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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Upper_Krust" data-source="post: 8540817" data-attributes="member: 326">Howdy Chess435 amigo!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> apologies for the slow response,Its like layers of an onion. 20th-level PCs are the big fish in the small pond of 'their' planet, but are barely pawns on the immortal chessboard. Immortals are super-ceded by Dimensional Guardians (albeit the two often work together...for instance 'weaker' angels may serve good-aligned deities).Immortals protect mortals from the things they can't handleDimensional Guardians keep the Universe intact (typically from Umbrals and Pseudonaturals)Servants of Time Lords (such as Neutronium Golems) patrol the borders of each individual universe.Time Lords police the 8th dimensionThe Mazzaroth guard the 9th dimensionThe Lipika (retired supreme beings) will silence threats to the 10th dimensionWhats to say your home planet hasn't already been destroyed several times and been restored via unlimited wishes?That said, forces are operating in your universe to keep the status quo.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sidereals/Elder Gods (and above) are typically confined and imprisoned.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dimensional Guardians (angels, elementals, intelligibles and inevitables defend the outer, inner, prime space and time). Umbrals and Pseudonaturals are a threat of course but that's still 4 vs. 2 in terms of protect and destroy.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Think of each Pantheon as operating like a (real world) Country, protecting its own interests (in many cases worshippers on certain planets).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Multiple Pantheons can act in unison (operating like the United Nations) in dire circumstances.</li> </ul>If the universe wasn't operating in some kind of balance it would all just unravel.Imagine a meteor were heading to Earth. NASA find it and a secret team is sent to plant explosives at the core and blow it up. Now imagine a living (Lovecraftian) meteor is heading to Toril, the gods send an appropriately levelled team to respond to the threat.In both cases those living on the planet may never be aware of anything going on.Sort of depends how high up you go. Once you hit Demi-god you can operate in Outer Space (for instance). Bad things are going to happen as soon as you set foot in the Far Realm or the Plane* of Entropy. So you'll have a limited time window when operating in truly epic environments.*The borders of that plane, Entropy itself is just Annihilation, but it has 3 layers (as in the layers of an onion)...you could argue the 3rd layer is analogous to the Shadowfell.I have this covered in the new book (Epic Environments) and its a very simple concept - I don't want to spoil it at the moment though. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60a.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle    :giggle:"  data-smilie="27"data-shortname=":giggle:" /></blockquote>

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