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<blockquote data-quote="Dogbrain" data-source="post: 1588537" data-attributes="member: 14980">So, is the &quot;stuff&quot; of your campaign's material world &quot;from an evil source&quot;, &quot;from a good source&quot;, &quot;from an other than good source&quot;, or just stuff?Evil source examples:&nbsp; A world made from the bones/blood/etc. of a Big Bad Nasty Thing that the gods or pre-gods conveniently slaughtered.&nbsp; The world in some forms of Gnosticism, made by an evil demiurge to trap true life (souls).Good source examples:&nbsp; A world made by a good deity or deities from their own substance, from the selfless sacrifice (or merciless slaughter) of a good being, or simply by the word/will of said deity/deities.Not Good source example:&nbsp; The world in some forms of Gnosticism, made by a demiurge who isn't evil, merely ignorant or foolish.Just stuff:&nbsp; Just there, no primordial &quot;moral&quot; quality.Tolkein had an interesting mix.&nbsp; Arda was primarily of a good substance (the Song--revealed in the Silmarillion), but it had an evil substance mixed in (the evil substance was gold, the essence of Morgauth--this was revealed in one of his Letters, I think).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dogbrain, post: 1588537, member: 14980"] So, is the "stuff" of your campaign's material world "from an evil source", "from a good source", "from an other than good source", or just stuff? Evil source examples: A world made from the bones/blood/etc. of a Big Bad Nasty Thing that the gods or pre-gods conveniently slaughtered. The world in some forms of Gnosticism, made by an evil demiurge to trap true life (souls). Good source examples: A world made by a good deity or deities from their own substance, from the selfless sacrifice (or merciless slaughter) of a good being, or simply by the word/will of said deity/deities. Not Good source example: The world in some forms of Gnosticism, made by a demiurge who isn't evil, merely ignorant or foolish. Just stuff: Just there, no primordial "moral" quality. Tolkein had an interesting mix. Arda was primarily of a good substance (the Song--revealed in the Silmarillion), but it had an evil substance mixed in (the evil substance was gold, the essence of Morgauth--this was revealed in one of his Letters, I think). [/QUOTE]

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