What if the reason that the Elemental Evil is a big deal now is because of the Sundering? What if something about the seperation makes certain areas susceptible to planar crossover, hence the elemental nodes in the advetnure?
Or maybe, some elemental friendly type areas remained behind from Abeir?
There are arguments to be made. Using any pre-4e cosmology, at least, splitting two worlds in the Prime Material doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the Inner/elemental planes. You'd be more likely to get vulnerability to crossover from Greyhawk.
That said, I think you'd have to break a few planar boundaries in order to separate two worlds that had been superimposed on each other, and keep both of them intact afterwards. The fact that the worlds are clones can even add an extra layer of weirdness. All things considered, we should be happy if it's just a weakness in the boundary with the elemental planes... could be a lot worse.
Well the background material suggests that this kind of threat always arises when the Elder Elemental Eye's (Tharizdun's) strength is waxing.
Earlier lore has stated that Tharizdun works through the Elder Elemental Eye during his rare lucid periods. The evil archomentals have all been duped into thinking that they are Tharizdun's children and that's how Tharizdun gets them to do his bidding.
4th edition had the Abyssal Plague plotline wherein it's explained that the universe Tharizdun resides in is sentient and can exert some control over him.
When life turns it's back on you...sneak attack for extra damage.
Wacky Princes of the Apocalypse idea
Posted - 01 Apr 2015 : 00:03:46
