So I've been stuck on the idea of having Ysgard (or, at least, a brewed version of it) as a Prime. I am going to have the layers with different ways of moving between them (specifically the giants live in an area reachable by magical beanstalks), but I was curious what other folks thought on the idea of a Prime having layers like that.
You want to structure your game world to either be Ysgard or works like Ysgard. You can do what you want. There's not official rules for planetary formation in making a game world, wherever in the cosmos it may be. Make a continent that's actually an island floating in a sea that's set in the back of a giant space turtle.
You want to have magic bean stalks that take people to other levels in your world? That's really cool. There's nothing in the "rules" of world building preventing you from doing that.
You want to structure your game world to either be Ysgard or works like Ysgard. You can do what you want. There's not official rules for planetary formation in making a game world, wherever in the cosmos it may be. Make a continent that's actually an island floating in a sea that's set in the back of a giant space turtle.
You want to have magic bean stalks that take people to other levels in your world? That's really cool. There's nothing in the "rules" of world building preventing you from doing that.
I read through the Manual of the Planes and other such cosmological things. I'm glad that there aren't those types of rules, though the guidance for handling areas where various influences happen is nice.
Thanks! In at least one part of their history, the Jack and the Beanstalk story was not only real but caused an actual war between humans and giants. It's never been clear how the planar layers exactly work. Most of the time it seems like one can easily go between them--environmental hazards aside. Something like the beanstalks or Sidhe Mounds, or blackthorn and hawthorn trees acting as ways to go to the Feywild and back.
So far, we have explored level 0 and 1, and are just beginning to make our way to Level 2.
Pretty sure we have actually explored more of layer 2 than layer 0 (at least if probes and observations count). This may not have been the best example...
Only if Layer 2 was limited to the Moon. We've only made a moderate amount exploration of Mars, Venus's surface is constantly being recycled, and we really haven't explored much of the other planets and moons at all.
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"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Only if Layer 2 was limited to the Moon. We've only made a moderate amount exploration of Mars, Venus's surface is constantly being recycled, and we really haven't explored much of the other planets and moons at all.
We've explored 5-20% of the ocean depending on how you measure. We've observed and documented 5% of the visible universe.
We have a pretty firm understanding of the composition and behavior of every planet and moon in our solar system. A new detail is filled in every once and a while, but the same is true for discoveries on earth.
So I've been stuck on the idea of having Ysgard (or, at least, a brewed version of it) as a Prime. I am going to have the layers with different ways of moving between them (specifically the giants live in an area reachable by magical beanstalks), but I was curious what other folks thought on the idea of a Prime having layers like that.
You want to structure your game world to either be Ysgard or works like Ysgard. You can do what you want. There's not official rules for planetary formation in making a game world, wherever in the cosmos it may be. Make a continent that's actually an island floating in a sea that's set in the back of a giant space turtle.
You want to have magic bean stalks that take people to other levels in your world? That's really cool. There's nothing in the "rules" of world building preventing you from doing that.
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Our world has levels.
Level 0 is the ocean.
Level 1 is the Land
Level 2 are the other planets in Sol System.
Level 3 are the other stars in the Milky Way
Level 4 are the other galaxies in our cluster
Level 5 are the other clusters.
So far, we have explored level 0 and 1, and are just beginning to make our way to Level 2.
There's no reason a Prime world can't be structured in layers. Technically speaking, most default settings are, with the surface and the Underdark.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
I read through the Manual of the Planes and other such cosmological things. I'm glad that there aren't those types of rules, though the guidance for handling areas where various influences happen is nice.
Thanks! In at least one part of their history, the Jack and the Beanstalk story was not only real but caused an actual war between humans and giants. It's never been clear how the planar layers exactly work. Most of the time it seems like one can easily go between them--environmental hazards aside. Something like the beanstalks or Sidhe Mounds, or blackthorn and hawthorn trees acting as ways to go to the Feywild and back.
*nods* Besides the Underdark, sometimes the Feywild and Shadowfell are also attached in some way, so it didn't seem without precedence.
Don't forget that the border ethereal is also coexistent with the material plane.
Pretty sure we have actually explored more of layer 2 than layer 0 (at least if probes and observations count). This may not have been the best example...
Only if Layer 2 was limited to the Moon. We've only made a moderate amount exploration of Mars, Venus's surface is constantly being recycled, and we really haven't explored much of the other planets and moons at all.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
We've explored 5-20% of the ocean depending on how you measure. We've observed and documented 5% of the visible universe.
We have a pretty firm understanding of the composition and behavior of every planet and moon in our solar system. A new detail is filled in every once and a while, but the same is true for discoveries on earth.
Anyway, didn't mean to derail the thread.