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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8574128" data-attributes="member: 6877472">Oh yeah, I mean, Planescape was built on a lot of wonky assumptions about how the outer planes work (magical weapons losing effectiveness across planes) and planar traits that don't exist now.  Plus, another conceit, that "Primes", ie, characters not native to the planes would be clueless berks now has a serious problem when genasi, tieflings, aasimar, and gith are player options.Spelljammer requires a huge conceit, that ALL CAMPAIGN SETTINGS (except for weirdos like Athas) are contained in crystal spheres and that there is a "deep space" region filled with an ignitable gaseous medium called the phlogiston, and you can sail a spacefaring ship from the Realms to Oerth to Krynn to some other bizarre world.And some lore will have to be retconned, because WotC does not want to acknowledge the Forgotten Realm's contact with Spelljamming civilizations (as it's abandoned canon).  Like the Elven Space Navy having a base at Evermeet, the Shou having their own Spelljammers, and merchants selling wheel lock pistol technology in Waterdeep.</blockquote>