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<blockquote data-quote="Viking Bastard" data-source="post: 5735404" data-attributes="member: 509">I don't really see Shadow originating from the Shadowfell, exactly, as much as the Shadowfell being drenched in the stuff. It's just the closest source to draw from for the denizens of the World. Shadow could, for instance, been seen as the corrupting influence of the Splinter of Evil, or it could emanate from the Negative Energy sub-plane in the Elemental Chaos.I kind of like the idea of there being Elemental Poles in the Elemental Chaos. Travel &quot;south&quot; towards the Positive Pole, or &quot;north&quot; towards the Negative Pole; or alternatively, the Elemental Poles (Earth, Air, Water &amp; Fire) are in the Elemental Chaos, while the Energy Poles (Positive &amp; Negative) are in the Astral Sea (perhaps with the Living Gate at the exact multidimensional mid-point between them).The division of power sources as described by the rules may just be a simplification of the much more complex metaphysics that govern the world, perhaps devised by an ancient civilization, or by a popular cosmologist whose work cemented the common person's ideas about the multiverse.People may talk of &quot;Shadow&quot;, but they're actually talking about of variety of things lumped together, Negative Energy among them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Viking Bastard, post: 5735404, member: 509"] I don't really see Shadow originating from the Shadowfell, exactly, as much as the Shadowfell being drenched in the stuff. It's just the closest source to draw from for the denizens of the World. Shadow could, for instance, been seen as the corrupting influence of the Splinter of Evil, or it could emanate from the Negative Energy sub-plane in the Elemental Chaos. I kind of like the idea of there being Elemental Poles in the Elemental Chaos. Travel "south" towards the Positive Pole, or "north" towards the Negative Pole; or alternatively, the Elemental Poles (Earth, Air, Water & Fire) are in the Elemental Chaos, while the Energy Poles (Positive & Negative) are in the Astral Sea (perhaps with the Living Gate at the exact multidimensional mid-point between them). The division of power sources as described by the rules may just be a simplification of the much more complex metaphysics that govern the world, perhaps devised by an ancient civilization, or by a popular cosmologist whose work cemented the common person's ideas about the multiverse. People may talk of "Shadow", but they're actually talking about of variety of things lumped together, Negative Energy among them. [/QUOTE]

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