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There is an inconsistency in the PHB about the spell Etherealness. The spell description states that you cannot use it to travel to other planes:

When the spell ends, you immediately return to the plane you originated from in the spot you currently occupy. (PHB p 238)

While later in the Planar Travel section the PHB suggests that you could use Etherealness to travel from the Border Ethereal to the Deep Ethereal, and from there to another (material/inner) plane.

Etherealness allows adventurers to enter the Ethereal Plane and travel from there to any of the planes it touches- the Shadowfell, the Feywild, or the Elemental Planes. (PHB p 301)

However, even if the PHB's later description of the spell is the intended ruling, isn't Etherealness too short a spell to make such a journey? Its duration is 8 hours, and the DMG states travel times in the Deep Ethereal:

A trip between planes through the Deep Ethereal takes 1d10 x 10 hours, regardless of the origin and destination. (DMG p 49)

This would be at minimum 10 hours, which is more than 8. I suppose an Extended Spell SorcerorSorcerer could manage it 1 in 10 times though...

There is inconsistency in the PHB about the spell Etherealness. The spell description states that you cannot use it to travel to other planes:

When the spell ends, you immediately return to the plane you originated from in the spot you currently occupy. (PHB p 238)

While later in the Planar Travel section the PHB suggests that you could use Etherealness to travel from the Border Ethereal to the Deep Ethereal, and from there to another (material/inner) plane.

Etherealness allows adventurers to enter the Ethereal Plane and travel from there to any of the planes it touches- the Shadowfell, the Feywild, or the Elemental Planes. (PHB p 301)

However, even if the PHB's later description of the spell is the intended ruling, isn't Etherealness too short a spell to make such a journey? Its duration is 8 hours, and the DMG states travel times in the Deep Ethereal:

A trip between planes through the Deep Ethereal takes 1d10 x 10 hours, regardless of the origin and destination. (DMG p 49)

This would be at minimum 10 hours, which is more than 8. I suppose an Extended Spell Sorceror could manage it 1 in 10 times though...

There is an inconsistency in the PHB about the spell Etherealness. The spell description states that you cannot use it to travel to other planes:

When the spell ends, you immediately return to the plane you originated from in the spot you currently occupy. (PHB p 238)

While later in the Planar Travel section the PHB suggests that you could use Etherealness to travel from the Border Ethereal to the Deep Ethereal, and from there to another (material/inner) plane.

Etherealness allows adventurers to enter the Ethereal Plane and travel from there to any of the planes it touches- the Shadowfell, the Feywild, or the Elemental Planes. (PHB p 301)

However, even if the PHB's later description of the spell is the intended ruling, isn't Etherealness too short a spell to make such a journey? Its duration is 8 hours, and the DMG states travel times in the Deep Ethereal:

A trip between planes through the Deep Ethereal takes 1d10 x 10 hours, regardless of the origin and destination. (DMG p 49)

This would be at minimum 10 hours, which is more than 8. I suppose an Extended Spell Sorcerer could manage it 1 in 10 times though...

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There is inconsistency in the PHB about the spell Etherealness. The spell description states that you cannot use it to travel to other planes:

When the spell ends, you immediately return to the plane you originated from in the spot you currently occupy. (PHB p 238)

While later in the Planar Travel section the PHB suggests that you could use Etherealness to travel from the Border Ethereal to the Deep Ethereal, and from there to another (material/inner) plane.

Etherealness allows adventurers to enter the Ethereal Plane and travel from there to any of the planes it touches- the Shadowfell, the Feywild, or the Elemental Planes. (PHB p 301)

However, even if the PHB's later description of the spell is the intended ruling, isn't Etherealness too short a spell to make such a journey? It'sIts duration is 8 hours, and the DMG states travel times in the Deep Ethereal:

A trip between planes through the Deep Ethereal takes 1d10 x 10 hours, regardless of the origin and destination. (DMG p 49)

This would be at minimum 10 hours, which is more than 8. I suppose an Extended Spell Sorceror could manage it 1 in 10 times though...

There is inconsistency in the PHB about the spell Etherealness. The spell description states that you cannot use it to travel to other planes:

When the spell ends, you immediately return to the plane you originated from in the spot you currently occupy. (PHB p 238)

While later in the Planar Travel section the PHB suggests that you could use Etherealness to travel from the Border Ethereal to the Deep Ethereal, and from there to another (material/inner) plane.

Etherealness allows adventurers to enter the Ethereal Plane and travel from there to any of the planes it touches- the Shadowfell, the Feywild, or the Elemental Planes. (PHB p 301)

However, even if the PHB's later description of the spell is the intended ruling, isn't Etherealness too short a spell to make such a journey? It's duration is 8 hours, and the DMG states travel times in the Deep Ethereal:

A trip between planes through the Deep Ethereal takes 1d10 x 10 hours, regardless of the origin and destination. (DMG p 49)

This would be at minimum 10 hours, which is more than 8. I suppose an Extended Spell Sorceror could manage it 1 in 10 times though...

There is inconsistency in the PHB about the spell Etherealness. The spell description states that you cannot use it to travel to other planes:

When the spell ends, you immediately return to the plane you originated from in the spot you currently occupy. (PHB p 238)

While later in the Planar Travel section the PHB suggests that you could use Etherealness to travel from the Border Ethereal to the Deep Ethereal, and from there to another (material/inner) plane.

Etherealness allows adventurers to enter the Ethereal Plane and travel from there to any of the planes it touches- the Shadowfell, the Feywild, or the Elemental Planes. (PHB p 301)

However, even if the PHB's later description of the spell is the intended ruling, isn't Etherealness too short a spell to make such a journey? Its duration is 8 hours, and the DMG states travel times in the Deep Ethereal:

A trip between planes through the Deep Ethereal takes 1d10 x 10 hours, regardless of the origin and destination. (DMG p 49)

This would be at minimum 10 hours, which is more than 8. I suppose an Extended Spell Sorceror could manage it 1 in 10 times though...

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Is Etherealness too brief to travel to another plane?

There is inconsistency in the PHB about the spell Etherealness. The spell description states that you cannot use it to travel to other planes:

When the spell ends, you immediately return to the plane you originated from in the spot you currently occupy. (PHB p 238)

While later in the Planar Travel section the PHB suggests that you could use Etherealness to travel from the Border Ethereal to the Deep Ethereal, and from there to another (material/inner) plane.

Etherealness allows adventurers to enter the Ethereal Plane and travel from there to any of the planes it touches- the Shadowfell, the Feywild, or the Elemental Planes. (PHB p 301)

However, even if the PHB's later description of the spell is the intended ruling, isn't Etherealness too short a spell to make such a journey? It's duration is 8 hours, and the DMG states travel times in the Deep Ethereal:

A trip between planes through the Deep Ethereal takes 1d10 x 10 hours, regardless of the origin and destination. (DMG p 49)

This would be at minimum 10 hours, which is more than 8. I suppose an Extended Spell Sorceror could manage it 1 in 10 times though...