I liked the triforce thing because it'd lock me into a set number of petals, otherwise there's the risk of falling victim to feature creep, getting overwhelmed, and giving up. Petals would be more appropriate for the setting, though I've been using flowers to mostly represent positive things, so it might be odd if you were actively trying to get rid of them. Someone else suggested the triforce icon could point in a direction that initially suggested backward movement but would point forward eventually, which I find intriguing. So maybe it'd be upside down, with three downwards arrows initially lit, but as you tamed the dreamons and removed them, the final upwards pointing arrow would be left.
Speaking of feature creep, any drastic revision of battle mechanics for certain encounters - like the guardians being in the middle - would fall under that, so I'm trying to avoid that where possible and minimise necessary work. The 4 v 2 would bother me if the guardians joined you but the dreamer defected, though other RPGs would have 3, 4, or 5 v 1 for most boss battles, so it's probably not a big deal. Especially if the boss had some skills that'd allow them to easily convert allies over to their side so there'd be a constant back-and-forth.
I appreciate that you noticed the symmetry (and lack thereof) for the Harmony and Dissonance letters! I pay attention to little details like that, and always wonder if anyone actually notices.
I've been thinking about the race names, and I'm aware of a couple of slurs with skin and sand in, but those are never the operating word. In the one that comes up when you google 'sand slur', it's very much the second word that's the issue, surely? In another, the skin is being compared to something disgusting, though do snow, sand, or soil themselves have any negative connotations? I suppose soil can refer to manure or staining, but it'd be an oddly ambiguous choice for someone aiming to be offensive (thinking of it in-universe as "what might someone come up with to insult a race?"). I just loved the fact that snow, sand, and soil are all four-letter S words for different colours of ground, so it's a shame that being even slightly similar to real-world racism would ruin that. And using -folk instead of -skin would imply they're from regions with those things, which isn't necessarily the case. Like calling redheads 'redfolk' or something (or more like 'firefolk' to match the use of a fantastical metaphor rather than a basic descriptor).
The Gravitoom scenario is the only one here where the dreamer is trying to escape their element rather than actualise it, as someone else also pointed out. They suggested something about taking responsibility, which is within the purview of Gravitoom, so maybe I'll try to work with that when I do more brainstorming.
I'll add the Dreamons Theme to my Patreon very soon, then!
I liked the triforce thing because it'd lock me into a set number of petals, otherwise there's the risk of falling victim to feature creep, getting overwhelmed, and giving up. Petals would be more appropriate for the setting, though I've been using flowers to mostly represent positive things, so it might be odd if you were actively trying to get rid of them. Someone else suggested the triforce icon could point in a direction that initially suggested backward movement but would point forward eventually, which I find intriguing. So maybe it'd be upside down, with three downwards arrows initially lit, but as you tamed the dreamons and removed them, the final upwards pointing arrow would be left.
Speaking of feature creep, any drastic revision of battle mechanics for certain encounters - like the guardians being in the middle - would fall under that, so I'm trying to avoid that where possible and minimise necessary work. The 4 v 2 would bother me if the guardians joined you but the dreamer defected, though other RPGs would have 3, 4, or 5 v 1 for most boss battles, so it's probably not a big deal. Especially if the boss had some skills that'd allow them to easily convert allies over to their side so there'd be a constant back-and-forth.
I appreciate that you noticed the symmetry (and lack thereof) for the Harmony and Dissonance letters! I pay attention to little details like that, and always wonder if anyone actually notices.
I've been thinking about the race names, and I'm aware of a couple of slurs with skin and sand in, but those are never the operating word. In the one that comes up when you google 'sand slur', it's very much the second word that's the issue, surely? In another, the skin is being compared to something disgusting, though do snow, sand, or soil themselves have any negative connotations? I suppose soil can refer to manure or staining, but it'd be an oddly ambiguous choice for someone aiming to be offensive (thinking of it in-universe as "what might someone come up with to insult a race?"). I just loved the fact that snow, sand, and soil are all four-letter S words for different colours of ground, so it's a shame that being even slightly similar to real-world racism would ruin that. And using -folk instead of -skin would imply they're from regions with those things, which isn't necessarily the case. Like calling redheads 'redfolk' or something (or more like 'firefolk' to match the use of a fantastical metaphor rather than a basic descriptor).
The Gravitoom scenario is the only one here where the dreamer is trying to escape their element rather than actualise it, as someone else also pointed out. They suggested something about taking responsibility, which is within the purview of Gravitoom, so maybe I'll try to work with that when I do more brainstorming.
I'll add the Dreamons Theme to my Patreon very soon, then!