4e / GSL Eberron Campaign Guide Excerpt: Aundair Lore & Introduction

[Shroomy]

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Eberron Campaign Guide Excerpts: Introduction

[Glyfair]

I saw this about a week ago (someone stumbled upon the PDF download early). The map is great. I love it.

[Shroomy]

Yeah, the map is nice. Reading over the introduction, it looks fairly close to the 3.5e version save the 4e cosmology.

[Amy Kou'ai]

Originally Posted by Shroomy

Yeah, the map is nice. Reading over the introduction, it looks fairly close to the 3.5e version save the 4e cosmology.

I kind of like the cosmology actually -- the idea that you can literally walk (or fly) to alternate planes if you go far enough is kind of cool.

"Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning!"

[stonegod]

Originally Posted by Amy Kou'ai

I kind of like the cosmology actually -- the idea that you can literally walk (or fly) to alternate planes if you go far enough is kind of cool.

"Second star to the right, and straight on 'til morning!"

You could do that before, especially in manifest zones or when the plane was coterminous (happens all the time in Reaches).

I'm not pleased on them hammering the world-axis to fit, but I can deal. Shavarath is going to change a lot, and they already mutated Dollurh (its not the Shadowfell and thus the same as the old Shadow Plane). Not sure how their going to deal with Mabar, other than shove it in with Dollurh as well.

That being said, the planar munging is only a small complaint, considering how much planar travel there tends to be in Eberron games. Things come from the planes, but I don't recall every seeing any game where the PCs go there.

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

The Dream Plane, by the way, should be part of the core.

It could also be referred to as Mindscape (Psionic connotations.)

Of course, maybe it actually is the Far Realms. Or at least its nicer edge...

[Rechan]

Originally Posted by Mustrum_Ridcully

The Dream Plane, by the way, should be part of the core.

Manual of the Plane does mention a plane of dreams.

[Amy Kou'ai]

Originally Posted by stonegod

You could do that before, especially in manifest zones or when the plane was coterminous (happens all the time in Reaches).

Yeah, but there's a substantial difference between the idea that you can find a gate to another plane, and the idea that all other planes are on some level knitted to the Prime Material.