The Inner Planes provides a host of habitats, sites and niches; all teaming with all means of elemental lifeforms… and not-so-lifeforms. These creatures exist to feed, fight and survive in their respect realms; some on a level more intelligent than others. Among these more intelligent organisms, alien parallels to society exist within their respective home planes; drawn from the motifs and energies of the equally respective plane. Some thrive from mixtures of the elements; some are new creations, while emerge from calamities that clear the way for something new. From what I understand, natural scholars refer to this as a “secondary succession” of sorts.
Author’s Note: I wanted to do a fair number of things, since it’s been a while. I haven’t done much in terms of mechanics, even beyond D&D 5th Edition and onto other games. I’ve been rereading Cyberpunk 2020, in part because it somehow feels more relevant in some ways than it did all those years ago. Granted, there’s enough 3rd party and custom stuff from a 25 Yr.+ range to never warrant me making my own things. Anyway, I’d rather keep these little blips pertaining to the page itself rather than personal gripes and issues.
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