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<blockquote data-quote="efreund" data-source="post: 6838680" data-attributes="member: 6799797"><p>I don’t know if this is a plot hole <em>per se</em>, but I’m confused about some planar mechanics, and adventure 12 makes things a little fuzzier for me, so maybe some explanatory text?</p><p></p><p>What does the Axis Seal/Ritual *do*? Here’s a sampler:</p><p>- bind 8 (or so) other planets to Earth</p><p>- create a sun</p><p>- prevent planar travel</p><p></p><p>But then the entry for Apet says that <em>it</em> prevents planar travel. ("Planar travel beyond star system is impossible, and between worlds is limited to five minutes.”)</p><p></p><p>And at the very end of adventure 3, in the “Rupture” section, it says that <em>Nem</em> is the one responsible for enforcing Axis Seal’s ban on planar travel.</p><p></p><p>In adventure 10, a sidebar on the Axis Ritual says "Failing that [defeating Nicodemus], the party can just alter reality so undead can’t exist. That’s also a possibility.” - I don’t see any worlds in adventure 12 that support that strategy.</p><p></p><p>Finally, what language is the Axis Ritual (recovered in adventure 10) written in? The background of adventure 3 makes it clear that the Ancients have no written language. Who wrote down the ritual?</p><p></p><p>Also, why do you need the Axis Ritual in Alais Primos? Can’t you just ask Toteth how he did it when you meet his ghost in the middle of adventure 10 (when he’s giving you the recipe for the margarita)?</p><p></p><p>And then there’s the conflicting histories and descriptions regarding what happened with Avilona:</p><p>- Player’s Guide: Avilona is a bird, Jiese is a dragon, and Jiese is chasing Avilona wanting to eat it</p><p>- Adventure 12: Avilona is a bird, and it looks like something big caught up and ate its heart (Jiese cannot be visited to corroborate)</p><p>- Adventure 12: turns out its been like this, almost dead for a long time, and then it dies while you’re visiting? and this has no effect on its abilities when bound?</p><p>- Adventure 8: Kasavarina tried to alter the seal in the Ziggurat in Ber, and *that* caused flight magic to weaken (which gimped all the dragons)</p><p>- Adventure 1: cave holding the tree that connects to Avilona is exposed to the sea, damaging the Earth’s connection to Avilona, and *that* caused flight magic to weapon</p><p>- Adventure 6: Skyseers see a vision of Avilona’s tree collapsing, and Avilona falling into the gyre and being destroyed</p><p>- Adventure 6: Avilona has majestic spires and structures, etc. (i.e. not just a bird corpse)</p><p>- Adventure 12 appendix: Avilona has "A sky of wisps, with inert islands of floating rock drifting in feeble winds with few storms"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="efreund, post: 6838680, member: 6799797"] I don’t know if this is a plot hole [I]per se[/I], but I’m confused about some planar mechanics, and adventure 12 makes things a little fuzzier for me, so maybe some explanatory text? What does the Axis Seal/Ritual *do*? Here’s a sampler: - bind 8 (or so) other planets to Earth - create a sun - prevent planar travel But then the entry for Apet says that [i]it[/i] prevents planar travel. ("Planar travel beyond star system is impossible, and between worlds is limited to five minutes.”) And at the very end of adventure 3, in the “Rupture” section, it says that [I]Nem[/I] is the one responsible for enforcing Axis Seal’s ban on planar travel. In adventure 10, a sidebar on the Axis Ritual says "Failing that [defeating Nicodemus], the party can just alter reality so undead can’t exist. That’s also a possibility.” - I don’t see any worlds in adventure 12 that support that strategy. Finally, what language is the Axis Ritual (recovered in adventure 10) written in? The background of adventure 3 makes it clear that the Ancients have no written language. Who wrote down the ritual? Also, why do you need the Axis Ritual in Alais Primos? Can’t you just ask Toteth how he did it when you meet his ghost in the middle of adventure 10 (when he’s giving you the recipe for the margarita)? And then there’s the conflicting histories and descriptions regarding what happened with Avilona: - Player’s Guide: Avilona is a bird, Jiese is a dragon, and Jiese is chasing Avilona wanting to eat it - Adventure 12: Avilona is a bird, and it looks like something big caught up and ate its heart (Jiese cannot be visited to corroborate) - Adventure 12: turns out its been like this, almost dead for a long time, and then it dies while you’re visiting? and this has no effect on its abilities when bound? - Adventure 8: Kasavarina tried to alter the seal in the Ziggurat in Ber, and *that* caused flight magic to weaken (which gimped all the dragons) - Adventure 1: cave holding the tree that connects to Avilona is exposed to the sea, damaging the Earth’s connection to Avilona, and *that* caused flight magic to weapon - Adventure 6: Skyseers see a vision of Avilona’s tree collapsing, and Avilona falling into the gyre and being destroyed - Adventure 6: Avilona has majestic spires and structures, etc. (i.e. not just a bird corpse) - Adventure 12 appendix: Avilona has "A sky of wisps, with inert islands of floating rock drifting in feeble winds with few storms" [/QUOTE]
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