Re: Krynnspace

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Miller" <night_druid3000@?????.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 2:00 PM


> --- David Shepheard <david_shepheard@???????.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Unless new crystal sphere (I'll call it Takhisispace
>> to avoid confusion with the old Krynnspace) already
>> had planets and moons and Takhisis shuffled them
>> around when she stole the world.
>
> True.

If we do eventually do Takhisispace, then we could keep the big things (the 
planets) the same but fiddle around with the little things (that wouldn't be 
seen from Krynn). So we could give the planets in the "new Krynnspace" a 
different number of moons. Alternatively we could add things like asteroid 
belts that help with setting up spacefaring communities.

> Also like the idea of making old Krynnspace
> "Reorxspace" & new Krynnspace "Takhisispace".

Its great that Trampas came back and started that off. I wouldn't have 
thought of using "Takhisispace" without seeing "Reorxspace" first. I think 
it would certainly help BtM ringfence the new material (that was compatible 
with the Age of Mortals) from the older Krynnspace (that was compatible with 
the new SJCS). That could help stop Paul grumbling too! (joke) ;-)

>> I think that astronomers on Krynn would notice that
>> the planets were missing if they were absent for 40
>> years. Takhisis might as well change the
>> constellations to spell out "under new management"!
>> ;-)
>
> Didn't she do that with the one big moon? :)

LOL - Hang on...

.."One big moon"? Where did that moon go when the DL gods took Krynn's 
original moons from Reoxspace to Takhisispace? I can't find anything about 
the return of the moons in the DLCS hardback (although it *is* obvious that 
they *are* back).

If the DLCS doesn't need that moon anymore then perhaps we could have it 
sent back (along the River of Souls) to Krynn's orbit after Krynn's moons 
are taken. That could give us one empty moon and one "space station".

The moon could even contain some of those "alien dragons" (dragon 
overlords?) who could come back to Reorxspace and start dragon wars across 
the sphere. Keen to travel across Krynnspace to the various planets where 
they could eat local dragons, these dragon overlords may disguise themselves 
as humans and act as crewmen or helmsmen. Or they might form an open 
alliance with on of the existing spacefaring organisations. I'm thinking 
Dragonlance meets Highlander!

:-D

>> "Aspects" or "avatars" might be nice (they are
>> already mentioned in Krynnspace), but they are not
>> essential.
>>
>> What is essential is clerical access to spells and
>> Wizard (of High Sorcery) access to spells. This
>> requires a dimensional conduit to the new home of
>> the gods.
>
> Whatever works is fine with me :)

Same here. I'll go with the *easiest* solution that preserves (or better 
still, improves) both the SJ and DL feeling of the crystal sphere. I don't 
especially care if that turns out to be my idea, your idea, a mixture of 
both our ideas or something someone else chips in with. Like you, I'll go 
with what is best for the crystal sphere. I'm sure anything we don't use 
here can get recycled elsewhere.

>> Actually (get ready to add the cheese) when the gods
>> find Krynn they could repair the River of Souls so
>> that it goes from that spot to the new outer planes
>> (I see it flowing from Krynn, through the new
>> outer planes, then the old outer planes and onto the
>> old locaton of Krynn).  You could then use
>> Takhisis's flying citadel as something similar to
>> Deep Space 9! It could guard the gate to the start
>> of the River of Souls.
>
> That's not a bad idea.  I would suggest, though, that
> the "wormhole to Takhisispace" be left largely unknown
> until we've got Reorxspace done and are ready to start
> tackling that sphere ;)

I'd agree with keeping it unknown. We should also make it hard to use, so 
that most people can't just go flying through it.

Perhaps the wormhole only opens if a Cleric, Druid or Ranger (worshiping a 
DL) or a Wizard of High Sorcery casts the Create Portal spell on the 
wormhole. Spacefarers are not going to expect to use that spell away from 
the edge of a crystal sphere so we could give it a secondary use that people 
are not aware of.

Alternatively the wormhole itself may have discriminatory powers that 
prevent people getting through if they do not belong in Takhisispace. It may 
refuse to open if a helmsman is not a Wizard of High Sorcery or a divine 
servant of the gods (someone with a medallion of faith). It may refuse to 
open if someone with orc blood is nearby.

If the Knight's of Krynnspace captured Takhisis's flying citadel they could 
be the guardians of the wormhole. You could keep up the DS9 feel, by having 
all the weapons, and equipment on the room belong to the former evil 
occupants. There could be unexplored levels in the station that contain 
traps.

I've just realised an alternate solution for the Wizards of High Sorcery. If 
we *do* create a wormhole between the two spheres then the Wizards of High 
Sorcery could get their power indirectly from Krynn's three moons via the 
wormhole. They would receive more and less power during high and low 
sanctions, but would have no way to see where the moons were for themselves. 
The beauty of this solution is that we then don't need to create additional 
moons or aspects to deal with DL spellcasters who want to regain spells. The 
one wormhole can do it all.

(Tinker gnomes could create clockwork versions of Krynn and its moons that 
help wizards calculate when they will be at high and low sanction.)

David "Big Mac" Shepheard
Virtual Eclipse Role Playing Club
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