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Message: <blockquote data-quote="William Ronald" data-source="post: 1756318" data-attributes="member: 426">There are a number of techniques that could be used to get characters from one world to another.  Here are a few.The Ship that Sails the Seas of Fate:  Lifted directly from Michael Moorcock's The Eternal Champion series, this vessel sails between worlds, including worlds where time flows differently.The Cosmic Mountain or the World Ash Tree: Many past and some current belief systems have a "focal point" for existence.  This is often viewed as a central sacred mountain or a great tree.  Such a place may connect to all realities.  A take on this is to have local versions of this place which are connected to the true focal point.  Thus, a sacred mountain in one world may connect to THE SACRED MOUNTAIN somewhere else, either being part of it or a reflection of it.When the stars are right:  In certain cultures, it was believed that the boundaries between various "worlds" were very thin at certain times of the years.  In the British Isles, Beltane (May 1st) and Samhain (November 1st) were viewed as times when the supernatural touched the mundane world, allowing visitors and travel. Eberron uses a concept of planes being coterminous and remote at different times, as well as areas where the boundaries are always thin (manifest zones).Ancient ruins: In one of Charles DeLint's fantasy novels, access to different worlds could occur either in some ancient ruins or from pieces of an earlier world that was destroyed.  In the Forgotten Realms setting, many of the deities and even several races are described as coming from other worlds.  So, there may be some ancient ruins that allow access to different worlds.  Possibly menhirs (standing stones such as Stonehenge) might actually allow a knowledgeable person to cross from one world to another.  It may even take a traveller to a place that looks like another menhir.Sympathetic magic : There is an old principle of like attracting like.  In a previous thread, Gez mentioned a product where planar travel between two locations was made easier as they became increasingly similar.  The same or similar features may exist in different worlds, and may allow travel under some conditions.</blockquote>

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