Re: Phlogiston rivers, portals and sphere isolation

--- David Shepheard <david_shepheard@???????.com>
wrote:

> I was using it as an example of an isolated unique
> place.

Fair enough.  I just didn't want you basing the whole
"how best to deal with isolated spheres" angle on one
sphere, especially since it already has an internal
mechanisim to render it isolated.

> > 2. Personally (and this is just IMHO), I view Flow
> > currents as kinda like ocean currents, with
> > spheres as islands & continents along the rivers.
> > The ultimate source of rivers is an unexplained
> > mystery.
> 
> Sounds like a cue for background material or an
> adventure idea.
> 
> I'd love to know what *else* is in the phlogiston!

:)  All kinds of stuff, I'm sure! :)

> 2) If you travel up river you might get to
> Lepricornspace! (A sphere where all metal the
> natural metal is gold and every metal thing is made
> from gold - the homeworld of Lepricorns would be the
> major world here).

Sounds like a good idea for a "Lost Sphere of
Gold"...something many quest for, but never find.  

> 3) If you go off-river, there could be regions of
> phlogiston that are more or less explosive than
> normal. 

Now these are some interesting ideas.  I think if
there were "solid" phlogiston, it'd be more like
crystal than stone.  "Prismatic"-like weapons & armor
might be cool.  Rainbow dwarves?  LOL...a friend of
mine would love that :)  A citadel of solid Flow I
would envision more like that crystal castle from the
same issue of Dungeon Arist Errant was in (don't
remember the title of the adventure).

> 4) Rogue planets could float in-between spheres. 

I think they'd have no religion at all, but still an
interesting idea.  Its been done (There was such a
place in the Chronicles of the Eternal Wanderer, IIRC)
and can be done again.
 
> 5) According to Legends and Lore, the Aztec gods are
> supposed to live in wildspace. 

You know, after Pirates of the Caribbean, I can see
the Aztecs as a semi-chuthul style pantheon.  Very
powerful, can curse people and drive them to maddness.
:)

Adam

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