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@ Gonzoron - So these Clusters (and I guess also the original Islands of Terror) cannot be physically entered in the same manner as say, walking from Barovia to Gundarak? Do I understand correctly that they are not true "islands" in the sense that one could navigate to them by boat, or fly by more exotic means (spell or griffon mount)?
Yes, that's correct. See our
FAQ, specifically Question 6.
They are just smaller cores, locked away in a remote area of the demiplane, accessible only by the caprice of the mists? I already have a fair amount of teleportation involved in this scenario, I'd rather not introduce more.
Well, yes and no. It depends on how capricious you wish your mists to be. Generally speaking, to get to an Island or Cluster from the Core or another island or cluster, you walk into the Misty Border and hope for the best. Eventually, you'll walk out somewhere (assuming you survive the things that lurk in the mists) mostly at random. If you consider that to be teleportation, sure, I can see that, though it feels like a different phenomenon to me. However, there are currents in the Mists, called mistways, like those I mentioned above, which are place where
generally if you walk into the Mists at point A and walk for a while, you
usually come out at point B. So there's a spot on the border of hazlan, where you can enter the Misty Border, and a good portion of the time, emerge in Pharazia. (there's also a point in the Nocturnal Sea where you can sail a boat and end up shipwrecked in the desert of Har'akir. not as easy, but it works.
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On an only partially and abstractly related side note, if you had to classify G'Henna as a real world analogue, what would be the closest example? I've read a few small blurbs only on that domain and I just can't get a good cultural feel for it.
Yeah, some have said tibet, some have said the middle-east... it's not really clear.
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