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<blockquote data-quote="experimentalrobotk1" data-source="post: 921669" data-attributes="member: 12087"><p>The implication of the Urban Arcana sourcebook is that Shadow creatures come from the D&D universe, which is all well and good. But I'm running a campaign at the moment where the heroes have just cottoned on to the fact that the Big Bad is trying to create a portal into Shadow, through which he can control any number of nasties to throw at them.</p><p></p><p>I'm beginning to get the feeling - as they're very 'must have conrete answers' players - that they won't be satisfied until they know <strong>exactly where</strong> all these monsters are coming from. </p><p></p><p>Ideally, I'd going to try to keep them away from <strong>ever</strong> finding out what's on the other side of that portal. But I began to wonder...</p><p></p><p>What would the effect be if I just dreamt up another dimension to use as Shadow? Something scary, like Carceri maybe (from the D&D Manual of the Planes). I then began to think - Well, the biggest influence on my game is Buffy and Angel, so why not accept the idea that there are <strong>many</strong> different Shadow dimensions - in a similar way that the Manual of the Planes suggests for D&D?</p><p></p><p>It's against that particular part of the spirit of UA, but I think it would please my players. I've got a recurring 'guest star', if you like, a player who can't make it to every session - I could even send him off to one of these other dimensions for a while!</p><p></p><p>I quite like this idea, but I wonder if there's something I'm missing. Would there be implications to this that I'm just not seeing?</p><p></p><p>cheers,</p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="experimentalrobotk1, post: 921669, member: 12087"] The implication of the Urban Arcana sourcebook is that Shadow creatures come from the D&D universe, which is all well and good. But I'm running a campaign at the moment where the heroes have just cottoned on to the fact that the Big Bad is trying to create a portal into Shadow, through which he can control any number of nasties to throw at them. I'm beginning to get the feeling - as they're very 'must have conrete answers' players - that they won't be satisfied until they know [B]exactly where[/B] all these monsters are coming from. Ideally, I'd going to try to keep them away from [B]ever[/B] finding out what's on the other side of that portal. But I began to wonder... What would the effect be if I just dreamt up another dimension to use as Shadow? Something scary, like Carceri maybe (from the D&D Manual of the Planes). I then began to think - Well, the biggest influence on my game is Buffy and Angel, so why not accept the idea that there are [B]many[/B] different Shadow dimensions - in a similar way that the Manual of the Planes suggests for D&D? It's against that particular part of the spirit of UA, but I think it would please my players. I've got a recurring 'guest star', if you like, a player who can't make it to every session - I could even send him off to one of these other dimensions for a while! I quite like this idea, but I wonder if there's something I'm missing. Would there be implications to this that I'm just not seeing? cheers, David [/QUOTE]
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