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<blockquote data-quote="Rae ArdGaoth" data-source="post: 3409404" data-attributes="member: 21064">I'd like to revive this thread.&nbsp; It got barely any discussion, which is surprising to me because the planes are some of my favorite parts of a campaign setting.&nbsp; LEW has a particularly cool planar setup, with the ying yang and the spinning and the Enworphant (who is [or at least once was] named Morrus, I recently discovered), it's all very original and I like it a lot.KO had some good one sentence blurbs about each plane, but I'm not sure they're unique enough.&nbsp; Some strike me as rather bland facsimiles of the standard (Greyhawk, I guess?) planes.&nbsp; The more original ones are a little confusing (Taka's plane, Falcon's Flight, I think I understand, but it's a bit vague).&nbsp; I think KO was trying to be vague and just toss out ideas, hoping for some discussion, but it just never happened.Don't let me put words into your mouth, though, KO.&nbsp; =PMy own personal thoughts: Each plane should have &quot;flavor text&quot; and &quot;rules information&quot;.&nbsp; The flavor text perhaps can be determined with a knowledge (the planes) check.&nbsp; Maybe every plane should have a series of knowledge checks as well?&nbsp; The rules information would be less vague, and have specific damages dealt, and all the &quot;planar trait&quot; information.&nbsp; Exactly how to get onto Taka's plane might be unknown to any character, but a DM needs to know how to handle a character's actions.Also, I think inter- and intraplanar travel should be discussed.&nbsp; Maybe that's a whole different thread, but I don't like the &quot;I think about it and I'm there&quot; mechanic.&nbsp; There should be gate spells required, or allied deities should have permanent gates to each other's planes, or something.&nbsp; It always struck me as out of place that every plane had infinite layers, I think that could be discussed as well.As far as I know, nobody's actually visited a planar location, so all this is up for a total revamp.&nbsp; I have a few ideas of my own, I'll need to flesh them out, though. I think I've rambled enough.&nbsp; I've probably just made some poorly thought out comments, but this is a brainstorm, so... whatever.&nbsp; &nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Anyway, discuss, folks!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rae ArdGaoth, post: 3409404, member: 21064"] I'd like to revive this thread. It got barely any discussion, which is surprising to me because the planes are some of my favorite parts of a campaign setting. LEW has a particularly cool planar setup, with the ying yang and the spinning and the Enworphant (who is [or at least once was] named Morrus, I recently discovered), it's all very original and I like it a lot. KO had some good one sentence blurbs about each plane, but I'm not sure they're [i]unique[/i] enough. Some strike me as rather bland facsimiles of the standard (Greyhawk, I guess?) planes. The more original ones are a little confusing (Taka's plane, Falcon's Flight, I think I understand, but it's a bit vague). I think KO was trying to be vague and just toss out ideas, hoping for some discussion, but it just never happened. Don't let me put words into your mouth, though, KO. =P My own personal thoughts: Each plane should have "flavor text" and "rules information". The flavor text perhaps can be determined with a knowledge (the planes) check. Maybe every plane should have a series of knowledge checks as well? The rules information would be less vague, and have specific damages dealt, and all the "planar trait" information. Exactly how to get onto Taka's plane might be unknown to any character, but a DM needs to know how to handle a character's actions. Also, I think inter- and intraplanar travel should be discussed. Maybe that's a whole different thread, but I don't like the "I think about it and I'm there" mechanic. There should be [i]gate[/i] spells required, or allied deities should have permanent [i]gates[/i] to each other's planes, or something. It always struck me as out of place that every plane had infinite layers, I think that could be discussed as well. As far as I know, nobody's actually visited a planar location, so all this is up for a total revamp. I have a few ideas of my own, I'll need to flesh them out, though. I think I've rambled enough. I've probably just made some poorly thought out comments, but this is a brainstorm, so... whatever. :p Anyway, discuss, folks! [/QUOTE]

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