Post:A set of missives is delivered to the offices of the Guildleaders. - 01/11/2016 - 07:28

Re: A set of missives is delivered to the offices of the Guildleaders. · on 01/11/2016 19:37:50	795
Regardless of the plane of origin and the nature of the creature involved, a planar breach is a break in the aetheric landscape of the plane. This may be very small, such as when a Moon Mage predicts the future, or very large, such as when a the Hunger attempted to enter the plane. In any case, it can be treated as an aetheric event and repaired within the scope of advanced-enough elemental magic. This has some combat applications for the imaginative, but either "planar warfare" spells have been deemed too esoteric to bother investing time into research, or they are kept close to the Grovekeepers' chests. -- To understand elemental oppositions we must first understand exactly what's happening with elemental charge. When a Warrior Mage builds charge within their bodies, they are systematically taking on an aspect of the laws and energies of an elemental plane. That is, they cease to be purely a being of the Plane of Abiding and in some minute way become part-elemental. The part is not well integrated within the physiology of the Warrior Mage, however, resulting in powerful charges producing sickness-inducing side effects and, if they went too far, death. For reasons that are unknown but highly convenient (and frankly smack of godly design), the Plane of Abiding and all that dwell within are perfectly balanced among (known) elemental influences naturally. Developing charge is a beneficial imbalance in the homeostasis of the Warrior Mage, both physically and cosmologically. To "stand" closer to an elemental plane means the Warrior Mage necessarily has taken a step further away from others. This is not merely a play of geometry but also a necessary feature of the Warrior Mage's magically changed physiology. The enhancement of one plane's influence over him requires another plane's opposition in order to maintain the new balance. The ability to oppose arbitrary planes is an advanced technique that comes from years of study and practice with the elements. While each element is naturally opposed to another, that is a simplification of highly complex correspondences and fine gradients of energy streaming through the universe. An advanced Warrior Mage can use his more advanced view of the elements to have his body's oppositional force oppose the elements under different laws and different circumstances, resulting in a pairing of essentially his choosing. -- The only person who's been to the Elemental Plane of Electricity and return is the Lord of the Void. He has, for what we all must assume are good reasons, kept his own counsel about what he found there. The chief thing that we know sets it apart is the formation of three-dimensional space as well as time within the planar boundary. All other elemental planes are singularities, at least from the perspective of linear time, but the Elemental Plane of Electricity could theoretically support life in a fashion that we understand it. Again, though, the only person that has been there to assess the situation has decided to remain silent. -Armifer
This message was originally posted in The Warrior Mages (35) \ Warrior Mages - Related Events (14), by DR-ARMIFER on the play.net forums.