The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos

Almacov

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Please pardon my ignorance if this book has already been discussed to death elsewhere on the forums, but I'm really, really looking forward to the read.

From the Amazon.ca product description:

"Fiendish dungeons and elemental battlefields await...

A hotbed of adventure opportunities await you in the roiling maelstrom of the Elemental Chaos–a plane of titans, elementals, genies, slaads, and demons. This game supplement builds on the overview of the Elemental Chaos presented in the Manual of the Planes™ game supplement and explores the tumultuous plane is greater detail. From the City of Brass to the githzerai monastery of Zerthadlun to the spiraling depths of the Abyss, adventure lurks behind every lava waterfall, across every icy battlefield, and beyond every raging lightning storm.

This game supplement describes the Elemental Chaos in detail, featuring key locations throughout the plane. It also presents a multitude of new monsters, mighty primordials, and powerful demons, as well as adventure hooks, encounters, hazards, and everything Dungeon Masters need to make the Elemental Chaos a featured setting in their campaigns."

Now, I don't know about the rest of you, but for me the Elemental Chaos is the 4e cosmology plane I have the hardest time visualizing myself using. Maybe I'm stuck in a heroic-tier mindset, and just haven't begun planning or fiddling with Paragon or Epic stories, but out of all the sections in the Manual of the Planes, the portion on the Elemental Chaos (apart from, perhaps, some of the info on the abyss) conjured the least amount of inspiring material for me.

I have high hopes that this book will remedy that situation. I think if anyone can manage to make the plane intriguing, it may just be Mr. Marmell.

So, I'm interested in finding out what specifically people are hoping to see in this one.
Any thoughts?
 

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To start the ball rolling:

"The demons, after all, live in the layers of the Abyss-- the space between the layers is haunted by creatures even the demons fear." - page 78, 4e MotP

I'm very interested to see what sort of creatures will be created to fill this role. [if any] :)

(Again though, that's concerning the Abyss. What I'm really curious about is the stuff that will be whipped up for the rest of the Elemental Chaos. I'm prepared to be pleasantly surprised...)
 


He's not just writing it from the looks of it. A brief glance at Mouseferatu's site indicate's he's also taking on the position of Lead Designer for this one. =)
The fact that he's writing in four major coming releases this year makes me grin. I'd been hoping he'd get more WotC gigs since Heroes of Horror.
 

He's not just writing it from the looks of it. A brief glance at Mouseferatu's site indicate's he's also taking on the position of Lead Designer for this one. =)
The fact that he's writing in four major coming releases this year makes me grin. I'd been hoping he'd get more WotC gigs since Heroes of Horror.

Same here. Ari's writing is absolutely top notch!

(So Ari, when have we said enough nice things about you for you to drive by and toss some spoilers for us? ;))
 

(So Ari, when have we said enough nice things about you for you to drive by and toss some spoilers for us? ;))
Yeah throw us a frickin bone here
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Congrats on the lead design gig, onwards and upwards :)
 
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