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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 6152538" data-attributes="member: 18182">WotC is kinda screwed with world design no matter what they do.&nbsp; 4th Edition was a departure from the gold old standard Great Wheel so now we have two default cosmologies with fans.&nbsp; WotC sticks with 4E cosmology, people get angry.&nbsp; WotC returns to the Great Wheel, people get angry.&nbsp; It's no surprise Mearls is trying to blend the two together.However, I agree with many in the thread, that what's been disclosed so far doesn't sound very good and makes me unhappy.&nbsp; I'd personally rather they return largely to the Great Wheel with some tiny tweaks to retain some of the cool innovation of 4E, just not the mix we've been given so far.One thing I liked about Planescape was the impossibility of some of it.&nbsp; For example, each elemental plane was infinite, yet had borders with the other elemental planes.&nbsp; Why not say that each elemental plane is infinite, has borders, AND floats in the Elemental Chaos?&nbsp; Don't bother trying to define these regions &quot;geographically&quot; (cosmographically?), just let the impossible exist without worrying too much about it.WotC should definitely keep the Feywild and Shadowfell as important mirror planes (but maybe just call them Faerie and Shadow), two of the coolest developments of the 4E cosmology!&nbsp; Positive and Negative Energy planes?&nbsp; I find them kinda stupid, but why not have them be the &quot;backdrop&quot; to the mirror planes, I can just ignore them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 6152538, member: 18182"] WotC is kinda screwed with world design no matter what they do. 4th Edition was a departure from the gold old standard Great Wheel so now we have two default cosmologies with fans. WotC sticks with 4E cosmology, people get angry. WotC returns to the Great Wheel, people get angry. It's no surprise Mearls is trying to blend the two together. However, I agree with many in the thread, that what's been disclosed so far doesn't sound very good and makes me unhappy. I'd personally rather they return largely to the Great Wheel with some tiny tweaks to retain some of the cool innovation of 4E, just not the mix we've been given so far. One thing I liked about Planescape was the impossibility of some of it. For example, each elemental plane was infinite, yet had borders with the other elemental planes. Why not say that each elemental plane is infinite, has borders, AND floats in the Elemental Chaos? Don't bother trying to define these regions "geographically" (cosmographically?), just let the impossible exist without worrying too much about it. WotC should definitely keep the Feywild and Shadowfell as important mirror planes (but maybe just call them Faerie and Shadow), two of the coolest developments of the 4E cosmology! Positive and Negative Energy planes? I find them kinda stupid, but why not have them be the "backdrop" to the mirror planes, I can just ignore them. [/QUOTE]

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