Shared Dream
This article is for a homebrew spell that has not been published. Information is based on observed mechanics during Critical Role gameplay. It is incomplete and subject to change.
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Mechanical information | |
Level | 2nd[1] |
Classes | Cleric (Empathy domain) |
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Known users | Fresh Cut Grass |
Shared Dream is a spell that allows the caster or a chosen target to experience the dream of another creature.[2][3]
Description[edit | edit source]
The caster and up to two other creatures they choose enter the dream of another sleeping creature they can see. The creature appears in the dream and experiences it with the sleeper.[4]
When cast at 3rd level or higher, the caster can bring two additional creatures into the dream for each spell slot level.[1]
While FCG was unable to cast spells while in the dream on his first casting,[5] he was able to do so the second time.[6]
History[edit | edit source]
Shared Dream was first mentioned in "Pyrrhic Return" (3x35), where it was cast by Fresh Cut Grass on Imogen Temult across consecutive days in case she experienced her recurring dream of the red storm.[2] Fresh Cut Grass previously alluded to using it so that Laudna and Imogen can share this dream.[3]
FCG first successfully entered Imogen's dream in "A Dark Balance" (3x38), having been casting the spell on her each night they had available slots for it.[7] FCG appeared somewhat faint and ghostly, but present within the dream, but they could not cast spells inside it.[8]
The second time FCG cast it, he included Laudna in it as well. This time, rather than appearing like themselves, they appeared as orbs to Imogen.[4] However, this time, FCG was able to cast a spell.[6] While en route to Gelvaan, they cast it a third time, this time bringing themselves, Laudna, and Chetney into the dream.[9] In the dream, Otohan noticed them, and dealt psychic damage to FCG and Chetney.[10]
FCG cast it again, this time including Orym and Fearne, as the party traveled towards the Tishtan excavation site, and Imogen reached out to Liliana, hoping to sway her away from the Ruby Vanguard. Instead, Liliana told her that she was working with the Vanguard and showed Imogen a vision, before dismissing the dream.[11]
After the party was scattered, following the ritual at the Tishtan site, Imogen attempted to contact Laudna via her dreams, and FCG and Fearne joined her. However, Imogen's dream was pulled towards the site, where she saw a gathering red storm and beings she believed to be Reilora.[12]
Upon learning that FRIDA, another aeormaton, experienced dreams, FCG was very interested and requested to cast Shared Dream on them, which they agreed to. In the dream, FRIDA, floating above the world, saw themselves as having humanoid legs and feet. FCG, meanwhile, as an observer in the dream, saw FRIDA's space overlaid with a humanoid child.[13]
All of Bells Hells other than Chetney and Fearne joined Imogen in a dream the night prior to the party going to the Bloody Bridge. In the dream, Imogen traveled to Ruidus via the bridge and, upon asking, was pulled into the core of the moon. The others were brought with her partway and saw the subterranean features of Ruidus, but the spell ended when Imogen reached the center, and they woke up. Imogen woke up soon after.[14]
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Critical Role — Campaign 3
- "Pyrrhic Return" (3x35) at 1:12:25
- "A Dark Balance" (3x38) at 2:28:14
- "Night at the Ligament Manor" (3x46) at 1:59:39
- "An Exit Most Fraught" (3x48) at 2:33:34
- "The Aurora Grows" (3x49) at 1:29:34
- "Far From The Others" (3x52) at 2:59:46
- "Treacherous Toys" (3x54) at 41:08
- "Kindling the Spirits" (3x73) at 58:44
- "The Eve of the Red Moon" (3x81) at 1:14:55
Trivia[edit | edit source]
When the spell is first cast in "Pyrrhic Return" (3x35), Sam joked that he's "been trying to do it for 20 episodes".[2] Counting from the first time Fresh Cut Grass mentioned dream sharing in "To The Skies" (3x23), it is 12 episodes before he casts it.
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Eve of the Red Moon" (3x81) at 1:14:55. Sam reads the spells description, stating that when cast at 3rd level or higher it has additional effects, therefore its base level is 2nd.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Pyrrhic Return" (3x35) at 1:12:25.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "To The Skies" (3x23) at 3:46:03. Fresh Cut Grass: "And the way I can sort of hear and get into other people's minds, I might be able to bridge— I might be able to make a connection so that she can sort of experience your dream with you."
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Night at the Ligament Manor" (3x46) at 2:14:19.
- ↑ "A Dark Balance" (3x38) at 2:35:35.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Night at the Ligament Manor" (3x46) at 2:22:07.
- ↑ "A Dark Balance" (3x38) at 2:28:07.
- ↑ "A Dark Balance" (3x38) at 2:29:33.
- ↑ "An Exit Most Fraught" (3x48) at 2:34:55.
- ↑ "An Exit Most Fraught" (3x48) at 2:54:28.
- ↑ "The Aurora Grows" (3x49) from 1:26:55 through 1:37:48.
- ↑ "Far From The Others" (3x52) at 3:03:53.
- ↑ "Treacherous Toys" (3x54) at 43:52.
- ↑ "The Eve of the Red Moon" (3x81) at 1:14:55.
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