On 09/12/2000 09:23:01 PM "James Kass" wrote:
>> I can't stand "astral planes". The term suggests, to me at
>> least, that these planes (and, hence, the characters in them)
>> are not as "real" as the BMP.
>>
>
>Stars are real.
This may be true, but it doesn't help everyday users to understand the
standard any better, particularly those for whom English may be a fourth or
fifth language. And I can't see "astral" surviving translation very well.
"Supplementary planes" may be boring, but it works.
- Peter
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