I was just thinking of what I read on few of the other ideas and I thought I\'d give my 2% worth and say what *I* think\'d be cool.
Okay, so here we go. You start off in the middle plane, the normal ol\' every day world. Each plane gets smaller the farther it is from the middle (say, 20%), and more and more mangled and chaotic. For the sake of this example, we\'ll say there are nine planes, four in each direction.
There are several ways to travel between these planes, o\'course. The simplest methods include:
Magic (DUH)
Dying (Wheeeee!)
Sleeping
We\'ll start with dying, since magic is rather obvious (you cast a spell...you move there).
Depending on your in-game behavior (say, how many relatively weak monsters you\'ve killed or how many evul paths you\'ve taken in quests), you will be given a +/- to karma. Aye, I know, old idea. Anyway, depending on your karma, when you die, you will either move up or down, respectively.
In the upper planes, there will be tighter laws on PvP, more contained monsters, and easier places to increase trade skills.
In the lower planes, there will be more numerous monsters, looser PvP, and generally more mayhem (teehee!).
The planes at opposite ends can be reached by either dying, *or* can be immediately accessed by sleeping. (You can take a draught or such-like and then when you sleep, you\'ll be \'ported to whichever plane you chose.)
In the very uppermost plane, there\'ll tend to be lots of light, and plants just sort of floating around on chunks of soil, a nice place to go to relax. There will be absolutely *no* combat in any way, shape, or form here and you can glide around gracefully at ease.
In the lowermost plane, there\'s lots of comets, lava, and the ground is charred and crust-ish. Just *being* here hurts like hell. No pun intended, o\'course. There will be nice lil demons running around and the loosest rules on PvP will be here. Characters that get banned might be in manacles here in the lava, on display for others whenever they log in.
I could elaborate, but quite frankly, I\'m lazy. Hope that if the idea doesn\'t particularly please you, it at least sparked some *other*, more satisfying idea into your head. Bai bai.
