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Message: <blockquote data-quote="skalvar" data-source="post: 1854965" data-attributes="member: 25815">Sorry it's taken me so long to reply.  My life mostly consists of taking care of my son.  Funny thing, that.Anyway, to answer your questions:RE: CosmologyNot really.  I implemented (through various bindings) a set of assumptions about how Immortal beings function within a world.  "Author made" cosmologies tend towards the shallow end of the pool mostly because a) we are as a rule not cosmologists/scholars in related disciplines and b) no matter how brilliant we think we are we do not have thirty plus years to do the research and design.  The closest real-world models with the feel I wanted were the Chinese heavenly beauracy and the intellectual tools they use to describe the universe's processes.  I grafted those onto the ontologically weak but relatively well known D&D structures.RE: LimitsI think we diverge in our approach on this point.  You see, I honestly believe we've gone too far down the road of removing barriers on character action.  So, while I removed limits on character actions on one side (power to effect the mortal world) I increased them on others (binding oaths mandating or preventing actions, limits to specific environments, social obligations to other Immortals).Using a real world religious analogy: in Hindu myths the gods wield far more power than humans.  Buddhism, which accepted the whole deific structure whole-cloth, went on to say that yes, gods hold more power but only humans have the ability to release themselves from the wheel of kharma.  Their extreme power places limits on the choices they can make.So, combine the Greek idea of ascention though ritual action (rather than human worship) with the Chinese (Taoist/Confusian) concept of an ordered world extending from the depths of hell to the vaults of heaven and the Hindu idea of immortals/gods as trapped actors and you are somewhat close to what I wanted to write.Oh, the first person to note one of the central ironies of the book in light of the above description and the challenges gets...something.  I'll figure it out later.Ah!  I am called!  Excuse me.Good luck and good gaming!Shannon</blockquote>

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