals
4 On river banks of wetlands with lotus flowers 
5 On a golden boat sailing to a paradise or on a canal into a sacred wharf
6 In a bustling exotic city of friendly people
7 In front of a spectacular tomb or temple monument with celebrating worshipers
8 Inside a temple with a peaceful aura
9 Carried by winged beasts into the sky to faraway place
10 Inside a glorious palace with beautiful servants and delights
11 In a garden courtyard feasting and overlooking the city panorama
12 Outside the gates of the seven tiers of the citadel of the gods

d12 Nasty Nightmare Realm Setting
1 Ruined city by night with creeping creatures
2 Inside a dark and haunted tomb
3 In a harsh wasteland with howling winds
4 In an underworld cave full of human bones
5 In the ruins of a mighty ancient monument
6 In an underworld temple with awful gods and demons plotting
7 Tormented by demons in the underworld
8 Starving and eating dung and ash in the lowest tier of the underworld
9 Battlefield where an army of monsters lays waste to humans and their works
10 In a maze stalked by a beast
11 City on fire overrun by demons and undead
12 A mysterious dark void with hungry piercing eyes 

d10 Quick Dream Types
1 Visions of the past

2 Ancestral contact

3 Supernatural contact

4 Vision of a stranger

5 Answer a riddle

6 Pass a test

7 Symbol quest

8 Warning of the future

9 Supernatural peril

10 Divine message

d100 Exilon Dreams
01 Memories of your childhood and a relative stand out you had not thought of since a child

02 Memories of some past tragedy or failure replayed for a d6 nights

03 Memory of a teacher you just kept an item and said some odd things
04 Vision of a past battle in the area influenced by the spirits of those who died

05 Vision like some past life where you hid something in a secret place and then were killed

06 Vision of some pre-civilised tribal people performing a frightening ritual to a forgotten idol

07 Vision of a murder that happened in the area influenced by a spirit trying to communicate

08 A phantom in dreams trying to warn you about something but it is unclear, You only hear a d3 words and recognise some scene from the past

09 See visions of some pre-historic age of black magic where bestial humanoids battle to rule

10 See visions of a past age and its downfall brought to you by those who perished in the fall
11 See your elders who tell you how disappointed they are with your life choices 

12 An ancestor spirit begs you for libations of wine and burned offerings, they are desperate

13 A loved one appears to you in a dream to see if you are doing ok and encourage you

14 An ancestor has come from the underworld to say how awful it is with torments and nothing to eat but dung and ash

15 An ancestor has come with some useful information they came across long ago related to your current situation

16 An ancestor comes to give you unwanted financial and medical advice

17 Ancestors gather and demand you have children as soon as possible. "What is wrong?", they will ask and offer bad romantic advice

18 Ancestors demand you uphold family honour and advance some ancient grudge with rivals

19 Ancestors remind you of some humanoid species or enemy nation must be punished for killing your ancestors long ago

20 Ancestor asks if you would perform a small act of kindness or offer to resolve some personal debt long ago 

21 You recognise in your dreams a magician who somehow entered your dream and departed 

22 A local house spirit enters your dreams and communicates some desire 

23 Lesser nature spirit enters your dreams out of curiosity to chat

24 Imp enters your dream and offers you a deal for your soul

25 A dream lover leaves you feeling tired and drained for d4 days, they might even ask you to meet them in a place in secret

26 Disturbed poltergeists in your dreams disrupting them with violent outbursts. Once awake may witness some objects move and doors open 

27 Felt the presence of some undead gazing into your dreams

28 Sent a warning of a location nearby haunted by the undead by a spirit

29 Spirit enters your dream asking you to help it resolve an injustice

30 Alien presence in your dreams watching you with floating weird eyes
31 Vision of an angry face, a future enemy?

32 Vision of an innocent begging for your help, in the near future?

33 Vision of a suspicious stranger who will try to deceive you

34 Dream of an attractive stranger who will come into your life

35 See the face of a notorious evil wizard glaring

36 See the face of a monster you feel you shall meet

37 See a vision of witches or cultists cursing an image of you

38 You see a wicked secret cult ritual and remember some of the commoner faces

39 You see a place suffering and its cause, a secret cave lair of a supernatural being

40 Image of a ruler on throne and various deities and spirits judging them and the land

41 Confronted by a spirit who asks an ethical question for its alignment, if pleased it sends you a gift otherwise it turns you back

42 Sphynx will only let you pass if you can name your one true love to some treasure

43 Whispers warn you to you to not truthfully answer the next question from a supernatural being 

44 Two beings before you ask to identify the evil twin, you may ask each a question. If correct will detect the next shapeshifter or possessed person you meet

45 Spirit of your alignment has 3 questions to confirm your moral strength

46 An evil being offers you the location of knowledge you seek if you answer its riddle, fail and the being laughs and vanishes in smoke

47 A deity presents three pretty youths, one is true the other two are monsters who will kill you, ask each a question and choose. If succeed you gain a one-use spell, fail and -2 all rolls for the day

48 A spirit tempts you and offers to fulfil your desires in a form for you, best not to engage it a succubi or incubus demon

49 A lion-headed she-devil with poison knives and a magic rope binds and torments you for the night if you don't inform her of your mission details and goals
50 A spirit offers you three doors each with a guardian demon, ask each a question to see which is the real door to find extra coins in your hand. Fail and some money is missing

51 A spirit gives you a fever to test if you are weak, save or in fever a d3 days

52 A spirit battles you in a dream to test your skill, if you win it gives its name

53 In a dream you face a difficult obstacle you must

54 An evil doppelganger spirit confronts you for a fight in dreamland, if you fail it occupies your body for a day

55 Hydra spirit shows you a cave lair of some beast and promises a reward if you face inside alone

56 You dream of awaking to a fire in an inn, a fire spirit of law will judge what you grab or how selfish you are, if pleasing the god allows you to ignite a candle, lantern or fire by touch with a spark

57 A mysterious voice seems to whisper through a wall, go to a place and dig up a treasure 

58 You awake in dreamlands on a trail and must pass a mysterious forest to awaken

59 You awake in a mysterious house full of secret doors and crawlspace, eventually, you enter the ceiling to find stars and spirits who offer a warning of trouble to come

60 You awaken in scribal school and are just about to do an exam of taxonomic lists of things (animals, plants, minerals, demons, gods). After the teacher spirit assesses and grades your work  
61 A spirit requests you obtain an item on the road ahead while your close, the spirit is tabu there and will meet you ahead

62 A nature spirit in pleasing human form likes you and would like you to stop a mortal doing something on their land, will gift you a treasure

63 A ghostly spirit was killed by evil locals and would like you to help them meet justice, it knows a hidden treasure of the wicked ones

64 A local spirit asks you to stop a bad spirit in a haunted house that is not a local land spirit 

65 A priest in your dream shows you where a lost tablet or idol can be found required by a church that can offer healing magic in the future

66 A wizard in a dream shows you a hidden cave entrance where you can find magical knowledge, beware The guardian of the tablets

67 A scribe spirit asks you to search a ruined mound for a tablet that will complete a long-lost literary work. Scribes will praise your name for finding this, there is a guardian

68 A spirit asks you to find a hidden corpse and ensure it has a burial and peace. Locals will be pleased to find the missing person but now they want to know who did this. The spirit will reveal a bandit lair of killers 

69 A god sends you a vision of a distant dragon lair and offers you a reward if you defeat this monster

70 A god sends you a vision of a cursed ruin, if the evil spirit of the place (lamia) is stopped the evil taint of the place will fade. Other creatures and treasures may also be found
71 An Attractive spirit warns you of some dangerous location and begs you not to go

72 Spirit warns you of some villain you are destined to face

73 You dream of battle and facing an enemy who stabs you, you sense this will happen soon

74 A bird-like messenger spirit from a god informs you of a trap or peril you will soon face

75 A sage warns you of a growing menace across the land and warns of dark clouds gathering 

76 A priestess shows you the face of a villain who conspires against your family

77 A speaking statue in a temple warns you of impending doom. The state offers you support if you sacrifice to them

78 A deity tells you of your success and wealth if only you do the right thing by the gods and invest wisely in the land. Perhaps the land is somehow available or unused currently 

79  A goddess tells you you can find your true love at a certain place and time and you must hurry for your one chance at temporary happiness

80 An underworld god warns you that glory and fame are yours for the taking or you will live a life of squalor-eating dung forever in the afterlife
81 Succubus or incubus visits the dreamer offering all they desire in a lover

82 Devils torment you and threaten you to not interfere in their plans 

83 Demons carry recognisable dead enemies in chains to congratulate you for your bloody harvest

84 A slain enemy haunts your dreams blaming you for failure and showing the torments it faces in the underworld and blaming you

85 A nightmare monster haunts your dreams for a d4 nights, -2 all rolls until ends or remove curse 

86 Underworld spirit offers to help a dead ancestor end torments if you kill this one evil doer who tried to cheat the spirit

87 Malignant witch taunts you and shows her haunted house she dares you to visit

88 Demon offers you a cool local cult you should join and how to find them (maybe they want you to murder them all or resort them to church?)

89 Demon taunts you that some plotting enemy knows who you are and is coming for you

90 Demon taunts you it will do terrible things to your body and spirit if you don't obey
91 You are gloriously riding on a giant bird but it warns you to not show hubris or the gods might grow spiteful, then you fall off and awake

92 An underworld deity appears and tells you how to pass an underworld gateway guardian

93 Divine spirit comes to give you unwanted moral advice: make great works and family so people remember you when you die and sacrifice food for you in the underworld for eternity

94 Deity shows you a heroic ancestor who died battling enemies, you could now find this place and the ancestor's remains (maybe even a giant!)

95 A sky deity shows you a view from the sky and points a place to you with a lightning bolt

96 Earth goddess in a cave tells you to promptly reproduce and you will e blessed with fertility

97 Deity shows a long lost family member and where they now live. You are shown a vision of how they were lost that nobody knew before

98 Deity shows you the ways of a monster and its weaknesses you may exploit that you will soon meet

99 Deity sends you a dream of where you can catch a baby beast to be your extraordinary mount ot pull your chariot

100 Deity come to encourage you to reach the 20th level ASAP so you can attain your glorious destiny. Offers a magic item that grows in power as your levels increase