Creating a TTRPG: ACC - Dreaming

 

 A central theme to the Indigenous Australian spiritual belief system is the concept of  "The dream time". A time before land, sea, sky and man, a time in which nothing existed until it was created by the spirits. 

The spirits made the rivers, streams, water holes, land, hills, rocks, plants and animals. The spirits then gave the aboriginal people land for each tribe, hunting tools, totems and their dreaming.

In time the ancestor spirits arose from the land and seas. Shaping the earth and creating sacred sites to the Aboriginal people, who in turn performed sacred rituals and songs to give thanks and to keep the ancestor spirits alive.

The form and interpretation of the Ancestor spirits is determined by the tribe. Certain Aboriginal tribes believe the spirits took the form of animals others giant snakes (Such as the rainbow serpent). Some believe the spirits were the Wandjina or Gulinji, a group of cloud and rain spirits.

The Dreaming is the foundation of the Aboriginal religion and culture. Dating back almost 65,00 years ago the dreaming is the story of how the people came to be, the universe was created and the events that have taken place and shaped the world. 

A period of infinite time that encompasses past, present and future. A time of creation in which the Ancestor spirits made man, animals, natural law, rituals of life, death and marriage.

One of my main goals of ACC is to introduce Australian history to the world. I want to tell tales of sky spirits and lightning legends, of moon beam boomerangs skipping across the night sky. Of men from far off lands landing and exploring this chaotic new world. 

I look to incorporate a list of magical items and weapons that reference and explore both Indigenous Australian dreaming and of Colonial stories. While I will create a list of such weapons I encourage the judge to create their own Australian themed Dream weapons, you and your players will thank you for it. 

Delve into the deepest pits to pluck the gems of knowledge, break them down and mould them into your own creations.