#Dreams and Nightmares — 100 Things Seen by the Sleeping

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What this document is. 100 dreams for PCs or NPCs. Prophecy 35 · warning 35 · temptation 30. Triggered when Spirit Realm Exposure accumulates. d100.

[New Rule] Exposure-Accumulation Dream Trigger

When a PC's Exposure is at or above a set value, roll on this table when they declare sleep. This is a mechanism not found in the core rules.

Core references

- Required: Three Ways and Six Hearts · Non-Combat Checks

- Reference: Lands of the Sengoku

- In this supplement: Open World Index · Spirit Realm Environment · Morale and Fear · Barrier Edge · Rumors

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#Scent — The Eyes of the Sleeping

Sleep is not safe. Not in the Spirit Realm.

Even inside the Domain, even inside the Barrier, the soul loosens a little when it sleeps. The Spirit Realm senses that looseness. The higher the Exposure, the closer the Spirit Realm comes.

Dreams take three shapes.

Prophecy. What is coming can be seen. It is not exact. It is poetic. After waking, there comes a moment when the dreamer realizes, "Ah, that was the dream."

Warning. Tomorrow's danger, or next week's danger, can be seen. It is concrete. It can be prepared for. But dreams mix in lies.

Temptation. A being of the Spirit Realm enters the PC's dream. It offers a conditional bargain. Accept, and the PC gains a short-term benefit and long-term Exposure.

This table is those 100 dreams.

Inside the eyes of the sleeping, 100 worlds unfold. After waking, most are hazy. A few, however, cannot be erased.

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#Law — Rolling Protocol

#Exposure-Based Trigger

(Note: at 9+, the lower result is more dangerous because the prophecy range contains tempting dreams. See the table below.)

#Roll Timing

• When a PC declares sleep or rest.
• Sleep on an ordinary night inside the Domain (not a short rest between combats).
• Immediately after Exposure newly rises to 3 or higher.

#Distribution

#Modifiers

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#Table — Dream d100

#Prophecy Range (01~35)

Hints of coming events. Not exact and poetic, but later they line up.

#Warning Range (36~70)

Dangers within the coming 1~2 weeks. Concrete and possible to prepare for.

#Temptation Range (71~100)

A Spirit Realm being enters the dream. A conditional bargain. Accept for short-term benefit and long-term Exposure burden.

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#Commentary — Uses by Range

#Lyricism of the Prophecy Range

The 35 prophecies cannot be captured as numbers. Only weeks later does someone realize, "Ah, that dream was this."

GM principles:

• Do not explain the dream's meaning immediately.
• Encourage the PC to record one line in their journal: "last night's dream."
• At the moment of fulfillment, remind them naturally. "Perhaps this is what you saw then."

Prophecy is the poetic connection between the Domain and the Spirit Realm. It is not a numbers game; it is the breath of the story.

#Using the Warning Range

The 35 warnings are the most practical dreams. They let the PCs prepare for danger in the coming 1~2 weeks.

How to use them:

• The day after a PC has the dream, they share it in a meeting → reflected in the lord's decision.
• If prepared for, soften the numerical shifts of the coming event by ±1~2.
• If ignored, it occurs as scheduled.

Constraint: Warnings are not perfect. The "chains to the north" named by the dream may not be exact. The direction may be wrong, or the timing may be off. Lead the PCs toward spaced interpretation so they do not treat dreams as absolute.

#Choices in the Temptation Range

The 30 temptations are the campaign's core moral device. A choice to take a short-term benefit and pay long-term Exposure.

Key principles:

• The temptation must have a clear lure. It becomes a real choice only when the players feel why the bargain is attractive.
• Even if accepted, punishment does not come immediately. Exposure accumulates slowly.
• A refused temptation is also a story seed. The refusal itself is part of the PC's identity.

Design principles of the temptation range:

• 71~80: small temptations (Exposure +1~2). Accepting one is not unreasonable.
• 81~90: major temptations (Exposure +2~3). They require thought.
• 91~100: maximum temptations (Exposure +3~5). Campaign branch points.

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#Exposure Accumulation and Dream Evolution

#Exposure Progression Curve

#Dream Resistance Check

Before accepting a temptation dream, allow a Mental Save, Target Number 13 check.

• Success: The PC sees the temptation objectively. Keep the choice available, but show the PC one scene of the tempter's true nature.
• Failure: The temptation feels more attractive. Only a renewed attempt to accept at Target Number +2 is allowed.

#Tracking the Result of Acceptance

How one acceptance comes back in what form.

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#Dream Sharing

#Sharing Between PCs

PCs sleeping in the same room may have the same dream.

• Target Number 15 (dream-sharing check). On success, another PC partially sees one PC's dream.
• When sleeping near Hoshino, Target Number -5 (easier to share).

#NPC Dreams

NPCs also have dreams from this table. Especially:

• Orin (Hoshino's young disciple): prophecy range only. Extremely sensitive.
• Hoshino: warning and temptation range. His response matters to Domain operations.
• Akihisa: concentrated on the warning range. A test of leadership.
• Kobayashi: warning dreams related to betrayal and deception.

#GM Use of NPC Dreams

Do not roll directly for NPC dreams. The GM places them when the story needs them. Example: if a Lord-grade yoma is planned for next week → have Hoshino say, "I had a dream."

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#Example — Complete Handling of One Dream

Saturday night, Chapter 3, Week 3. PC Hanaru Exposure 6.

The GM rolls d100 2 times. Results: 43 (warning), 87 (temptation). Because this is the Exposure 6~8 range, apply the higher 87.

87 Barrier inside the dream — The PC builds one new Barrier inside the dream. If accepted, Barrier HP +20. Exposure +2.

GM presentation:

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Dream. Hanaru stands by the wellside of the Domain. Alone. The sky is ash-gray.

Blue light rises from inside the well. It is like the light of the Barrier. But this is small. Palm-sized.

A voice is heard. From which direction is unclear. "Take it. Raise it. Just once."

Hanaru picks up the light. It is warm. Slightly heavy.

Hanaru wakes. The taste of the dream is still in the mouth.

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PC choice:

• Accept (use in the next Barrier maintenance scene): Barrier HP +20. Exposure +2 (total 8).
• Refuse: Nothing happens. But the memory of the dream remains. The same temptation may repeat a few weeks later.

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#Related Documents

• Spirit Realm Environment — background for dreams.
• Morale and Fear — interaction between the Fear system and dreams.
• Barrier Edge — the crossing of dreams and the Barrier.
• Rumors — the boundary between dreams and rumors.
• Seasonal Events — the thinning of the underworld gate during Obon.

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#Appendix — Dream Tracking Form (For GMs)

Dream #__ Dreamer: __
Date: Year __ Month __ Week __
PC Exposure: __
Roll: __ (1 time/2 times)
Applied result: __ (number + name)
Nature: Prophecy / Warning / Temptation
PC response: __
Numerical impact: __
Planned follow-up: __

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#Appendix B — Expanded Commentary on 5 Selected Temptations

#81 Medicine of Youth

The temptation of saving Hoshino. The most emotional choice.

Situation:

• Especially intense when Hoshino weakening is 7 or higher.
• Directly stimulates the PC's desire to "save the old man."
• If the medicine is given, Hoshino becomes visibly younger. Residents see it.

Price:

• PC Exposure +3.
• Hoshino himself asks, "This... where did it come from?"
• If told the truth, Hoshino grieves. "Child, do not sell yourself for my sake."

#86 Blood Contract

The noblest-looking temptation. "With my blood, one hundred people live."

Situation:

• Offered when Domain morale is extremely low (3 or lower).
• On acceptance, morale +3 (temporary hope for all residents).
• However, after one month, morale rebounds down by -4 (the miracle does not last).

Price:

• PC Exposure +4.
• Small wounds appear on the PC's body every day. They do not heal.
• A story of self-sacrifice. Heroic, but dangerous.

#94 Return of a Dead Companion

The most personal temptation. A companion lost from the squad returns.

Situation:

• Offered immediately after recent 20-01 event 88, "Squad Casualty."
• On acceptance, that NPC returns alive.
• However, they are a little different than before. Their eyes are colder.

Price:

• PC Exposure +4.
• The returned person is actually the shell of a Spirit Realm being.
• A few weeks later, that person causes trouble inside the Domain.

#98 Remove the Barrier

The darkest temptation. "End everything."

Situation:

• When the PC's mind is extremely exhausted.
• Bargain: if the Barrier is lowered, the Domain will meet perfect peace (in truth, destruction).
• On acceptance, the campaign ends immediately.

Price:

• All Domain residents die.
• PC Exposure +5 (meaningless, but recorded).
• Bad-ending route trigger.

#100 Threshold of Avici

The final campaign temptation. The endpoint of all dreams.

Situation:

• Contamination 9+, or after entering Chapter 5.
• The gate of Avici Hell is open in the dream.
• The one waving is the PC's dead family member, lover, or old companion. (GM sets this)

Price:

• On acceptance, one PC crosses into the Spirit Realm.
• This is permanent loss or the beginning of the final Chapter 5 arc (GM discretion).
• One axis of the campaign climax.

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"Dreams are the breath of the soul. When the breath grows rough, the soul is in pain." — Hoshino Gensho, after hearing a PC's dream.

"Do not believe everything you see in dreams. Do not doubt everything you did not see in dreams." — Hoshino Gensho, teaching the basics of dream divination.

"The fact that you are tempted means you have value. It is not a blessing, but a warning." — Hoshino Gensho, to a PC who had a temptation dream.

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#Appendix C — Exposure Accumulation Rules Detail

#Exposure Causes

#Reducing Exposure

#Exposure and Character Appearance

#Complete-Contamination Prevention Points

• Core onmyoji class has contamination resistance +2.
• PC with a family linked secret tradition has contamination resistance +1.
• PC blessed at a shrine gets temporary +1 (1 session).

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#Appendix D — Dream Event Chain Examples

One dream calls the next dream. Dreams are not isolated.

#Prophecy → Warning Chain

• 04 Sea of rice (prophecy) → next week 43 Rotten smell in the storehouse (warning) chance +20%.
• Meaning: the dream warns in advance that a prophecy of plenty will soon shift into a harvest problem.

• 08 The lord's two swords (prophecy) → next week 66 The lord's sword breaks (warning) chance +25%.
• Meaning: a double signal that the lord's choice is approaching.

#Warning → Temptation Chain

• 39 Hoshino collapses (warning) → next week 81 Medicine of youth (temptation) chance +30%.
• Meaning: Hoshino's crisis tempts the PC with a bargain.

• 45 The lord's tears (warning) → next week 82 The lord's proxy (temptation) chance +25%.
• Meaning: the lord's loneliness stimulates the PC's ambition.

#Temptation → Temptation Chain (Deepening)

A PC who receives temptation receives a greater temptation in the next dream.

• 71 Woman in white (accepted) → next dream 86 Blood contract chance +40%.
• 86 Blood contract (accepted) → next dream 100 Threshold of Avici chance +50%.

This is the slipperiness of temptation. Once accepted, refusing the next one becomes harder.

#Reward for Refusing Temptation

There is no immediate reward when refusing a temptation. However:

• 3 refusals accumulated → prophecy range chance +20% in the next dream.
• 5 refusals accumulated → PC contamination resistance permanently +1.
• 10 refusals accumulated → Hoshino gives the PC a special talisman. Barrier Assistance ability.

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#Appendix E — Orin's Dreams (Special NPC)

Young Orin hopes to become Hoshino's disciple. Age eight. Especially sensitive to the Spirit Realm.

#Traits of Orin's Dreams

• Orin has all her dreams only in the prophecy range.
• Orin's dreams are very accurate, but Orin herself cannot interpret them.
• The PCs or Hoshino must hear Orin's dreams and interpret them.

#Orin-Only Prophecies (Selected)

Dreams Orin sees especially well:

• Foreshadowing the death of one Domain resident (1 week before)
• Direction of a Barrier weak point
• Description of a Lord-grade yoma's appearance
• Hoshino's condition

#Using Orin

When Orin has a dream, she comes to the PCs and talks about it.

• "Yesterday I dreamed Grandpa was burning."
• "A black person is coming from the north."
• "Uncle Akihisa is crying."

Interpreting these is a small story for the PCs.

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#Appendix F — Expanded Commentary on 5 Selected Dream Events

#50 Hoshino's Disciple

A warning and a prophecy. A dream where Hoshino teaches a young person.

Deepening:

• The young person's face is the PC's own face.
• The composition is Hoshino teaching the PC.
• On waking, Hoshino looks at the PC strangely long.

Meaning:

• Signal of Hoshino's potential successor choice.
• Almost certain if the PC is an onmyoji.
• If not, a spiritual companion role.

Follow-up:

• If the PC asks Hoshino, he smiles. "Perhaps."
• After this dream, PC-Hoshino Favor +1.

#77 Voice of Dead Family

The most emotional temptation.

Deepening:

• One of the PC's dead family members.
• The GM chooses one from the PC's background before the session.
• The voice is perfectly real.

Temptation:

• "Come see me, just once."
• On acceptance: the PC meets family in the dream. Story reunion scene.
• On waking, the PC is crying. And Exposure +2.

On refusal:

• Fear +1 (weight of longing).
• However, it is grounded in the PC's growth.
• At the next seasonal term, trigger a special event where the family's soul briefly comes as reality, not a dream.

#90 Soul Exchange

Extreme temptation. Giving up the self.

Deepening:

• The tempter wants the PC's soul.
• Price: PC experience immediately ×3 (one chapter's worth).
• On acceptance: the PC periodically feels like something other than themself.

Game Handling:

• On acceptance, PC class features are strengthened. However, each Six Hearts check has Target Number +1 (tempter interference).
• After one chapter, the effect disappears, but Exposure +5 permanently.

#96 Salvation of the Lord

Temptation based on love for the lord.

Deepening:

• When Akihisa's Wounds are low or he is in despair.
• The tempter proposes a bargain to the PC.
• "With your contamination, you save your lord."

The cruelty of this dream:

• On acceptance, Akihisa actually recovers Wounds.
• But the PC gradually loses themself.
• If Akihisa later learns of it, he breaks.

GM Recommendation:

• If the PC who received this dream accepted it quietly, place a scene one chapter later where the lord learns.
• "Why are you becoming like this?" The lord's question becomes the climax.

#100 Threshold of Avici

The peak of all dreams.

Deepening:

• The gate of Avici is open.
• Beyond the gate, the one waving is the dead person the PC loved most.
• The GM chooses this person from the PC's background.

On acceptance:

• One PC crosses into the Spirit Realm.
• Permanent loss (PC unusable), or start of the final Chapter 5 story (the PC saves the Domain from within).

On refusal:

• Fear +3.
• But the PC's resolve is permanent. In Chapter 5, the PC's resistance becomes the Domain's final bulwark.
• Maximum ending contribution.

GM Note:

• Place this dream only in the campaign's final stretch.
• If it appears before the PC is ready, the player may be startled.
• If possible, foreshadow that this dream may come before causing it.

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#Appendix G — GM Dream Presentation Checklist

When presenting a dream scene:

□ Set the background (where the PC slept)
□ One sentence for the dream's first image
□ Sounds heard in the dream (wind, voice, silence)
□ Sensations in the dream (temperature, smell, touch)
□ Dream development (3~5 sentences)
□ Dream ending (how the PC wakes - alarm bell, cold sweat, silence)
□ Lingering sensation after waking (taste in the mouth, ringing in the ears)
□ Memory question to the PC ("What did you feel in the dream?")
□ Record numerical impact

Three principles of good dream presentation:

1. Keep it short. A dream is not a long movie.
2. Use the senses. Include senses beyond sight.
3. Leave it open. Let the players interpret.

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