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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FourthBear" data-source="post: 4638714" data-attributes="member: 55846">Obviously, it's unclear exactly how they will implement the changes to the cosmology, but I personally find it unlikely that 4e Eberron will be losing the planar conjunctions.  After all, two of the planes they are specifically merging (Thelanis/Feywild, Dolurrh/Shadowfell) already have a very large component of waxing and waning in their interactions with the World in the official 4e World Axis.  My suspicion is that they will preserve the 13 planes and their special "orbiting" influence on Eberron.  They will likely work some rebranding of Dolurrh to allow for parallel, Shadowfell-style areas.  Looking over the other planes, I'm not sure what, if anything they would do to change the planes.  Thelanis is already so close to the Feywild that there's not much to do.  Many of the other planes can just be made into Astral domains or regions in the Elemental Chaos with no particular changes otherwise.My primary concerns are not what they will remove, but what specific 4e World Axis elements they might introduce poorly.  As I said before: are they going to want to introduce the primordials and their conflict with the gods to Eberron?  Additionally: the Abyss and the Nine Hells.  They are so heavily referenced in specific ways in adventures, Dragon articles and the like, there may a strong desire to introduce these into Eberron.  Could they do so somewhat gracefully?  Maybe.  I can see the appeal, since it would allow DMs to use the various 1e-4e fiend inspired material with less work, but as other have noted, could reduce the world's distinctiveness.</blockquote>

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