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Copies of Spelljammer are starting to show up. Mike Long of Tribality is in receipt of the books and has tweeted some photos!

 

[darjr]

spoilers!
Can you spoiler block that?

 

[Yaarel]

A screenshot of the section on Doomspace from The Light of Xaryxis.

Fyreen ≈ Athas (?)

It is "despoiled by [sorcerer?] dragons". Mostly evacuated and barren. Largely volcanic, keeping the planet from freezing.

 

[Yaarel]

LOL!

Along came the gods of the Forgotten Realms setting and destroyed the Dark Sun setting!!!

 

[Yaarel]

Doomspace used to (uniquely?) have a "crystal sphere". But it was destroyed by the (Forgotten Realms) gods. The shards of the crystal are now like asteroid debris.



It is hard to say whether the "crystal sphere" existed in the astral plane or the material plane or simultaneously both, with an overlap. Since it was the primordials that created it, presumably the crystal was made out of elemental matter. Indeed a material gaseous planet was destroyed to make the crystal sphere. So it is probably material.

But it might simultaneously overlap the astral plane as an astral barrier as well.

The wording refers to "Doomspace", namely the term for the astral wildspace system, being "encased" by the crystal sphere.

So, the crystal sphere must be at least astral.

But it might be material too − with full overlap.

So the crystal shards from its destruction probably exist both in the material and the astral Doomspace.



The crystal shards now resemble something like grayish smoky quartz, and least that is what it looks like after its destruction. Interestingly, the crystal is "indestructible", and cannot be broken or chipped by any known source. How the crystal was destroyed in the first place is now a mystery.

The concept of a crystal gem that is "invincible" is the original meaning of the Greek concept of "adamans", whence English "diamond", and words like "adamant" and "adamantine". But the Greek descriptions originally describe colorless corundum, relating to sapphire and ruby, and emery abrasive, which is more resilient and heat-resistant than diamond is.

 

[Maxperson]

No, I don't see why they would do that, when slavery is mentioned in other books.

Many other books, many, many, many times.

 

[Demetrios1453]

LOL!

Along came the gods of the Forgotten Realms setting and destroyed the Dark Sun setting!!!

No, the gods previously banished from that world shattered it. That's crystal (heh) clear from what it says.

 

[Maxperson]

A screenshot of the section on Doomspace from The Light of Xaryxis. Don't look if you don't want anything spoiled.

Spoiler: Doomspace

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A crystal sphere!!!! In 5e! But they broke it.

 

[Yaarel]

The Forgotten Realms gods are alot like expansionist totalitarian fascists.

No D&D setting can coexist in peace with the Forgotten Realms setting. No D&D setting is safe from being destroyed by Forgotten Realms.

 

[overgeeked]

A screenshot of the section on Doomspace from The Light of Xaryxis. Don't look if you don't want anything spoiled.

Spoiler: Doomspace

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Thanks. So not Dark Sun...in the slightest little bit. Got it. They just took monsters from Dark Sun and used them here. But hey, at least crystal spheres get mentioned.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Thanks. So not Dark Sun...in the slightest little bit. Got it. They just took monsters from Dark Sun and used them here. But hey, at least crystal spheres get mentioned.

Yeah, it's pretty substantially different. Obviously they originally toyed with the idea with it being Athas, and then stopped when they realized it would obviously not be a good idea for various reasons, and re-worked it to something else entirely with a few similarities here and there...