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An Alternate FR Cosmology

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#1
paulstrait
Jul 11, 2010 7:57:15 Hi all,

I have created an alternate FR cosmology, taking my favorite aspects of the various cosmologies presented over the years, as well as some of my own creations, and building them into a master planar architectonic. In my campaign, we use 10 alignments -- the 9 from previous editions plus unaligned. We also use some different power sources beyond the ones presented in the Player's Handbook.

Please take a look at this and tell me your thoughts. Particularly I am interested in if you can think of a better plane to replace any of these, given its position and relationships with other planes. I spent like a great deal of time putting this together so any feedback is welcome. If you can think of more creative names for some of these planes, let me know. The planes imply the existence of new power sources which I shall slowly introduce to our game.
#2
paulstrait
Jul 11, 2010 9:30:11 I may do away with the Ethical Planes all together, put the Green Fields and the Gray Waste back in the Outer Planes, stick Mechanus and Limbo on the inner plane polyhedron, and then change the transcendental planes, which will now border one elemental plane and two organizational planes. I've drawn this out and the transcendental planes make a lot more sense in this model, and it eliminates a bit of complexity that probably serves no purpose.
#3
The_Silversword
Jul 12, 2010 12:04:36 You do have a lot of planes here, but I like it, its very reminiscent of the old great wheel cosmology.
#4
paulstrait
Jul 12, 2010 16:47:43 Yeah... I miss the old planescape multiverse. I understand why they moved away from systems like this -- turning off young players who can't concentrate on anything complicated, not super practical, etc. -- but it influences how I use power sources, and the big reason behind it is that it can serve as the basis for a puzzle or two that my players will have to solve.

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#1 paulstrait Jul 11, 2010 7:57:15	Hi all, I have created an alternate FR cosmology, taking my favorite aspects of the various cosmologies presented over the years, as well as some of my own creations, and building them into a master planar architectonic. In my campaign, we use 10 alignments -- the 9 from previous editions plus unaligned. We also use some different power sources beyond the ones presented in the Player's Handbook. Please take a look at this and tell me your thoughts. Particularly I am interested in if you can think of a better plane to replace any of these, given its position and relationships with other planes. I spent like a great deal of time putting this together so any feedback is welcome. If you can think of more creative names for some of these planes, let me know. The planes imply the existence of new power sources which I shall slowly introduce to our game.
#2 paulstrait Jul 11, 2010 9:30:11	I may do away with the Ethical Planes all together, put the Green Fields and the Gray Waste back in the Outer Planes, stick Mechanus and Limbo on the inner plane polyhedron, and then change the transcendental planes, which will now border one elemental plane and two organizational planes. I've drawn this out and the transcendental planes make a lot more sense in this model, and it eliminates a bit of complexity that probably serves no purpose.
#3 The_Silversword Jul 12, 2010 12:04:36	You do have a lot of planes here, but I like it, its very reminiscent of the old great wheel cosmology.
#4 paulstrait Jul 12, 2010 16:47:43	Yeah... I miss the old planescape multiverse. I understand why they moved away from systems like this -- turning off young players who can't concentrate on anything complicated, not super practical, etc. -- but it influences how I use power sources, and the big reason behind it is that it can serve as the basis for a puzzle or two that my players will have to solve.