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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Leatherhead" data-source="post: 7901803" data-attributes="member: 53176">Yes. Depends on which lore you go with. At first every world was it's own Prime. Later all the Crystal Spheres were located in a single Prime. Earth (or more exactly a game-based carbon copy of Earth) exists. Elminster himself has traveled there many times.It is implied that every single campaign setting and homebrew setting exists somewhere out there.Specifically in FR (the default D&D world for 5e) there is someone called Ao who prevents the gods from going too crazy. Outside of FR, there are other such binding forces. Though gods, and people who have godlike powers, have been known to shut magic down before. It did not end well for most of them.The Weave is implied to be Mystra's Metaphysical body. The Weave is not necessary for magic to exist, it just makes magic more accessible. Spell components are largely a literal joke (bat guano and sulfur make gunpowder), the spellcasting focus is a metagame construct that gives people permission to be less silly with magic.Divine casters might find their magical prowess diminished depending on how far away they are from their god (and specifically being in the home of an enemy god). But otherwise every spell they can cast works perfectly. A Wizard (and other arcane casters) might find that the spells they are familiar with simply don't work properly on a different plane. There are items that allow either to bypass these limitations. These restrictions were mostly removed in 3e. Gods don't need the Weave to use magic. Gods use their divine power, which is determined by the number of their worshipers. Raw Magic (that is to say magic without the weave) is basically the physics of the world, it has existed as long as "stuff" has existed, and long before the Weave or even gods existed. The Weave is one part User Interface and one part safety net that prevents creation from being overpowered by Raw Magic. The Weave itself has fallen, three times. Once when Karsus (the Lord of the magical empire of Netheril) tried to become the new god of magic, and Mystryl (the goddess of magic before Mystra) had to sacrifice herself in order to fix everything. The Second time happened in the Time of Troubles, when the gods were Banished to the planet, and Mystra was killed (though later resurrected). And a third time during the Spellpague (caused by two planets merging) when Mystra was killed yet agan (she also came back from this one). Basically every time the Edition changes Mystra Dies.Yes and No. Psionics are a sore spot. Sometimes they are explicitly not magic and don't interact with the weave at all. Other times they are simply magic via an alternate means. it's significant in that it's considered to be a natural part of a creatures biology. Some creatures, like dragons, don't have to use the weave to cast spells. Beings can have a divine spark without having worshipers. Also gods tend to be very protective of their "terf", and don't want interlopers eating into their worshiper pools.Gods are metaphysical beings. I can't really give a better explanation than that.Demiplanes are extremely small planes that exist somewhere outside of the Prime. Which would place them outside of a crystal sphere.</blockquote>

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