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<blockquote data-quote="Piratecat" data-source="post: 5182596" data-attributes="member: 2"><p>All praise StevenAC! </p><p></p><p>[sblock=Talking to Cranchus]Cranchus shakes his head. “It happens,” he whispers hoarsely. “It happens. But it will only set me back a day or two, and </p><p>I’ve already learned something about the Eyes. I have a theory, anyhow. These Eyes, they work with Condor’s Plinths to </p><p>allow time travel. They would need to draw on a huge amount of Earth Magic to work, but by mathematical necessity they </p><p>couldn’t draw power from this earth – from Abernia. It would lead to some paradoxes and… well, planetary ruin. So the </p><p>Eyes, the first time they were called upon, must have found another nearby Prime, and used that one. I’m guessing that they </p><p>created a Slave Prime in the process.”</p><p></p><p>Aha! That would be Volpos, the world that the Black Circle tried to cause to overlap Abernia in order to transfer the Emperor </p><p>and his armies. The world on which the Emperor is, thankfully, still trapped.</p><p></p><p>“That’s a phenomenon found sporadically throughout the cosmos,” explains Cranchus. “Slave Primes. Sometimes two Primes </p><p>get caught up together, and one gets cut off entirely from all the coterminous planes – you know, the Astral, the Ethereal, et </p><p>cetera. The Slave Prime is cut off from all other planes save its ‘master.’ They are perfect places for a prison, if you want to </p><p>stop someone from escaping via planar travel. I’ve always wondered how such places come into being. I guess it must be </p><p>unique in each case.”</p><p></p><p>Aravis asks, “If the connection between Prime and Slave is severed, would that cause the Slave to be cut off entirely, or freed </p><p>to the rest of the universe?”</p><p></p><p>“I’d guess cut off entirely,” says Cranchus. “But that would be extremely hard to do, assuming it’s possible at all. I doubt </p><p>Condor intended that to happen in this case. I think the Eyes did it on their own – they needed a world to power Moirel’s time </p><p>travel, and there was Volpos, and wham – Slave Prime.”</p><p></p><p>Ernie smiles. “So the Emperor was indirectly responsible for creating his own eventual prison, and probably has no idea?”</p><p></p><p>Cranchus chuckles. Dranko lets out a loud guffaw. “Now that’s comedy!”[/sblock]</p><p></p><p>I'm a huge fan of the slower advancement; I did the same thing in my last campaign, with everyone leveling once per 10-12 sessions. The story is so good we don't care about leveling much, and we know our capabilities and teamwork down pat. There has never been a case I can think of where a really powerful bad guy pops out of nowhere. Pretty much everyone we've fought is someone who we've heard of for a long time, or someone whose presence has caused ripples in the world already. </p><p></p><p>Friggin' rat.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Piratecat, post: 5182596, member: 2"] All praise StevenAC! [sblock=Talking to Cranchus]Cranchus shakes his head. “It happens,” he whispers hoarsely. “It happens. But it will only set me back a day or two, and I’ve already learned something about the Eyes. I have a theory, anyhow. These Eyes, they work with Condor’s Plinths to allow time travel. They would need to draw on a huge amount of Earth Magic to work, but by mathematical necessity they couldn’t draw power from this earth – from Abernia. It would lead to some paradoxes and… well, planetary ruin. So the Eyes, the first time they were called upon, must have found another nearby Prime, and used that one. I’m guessing that they created a Slave Prime in the process.” Aha! That would be Volpos, the world that the Black Circle tried to cause to overlap Abernia in order to transfer the Emperor and his armies. The world on which the Emperor is, thankfully, still trapped. “That’s a phenomenon found sporadically throughout the cosmos,” explains Cranchus. “Slave Primes. Sometimes two Primes get caught up together, and one gets cut off entirely from all the coterminous planes – you know, the Astral, the Ethereal, et cetera. The Slave Prime is cut off from all other planes save its ‘master.’ They are perfect places for a prison, if you want to stop someone from escaping via planar travel. I’ve always wondered how such places come into being. I guess it must be unique in each case.” Aravis asks, “If the connection between Prime and Slave is severed, would that cause the Slave to be cut off entirely, or freed to the rest of the universe?” “I’d guess cut off entirely,” says Cranchus. “But that would be extremely hard to do, assuming it’s possible at all. I doubt Condor intended that to happen in this case. I think the Eyes did it on their own – they needed a world to power Moirel’s time travel, and there was Volpos, and wham – Slave Prime.” Ernie smiles. “So the Emperor was indirectly responsible for creating his own eventual prison, and probably has no idea?” Cranchus chuckles. Dranko lets out a loud guffaw. “Now that’s comedy!”[/sblock] I'm a huge fan of the slower advancement; I did the same thing in my last campaign, with everyone leveling once per 10-12 sessions. The story is so good we don't care about leveling much, and we know our capabilities and teamwork down pat. There has never been a case I can think of where a really powerful bad guy pops out of nowhere. Pretty much everyone we've fought is someone who we've heard of for a long time, or someone whose presence has caused ripples in the world already. Friggin' rat. [/QUOTE]
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