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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9209451" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>Re the World Tree and planeshifting.</p><p></p><p>From a Norse Yggdrasill perspective, the Tree is strictly this-worldly. It refers to the air itself, whose branches form the shape of the dome of the sky, whose clouds course thru the upper branches, and whose appearance changes with the seasons. In other words, the Tree is an aspect of the Material Plane. Generally speaking, "animism" is D&D innate magic within the Material Plane. The sky unifies all lands together. For example, the northern realm of Niflheimr is the arctic ice cap, and the southern realm of Múspelheimr is the equatorial regions, especially relating to the Sahara. The skyey Tree encompasses all. Teleportation can make sense, and so does flight. Planeshifting is something different.</p><p></p><p>That said, the D&D multiverse is interconnected.</p><p></p><p>Any planeshifting feature might work better if shifting "between two locales that share similar terrain or symbols". So, a sacred building in the Material Plane can shift to a comparable locale in the Astral Plane that shares similar sacred symbols. A volcanic terrain in the Material Plane can shift to a comparable locale in the Elemental Plane of Fire. And so on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9209451, member: 58172"] Re the World Tree and planeshifting. From a Norse Yggdrasill perspective, the Tree is strictly this-worldly. It refers to the air itself, whose branches form the shape of the dome of the sky, whose clouds course thru the upper branches, and whose appearance changes with the seasons. In other words, the Tree is an aspect of the Material Plane. Generally speaking, "animism" is D&D innate magic within the Material Plane. The sky unifies all lands together. For example, the northern realm of Niflheimr is the arctic ice cap, and the southern realm of Múspelheimr is the equatorial regions, especially relating to the Sahara. The skyey Tree encompasses all. Teleportation can make sense, and so does flight. Planeshifting is something different. That said, the D&D multiverse is interconnected. Any planeshifting feature might work better if shifting "between two locales that share similar terrain or symbols". So, a sacred building in the Material Plane can shift to a comparable locale in the Astral Plane that shares similar sacred symbols. A volcanic terrain in the Material Plane can shift to a comparable locale in the Elemental Plane of Fire. And so on. [/QUOTE]
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