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CarolinaPaladin
Acolyte
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 Posted - 12 Oct 2005 : 18:54:56
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I know there might be a question just like this, but I'm going to ask it anyways. I know that Ao is supposed to be the overdeity who keeps the other deities in line. I know that he punished the demi-human gods during the Time of Troubles, but that's what I don't get. These deities also existed in other Material Planes (Greyhawk, etc.); what happened to these worlds? Did Ao talk with the overdeities of these Material Planes about this?
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Thelonius
Senior Scribe
Spain
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Posted - 12 Oct 2005 : 20:03:26
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| I am not sure, but I think that only Faerunian pantheon was affected by Ao's "wrath". Remember that the action that started it was the robbery of the Tablets of Destiny, stolen by Faerunian gods. So they were the ones punished by the over-god. If I am not mistaken, after all I am a follower of Forgotten Realms, not Greyhawk,... |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 12 Oct 2005 : 20:15:15
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All of the deities were cast down. However it was only thier avatars that were cast down and so most of the multisphereic deities weren't killed, or if they were then they were brought back to life.
But with the new cosmology retcon this no longer matters because the named beings are not the same named beings between the different and seperate cosmologies. I.E. Lloth of Greyhawk is no longer the Lloth of FR except in name only. |
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Edited by - Kuje on 12 Oct 2005 20:16:46 |
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CarolinaPaladin
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 12 Oct 2005 : 23:38:38
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| So in other words, what happened during the Time of Troubles didn't affect other Material Planes. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 13 Oct 2005 : 00:36:17
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Originally posted by CarolinaPaladin
So in other words, what happened during the Time of Troubles didn't affect other Material Planes.
Right if you use the new planes or if you use the old planes then it didn't effect the other crystal spheres. :) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 13 Oct 2005 : 02:03:05
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Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by CarolinaPaladin
So in other words, what happened during the Time of Troubles didn't affect other Material Planes.
Right if you use the new planes or if you use the old planes then it didn't effect the other crystal spheres. :)
Indeed.
Carolina, for more on this issue of new vs. old planes, see the Candlekeep Code of Conduct -- specifically Section D: 1. The Forgotten Realms Cosmology (2ed. To 3ed.):- http://candlekeep.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5109
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Crennen FaerieBane
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 13 Oct 2005 : 02:20:32
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Well, especially in the change to 3E - everything got turned on its head in one way or another.
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 13 Oct 2005 : 03:17:54
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For more info about what various deities were doing during the Time of Troubles, look here. Be wary of spoilers, if you've not read the Avatar trilogy.  |
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CarolinaPaladin
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 17 Oct 2005 : 17:31:07
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| I have read the Avatar trilogy (a friend of mine loaned it to me a while back). I was surprised to read a book in which one of the characters is talking to the reader. |
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Faramicos
Senior Scribe
Denmark
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Posted - 17 Oct 2005 : 18:36:54
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| Are you refering to the statement AO makes in the end? |
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Questions about the Time of Troubles
