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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4583847" data-attributes="member: 22779">So, exactly why can't you do this in now?&nbsp; If the Elemental Plane of Fire looks like this, how are the changes suddenly &quot;stripping any serious level of hostility from some of the planes&quot;?&nbsp; After all, what you describe could be visited without any real magical protection, or at least a Dispel Magic spell isn't instant death.Seems like the planes were already pretty stripped of any serious level of hostility if I can step through a portal and survive unprotected all the way back in 2e days.Look, it all comes down to this.&nbsp; Do you want setting elements that are purely decorative or do you want them to be decorative AND functional.&nbsp; Put me 100% in the second camp.&nbsp; Areas of &quot;THOU SHALT NOT PASS&quot; are interesting and all, but, ultimately nothing more than window dressing.&nbsp; It's all very well and good to detail the wars between the Archomentals of Good and Evil, but, if the planes are so inimical to life that you cannot visit them, then who cares?&nbsp; The PC's can have no effect on it, so, it's fanfic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4583847, member: 22779"] So, exactly why can't you do this in now? If the Elemental Plane of Fire looks like this, how are the changes suddenly "stripping any serious level of hostility from some of the planes"? After all, what you describe could be visited without any real magical protection, or at least a Dispel Magic spell isn't instant death. Seems like the planes were already pretty stripped of any serious level of hostility if I can step through a portal and survive unprotected all the way back in 2e days. Look, it all comes down to this. Do you want setting elements that are purely decorative or do you want them to be decorative AND functional. Put me 100% in the second camp. Areas of "THOU SHALT NOT PASS" are interesting and all, but, ultimately nothing more than window dressing. It's all very well and good to detail the wars between the Archomentals of Good and Evil, but, if the planes are so inimical to life that you cannot visit them, then who cares? The PC's can have no effect on it, so, it's fanfic. [/QUOTE]

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