>I am saddened by the loss of unique environments of the
>different Otherworlds that PCs would have to visit as part of their
>quests. I am certain that I remember Greg stating in some forum that
>Sorcerers Town on the Lightbringers Quest is on the Sorcerous
>Otherside.
I not sure why the Hero Plane being one contiguous area would make it lose unique environments. The world is one contiguous area and it has all sorts of different environments, mnay of them very different. I've always envisioned the Hero Plane as operating in this fashion. I don't think the boundaries between the different planes (for lack of a better word) are that clear cut.
>Another part of the problem is that once you travel to the edges of >the
>world, it is also considered to be part of the Hero Plane. >Actually, I
>would go further and say that, once you travel far enough >from home to a
>place your people have never or rarely visited before, >then you are being
>Heroic (from the point of view of your people >after your return).
>Therefore, after the fact, it is determined that >you were actually
>travelling in the Hero Plane even though no magic >mechanism was used to
>get there or back. (There is a rules issue here >of when the Heroic
>Consequences should be used but that is different >question for a different
>group).
I don't think so. Going from Seshnela to Kralorela is a long trip and you'll see all sorts of unfamiliar things on your trip but it's not a Hero Quest despite your being the first Seshnelan to visit Kralorela. You're brave and heroic but that's NOT the same thing as a hero quest. Now if you keep heading east and get as far as the Gates of Dawn, then that's a different story.
>This leads to the possiblity that the Hero Plane is just a "state of
> >mind", or something similar, rather than a separate location. You >can
>be in the Hero Plane while on the Spirit Plane (or vice versa). >This could
>explain how some parts of HeroQuests take place on the >Mundane/Mortal
>plane.
This is at least partially true BUT you can enter the Hero Plane without intending to so I don't think it's the whole story. The Hero Plane overlays the mortal plane and that's why some Hero Quests seem to take place on that plane.
Oliver D. Bernuetz
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