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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Viking Bastard" data-source="post: 6638615" data-attributes="member: 509">To expand upon this, I base my current cosmology loosely on the Mystara cosmology--there are several layered dimensions, each encompassing multiple planes: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 1st dimension is The Source, it's the Singularity that everything else is a projection of--many believe this dimension to be/contain the One True God or World-Soul. This dimension is not knowable, it's more theoretical than anything else--though some have claimed to have accessed it, claiming it was like seeing everything at once: the past, the present and the future of everywhere.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 2nd dimension is The Weave, it's the blueprint of the universe--this dimension cannot be physically accessed, as mortal beings require at least 3 dimensions to exist in, but it can be manipulated or, through divination, read/gazed upon.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 3rd dimension is The Prime, which contains the building blocks of the multiverse, in the form of the various Elemental Planes--which can be accessed, but are timeless (much like the classic D&D Astral Plane).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 4th dimension is The Ethereal, where all the main action happens--encompassing both Time and Space.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The 5th dimension is The Astral, which house the manifestation(s) of mortal beliefs, infinitely branching into new planes, and reality is shaped by the willpower of the masses (or the powerful).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Then there are theoretical higher dimensions, which may explain the Far Realm.</li> </ul>Dimensions 1-3 contain the Inner Planes and Dimensions 5+ the Outer Planes. In this model, Arcane magic works by tapping/manipulating the Inner Planes--by hacking the Matrix, so to speak--while Divine magic works through the Outer Planes--the power of belief.The only class I have difficulty working into this system are Druids, who are divine casters per RAW, but seem Arcane according to this model.</blockquote>

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