Elric the Dream Realms

Tal

Mongoose
This was up for a preorder for January on an online webstore. Here is the Discription:
The Dream Realms – at once the most alien and most familiar of the myriad facets of the Multiverse, visited nightly by the slumbering masses of the Young Kingdoms yet little understood by even the Sorcerer-Emperors of Melnibone. Whether the worlds of dreams lie within the dreamer or across the million spheres, they are home to strange creatures and stranger inhabitants. Dreamthieves, those few with the skills and daring to brave and chart these alien climes, impose a certain order upon them – however such order goes only so far and even an experienced dream traveller may fall prey to the slightest flaw in his character or the first failing of his skills. Yet, from these mutable and dangerous demesnes, solid reality of treasure and power can be brought back to the Young Kingdoms. The bold, the desperate and the selfless risk much to make dreams come true. Follow in the footsteps of Elric of Melnibone, the dreamthief and countless adventurers and unfortunates who have confronted their dreams and others.

Don't know how acurate the information is.
 
Da Boss said:
Be interesting to see if it has a relation to CoC Dreamlands.............

Its quite different. Its a detailed handling of the Dream Realms and dreamthieves as detailed in the Elric saga. It also has additional guidance on including characters from other elements of the Eternal Champion saga, such as Una Persson, various members of the Dancers at the End of Time, and so on.

Very useful for trans-planar campaigns.
 
Interesting - my player have just gone to Granbretan (and are about to leave again in a hurry) :)

Although enjoyed Dancers alot, I have not read as much of the later Elric novels - what I meant to ask was:

are Dream Realms similar to Dream Lands in Cthulhu..........?
 
No, they're not. They're seven interlinked realms, each with its own set of characteristics. The seven realms are summarised in the Elric of Melnibone core rules, with a further expansion in Magic of the YK and then an even deeper treatment in the Dream Realms book.

You could, quite easily, port HPL's dreamlands into the mix; it would fit nicely.,
 
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