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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8012985" data-attributes="member: 2629">I don't just make my PMP worlds unique, I make my cosmologies unique.&nbsp; There is an Abyss and Hell for the Forgotten Realms setting that is distinct from the one for Greyhawk.&nbsp; My homebrew cosmology is as different from the Forgotten Realms as Eberron is.&nbsp; However, Gods are extra-cosmological.&nbsp; They span these cosmologies.&nbsp; They really exist between these Cosmologies, but manifest into them.&nbsp; If you were to kill a God (as they did in the FR), you're really just cutting the God off from their access to that plane.&nbsp; Some manifestions, like Tiamat's manifestation into Krynn as Takhisis, are far enough removed to take on more distinct personalities and exist more independently than other manifestations.There also tends to be ways to travel between Cosmologies.&nbsp; Some are connected by the phlogiston of Spelljammer fame.&nbsp; Others by powerful and rare portals.&nbsp; This is how high priests of a God travel to different planes, spread the knowledge of their Gods, and capture the power of that prayer to escalate the God to a higher status on that plane.&nbsp; I find this system works really well to address the various discrepancies, inconsistencies and challenges of not just the 5E system, but the historical systems as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8012985, member: 2629"] I don't just make my PMP worlds unique, I make my cosmologies unique. There is an Abyss and Hell for the Forgotten Realms setting that is distinct from the one for Greyhawk. My homebrew cosmology is as different from the Forgotten Realms as Eberron is. However, Gods are extra-cosmological. They span these cosmologies. They really exist between these Cosmologies, but manifest into them. If you were to kill a God (as they did in the FR), you're really just cutting the God off from their access to that plane. Some manifestions, like Tiamat's manifestation into Krynn as Takhisis, are far enough removed to take on more distinct personalities and exist more independently than other manifestations. There also tends to be ways to travel between Cosmologies. Some are connected by the phlogiston of Spelljammer fame. Others by powerful and rare portals. This is how high priests of a God travel to different planes, spread the knowledge of their Gods, and capture the power of that prayer to escalate the God to a higher status on that plane. I find this system works really well to address the various discrepancies, inconsistencies and challenges of not just the 5E system, but the historical systems as well. [/QUOTE]

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