Post by Sargon on Sept 17, 2010 23:52:32 GMT -5
Here is (the quick version) of what Elemental Influance is:
the materal plane is off balance and bounces inbetween the elemental planes that have various effects on the world. the effects are determined by how "close" the elemental plane is to the materal plane.
When creatures are born on the material plane their souls pass through the elemental planes on their path to the material plane, (in this cosomology) therefore their souls need to pass through the elemental plane that is closest to the materal plane. How influenced ones soul is to the elemental plane their soul passed through is determined by the date they were born.
the calander is divided on which elemental plane is close to the material plane and when.
here is a list of the planes the materal plane bounces inbetween. (in order): Positive, Mineral, Earth, Dust, Negative, Vacuum, Air, Lighting, Steam, Water, Salt, Ash, Fire, Smoke, Ice, Ooze, Magma, Radiance, Shadow, and Ethereal.
there are 20 months (21 days long) so each year is 420 days long. the months are broken up into 3 day periods depending on how close the elemental plane is the the materal.
Each of the months is ordered into 21 days.
3 of no elemental influence
3 of minor elemental influence +0LA
3 of moderate Elemental influence +1 LA
3 of Major Elemental influence +2 LA
3 of Moderate Elemental Influence +1 LA
3 of Minor Elemental Influence +0
3 of no elemental influence
so if you where born in the month of Vacuum. and you got Minor elemental influance you would not need to breath (vacuum makes sense right?) or if you were born in the month of negative and had minor influance you would be healed by negative energy rather than positive. (or something) and minor influance salf is you dont need to drink water. (or something along those lines)
so the vast majority of things have minor abilities that largely would not effect thier CR, thus no everything would need to be changed to run with this system.
this is the base idea behing the elemental influance.
the materal plane is off balance and bounces inbetween the elemental planes that have various effects on the world. the effects are determined by how "close" the elemental plane is to the materal plane.
When creatures are born on the material plane their souls pass through the elemental planes on their path to the material plane, (in this cosomology) therefore their souls need to pass through the elemental plane that is closest to the materal plane. How influenced ones soul is to the elemental plane their soul passed through is determined by the date they were born.
the calander is divided on which elemental plane is close to the material plane and when.
here is a list of the planes the materal plane bounces inbetween. (in order): Positive, Mineral, Earth, Dust, Negative, Vacuum, Air, Lighting, Steam, Water, Salt, Ash, Fire, Smoke, Ice, Ooze, Magma, Radiance, Shadow, and Ethereal.
there are 20 months (21 days long) so each year is 420 days long. the months are broken up into 3 day periods depending on how close the elemental plane is the the materal.
Each of the months is ordered into 21 days.
3 of no elemental influence
3 of minor elemental influence +0LA
3 of moderate Elemental influence +1 LA
3 of Major Elemental influence +2 LA
3 of Moderate Elemental Influence +1 LA
3 of Minor Elemental Influence +0
3 of no elemental influence
so if you where born in the month of Vacuum. and you got Minor elemental influance you would not need to breath (vacuum makes sense right?) or if you were born in the month of negative and had minor influance you would be healed by negative energy rather than positive. (or something) and minor influance salf is you dont need to drink water. (or something along those lines)
so the vast majority of things have minor abilities that largely would not effect thier CR, thus no everything would need to be changed to run with this system.
this is the base idea behing the elemental influance.