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<blockquote data-quote="Mind of tempest" data-source="post: 9389001" data-attributes="member: 7029233"><p>my point is the mixtures are wrong, try heating or burning air, smoke is not a common byproduct as smoke is from burning things like wood or other organic detritus.</p><p>ooze is nothing, mud is literal water mixed with literal soil but the plane of earth is more rock than soil and the plane of a damn rock is too dumb even for me.</p><p></p><p>I know what the elemental planes are based on my point is they are dull in use and dull in inhabitants and plot lines.</p><p>they are also built wrong as the plane of earth is the root version of every mineral in the prime material or the secondary materials( is there a tertiary material?) thus it is both material and embodiment of a metaphorical principle.</p><p></p><p>water would be acid damage as ice is defined by being cold not a particular material hence the stuff known as dry ice.</p><p></p><p>ait in 5e would be thunder damage or sonic in past editions it is the movement of energy in air, lighting is far too hot hence is past elemental systems the fusion of hot dry known as fire and the fusion of hot wet air would have to be something rather impressive and lighting is damn hot but also seen as sky fire or the gods fire making it something more separate</p><p></p><p>I see that it is just the plane of summon but that seems like a waste when they could have more influence more interesting being and be more important to certain settings it could be more</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mind of tempest, post: 9389001, member: 7029233"] my point is the mixtures are wrong, try heating or burning air, smoke is not a common byproduct as smoke is from burning things like wood or other organic detritus. ooze is nothing, mud is literal water mixed with literal soil but the plane of earth is more rock than soil and the plane of a damn rock is too dumb even for me. I know what the elemental planes are based on my point is they are dull in use and dull in inhabitants and plot lines. they are also built wrong as the plane of earth is the root version of every mineral in the prime material or the secondary materials( is there a tertiary material?) thus it is both material and embodiment of a metaphorical principle. water would be acid damage as ice is defined by being cold not a particular material hence the stuff known as dry ice. ait in 5e would be thunder damage or sonic in past editions it is the movement of energy in air, lighting is far too hot hence is past elemental systems the fusion of hot dry known as fire and the fusion of hot wet air would have to be something rather impressive and lighting is damn hot but also seen as sky fire or the gods fire making it something more separate I see that it is just the plane of summon but that seems like a waste when they could have more influence more interesting being and be more important to certain settings it could be more [/QUOTE]
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