Manual of the Planes

The inhabitants of a portal town are usually petitionersand natives of the associated plane. Travelers finddemons in and around Plague-Mort, the portal town tothe Abyss, and more celestial creatures near Fortitudeand Excelsior.Table 7–5: Portal Towns and Associated PlanesPortal Town PlaneGloriumHeroic Domains of YsgardXaosEver-Changing Chaos of LimboBedlamWindswept Depths of PandemoniumPlague-Mort Infinite Layers of the AbyssCurstTarterian Depths of CarceriHopelessGray Waste of HadesTorchBleak Eternity of GehennaRibcageNine Hells of BaatorRigusInfernal Battlefield of AcheronAutomataClockwork Nirvana of MechanusFortitudePeaceable Kingdoms of ArcadiaExcelsiorSeven Mounting Heavens of CelestiaTradegateTwin Paradises of BytopiaEcstasyBlessed Fields of ElysiumFaunelWilderness of the BeastlandsSylvaniaOlympian Glades of ArboreaOn occasion, these portal towns may suddenly disappear,moving directly onto the plane they are connected to.This may be due to the alignment of the town natives;Table 7–6: Abyssal Encountersd% Encounter Number CR At EL01–02 Armanite 1d4+1 7 1103–04 Balor 1 18 1805–06 Bebilith 2 9 1107 Black dragon, mature adult 1 13 1308–11 Blue slaad 1d4+1 9 1212–14 Bodak 1d4 8 1015 Canoloth 1 6 616 Chaos beast 1 7 717–18 Death slaad 1 13 1319 Devourer 1 11 1120–23 Dretch 3d4+2 2 824 Githyanki squad* — 1425–27 Githzerai sect* — 1328–29 Glabrezu 1 15 1530–32 Goristro 1 12 1233–36 Gray slaad 2 10 1237–39 Green slaad 1 9 940–43 Hezrou 1 14 1444–45 Howler 3d6 3 946 Larva 3d6 1 647–52 Mane 3d6 1 653–55 Marilith 1 17 1756 Mercane trading mission company * — 1257 Mezzoloth 1 7 758 Mind flayer 2 8 1059–61 Nalfeshnee 1 16 1662 Nightmare 1d4 5 763 Nycaloth 1 13 1364–68 Petitioner ** 1d4 1 269–70 Quasit 1 3 371 Red dragon, young adult 1 12 1272–74 Red slaad 1d4 7 975–76 Retriever 1 10 10once a critical mass is reached, the town and its inhabitantsare welcomed into the related Outer Plane. Thisphenomenon is a natural quality of the Outlands. Itshrugs off pieces to the various Outer Planes.Some within the various portal towns are extremelyhostile to those that might hold them back from reachingthe Outer Plane. Others seek to keep the town (and itsmerchants) securely moored in the Outlands by makingsure there is some darkness in every light, and some lightin every dark.Hidden Wood of Obad-HaiThe realm of Obad-Hai is a patchwork of thick woods andopen glades and rolling fields. Explorers’ notes place theHidden Wood in several specific locations in the Outlands,often near the portal towns of Fortitude or Faunel.But it’s rarely found at all except by travelers who becomelost in the woods.Obad-Hai’s domain is nature in all its forms: wild andtamed, savage and domesticated. All four seasons existsimultaneously in balance within Obad-Hai’s realm. Inthe space of a quarter-mile, snowfields give way to forestsdraped in fall color next to orchards heavy with fruit andnewly plowed fields. Creatures encountered within theHidden Wood tend to be axiomatic or anarchic, butinclude a large number of Material Plane animals, beasts,d% Encounter Number CR At EL77 Skeleton 3d6 1/3 378 Spectre 1d4 7 979–82 Succubus 1 9 983 Titan 1 21 2184 Ultroloth 1 16 1685–87 Uridezu 1d4+1 6 1088 Vampire spawn 2d4 5 989–93 Vrock 1 13 1394 White dragon, mature adult 1 12 1295 Xill 1d4 6 896–97 Yeth hound 2d6 3 898 Fiendish template creature; roll on subtable01–20 Gray render 1 10 1021–40 Hydra (seven-headed) 1 7 741–60 Mimic 2 5 761–80 Remorhaz 1 9 981–100 Hydra (twelve-headed) 1 13 1399 Half-fiend template creature; roll on subtable01–20 Medusa 1 9 921–40 Troll 2d4 7 1141–60 Digester 2 8 1061–80 Megaraptor 1 8 881–100 Colossal spider 1 12 12100 Anarchic template creature; roll on subtable below01–20 Storm giant 1 15 1521–40 Dire lion 2d4 6 1041–60 Girallon 2d4 6 1061–80 Basilisk 1 6 681–100 Titan 1 23 23*See associated Organization line in monster entry (MonsterManual or Chapter 9) for more information.†Petitioner encounter type is according to the plane whereinthe encounter is rolled.CHAPTER 7:THE OUTERPLANES149