[翻译]天堂山 MOUNT CELESTIA
(守序的位面比混乱位面好翻多了。lawful好!)
天堂山 MOUNT CELESTIA
(守序善良)
MOUNT CELESTIA
(Lawful Good)
少数主位面佬把这里叫做七重天堂,但他们通常是误解了这个名字。七重天堂的确可以作为这里的描述,但还很不确切。对于某些家伙而言,这里是世上“理解和宽恕”最好的法治与善良的体现。对于另一些笨蛋而言,这里比无尽深渊还糟糕。这就是天堂山,善良与法律的七重山。天堂山是一个淋浴在公正与善良金色光辉下的位面,每一件事物都是主物质位面的完美典范。
A few primes call it the Seven Heavens, but as usual they're off the track. The tag is descriptive, but it's still wrong. For some cutters, this is the best of all worlds law and goodness tempered by understanding
and mercy. For other berks, it's worse than the Abyss. It's Mount Celestia, or the Seven Mountains of Goodness and Law. Mount Celestia's a plane bathed in the golden radiance of justice and mercy, where everything is the ideal model of prime-material things.
就连最白痴的家伙都明白这个位面分为七层。每一层都位于一座从无尽的海洋中升起的山脉上,随着高度的增加而越来越陡峭。第一层就是这座山脉的底部。沿着山上的道路向上攀登,最终会到达第二层,以及更远。不象其它位面,随便哪个可怜虫都可以看到全部的层面,经管它们望去就是一座大山。
It should be clear to even the most leatherheaded basher that there are seven layers on this plane. Each layer is farther up the slope of a great mountain, which rises out of an endless ocean. The first layer's at the mountain's base. Climb a ways and a sod eventually reaches the second layer, and so forth. Unlike a lot of other planes, a cutter can see the other layers, since the whole thing is one continuous mountain.
这个位面的祈求者(指亡灵Petitioners)非常罕见,因为它们的精神体一踏上这里就很快转化为archon。最初是lantern archons(一个小小的光球),然后继续演化为warden, sword,和tome类型。祈求者的目的是期望成为代理者(proxy)-hound或更好-并最终成为这个位面的一部分。
Petitioners on this plane are unique because their spirits are transmuted into archons as soon as they arrive. They start as lantern archons - little balls of light - and progress through hound, warden, sword, and tome classification. A petitioner's goal on this plane is to ascend to proxy - hound or better - and eventually become one with the plane.
* LUNIA,银色天堂。
第一层是被永恒的夜色笼罩的大地-不是让人害怕的黑暗,而是让人心情愉快的仲夏夜,闪烁着星光和银色的月光。传送门位于海岸边浅浅的碎浪中。海水本身就是甜的,并能对不死族产生象圣水一样的效果。这里的山坡上是众多次级神明的大本营,就象是训练中心一样。心中信仰(Heart's Faith)是其中最大的一个,位于通向外域的传送门不远处。
* LUNIA, THE SILVER HEAVEN. The first layer is a land of constant night - not a fearful dark, but a pleasant summer's night, filled with stars and silver moonlight. Portals open into the shallow surf at the ocean shore's edge. The water itself is as sweet as holy water and has the same effect on undead. On this section of the slope are citadels and palaces of many minor powers as well as the trading centers of the plane. Heart's Faith is the largest of these towns, not far from a portal to the Outlands.
* MERCURIA,金色天堂。这一层淋浴在金光之中,因此而得名。这里的Bahamut,Draco Paladin,兴建着无与伦比的圣殿。不远处就是Vishnu和Surya的丛林世界(jungle realms),坐落着许多石制神殿。这一层遍布军械厂和阅兵场,以供archon大军使用。天堂山以此来防备不时之需。archon时常会结集于此进行操练。
* MERCURIA, THE GOLDEN HEAVEN. This layer is bathed in golden light, hence its name. Here Bahamut, Draco Paladin, maintains an immense palace. Not far away are the jungle realms of Vishnu and Surya, which are filled with stone temples. Throughout the plane are armories and mustering grounds used by the armies of archons, which Mount Celestia calls upon in times of need. Archon troops constantly drill on this layer.
* VENYA,珍珠天堂。这一层照耀在柔和的白光下。它还有一个被大家熟知的就是半身人的绿色原野,也是Yondalla和其它半身人神明的家。大地富饶肥沃,山坡掩盖着梯田,牧场和沼泽。
* VENYA, THE PEARLY HEAVEN. This layer is lit by soft, white light. It's also known as the Green Fields to halflings, for it's. the home of Yondalla and other halfling deities. The land is lush and fertile, and the slopes are covered with terraced crops, meadows, and moors.
* SOLANIA,金银天堂。这里,天空成为银色,而大地随着溪谷和河流起伏。云雾附着在山谷中。修道院被次级神明修建在山坡上。隧道深深的刺探进山脉的中心,成为了灵魂熔炉(Soul Forge)的宽大殿堂--Moradin,矮人之父的王国。
* SOLANIA, THE ELECTRUM HEAVEN. Here, the sky becomes silver and the land is rugged with impressive canyons and crashing rivers. Fog clings to the hollows. Monasteries founded by lesser powers dot the slope; Kuan Yin maintains the most powerful of these. In tunnels that pierce deep into the mountainside is the great hall of the Soul Forge, Moradin Dwarffather's realm.
* MERTION,白金天堂。在MERTION,天空象是燃烧着的白银一样,甚至比Solania还要明亮。不死生物如果暴露在这里,会受到每伦1d6的伤害。这一层的高地上坐落着巨大的要塞,早先这里的居民是圣战士,现在则是archon。
* MERTION, THE PLATINUM HEAVEN. In Mertion, the sky burns with silver even brighter than that of Solania. Undead suffer 1d6 points of damage during each round they're exposed to it. The layer is dominated by great plateaus upon which rest huge fortresses. Here reside archons who in their previous lives were paladins.
* JOVAR,闪光天堂。这一层因其天空而命名。天空就象燃烧的宝石一样,随着生命的节拍迸溅出刺眼的火光。(这句不太清楚)这一层是Jovian archon的家园。巨大山脉的最高峰也在这一层,就在一个庞大的金字塔神殿的顶部,刺向更高的高度。金字塔神殿就是archon的议会大殿。要到达天堂山的第七层只能从金字塔神殿向上攀登。(考,去第七层要爬人家议会的屋顶,找死……)
* JOVAR, THE GLITTERING HEAVEN. This layer is named for its sky, which glows with the sparkling fire of gems of all kinds. These pulse with the beat of life. The layer is home to the Jovian archons. The peak of the great mountain is found here, topped by a giant ziggurat that ascends even higher. This ziggurat is said to be the palace of a ruling council of archons. The seventh layer of Mount Celestia can be reached only by climbing the ziggurat.
* CHRONIAS,灿烂天堂。只有少数未经证实的文献描述过这一层。可以猜测该层至善守序的力量会轻易摧毁所有杂质和邪恶。此外,守序善良的存在会被这个位面的纯粹本质所吞没,失去自我而成为信念本身。也许有许多上位神明居住在这儿,谁知道呢?
* CHRONIAS, THE ILLUMINATED HEAVEN. Only uncertain tales describe this heaven. Supposedly it glows with the force of goodness and law so intensely that it burns out all indifference and evil. Furthermore, those who are already lawful good are said to merge into the very essence of the plane, losing their individual selves to the glory of all. Many greater powers might reside here, but no one knows for sure.
特殊魔法环境
野魔法的能力在这个守序位面中被降低了。
Special Magic Conditions. Wild magic is diminished on this lawful plane.
当地居民
Archon, deva, noctral,和zoveri栖息在这个位面。除了前面被列举的神明以外,Chung Kuel,Avoreen and Cyrrollalee (半身人之神); Berronar Truesilver (矮人之神); 帕拉丁Paladine(就是费资本那个老家伙啦)(来自于龙枪传奇);Tyr (来自被遗忘的国度设定)都住在这里.
Native Inhabitants. Archon, deva, noctral, and zoveri inhabit this plane. Besides the powers already listed, Chung Kuel; Avoreen and Cyrrollalee (of the halflings); Berronar Truesilver (of the dwarves); Paladine (of the DRAGONLANCE saga); and Tyr (of the FORGOTTEN REALMS setting) also reside here.