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If you've never played Dungeons and Dragons before, I'm going to worry. This is just a game

of the imagination. That's all it is. We're going to play a little game that will hopefully

encourage your mind to wander and to live in a dreamlike place at will,

hopefully guide you into a restful sleep.

If you have played D&D before, you might be wondering how it is

that we can play a D&D game. One, just for sleep and two, in this sort of monologue conversation

because you might be aware that there is some collaborative element to D&D usually.

And I don't want to worry about that. This is going to be a little bit different

to a normal game of Dungeons and Dragons. But it will hopefully still allow you to expand your imagination, to explore parts of your mind that perhaps

you haven't explored in a while, really looked into And, like I say, I hope it will guide your thoughts and your dreams into a restful, peaceful place as my intention.

Now, before we can begin this game,

first you must decide what character you'd like to be for after all,

D&D is an RPG or role-playing game. And in that sense,

we are to play a role in this game. Now, I'd like to invite you to be anyone you wish to be.

I'm going to be guiding you through a fantasy world this evening.

But that doesn't mean you can't be yourself if you wish to be, if you feel most comfortable as yourself.

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