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<blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 4891106" data-attributes="member: 2067"><p><strong><u>Amoral Police State</u></strong></p><p>I'm on board with the "amoral police states aren't a bad thing" perspective. You don't need a free city. Having a free city gives you relief. You should not get relief. DEATH is your relief. Existence is suffering.</p><p></p><p>Just don't cause unrest, and you'll be fine.</p><p></p><p>Of course, causing unrest is fun, and suitable for a Dark Sun epic-level campaign, I'd think. Like you can end your campaign killing Orcus, you can end your campaign killing the sorcerer-king of Tyr. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> But that's for you to do, in your game, not for the campaign to assume.</p><p></p><p><strong><u>Preserving/Defiling</u></strong></p><p></p><p>What's with this "feat" or "paragon path" nonsense?</p><p></p><p>Every user of the arcane power source on Dark Sun should only have the option to drain their own life, or the life of things around them.</p><p></p><p>Period.</p><p></p><p>It's not an option you turn on or off. It's not something you can do for more power. It's intrinsic to the nature of the world. Arcane magic is life-force. If you want to cast a fireball, you will kill things around you, or gradually kill yourself.</p><p></p><p>I can see this as being an HP-drain kind of system, where the arcane powers cost HP to use. That HP can come from you -- or from others. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/devil.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":devil:" title="Devil :devil:" data-shortname=":devil:" /></p><p></p><p><strong><u>The Feywild</u></strong></p><p>Athas should be isolated from the planes. Full. Effin'. Stop. You do not go frolicking in the lands of the fomorians, unless the fomorians are THERE, NOW, living in the same world, on the same world, with the same burning dark sphere overhead, as you are. There is no escape. There are no portals. There is no worldfall. (yes, individual campaigns can be exceptions, but as a rule, no). </p><p></p><p>The planes are not your playground. Athas itself is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="I'm A Banana, post: 4891106, member: 2067"] [B][U]Amoral Police State[/U][/B][U][/U] I'm on board with the "amoral police states aren't a bad thing" perspective. You don't need a free city. Having a free city gives you relief. You should not get relief. DEATH is your relief. Existence is suffering. Just don't cause unrest, and you'll be fine. Of course, causing unrest is fun, and suitable for a Dark Sun epic-level campaign, I'd think. Like you can end your campaign killing Orcus, you can end your campaign killing the sorcerer-king of Tyr. :) But that's for you to do, in your game, not for the campaign to assume. [B][U]Preserving/Defiling[/U][/B][U][/U] What's with this "feat" or "paragon path" nonsense? Every user of the arcane power source on Dark Sun should only have the option to drain their own life, or the life of things around them. Period. It's not an option you turn on or off. It's not something you can do for more power. It's intrinsic to the nature of the world. Arcane magic is life-force. If you want to cast a fireball, you will kill things around you, or gradually kill yourself. I can see this as being an HP-drain kind of system, where the arcane powers cost HP to use. That HP can come from you -- or from others. :devil: [B][U]The Feywild[/U][/B][U][/U] Athas should be isolated from the planes. Full. Effin'. Stop. You do not go frolicking in the lands of the fomorians, unless the fomorians are THERE, NOW, living in the same world, on the same world, with the same burning dark sphere overhead, as you are. There is no escape. There are no portals. There is no worldfall. (yes, individual campaigns can be exceptions, but as a rule, no). The planes are not your playground. Athas itself is. [/QUOTE]
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