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<blockquote data-quote="Knight Otu" data-source="post: 2530185" data-attributes="member: 192"><p>Don't put too much weight on the belows and aboves - while they describe the setup as though it were 3d, that is not the case. The material plane, with ENWorld, is the uppermost, surrounded by the elemental ring. If this has a visual effect on the Material plane, it is propably on the stars in "proximity" of the elemental planes, and on whatever zodiak Enworld has.</p><p>"Beneath" the elemental ring, is the energy plane.</p><p>The Outer Planar setup is a lot like the Great Wheel we all know, except the number of planes. The neutral plane lies in the center, and this is where the stream of matter turns up from the energy plane. As I mentioned, it might turn into a pillar or mountain a la the Spire in the Outlands, but that may be too much "quoting".</p><p></p><p>The outer planes might have an infinite amount of layers, as I mentioned, with less and less interest in the material plane (or ability to reach it). The farthest of these layers might be used as the Far Realms or their equivalent.</p><p></p><p>Here's a small ugly diagram that I hope helps visualizing the whole thing a bit better (gray e is the Ethereal. Blue s is Shadow):</p><p> </p><p>[code]</p><p> _____</p><p>([COLOR=DimGray]e[/COLOR]MaP[COLOR=Navy]s[/COLOR])</p><p> -----</p><p> | | |</p><p> _____</p><p>(+ / -)</p><p> -----</p><p> |</p><p> ^</p><p> / \</p><p> - -</p><p>(Outer)</p><p> -----</p><p>[/code]</p><p></p><p></p><p>That said, I am in no ways married to the idea that the cosmology has to be "wheely," and I'd like to see other suggestions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Knight Otu, post: 2530185, member: 192"] Don't put too much weight on the belows and aboves - while they describe the setup as though it were 3d, that is not the case. The material plane, with ENWorld, is the uppermost, surrounded by the elemental ring. If this has a visual effect on the Material plane, it is propably on the stars in "proximity" of the elemental planes, and on whatever zodiak Enworld has. "Beneath" the elemental ring, is the energy plane. The Outer Planar setup is a lot like the Great Wheel we all know, except the number of planes. The neutral plane lies in the center, and this is where the stream of matter turns up from the energy plane. As I mentioned, it might turn into a pillar or mountain a la the Spire in the Outlands, but that may be too much "quoting". The outer planes might have an infinite amount of layers, as I mentioned, with less and less interest in the material plane (or ability to reach it). The farthest of these layers might be used as the Far Realms or their equivalent. Here's a small ugly diagram that I hope helps visualizing the whole thing a bit better (gray e is the Ethereal. Blue s is Shadow): [code] _____ ([COLOR=DimGray]e[/COLOR]MaP[COLOR=Navy]s[/COLOR]) ----- | | | _____ (+ / -) ----- | ^ / \ - - (Outer) ----- [/code] That said, I am in no ways married to the idea that the cosmology has to be "wheely," and I'd like to see other suggestions. [/QUOTE]
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