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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The Sigil" data-source="post: 174644" data-attributes="member: 2013">Two parts...I expect that the "deeper areas" will be a little less palatable to most, because they deal with "where do gods get their power" and, more importantly, "how does a soul work?"  Everyone has their own views on that - many centered in RW religion - and these views are so fundamental and probably linked to their RW views that it will be difficult for people to even accept an alternative.  These are admittedly VERY sensitive issues and I expect that a lot of people will not be thrilled with my explanation (which is just fine, that's why we have message boards - to exchange ideas, right?).  (BTW, the argument I postulated is only barely similar to my own Real World view, but that's neither here nor there.)It's another reason I tried to split up the thing into two posts... one more "rules-oriented" (grab power from the planes) and one more philosophically oriented (what are souls and where do deities get their power).I think the argument in the second post that both good and evil somehow "need" the Prime to build their armies and therefore leave it alone is a little easier for most to swallow (especially given "canonical" D&D cosmology). <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool    :cool:"  data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" />You know, you may just see it published somewhere... watch the d20 Publisher's message board tomorrow, in fact. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> (hint hint)--The Sigil</blockquote>

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