D&D 5E [D&D 5e] Planescape- In Through the Out Door (Full)

[Shayuri]

One interesting thing about Picayune to me is connected to that notion that he's not a ghost. It seems like a big pivotal point in his character development comes when he realizes to his toes that New Orleans isn't his home. He isn't a dead man; he was never alive. All these things he thinks he knows, believes he remembers...those are things that he was given at his inception, not truly his experiences at all. Will that crush him? Or will he find a new sense of liberation? Can an idea become self-aware and begin to create itself, independent of any other input?

Maybe that's all a human being really is.

 

[Unsung]

Ah, but is any one of us really more than an idea? Really? Really?

...Thread's up! http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?424198-D-amp-D-5e-Planescape-In-Through-the-Out-Door

 

[Pembinasa]

Sniff... Sniff...

Boy, sure smells like Planescape in here!

Of course, that's not just for asking the questions, but for stress-testing whatever answers you might come up with. Let's go see!

 

[Shayuri]

It occurred to me oddly late in my character development process that Shard might have some instinctive issues with being in Sigil, seeing as how deities are forbidden from setting foot there.

How delightful.

 

[Unsung]

It occurred to me oddly late in my character development process that Shard might have some instinctive issues with being in Sigil, seeing as how deities are forbidden from setting foot there.

How delightful.

Heh heh heh heh.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

Maybe that's all a human being really is.

TRUTH.

Also: the first time I read this, I read it as, "Maybe that's all being human really is."

 

[Fenris]

TRUTH.

Also: the first time I read this, I read it as, "Maybe that's all being human really is."

I think it works either way.

One concept I had been working on before Oz coalesced was that he was more scheming. He had this idea that if he went to Sigil and concentrated really really hard he could change a small amount of reality by the fervor of his own belief. Thus he would be mining gold with his mind. He would sit there all day focused on a pile of dirt in the belief that enough energy would turn it to gold. Hey he didn't need to power some great, multidimensional being, just a few ounces of inert gold. That had to be much easier.

 

[Unsung]

That's a pretty great character quirk even if you don't make it the core of the character. It nutshells the setting in a handful of dirt. There's probably a good discussion between Oz and Picayune in that.

 

[Pembinasa]

Yeah, I like that notion It might take 'enough' belief, but it's an interesting way of testing it out- and belief does tend to root itself in over time.

...Btw, two things I wanted to ask about. First off, something I'm not clear about- are Eurid and Picayune in the same alley, or another one nearby where they can see the rest of us fumbling around like the lost tourists we are? Because that determines whether Graydon can see Picayune making the pot float and react to it.

Speaking of reactions, we're pretty much waiting for Fenris and Queenie to chime in, right? I'd like to keep going, but I didn't want to step on anyone's toes- or their Grand Entrances, for that matter.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I'd been operating under the impression that Picayune is in the same alley as Eurid. I'd also rather thought that Shard was in the same alley. I'm less clear if Graydon is in that alley, or another.

If Unsung imagined otherwise, I'm happy to roll with whatever needs to be.