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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 2778831" data-attributes="member: 10913">For some reason one post got lost in translation. I'll try to resurrect it.I like the guardian motiff, and having more foes nearby can never hurt. I like. <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=":)" />No, it's not just you.While I liked the idea of warring philosphies, it is ultimately too esoteric to serve for a generic setting.I wouldn't blatantly base things on real-world history. Personally, I'm almost revolted by clear depictions of real-world cultures (or faiths) in my D&D, they feel out of place and forced. I would certainly be amenable to using real-world religious ideas in depicting our world's religons, however. (Note to self: add "writing up a real-world cult to clarify" to my to-do list.)As for covering the basic archetypes, sure. Beginning with the deities presented in the PH.I don't like the "seeds" concept, especially given that they should hold many species.How about portals linking the two realms? Perhaps as a war strategy, or as a result of a magical accident.That's a cool image, but we shouldn't be afraid to use it regardless of our cosmological fluff. <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=":)" />Yes, I like this variant more. I'd see the demiplane as a construct of the wizard's mind, a reflection of his soul, a microcosm created in his own image.I agree with Turnail that different classes could better represent Animist, Totemists, and so on.I also agree with you that we need to have diverse clerics, worshipping many types of "deities".Turnail's model suggests Psionics as pro-human "racists", standard god worshippers (and plane worshippers) as the regular clerics, and philosophy worshipping as the Blasphemy. I'd jot up worshipping oneself as an extreme Nietzian or solipsism philosophy. I'd say this is largely enough, except perhaps Hero and Ancestor worship; still thinking on how to accomodate that.Good. <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=":)" /></blockquote>

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