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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scrollreader" data-source="post: 4121985" data-attributes="member: 62761">I've always imagined that things like this were accounted for by the intersecting nature of the planes.  if you introduce a billion extra gallons of water a second, then somewhere on the prime material plane, in the deepest part of the oceans, a portal will eventually form to the elemental plane of water, that sucks out about a billion gallons of water per second (maybe a permanant whirlpool forms above, that sounds awesome).  I tend to think to have the planes 'self correct' at least in the long term, to maintain general stability, and keep my job as a DM easier.  Not to say that you couldn't flood a vast plain, or make a lake, or whatever.  But you're not going to flood the entire prime material plane.  Just my two cents, as a DM, of course.  It's somewhat harder to rationalize why iron is worth anything at all (given how easy it is to make walls of iron) in a world with high magic, or why people fear death, but I manage.  Still, anything that reduces the default approach to world shanging magic to make my job as a DM, or my expectations as a player more reasonable, is a good thing, IMO.  You can always houserule it if you want to change it, but making the default assumptions more clear is probably a good thing.</blockquote>