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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Malcolm" data-source="post: 1064380" data-attributes="member: 11180">There is a war going on…You feel it because the tides of battle leak over into your world.Any world. Every world.It happens when you strike a match.You can feel it when snowflakes fall on your face.You can taste it in the dirt when a foe knocks you unconscious.Its in the breeze that flows through the windows in your house.Street corner priests call out for you to join,Some sell peace and sharing, some sell flesh and pain.Some just watch.There is a war going on…You are in it, whether you want to be or not!To give you a very simple, very short answer to your question: Dominance is the reason for Outsiders to primarily interact with other planes.  Each plane has a “type” you might associate with it; in some cases it is the fundamental nature of the plane physically (the Inner, or Simple, Planes) and in some cases it is the fundamental Spiritual/Mental nature of the plane (the Outer, or Super-Complex, Planes. The Astral, Ethereal, and Shadow are Complex Planes). Creatures native to that type seek to establish more of their “type” across the multi-verse. A simple example: Fire burns.  Its in its nature. Part of this is to spread and create more fire. If left to its own devices, and given enough fuel, it would burn until everything were fire. A complex example: Mortals (human, elf, etc.) from the Prime Material. When they cross into other dimensions in large quantities they attempt to adapt the environment to match familiar surroundings on the Prime Material. Conquest, power, and ideological differences fuel the various planar wars; hatred and love are powerful tools for inciting epic battles.The Prime Material is the melting pot of the Planes. It combines the attributes of the Inner Planes, has the qualities of the Complex Inner Planes, and shares the ideologies of the Outer Planes.  The worshipper factor of the Prime is no more or less important than the worshipper factor on the other planes, infinite is infinite. Many factors contribute to the Prime as being the central battleground for all of the planes: 1.) Ease of access to other planes 2.) Ease of dealing with natives 3.) Safety (die there and its just a penalty box time out before you’re back in the game) 4.) Fast Power – with plenty of foes (including many who are unprepared to fight you) to pick and choose from, the path of Glory, power, and wealth are more easily found than on one’s own home plane.  So for the lil guy there is the chance of rising up the hierarchy of power in their own plane for deeds they do on others.  For the Planar heads themselves (Gods) there is the chance to spread their own agenda, and to destroy the patterns of their enemies.</blockquote>

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