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<blockquote data-quote="arkwright" data-source="post: 8091275" data-attributes="member: 6925177"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I <em>think</em> one set of icons was used on Axis Island, and one set was used for all the Ziggurats. Of course you can rule whatever you like as a GM.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Do look at Book 12 when the PCs visit the actual plane of Avilona. Also consider the possibility of letting the PCs 'repair' Avilona somehow.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">My advice is to make it that Roland Stanfield is executing a <em>special</em> lighthouse ritual that <em>will</em> mentally dominate all Risuri. This could be because, say, he wants an Ob-backed King who has the full belief of the people behind him, so he can take on the Titans if they get rowdy. This will make destroying the lighthouse a necessary victory. I would advise against lighthouses spreading ideology as that might side-track the players into taking down lighthouses, and make them question times when people agree with Ob ideology outside of lighthouses.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I believe the Ziggurats were established pre-Ritual as part of their defences against extraplanar invaders; later they used the Ritual with the planes they had blocked, IE that they knew were safe.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I always took it that 'no stars could be seen' because of the massive light pollution of the Gyre, but yes it probably is also because the Gyre sits a billion miles away from anything.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Again, if Sijhen manages to link, then per the book Apet activates and the RHC gets nuked. Also that's the only way for a Skyseer to get a special Gidim vision, which seems like a waste.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Up to you with Romana.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I would put this down to Zeitgeist's trademark inconsistency between Acts. Act 3 states directly that Apet does all the planar-blocking, but you have text saying that Urim also plays a role. I hadn't noticed the issue with 'how did they invade despite Apet'. My best answer would be that they (somehow) changed Apet's properties; initially it just prevented extrasystem invaders, but after the Gidim attack they rigged it that Apet also restricted intrasystem travel. This left them stuck on Apet.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Might not be worth diagramming, it really isn't like some 'natural' property of the Ziggurat system, just the equivalent of gunk trapped in the plug of your sink.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Yep, two layers. This does raise some concerning questions of what happens to all the people on the 99% of the plane which gets mulched...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I think it would be fine to have the Voice tell them; maybe during the Book 9 battle. I wouldn't say you need a special reason that Lanjyr and Reida is linked; link of Reida like a CD, with Lanjyr's history imprinted on it. Detached from Lanjyr it retains the history, and would only rewrite new history if placed into a new system. 'Force is siphoning away the past' works.</li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I <em>think</em> there is one set of icons on Axis Island and one set used for the Ziggurats.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">I would presume that the Ancients only 'capped' the 8 worlds they needed, and just stationed guards at the ones they didn't need. Perhaps only capping a few encouraged the enemies on those 8 worlds to leave and focus on the entrances that weren't capped. I think that works fine.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="arkwright, post: 8091275, member: 6925177"] [LIST] [*]I [I]think[/I] one set of icons was used on Axis Island, and one set was used for all the Ziggurats. Of course you can rule whatever you like as a GM. [*]Do look at Book 12 when the PCs visit the actual plane of Avilona. Also consider the possibility of letting the PCs 'repair' Avilona somehow. [*]My advice is to make it that Roland Stanfield is executing a [I]special[/I] lighthouse ritual that [I]will[/I] mentally dominate all Risuri. This could be because, say, he wants an Ob-backed King who has the full belief of the people behind him, so he can take on the Titans if they get rowdy. This will make destroying the lighthouse a necessary victory. I would advise against lighthouses spreading ideology as that might side-track the players into taking down lighthouses, and make them question times when people agree with Ob ideology outside of lighthouses. [*]I believe the Ziggurats were established pre-Ritual as part of their defences against extraplanar invaders; later they used the Ritual with the planes they had blocked, IE that they knew were safe. [*]I always took it that 'no stars could be seen' because of the massive light pollution of the Gyre, but yes it probably is also because the Gyre sits a billion miles away from anything. [*]Again, if Sijhen manages to link, then per the book Apet activates and the RHC gets nuked. Also that's the only way for a Skyseer to get a special Gidim vision, which seems like a waste. [*]Up to you with Romana. [*]I would put this down to Zeitgeist's trademark inconsistency between Acts. Act 3 states directly that Apet does all the planar-blocking, but you have text saying that Urim also plays a role. I hadn't noticed the issue with 'how did they invade despite Apet'. My best answer would be that they (somehow) changed Apet's properties; initially it just prevented extrasystem invaders, but after the Gidim attack they rigged it that Apet also restricted intrasystem travel. This left them stuck on Apet. [*]Might not be worth diagramming, it really isn't like some 'natural' property of the Ziggurat system, just the equivalent of gunk trapped in the plug of your sink. [*]Yep, two layers. This does raise some concerning questions of what happens to all the people on the 99% of the plane which gets mulched... [*]I think it would be fine to have the Voice tell them; maybe during the Book 9 battle. I wouldn't say you need a special reason that Lanjyr and Reida is linked; link of Reida like a CD, with Lanjyr's history imprinted on it. Detached from Lanjyr it retains the history, and would only rewrite new history if placed into a new system. 'Force is siphoning away the past' works. [/LIST] [LIST] [*]I [I]think[/I] there is one set of icons on Axis Island and one set used for the Ziggurats. [*]I would presume that the Ancients only 'capped' the 8 worlds they needed, and just stationed guards at the ones they didn't need. Perhaps only capping a few encouraged the enemies on those 8 worlds to leave and focus on the entrances that weren't capped. I think that works fine. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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