Well of Worlds

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Making a Well of Worlds

A player whose character is becoming a priest of portals asked how they could build a Well of Worlds.

I have guidelines for that (I finally remembered). Guidelines are also posted at the bottom of the post.

Well from the bottom Photo by Valentin Lacoste on Unsplash https://unsplash.com/photos/jNSJE8dMro0
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One needs a stone from each of the Portal Towns and arrange them in a circle. The well will need an element from 4 Elemental Planes. If it isn’t Earth, Air, Fire, Water as the 4, word is the Well will turn strange but others say it will be strange no matter what.

Add something from the Far Realms for spice (and distance). The Well will need a guardian bound to it so that nothing comes from the other side of it when planes are in alignment and boundaries are thin. Once you have that, you’ll have your Well of Worlds…

So you want to make a magic item? When you want to improve upon an item, enchant a mundane item or repair an item, tell your friends at the table what you want it to do. Is there something else that does it already? Let’s keep an eye on that for inspiration. Is making this going to change the world forever? Let’s keep on eye on that and discuss it as a group because that’s cool but let’s make sure we’re not changing the world in a way that won’t make it fun to play or making a character useless. Someone will take up the role as the DM for this process. They’ll say, “sure, no problem but…” and suggest 1 to 4 of the following. • It is going to take time. • First you are going to have to X • You are going to need X to make this happen. • It is going to cost a dragon’s hoard of gold. • It is going to mean exposing yourself to dangerous arcane forces that could change the character forever. • The best you’ll be able to do will be less than optimal, it’ll have limited charges or slow or weak or unreliable. • You are going to need a wizard’s sanctum with X. • It is going to take many attempts to get it just right. • You are going to have to do an arcane ritual with X to get it done. X should be attainable through a dangerous adventure or series of adventures. by Judd Karlman Inspired by Apocalypse World by D. Vincent Baker, Meguey Baker

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