No angel your Knowledge of firearms does not suck. there are no weapons that you can just take into a dream, unless they are of a very magical nature.
Fact is taking any weapons into a dream is normaly a indiviual talent.

The most effective weapons in a dream are those you dream up, yourself.

If your enemies come at you with guns, put yourself into a tank. Doesn't matter where you are; if it makes a mess, it'll get cleaned up right quick.

If your enemies come at you with tanks, put yourself in a giant fighting robot that's immune to tank fire.

It's easier said than done, I know, but once you get the hang of it, getting attacked in your dreams gets...kind of fun, sometimes. Kind of like when you're a little kid, and you get to show off that you can out-imagine the others. "My stick is a sword, and I can cut you in half with it!" "Oh, yeah, well mine is a gun! I can shoot you first!" "Well mine's a cannon!" "I've got you all beat. Mine is the one that shoots frogs." "How's that better?" "You haven't seen the frogs it shoots. They're really big, and are immune to your swords and guns, and will eat your tanks whole! And they're nice, and pink, and pretty, and--"

You get the idea. =P

How am I supposed to do all that? Every time I have one of these dreams, it just feels so real, I can't even tell I fell asleep. Hell, Rose said I was getting tired and was put into the RV, not walking there myself. Everything in it was physical, it all had actual substance. I don't even know if I'm making sense, but my shoulder still hurt after I woke up.

I don't know if this even makes sense to me.

There will always be some kind of sign that it's a dream... For most people, they can't read in their dreams, so things like signs or newspapers all look like they're gibberish. For me, it takes recognizing that certain phenomenon shouldn't be happening; someone who should be dead making an appearance, or things not looking quite right... No matter how real it feels, there's always some kind of telltale sign.

Once you recognize that sign, the next step is, as Ron said, convincing yourself that it's a dream. This can be difficult, made more difficult when it feels realistic, but once you've recognized some telltale sign that you're dreaming, it will become easier. (Especially if reality seems to distort around you to make things "right", such as the person who's supposed to be dead suddenly not being there, or letters re-arranging on a page to try and make sense.)

From there...you become God in your own dreams. You can learn to control them, down to every last aspect. If someone is invading your dreams, a few quick changes to things will allow you to be more powerful than they are.

Lucid dreaming cures all nightmares.

Yeah, but my dreams don't work like that. I have all senses, I can read, eat things that make me feel full, that kind of thing. I don't know, it's like this stuff is REALLY HAPPENING.

But you're dreaming?

If you are actually dreaming and not projecting, lucid dreaming is the answer.

concrete_Angel wrote:How am I supposed to do all that? Every time I have one of these dreams, it just feels so real, I can't even tell I fell asleep. Hell, Rose said I was getting tired and was put into the RV, not walking there myself. Everything in it was physical, it all had actual substance. I don't even know if I'm making sense, but my shoulder still hurt after I woke up.

I don't know if this even makes sense to me.

It didn't make sense to me either. I suggest you read some of my threads from the first few months of this year, end of last year in the Warstories section - might show you a bit of what I went through.

Don't worry Angel. Rose will try to help you figure out how to do it.

Hey, Ron, you're not exactly the best person to be talking about the distinction between reality and dreams, are you? (not being mean, just honest)

We should all learn how to do it.

I think we know why you sleep, Sasha.

Heh. You might be correct.

Heh. You might be correct.

concrete_Angel wrote:Hey, Ron, you're not exactly the best person to be talking about the distinction between reality and dreams, are you? (not being mean, just honest)

A few months ago or a few years ago, yeah.

Right now, I'm good.

Uh, yeah, YOU PULLED A FREAKING PERSON OUT OF YOUR HEAD, FOR GODSSAKES!!!

He was just the archetype, or at least a portion of it.

And, what, Ei was hiding in his closet for a few years?

I thought you were talking about Nightmare Ron. Sorry about that.
Eilonwy never tried to kill me. Nightmare Ron did on several occassions.

That still doesn't change the fact that she was pulled out of the guy's head. I don't think lucid dreaming cures that sort of thing.

Might prevent it.


And lucid dreaming only words when you are asleep after all.

Sorry, Ron, I forgot.

I think I know what happened Hannah. I think you projected yourself into Angels dream. It is not unlike astral projection, I will try to explain more when I get back.

Huh? Wouldn't I have remembered that?