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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Does Private Sanctum prevent Rope Trick from being cast?
Private Sanctum states:
• Planar Travel is blocked within the warded area.
Rope Trick states:
... an Invisible entrance opens to an extradimensional space that lasts until the spell ends. The ...
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Are there different planes of existence in Dragonlance?
Throughout editions, there has been the astral plane as well as other planes. Which planes are in the Dragonlance setting?
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Is there a "Shadowdark" or similar in the Shadowfell like how there's a Feydark in the Feywild?
The Material Plane (or Prime Material Plane) has an underground realm known as the Underdark.
There are planes in 5e that were introduced in 4e, the Feywild and the Shadowfell, that are reflections of ...
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What happens when a banished creature would return to an extradimensional space that no longer exists?
Consider the following scenarios.
1. Banished from a portable hole, portable hole is destroyed.
A portable hole is described as a ten foot deep, six foot diameter extradimensional space. Suppose I ...
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What happens if you put a bag of holding in a bag of holding while being in the astral plane? [duplicate]
I know that putting a bag of holding in a bag of holding destroys both and creates a portal to the astral plane, but what would happen if a player chooses to put a bag of holding in a back of holding ...
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Who were the Ancient Baatorians?
Manual of the Planes (2001) says
Though the Nine Hells is governed by devils, some sages believe that the devils commandeered the Nine Hells from a far older, stranger race now simply called ...
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Which plane do Spectators originate from?
The description of Spectators on page 30 of the Monster Manual begins:
A spectator is a lesser beholder that is summoned from another plane of existence by a magical ritual
Which plane do they ...
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What existing materials could be precedence for The Great Wheel of Eurovision? [closed]
Eurovision has been around since 1956 and DnD just a little bit less.
What existing materials could be used as precedence for an EPIC annual contest between bards, where each of the Outer planes in ...
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The Dwarven Afterlife?
I'm building a campaign and in it, my PCs need to retrieve the soul of a now-dead dwarven king. This mission would take them to one of the outer planes to find his soul and bring him back to the ...
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What planes of existence does everyone visit while sleeping according to the Great Wheel cosmology?
When someone is sleeping what planes of existence do they visit according to the Great Wheel cosmology in D&D 5e?
I have not found exact information in the rule books about this. Perhaps there are ...
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Has it ever been officially stated how long it takes for a soul to transform into an outsider after death?
Okay, correct me if I’m wrong:
In the Pathfinder Universe, souls travel along the River of Souls after death, then hang around Pharasmas Boneyard for a while, get judged and then get send to ...
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To what level of detail must you know the contents of a demiplane to connect to it?
The Demiplane spell states (emphasis mine):
Each time you cast this spell, you can create a new demiplane, or have the shadowy door connect to a demiplane you created with a previous casting of ...
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Is there any lore to suggest that celestials or fey can only be killed on their home planes similar to fiends?
This answer to a different question (about D&D 5e) says:
To open, lets look at a sample of the rules that say you cannot permanently kill such a creature outside of their home plane...
The only ...
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Can a Gargantuan creature be shoved into a Demiplane using the Polymorph spell and then released into a different plane of existence?
For context, my party is going to face a Gargantuan (20 by 20 ft. or larger) creature with obscene levels of health.
The polymorph spell description says, in part:
This spell transforms a creature ...
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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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What plane would an aboleth be from for the purposes of Banishment?
An aboleth is classified as a large aberration. If someone were to use the Banishment spell, what plane would it be banished to? (if it is from a different plane?)
Or would it just be banished to the '...
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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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In the Forgotten Realms, how does a Wizard cast spells when away from their plane?
In the Forgotten Realms, how does a Wizard cast spells when away from their plane?
That is, how exactly do they wield magic when they have no access to the Weave? Can a Wizard still cast if he is ...
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While inside of the Rope Trick space, can plane-bound abilities access the plane from which it was entered?
My character, as of the end of our last session, is located inside the "extradimensional space" created by Rope Trick. He has previously cast Soul Cage and would like to exploit the trapped soul ...
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How would a group get from Toril to Ravenloft and back?
If there were some adventurers who were living in, for example, Neverwinter, and heard rumors about Ravenloft, is it possible for them to get there? Are there people living in Toril who know how to ...
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What signature food or beverage is each outer plane in the Great Wheel Cosmology known for?
Is there a list or reference somewhere showing what meals and / or beverages each outer plane in the Great Wheel Cosmology is best known for?
I am putting together a campaign idea for my PCs, a ...
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What groups of souls go to the Nine Hells according to lore?
The Nine Hells (or Baator) is the Lawful Evil outer plane, and the home plane of devils. It is a plane of eternal punishment for the wicked.
Which souls go there in the afterlife?
I can think that ...
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Is the space inside a demiplane considered "outdoors" for the purposes of Control Weather?
The demiplane spell creates a door that leads to another plane of existence:
You create a shadowy door on a flat solid surface that you can see within range. The door is large enough to allow ...
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What would happen to a demiplane created by the Demiplane spell if you cast Earthquake inside it?
The demiplane spell creates a door (and a demiplane) that leads to an extradimensional room of a fixed size:
[...] When opened, the door leads to a demiplane that appears to be an empty room 30 ...
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Do I know if Sending succeeds when it goes across planes?
The Sending spell in 5e states:
You can send the message across any distance and even to other planes of existence, but if the target is on a different plane than you, there is a 5 percent chance ...
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Can a humanoid creature, specifically a player character, be born on the Astral Plane?
I've been looking at the "This is Your Life" tables from Xanathar's Guide to Everything, and in particular there's an entry on the Birthplace table on page 62:
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Does difficult terrain on the material plane impart the same on the ethereal plane?
We encountered a forest which was difficult terrain.
Using the Blink spell a character appeared in the ethereal plane and moved some distance.
My warlock with poor stealth spotted a group of ...
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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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Can creatures outside of Crystal Spheres dream?
Assumptions: all material from spelljammer, 3.0, 3.5, web/dragon and Pathfinder are available. Everything in this campaign setting is being converted to Pathfinder. All available separate campaign ...
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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 happens when you banish an elemental creature that was formed/born on the Material Plane?
Background: In one of our campaigns we have quite a few Elementals that are forming in the material plane, as opposed to forming on an elemental plane. The elementals are otherwise identical to the ...
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Is there any information on what Bloodroot Grove was before the events of this AL module?
I was looking over the Adventurer's League module, DDAL09-08 - In the Garden of Evil (Season 9, Descent into Avernus). This adventure concerns a location in Avernus (the first layer of the Nine Hells) ...
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How would Corruption work in 5E in the Nine Hells?
The AD&D Manual of the Planes says this about Minauros and Maladomini, the third and seventh circles of the Nine Hells:
The Nine Hells Traits
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Corruption (Minauros and Maladomini only): ...
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At what level does a Horizon Walker Ranger's Ethereal Step cast the Etherealness spell? [duplicate]
The Ethereal Step conclave ability of a Horizon Walker Ranger is described as such:
At 7th level, you learn to step through the Ethereal Plane. As a bonus action on your turn, you can cast the ...
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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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How do we handle planar collision, merges, creation, or destruction?
I’m making a plane heavy campaign and there will likely be many cases where planes will collide, or merge, or be created or destroyed. The same goes for demiplanes. Are there rules or guidelines for ...
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Overview of common languages per plane
For my current campaign I'm exploring lore options regarding planar travel for NPCs and PCs. Where in the books can I find more information about which languages are common in which planes?*
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Does Blink work in the outer planes?
Does Blink work in the outer planes? The spell it states:
you vanish from your current plane of existence and appear in the Ethereal Plane
as well as:
While on the Ethereal Plane, you can see ...
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Does the extradimensional space created by Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion count as a separate plane? [duplicate]
Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion
You conjure an extradimensional dwelling in range that lasts for the duration
Does this extradimensional space count as a separate plane for effects dependent on ...
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Did the spellplague change the cosmology of other crystal spheres too, or just realmspace?
The spellplague changed the cosmology of Forgotten Realms into the world axis cosmology. Great wheel no more, world tree no more (it seems I missed/skipped this one).
But did the spellplague affected ...
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Is there a way to create a demiplane in the astral plane and not break astral projection when entering the demiplane?
A wizard character wants to create a faux afterlife for a large group of other people.
His plan to do so is as follows:
Cast Astral Projection to travel to the astral plane with eight other people
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How do I force a party from the Astral Plane?
I am running a high-level, low magic campaign, currently 13th level. When the seas iced over thanks to a Levistus activating an elder relic, the possessed warlock of the party spent some time ...
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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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Sightseeing in the Astral Plane
Over the next few sessions, my group are likely to find themselves in the Astral Plane in pursuit of the current BB. They will be level 4 when this happens.
However, I'd like being in the Astral Sea/...
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Are there any planes where time passes more quickly?
Are there any planes in 5e where time passes more quickly?
I was just wondering because I was thinking of providing a situation where my players travel to a different plane, and they come back to ...
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Hag alignment change: what happens should they become forcibly 'good'? [closed]
Imagine a night hag grows tired of her untrustworthy coven's backstabbing and betrayal - she decides enough is enough. Over many weeks of trial and error she eventually takes these lesser hags, ties ...
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Does 5e have a Manual of the Planes?
I'm building a Warlock with an Archfey patron, and I want to read more about the Feywild. I remember the AD&D Manual of the Planes and it had information from all the planes. Does 5e have one of ...
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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 I permanently banish a devil from one layer of the Hells to another using the Banishment spell?
Can I permanently banish a devil from one layer of the Hells to another using the banishment spell?
Let's say my party is on Avernus. They are attacked by a devil who's native to Dis (or some other ...
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How can I kill/separate a Deity from the Prime Material Plane?
I need my BBEG to kill/separate a god from the material plane/everything. The PCs are helping NPCs save their god, and while I think they could probably do it, I do wanna know what to do if they don’t ...
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