Hey all.
The intent of this post is to provide a resource for planar gaming in the Great Beyond, by introducing a planar highway -- the Tree of Life -- that can speed travel between planes and serve as a gaming site itself. I bought The Great Beyond and one of the things I figured it could use was a route across the planes, like the Great Road or the Infinite Staircase from the old Planescape I enjoy. I also included a small organization devoted to the Tree and some hopefully inspiring hooks for using the Tree in-game.
Wow, this project turned out way bigger than I thought it was going to be. Instead of dumping the whole thing here, I've uploaded it as a pdf to my webspace. (Which I normally use for my characters, but it'll do for the Tree of Life too. ^_^ )
I hope this project turns out to be useful to you, and I would enjoy hearing your comments.
Hey all.
The intent of this post is to provide a resource for planar gaming in the Great Beyond, by introducing a planar highway -- the Tree of Life -- that can speed travel between planes and serve as a gaming site itself. I bought The Great Beyond and one of the things I figured it could use was a route across the planes, like the Great Road or the Infinite Staircase from the old Planescape I enjoy. I also included a small organization devoted to the Tree and some hopefully inspiring hooks for using the Tree in-game.
Wow, this project turned out way bigger than I thought it was going to be. Instead of dumping the whole thing here, I've uploaded it as a pdf to my webspace. (Which I normally use for my characters, but it'll do for the Tree of Life too. ^_^ )
I hope this project turns out to be useful to you, and I would enjoy hearing your comments.
It sounds interesting but google is telling me that the link appears broken when I try to follow it.
It sounds interesting but google is telling me that the link appears broken when I try to follow it.
Argh! It sure is. The correct link should be here now. Forgot the domain suffix.
An interesting read, you clearly put alot of thought into it. Though Chesed is a city in Numeria, so be aware of the name similarity.
Qabbalah.
Nicely presented. Perhaps it would be advisable to let people know the origins of the idea, as it seems as if you are claiming the authorship otherwise, and I am confident that was not your intention.
Those who want a superb depiction of the tree of life should also look at Promethea, the stunning graphic novels by Alan Moore. The protagonist journeys through the sephira and the twenty-two paths between them.
Nicely presented. Perhaps it would be advisable to let people know the origins of the idea, as it seems as if you are claiming the authorship otherwise, and I am confident that was not your intention.
A good call. I've added a section on the last page as you suggest. It also has the side benefit of pointing people to reference sources they can use to color the scene!
@vagrant-poet: I didn't know about Golarion's Chesed, but I'd lay better than even money whoever wrote it knew about the sephira by that name. ;^)