Planar characters in v3

[Eight-Bit]

Hello!
  Someone asked me this the other night, and becauseI have no answer to give them, I figure I would ask the community what they think of it.
  How should we RP our extra-planar characters come v3, when the universe shifts to be all Layonara, leaving Planescape in the dust?

[Acacea]

This has come up on IRC before, and while I don't know how we are changing it, I'm assuming it will not be something that will suddenly be "the way it's always been." For one, that's always really awkward to explain in-character since no one actually knows jack about it, so changes almost always happen in some kind of conceivable way. Two, the post said that the already active characters were grandfathered, which implies that where they came from existed at some point, otherwise it would be kind of lame to have them hanging around still.

So yeah...I don't know how it'll happen but I'm pretty sure it'll be something more like a big change that gets them stuck here than just a quiet history re-write that makes them have to change their backstory.

Could be wrong. Seems to make sense, though.

[EdTheKet]

I think that would be a good question for me to answer as I wrote the new planes document
Yes, old characters will be grandfathered, however, most do not have that detailed of a history, so for those it could be relatively easy to make them come from "our" planes.
Somebody coming from Sigil though, would be a bit of a problem, because it's so specific, but we could accomodate the rest I would think.

[Falonthas]

*peeks over eds shoulder to see anything else he is writing on*

[Eight-Bit]

EdTheKet - 11/23/2006 3:21 PM I think that would be a good question for me to answer as I wrote the new planes document Yes, old characters will be grandfathered, however, most do not have that detailed of a history, so for those it could be relatively easy to make them come from "our" planes. Somebody coming from Sigil though, would be a bit of a problem, because it's so specific, but we could accomodate the rest I would think.

 Key did come from Sigil, which has been an aspect of her character that I've kept pretty solid since her creation. I have been having lingering thoughts of her deletion for a while but I love playing the character. I need to think about this. Her history is what makes the character. I'll wait for more information before I make a choice either way.

[LynnJuniper]

I can't disclose what's going on with the planes right now, but perhaps we can find a suitable replacement that would give the same effect. That's all I can say without saying too much =( Sorry.

[darkstorme]

Well, alternately, grandfather the characters by allowing instability in the fabric of Layonara during all of Blood's tomfoolery.  Rifts (and/or the dragon) reached not just through planes but through alternate multiverses, bringing all of the imports here.

O'course, this leaves the planewalkers stranded... but that's just another RP opportunity.

[EdTheKet]

 I need to think about this. Her history is what makes the character. I'll wait for more information before I make a choice either way.
 

 That would be my recommendation too