As promised long ago, here is an edited version of the short story that I posted in the \"famous \" thread of the PS General Discussion forum:

http://www.tritek.com/dev/planeshift/ps_story_01.pdf

I figured that I better post this before my mind gets corrupted by NDA material and I am tempted to change the story with non-public info.  I\'m not sure if many people read it the first time (only two responded), but I would appreciate it if any of you guys interested in PS fiction would give me your thoughts/criticisms.

Setting Question, for anyone who knows the answer:

From the PS website settings section, the light of the Azure Sun is described as follows:

The Crystal draws its light from the surface and thus Yliakum is subjected to times of \"day\" and \"night\". However even while at night, it is not completely dark.

But, the \"intro\" Flash city tour says this:

The light shed by the Crystal is almost constant, so there are no subdivisions such as \"night\" or \"day\", made totally unsusful because the energy irradiated allows the citizens not to have to sleep.

So, which is correct?  I\'ve been writing a little fiction for the PS universe and this a pretty big discrepency.  Also, if the surface is ever \"rediscovered\", will you have to sleep up there?  What about if you stay a while in the Stone Labyrinths (not in the crystal\'s light)?

I appologize if this question has been asked/answered before, but if it has it should be corrected on the site.

I just had a random idea.  How about customizable spell visual effects?  Nothing big, just a few simple parameters allowing characters to change the color or patern of the particle effects in select spells.  Allows characters to role play a liitle more and customize their char.  An example would be a wizard named Flame who\'s spells take more of a red hue. Or a wizard named Chaos who\'s particles tend toward multi-color and have a greater threshhold factor for the particle path.  Obviously, not all spells would be able to be changed and magic paths would have to be taken into consideration.  What do you guys think?