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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LuisCarlos17f" data-source="post: 9879947" data-attributes="member: 6802378">FictiopiasNext, or within the dream plane there are incredible demiplanes with a special feature: Those pocket-universes are fiction works becoming reality, like fairy tales, ancient legens or famous novels. They may be very interesting places to be visited but they can hide their own secrets. A lot of times the fictiopias are astral-domains created intentionally. Why?<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They are excelent places for base of operations for chronomancer guilds and other time-travelers factions because there they can be protected by time-paradoxes created by enemy groups</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The are used to hide cursed artifacts. Who in their right mind would look for treasure in a radioactive waste graveyard?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Some divinities earn more power as "sponsors" of famous heroes, or monsters.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">But one of the most important reasons to create a fictionpia is to help some divine power with mental health problems such as depression, learned helplessness, or post-traumatic stress. The stories of the characters who live within these fictiopias work like a therapy for these divine powers.</li> </ul>(Now we have got a good excuse if we want some "chuanshu" adventures like the action-comedy movie "the last action here" where the main characters know they are within a fiction work). Cageland.This plane can initially bewilder visitors because it resembles abandoned cities overgrown with vegetation and teeming with wildlife, though this appearance is deceptive.In reality, the native humanoids still live there, but they prefer to avoid going outside as much as possible to avoid the effects of the curse. If they venture outside, they transform into animals (a very uncomfortable and sometimes painful process lasting about ten minutes) and cannot regain their original human form until they rest briefly indoors.Halflings, gnomes, and other small humanoids do not seem to be affected by the curse, either the centaurs but they too can fall prey to predatory beasts. Humanoids from other planes do not appear to be affected by the curse until they spend a considerable amount of time in the region. There are also humanoid children living in gangs who don't seem affected by the curse, but no adults are looking after them, so they are vulnerable to predators.The technological level is at the beginning of the analog era without magic, and with magic, they are already in the digital age. The firearms are known but magitek Rayguns are preferred because they don't require maintenance and you can choose the non-lethal damage option.One of the most striking features is that shops are staffed by insect-like humanoids, though they do not seem to be truly conscious. The maintenance of infrastructure and the construction of new buildings is thanks to autognomes.Some natives dare to go out into the street in their animal form piloting similar constructs, although there is always a risk that a planar portal will open bringing in very dangerous predatory beasts. Usually the intruders, beasts or humanoid invaders, enjoy some bulletproof trait and to be defeated the hand-to-hand combat or magic are necessary.A few years ago it was a civilization that enjoyed great prosperity and stability, but that golden age ended, not because of some stupid mistake or some internal fight, but the crisis was intentionally provoked, in the name of cosmic balance, by the Rilmani("celestials" who try to keep the neutrality as cosmic balance).The deity Vahagn tried to guide mortals fairly and wisely, attempting to avoid being overprotective. Thanks to his sound leadership, civilization experienced great progress, which greatly displeased the Rilmani. These warned Vahagn that there should be a cosmic balance between good and evil, law and chaos, but Vahagn disagreed. According to him, cosmic harmony must be coherence with Natural Law; there can be no true balance when one acts against human dignity; and the balance a leader must seek is between mercy and justice.The Rilmani were not amused by Vahagn's response and their reaction was to promote evil cults within the plane, but Vahagn's inquisitors put an end to their atrocious crimes as soon as they were discovered. The Rilmani were not amused by Vahagn's response and reacted by promoting evil cults within the plane, but Vahagn's inquisitors put an end to their atrocious crimes as soon as they were discovered.Finally, the Rilmani decided to take drastic measures, and after a couple of failed attempts to trigger a zombie apocalypse, they instructed several evil cults to summon the "Supreme Predator," a powerful infernal force who enjoyed the hunt. So, despite numerous efforts to prevent it, one ritual did succeed, and the Supreme Predator was summoned. A special clause stipulated that the Supreme Predator could not hunt adult humanoids for food. The loophole was to curse the humanoids, transforming them into animals and thus making them legitimate prey for the supreme Predator.</blockquote>

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