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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 3755910" data-attributes="member: 2012">What is Farspace?The Unseen Infinity.  The space beyond space.  What is beyond, but hidden.  Farspace.  The Plane of the Unseen Infinity has many names but it is the last one, which is the most used.  It is ironic really, for farspace isn’t that far away at all.  It just seems like it is the first time you discover it exists.Farspace can be best described as being an extension to space that is hidden by a person’s perception of the universe.  What does that mean?  Well, let me try to explain.In the Outer Planes, belief is everything.  It shapes everything around you including the very essence of the Outer Planes.  That is why there are planes aligned to good and evil, as well as chaos and law.  That is why the Gods exist, because of belief.  This is why there are factions in Sigil and why Sigil doesn’t exist in every universe.  Belief is everything on the Outer Planes.Now imagine if you will that belief could shape reality from the Material Plane.  Not on the Material Plane, just around it.  Could this not have lead to the existence of wildspace, the phlogiston and the crystal shells of our reality?  Ask yourself, why do crystal shells exist?  Don’t have an answer, neither did a lot of sages both on the prime and in the Outer Planes when I asked them.  They asked their colleagues what they knew, who in turn researched the possibilities and then asked the faithful of the gods to divine the answer, who turned around and ask their gods why crystal shells exist.And what do the gods tell the faithful?  Well, it depends on the god but usually it is long-winded and cryptic without revealing anything of importance.  And when the faithful interpret these divinations, aren’t they written down as being the canon of their gods.  These faithful then pass on this knowledge to others as belief.  It is belief that defines the gods and the planes of existence.  Therefore, it is belief itself that creates how each individual sees the universe.Now do you understand?  No.  All right, let’s try a different approach.What if the god of the faithful tells them that beyond the world there is space?  And what if that god also tells the faithful that beyond space is even more space, filled with billions of stars.  And that around these stars are countless worlds, that may or may not contain life.  Given that the faithful believe in their god and what he or she or it tells them, wouldn’t that belief have power?  Wouldn’t that belief shape their lives, their homes, their country, their world, and yes, even their universe.  Yes, of course it would.  For belief is powerful.  Powerful enough to wage wars and travel the world to see these wonders that the faithful believe in.  And to travel to space and see what belief tells them is already there.Hmm, what if gods don’t tell their faithful the same thing as other gods?  Well, that’s what holy wars are for, I guess.  Gods with different beliefs believe that their way is the right way for their followers.  If the faithful of God-B preach something else to the masses then they are heretics and, thus, enemies of the followers of God-A.  This usually leads to thousands of years of conflict as the faithful of God-A try to wipe out the faithful of God-B and vice versa.How does it end you say?  Well, sometimes it doesn’t.  And sometimes one belief wins out over the other and either converts the other God’s followers or kills them all.  It’s not a nice thing to think about, really.Anyway, sometimes belief is so strong that it shapes reality by the will of the faithful and by word of mouth.  When enough people in a sphere believe the same thing, this causes that belief to be manifest in reality.  Thus, many worlds believe in crystal shells and, thus, those shells exist for them.  However, in other spheres across the universe, some worlds don’t believe in crystal shells.  And for them, shells don’t exist.Hmm, what’s that?  What if one world in a sphere believes in one thing while another world in the same sphere believes another.  Weren’t you paying attention when I was talking about holy wars, gods and the faithful?  It’s the same thing just on a larger scale.  Really, you should drink less mead.Now, where was I?  Ah yes, different belief in different spheres.  You see, many people across the universe believe that beyond space is simply more space.  A lot more!  No, no!  Not like a jug of mead is a lot more than a mug of mead.  A lot more!  More than your puny living mind can interpret, obviously.  Hmm, what did I say?  Oh nothing, here have another drink…– From a conversation with Terrigimar, the spacefaring lich</blockquote>

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