Questions tagged [planes]
For questions primarily relating to planes in tabletop RPGs. Self-contained universes holding anything from relatively small motes of matter to entire universes, planes are used in some fantasy role-playing games as settings for the players to adventure in. Travel between planes is usually possible, but often requires traveling to certain spots on one plane or using potent magic or magical devices.
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Can you cast banishment on yourself?
Can you cast banishment on yourself from a non-native plane, as a way of returning to your native plane?
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What happens when you put a Portable Hole inside a Bag of Holding while on the Astral plane?
What would happen if someone were to place a Portable Hole within a Bag of Holding while being within the Astral Plane? Would it be the reverse effect?
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If Tiamat is killed in the Nine Hells, does she die permanently?
The entry on devils (p. 68) in the Monster Manual states the following:
"Devils that die in the Nine Hells are destroyed forever - a fate that
even Asmodeus fears."
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What do Devils eat, and how do they get it?
When a monster in the Monster Manual doesn't need food, drink, sleep, or air, it's specified by a [X] Nature. For example, a zombie has an Undead Nature:
Undead Nature. A zombie doesn't require air,...
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What happens to matryoshka Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansions?
The following situation happened towards the end of our last session(I am the DM): A player cast Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion, so they could take a break to heal up their comrades and rest a bit....
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How can player characters get by with daily necessities during a delve into Hell?
Recently, one of my players (a barbarian) had to make a pact with Lady Fierna of the 4th to avoid losing one of his friends. He agreed to offer his soul to the disposal of Lady Fierna after he dies in ...
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How can I explain a race from Eberron showing up in Faerûn?
I know Eberron and Faerûn are different planes, but I have players who want to play warforged. What connections exist between the planes to facilitate a Eberron race ending up in Faerûn?
I am looking ...
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What happens if you put a Bag of Holding inside another Bag of Holding in Barovia?
The description of the bag of holding (DMG, p. 152-153) says:
Placing a bag of holding inside an extradimensional space created by a handy haversack, portable hole, or similar item instantly destroys ...
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Can I use a salad fork to get into the Prime Material Plane?
In several editions of Dungeons and Dragons, the Plane Shift spell requires a forked metal rod, the design and material of which varies depending on the destination plane. Is there any canonical list ...
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Can you become Ethereal in the Outer Planes?
I am playing D&D 5th edition. While reading the DMG, on page 44, it says:
The Inner Planes form a wheel around the Material Plane, enveloped in the Ethereal Plane.
Using the Great Wheel ...
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Can you Plane Shift to a specific layer of the Nine Hells?
The description of the plane shift spell (PHB, pg. 266) says:
You and up to eight willing creatures who link hands in a circle are transported to a different plane of existence. You can specify a ...
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Can spells creating extradimensional spaces be cast in Ravenloft?
If Ravenloft is a demiplane, and a demiplane is an extradimensional space, can spells that create extradimensional spaces (like rope trick) be cast while in the realm?
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What does Banishment do if the target Plane Shifts back?
When the spell Banishment is cast:
If the target is native to a different plane of existence that the one you're on, the target is banished with a faint popping noise, returning to its home plane. ...
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Where does an unaligned creature's soul go after death?
In the DMG section on "Bringing Back the Dead" (chapter 1, p. 24), it describes what happens when a creature dies:
When a creature dies, its soul departs its body, leaves the Material Plane, ...
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Does the Fiend-patron warlock's Hurl Through Hell feature dispel effects that require the target to be on the same plane as the caster?
I am playing a Fiend-patron warlock. A vampire has charmed my fighter buddy and I wish to use my Hurl Through Hell feature to make the vampire briefly go to the lower planes, resulting in the charm ...
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Does any lore text explain why the planes of Acheron, Gehenna, and Carceri are the alignment they are?
Acheron is between pure law and lawful evil; Gehenna is between pure evil and lawful evil; and Carceri is between pure evil and chaotic evil.
But this seems wrong to me. It seems to me that Acheron ...
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Are there existing rules/lore for MTG planeswalkers?
I'm a D&D fan and Magic: The Gathering fan.
I'd heard that Wizards of the Coast says that Magic: The Gathering planes are Dungeons and Dragons planes. I was so excited and full of idea of ...
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What's the difference between the Astral Plane and the Ethereal Plane?
The Player's Handbook describes both planes as vast, empty planes that allow transportation between other planes.
Is there any difference between them? Why have two different planes that are the same ...
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Is the interior of a Bag of Holding actually an extradimensional space?
In D&D 5e, is the inside of a bag of holding actually described anywhere as being an extradimensional space/demiplane?
The description of the bag of holding doesn't actually explicitly state that ...
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If I cast the Banishment spell on myself while in a demiplane, where exactly do I exit?
If I cast the banishment spell on myself while in a demiplane, where exactly do I exit?
Do I exit on my last position on my native plane, a random spot in my native plane, or do I choose where I exit ...
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Plane shift material component origins
A forked, metal rod worth at least 250 gp, attuned to a particular
plane of existence. PhB 245, emphasis mine.
The metal rod must by attuned to a particular plane of existence, does that means that ...
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Can a Dragon enter the Feywild without having to use fey crossing portals?
I'm creating a campaign for my group and I need to know if dragons (metallic and chromatic) can enter and exit the Feywild, without having to use fey crossing portals?
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Passage of Time within a Rope Trick spell
My question is rather simple and has to do with the extra-dimensional space* created by a Rope Trick spell.
*Note: It is not clear to me whether this kind of space is a Demiplane or not, but should ...
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How do I cover a vast area of land with dense vegetation?
I need help to introduce a plot device for the next scenario I intend to GM. I need a way to cover a large area of grassland (a few miles in radius) with high, thick and near impenetrable vegetation. ...
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Can you maintain concentration on a spell from another plane?
Here are two scenarios:
A powerful enemy caster is concentrating on some high-level offensive spell (Incendiary Cloud, Earthquake, etc.)--one PC casts Banishment and the caster fails the save. Can ...
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Is there any precedent for time distortion when traveling to other planes?
I'm currently the DM for a group playing a 4th Edition Dungeons and Dragons campaign in the Neverwinter Campaign Setting.
In a recent adventure, my players asked me some unexpected questions, I said "...
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Can I escape from a bag of holding with Banishment?
Related: If I cast Banishment on myself while in a demiplane, where exactly do I exit?
If I am trapped in the extradimensional space of a bag of holding, can I escape by casting Banishment on myself? ...
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If you slay a deity on the Prime Material Plane does it die or does it return to its home plane?
I am wondering if they are similar to demons, in that when they are slain on the prime material plane they are banished back to their own plane instead of dying permanently?
Of course excluding the ...
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What are the planes of D&D 4e? Where did they come from, and how are they connected?
I understand that in D&D 4e's default setting there are planes, and I know a bit about them: the material plane is where the people generally are, and there's a "feywild" where the Eladrin and ...
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What is the complete lifecycle of souls in the Nine Hells?
The Descent into Avernus adventure provides more information about what happens to souls in the Nine Hells/Baator than was previously available (soul coins and their uses, in particular).
It's also ...
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Would children age normally in the outer planes?
I know that in the Astral Plane children don't age (or more specifically no one ages), but is there anything regarding how children would age in the outer planes? I'm wondering specifically about a ...
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Where in the 5e multiverse is Eberron?
For the purposes of spelljammer/wildspace travel, where in the 5e multiverse is Eberron?
The reason I ask is for physically transporting items from one setting to another. (The other setting being ...
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Is a moon considered to be on the same Material Plane as the planet it orbits?
I was thinking about an adventure where my player characters have to travel to Selûne and come back with a creature found on the moon. However, the creature would be too large for travel by ship (at ...
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What is the difference between non-dimensional space and extra-dimensional space?
Can someone please explain to me the difference between non-dimensional space and extra-dimensional space in DnD 3.5?
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Has the Underdark ever been a separate plane to the Material Plane?
I play D&D 5e; I am not that familiar with the other editions of D&D. However, I'm looking for lore on the Underdark from any edition, since the settings (e.g. the Forgotten Realms) are still ...
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Can creatures from the Material Plane survive being sucked into the Astral Plane?
I was looking through this article, reading about a portable hole + bag of holding combination as a projectile weapon and I was thinking about the end effect.
Placing a bag of holding inside an ...
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What are the ramifications of creating a homebrew world without an Astral Plane?
I'm currently working on a homebrew world for a campaign of mine, which is currently on hold indefinitely, so there's no time pressure.
Overall design intent:
I don't want my world to be a clone of ...
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Is there any official lore on the Far Realm?
I cannot find any official details on the Far Realm for 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons.
Is there any published lore on the topic or is it supposed to be open ended?
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Moving between different D&D universes
I have a group of mid-high level players. As part of some D&D shenanigans, I wanted to have them plop into Athas (Dark Sun) as a surprise joke. But knowing them, sadistic as they are, they might ...
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Are the Nine Hells separate planes or a single plane?
Are the Nine Hells/Baator considered a single plane of existence in D&D 5e, or are each of the nine layers considered their own separate planes?
For example, would the spell Scrying, which ...
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Defining Realms, Worlds, Kingdoms, Planes, Dimensions and the Multiverse
I have always been confused when trying to think in terms of worlds, realms, and kingdoms. Additionally, I am confused at the difference between planes and dimension. So, what is the difference ...
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If a sorcerer casts the Banishment spell on a PC while in Avernus, does the PC return to their home plane?
I wanted to make it difficult for the party to leave Avernus and return to their home plane, but I have realized that one of the party members could just use the banishment spell a number of times to ...
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Is a Clone created in a Demiplane native to it?
For this question, I'll pose it in the form of an example since it gets confusing otherwise
Say I am playing a level 17-20 wizard who wants to use the Clone spell to become immortal, but want a safe ...
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Can Blink and Banishment be combined to have an effect similar to Etherealness?
Imagine the following sequence of events:
The wizard casts blink.
During the next turn, he uses his Ready action to cast banishment on himself once he is in the Ethereal Plane.
The banishment ...
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What is the Ordial Plane and is it canon?
I have seen several references to something called the "Ordial Plane" to exist in Planescape. From what I can tell it is the third Transistive Plane which houses the bodies of the gods and the ...
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Can you Plane Shift to the plane that you're on?
What happens if you cast plane shift and then attempt to shift to the plane that you're on? I can think of a few reasons this might happen in-game:
For some reason, the PCs don't know what plane ...
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What are all the ways a player can get to the Astral Plane?
I am planning a campaign where the characters must travel to the astral plane several times, though each subsequent time they lose one of the means to do so (i.e., Astral Projection spell, through the ...
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Can a character rest while under the Etherealness spell?
Etherealness lasts for 8 hours and doesn't require concentration:
You step into the border regions of the Ethereal Plane, in the area where it overlaps with your current plane. You remain in the ...
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Can you cast a spell on someone in the Ethereal Plane, if you are on the Material Plane and have the True Seeing spell active?
A creature is on the Material Plane and can perceive someone on the Ethereal Plane using the True Seeing spell. Can that creature cast a spell that only requires that they see the character on the ...
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Can Gated Fiends/Celestials Die Permanently?
I am specifically trying to reconcile the wording from the DMG, p.47, with what I know of how planar creatures work.
Traveling through the Astral Plane by means of the astral projection spell ...
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