Cuindless
2007-09-09, 02:35 AM
Fellow Fans,
I've just been reading through all the speculative posts and put a few things together, and I think I might know what the deal with "Cloister" is.
First, you take the definition of the word cloister along with what Xykon said about Azure City being "Off the grid" and combine them, what do you get? As many posters have already said, you get the idea that Azure City is somehow immune/resistant/impenetrable to scrying, messages and other magical distance effects.
Second, ask yourself how that is accomplished using the D&D rules, which the talented Mr. Berlew seems to be following quite closely. Well, Azure City would probably (not necessarily) have to be taken to a pocket dimension or another plane.
Third, re-read the section about the Snarl. What happens when someone like Xykon removes not only the seal holding in the deity eating monster that destroyed the previous universe, but in fact removes the very rift itself? What will this do? What effect will the have? If I were the Dm I could think of several possibilities, like Xykon attaining near deific power, for instance (undoing the mistake that even the gods themselves claim they could not do without unravelling the universe). How about transporting the Snarl to other dimension that he'd like to see wiped out by the monster, such as the celestial realms? In effect, Xykon has the key to the Snarl's cage. How do you think he'll use it?
I've just been reading through all the speculative posts and put a few things together, and I think I might know what the deal with "Cloister" is.
First, you take the definition of the word cloister along with what Xykon said about Azure City being "Off the grid" and combine them, what do you get? As many posters have already said, you get the idea that Azure City is somehow immune/resistant/impenetrable to scrying, messages and other magical distance effects.
Second, ask yourself how that is accomplished using the D&D rules, which the talented Mr. Berlew seems to be following quite closely. Well, Azure City would probably (not necessarily) have to be taken to a pocket dimension or another plane.
Third, re-read the section about the Snarl. What happens when someone like Xykon removes not only the seal holding in the deity eating monster that destroyed the previous universe, but in fact removes the very rift itself? What will this do? What effect will the have? If I were the Dm I could think of several possibilities, like Xykon attaining near deific power, for instance (undoing the mistake that even the gods themselves claim they could not do without unravelling the universe). How about transporting the Snarl to other dimension that he'd like to see wiped out by the monster, such as the celestial realms? In effect, Xykon has the key to the Snarl's cage. How do you think he'll use it?