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LeeAlucard

02-25-08, 03:21 PM
The players of my homebrew campaign are getting to that level, if you know what I mean... After a few more adventures, they'll be strong enough for interplanar travel, and I really relish the idea of them exploring other planes.

If anyone here knows me, they know I love to draw. I've been hand-drawing all the maps for the game so far; I draw the monsters, the characters, cities, and objects. I thought to myself, "Why don't I draw a 'map' of the Great Wheel for my players?"

I sat down and drew a bunch of circles, using a dime to ensure that they were reasonably the same size, positioned in a manner similar to the picture of the Great Wheel from the DMG. I then decided that instead of writing the name inside the planes, or using some sort of numbering system, I'd use a symbol for each.

For the Inner Planes, I used typical "elemental" symbols for the Elemental Planes, a black hole for the Negative Energy Plane, and a star for the Positive Energy Plane. That was easy enough.

What I'm having a problem with is symbols for the Outer Planes. I've got the following symbols already...

Acheron: A multitude of floating grey cubes.
Mechanus: A great mass of gears.
Arcadia: An "orderly" horizon.
Bytopia: Two flat planes "facing" one another.

Anybody got any simple symbols I can use for the others?
Naderion

02-25-08, 03:34 PM
In planescape, all of the outer planes do have their own symbols as universal markers that can be read in any language.
When you scroll down, you can all see them here:
http://www.pathguy.com/planes.htm
LeeAlucard

02-25-08, 04:46 PM
Thanks! I hadn't thought to actually look for said symbols. Heh.
Kayoz_Majick

02-25-08, 05:27 PM
You should post your final results on that Great Wheel of yours when you get all done drawing it. I would really love to see the final results!
LeeAlucard

02-26-08, 07:47 PM
Done!

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa100/TheCountAlucard666/PlanarMap.jpg