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3 months ago ::
Mar 04, 2013 - 12:50PM
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Was reading up on the Far Realm and realized it sounds a lot like Xoriat. Is there any official connection? Or is Xoriat the equalivant of the Far Realms in Eberron? There are many similarities it seems; Xoriat is a realm of many layers where things exist within all of them at the same time; The Far Realms is a realm of mostly jelly like composition. Each has huge monsters, each is connected to madness. The big difference is the Xoriat has the Daelkry which are humanoid and lead an invasion; I don’t think there is a Far Realms equal to that (I know there are mutant god-like beings in the Far Realm though (the 9 tongued worm being one if I remember correctly) So, any links?
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3 months ago ::
Mar 04, 2013 - 2:40PM
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Or is Xoriat the equalivant of the Far Realms in Eberron?
This. Eberron's cosmology differs somewhat from the baseline of D&D 4E, but Xoriat is Eberron's Far Realm.
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3 months ago ::
Mar 05, 2013 - 6:46AM
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The big difference is the Xoriat has the Daelkry which are humanoid and lead an invasion; I don’t think there is a Far Realms equal to that (I know there are mutant god-like beings in the Far Realm though (the 9 tongued worm being one if I remember correctly)
Effectively the same place. Note that in other settings there are aberrations working to invade the normal world, whether mind flayers, aboleths or other sinister beings (there are some stats for these in the various 4e monster books).
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2 months ago ::
Mar 17, 2013 - 10:20PM
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I've been off the boards for a few weeks. People have already said it, but Xoriat is Eberron's counterpart to the Far Realms. You might want to look at the Eberron Expanded article discussing the Lords of Madness sourcebook. One point I'll make is that the daelkyr aren't the biggest, baddest things in Xoriat. They are simply the biggest, baddest things that have any interest in messing around with other worlds. When it comes to their humanoid form, here's a few of my thoughts... Not all daelkyr look alike. The suggestion in the ECG is a suggestion; it's a place to start. By comparison, Kyrzin is made out of slime & partially digested body parts. Among other things, I don't think a daelkyr will maintain it's Eberron-Form if it returns to Xoriat; I feel that it is a shape it takes to interact with Eberron, partially influenced by those it is interacting with. It looks humanoid because it's here to destroy humanoids. One possibility is that its form is also partially an illusion drawn from the mind of the viewer. YOU see it as a weirdly angelic human; a hobgoblin might see it as a weirdly angelic hobgoblin. it's the Vorlon effect.
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