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<blockquote data-quote="Mercurius" data-source="post: 5342793" data-attributes="member: 59082">Points of light is the concept while the Nentir Vale is the default, example setting. This is why I call Nentir Vale the formative setting, but it is only the formative phase, not the climactic phase. The two could be one setting or they could be separate; if WotC fills out the world beyond Nentir Vale it certainly could be the climactic setting.My own 4E homebrew serves as an example of how WotC could approach a &quot;points of light&quot; world. It is about a thousand years after an apocalypse that destroyed a global civilization of high magic. Over the last two to three hundred years different pockets of civilization have formed in different parts of the world, and they are only just starting to re-connect, but without much knowledge of the true history of the world. My group is nearing the end of Heroic tier, and also nearing the end of focus on their region and &quot;small scale&quot; adventuring. As they move further into Paragon tier they will start to get a larger picture of the world. As they enter Epic they will be able to have a say in how civilization unfolds, and perhaps how these different re-connecting regions will interact. WotC could take a similar route by explicating the points of light concept through providing multiple regions other than the Nentir Vale, that could be used as part of one world or separately. Heroic tier would be focused on Nentir Vale; Paragon tier opens it up to a wider circumference with multiple regions available for exploration; Epic tier takes it to a world stage.It doesn't really matter what specific approach they take, but I think it should explore/exploit the points of light concept in some way. Maybe they can start a setting contest with the one requirement of &quot;Create a setting for 4E that uses the points of light concept, and provide explanations for different tiers of play.&quot; Hey, maybe we could start our own setting contest at EN World?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mercurius, post: 5342793, member: 59082"] Points of light is the concept while the Nentir Vale is the default, example setting. This is why I call Nentir Vale the formative setting, but it is only the formative phase, not the climactic phase. The two could be one setting or they could be separate; if WotC fills out the world beyond Nentir Vale it certainly could be the climactic setting. My own 4E homebrew serves as an example of how WotC could approach a "points of light" world. It is about a thousand years after an apocalypse that destroyed a global civilization of high magic. Over the last two to three hundred years different pockets of civilization have formed in different parts of the world, and they are only just starting to re-connect, but without much knowledge of the true history of the world. My group is nearing the end of Heroic tier, and also nearing the end of focus on their region and "small scale" adventuring. As they move further into Paragon tier they will start to get a larger picture of the world. As they enter Epic they will be able to have a say in how civilization unfolds, and perhaps how these different re-connecting regions will interact. WotC could take a similar route by explicating the points of light concept through providing multiple regions other than the Nentir Vale, that could be used as part of one world or separately. Heroic tier would be focused on Nentir Vale; Paragon tier opens it up to a wider circumference with multiple regions available for exploration; Epic tier takes it to a world stage. It doesn't really matter what specific approach they take, but I think it should explore/exploit the points of light concept in some way. Maybe they can start a setting contest with the one requirement of "Create a setting for 4E that uses the points of light concept, and provide explanations for different tiers of play." Hey, maybe we could start our own setting contest at EN World? [/QUOTE]

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