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CHAPTER 9:MONSTERSIllus. by D. Roach200Special Attacks: A petitioner loses all supernaturaland spell-like abilities but retains normal attacks andexceptional abilities.Special Qualities: A petitioner loses all supernaturaland spell-like abilities but retains exceptional abilities. Inaddition, it gains the following qualities.Mental Immunity (Ex): All petitionersare immune to mind-influencingeffects. This may be due to themindless nature of their existence,devotion to their deities,or being surrounded by a similarlyaligned plane.Immunities (Ex): Dependingon the nature of itsnative plane, a petitionergains immunity againsttwo of the followingeffects: acid, cold, electricity,fire, poison,petrification, and polymorphing.These immunitiesare appliedsimilarly to all petitionersof a particularplane or deity.See Chapter 7: TheOuter Planes for moredetails.Resistances (Ex): Dependingon the nature of itsnative plane, the petitionergains resistance 20against two of the following:acid, cold, electricity, andfire. Chapter 7 has detailson which petitionershave which immunities.Planar Commitment (Ex):Petitioners cannot leave theplane they inhabit. They areteleported 100 miles in a randomdirection if an attempt is made toforce them to leave.Additional Special Qualities: Particular planes may provideadditional benefits for petitioners of those planes.Typical additional special qualities may include any ofthe following:• Damage reduction 5/silver and SR 5.• Continual magic circle against evil.• Fast healing 1.• Damage reduction 10/+1.• Spell resistance 10.• Additional 2d8 HD.• Remove all immunities and resistances except immunityto mind-influencing effects. Add acid, cold, electricity,and fire resistance 5.Saves: Base saving throw bonuses are +3.Abilities: Same as the base creature. Some cosmologiesor particularly insecure deities may set a maximumof 18 for petitioners’ ability scores. Abilities higher thanthat are reduced to the maximum.Skills: Petitioners have no skills. Previousskills are lost.Feats: Petitioners have no feats. Previousfeats are lost.Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground(within the native plane).Organization: Same as the base creature.Challenge Rating: 1.Treasure: None.Alignment: Same as the native plane.Advancement: None.Exceptional PetitionersThe deities may choose particularservants for specific tasks who mayremember something of their previousselves. These exceptionalpetitioners retain the feats andskills that they had in life but areotherwise limited as the otherpetitioners of their plane are.Sample PetitionerThis is a petitioner froman example chaotic evilplane. A specific planein the core cosmology(such as the Abyss) maybestow additional specialqualities. See Chapter 7for more details.Ogre PetitionerLarge Outsider (Chaotic, Evil)Hit Dice: 2d8+8 (17 hp)Initiative: –1 (Dex)Speed: 30 ft.AC: 13 (–1 size, –1 Dex, +5 natural)Attacks: Slam +6Damage: Slam 1d4+7Face/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./10 ft.Special Qualities: Mental immunity, electricity andpoison immunity, acid and fire resistance 20Saves: Fort +5, Ref +2, Will +3Abilities: Str 21, Dex 8, Con 15, Int 6, Wis 10, Cha 7Climate/Terrain: Any land and undergroundOrganization: Solitary, pair, gang (2–4), or band (5–8)Challenge Rating: 1Treasure: NoneAlignment: Always chaotic evilAdvancement: None
Appendix: VariantPlanes & CosmologiesNone of the following planes have a place on theGreat Wheel, but you can use them in a cosmology youbuild yourself. This chapter also includes some alternatecosmologies that you can use or adapt for yourown games.REGION OF DREAMSThe Region of Dreams, usually simply called Dream, iswhere dreams cavort, heedless of the waking world.Dreams once dreamt fade into obscurity, but their echoesresonate forever throughout Dream. Carcasses of particularlyvile dreams, charged with dark emotion, sometimesrampage from dreamscape to dreamscape, giving rise toterrible nightmares.Into the Region of Dreams come dreamers, whether theywill it or not, every time they fall asleep. Their minds takeflight to the Region of Dreams. The edges of Dream expandand contract with temporary dreamscapes as dreamers onevery plane sleep and wake. Dream would exist even ifthere were no dreamers, though.The many dreamscapes created by dreamers last but ashort time, and they rarely impinge on each other accidentally.However, there are those who knowingly walkbetween dreamscapes, doing as they will. Sometimessuch lucid dreamers pierce the very heart of Dream,where average dreams dare not roam.DREAM TRAITSThe Region of Dreams has the following traits.• Subjective Directional Gravity: Within most dreamscapes,the strength of gravity is the same as on theMaterial Plane, but each dreamscape can pull in a differentdirection. The subjective gravity of most dreamscapesappears to conform to normal gravity, but otherdreamscapes may have wildly different gravity traits.Visitors who master the skill of Lucid Dreaming canchoose how the gravity of a particular dreamscapeaffects them.• Flowing Time: For every 10 minutes in Dream, only 1minute passes on the Material Plane. But the nature ofthe plane makes time spent on the plane less real. Nomatter what visitors experience, only memoriesremain when they leave Dream. Spells cannot truly becast or learned, nor items won or lost, nor experiencepoints earned when dreaming.• Infinite Size: Dream is infinite, though individualdreamscapes are finite. Even a single dreamscape canseem quite large, however, depending on the nature ofthe individual dream.• Highly Morphic Trait: Dreamscapes are born fromwild dream-stuff the moment a dreamer’s mindplunges into Dream. Left alone on Dream, wilddream-stuff is as ephemeral as thought. But once adreamscape solidifies, it has the alterable morphictrait similar to the Material Plane. Visitors skilled inLucid Dreaming may be able to morph a dreamscapemore to their own liking.• No Elemental or Energy Traits.• Mildly Neutral-Aligned.• Normal Magic: Spells can be cast normally, but travelerswho leave Dream discover that any spells they usedon the plane weren’t really cast (they still have them asprepared spells or available spell slots). Similarly, anyspells still in effect when a traveler leaves Dream aregone as if they were never cast.DREAM LINKSThe Region of Dreams is coterminous to the MaterialPlane and whatever Transitive, Inner, or Outer Planesyou desire. The easiest method of reaching Dream isthrough the Portal of Sleep, which living creatures themultiverse over access without conscious thought whilethey slumber.When sleep claims a living mind, the consciousness ofthe sleeper comes to the Region of Dreams, and thedreamer enters into his or her own dreamscape. The bodyremains on the Material Plane, but the mind wanders as adiscrete entity within a dreamscape. When the sleeperwakes, the mind returns to the body, and the dreamscapeusually fades into undifferentiated dream-stuff. Sometimesdreamscapes linger and pass into the Dreamheart,taking on a more permanent reality.Dreamwalkers—frequent visitors to the Region ofDream—can enter Dream through the Portal of Sleeplike any dreamer, or they can pass bodily into dreams byfinding rare physical portals into Dream or casting thedream travel spell.DREAM INHABITANTSAll manner of creatures are found in Dream, rangingfrom small animals to abominable nightmares. Dreamersrun the gamut as well, though dreamscapes of similarcreatures are generally clustered together like archipelagoesin a sea of wild dreamstuff.MOVEMENT AND COMBATMovement within a dreamscape is often like that on theMaterial Plane. But the rules can vary from dreamscape todreamscape. In one dreamscape, every creature might flyfrom place to place, and in the next, swimming might bethe only mode of transport.Moving between dreamscapes is intentionally doneonly by dreamwalkers who have entered Dream viadream travel or who are using the Lucid Dreamingskill. A traveler can hop from dreamscape to dreamscapeor aim for the Dreamheart itself. Althoughdreamscapes don’t usually overlap, dreamwalkers canfind places where the borders are thin enough that asingle step transfers the traveler from one dreamscapeto the next.APPENDIX:VARIANT PLANES& COSMOLOGIES201
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MANUAL OF THE PLANESJeff Grubb, Bru
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INTRODUCTIONIntroductionThis book i
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of the universe (earth, air, fire,
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within a plane where the rules are
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Shapes of the PlanesinfiniteGreat W
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save (DC 25) or gain a negative lev
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Planar RelationshipsPlaneAPlane ACo
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Creatures that use positive or nega
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GETTING FROM PLANETO PLANEThe plane
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Spot (Wis), and Use Magic Device (C
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Direction (Wis), Jump (Str), Knowle
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damage bonus does not apply to crea
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to a limited extent. On planes with
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Greater planar bindingHoly wordLess
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elemental form to put out nonmagica
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Audible Alarm: An audible portal al
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On planes you create yourself, safe
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Illus. by A. Swekelhe Material Plan
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Oerth’s cosmology is laid out in
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spells and spell-like effects that
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often used by astral travelers who
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There is no day or night on the Ast
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Table 5-3: Astral Encountersd% Enco
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try to lure adventurers away from e
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even if prisoners escape, they’re
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Any creature becoming ethereal (inc
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The Plane of Shadow does not connec
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describes some typical abilities an
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positiveElementalPlane ofWaterThree
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of material and have his life crush
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Table 6-2: Elemental Plane of Earth
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MOVEMENT AND COMBATThe Elemental Pl
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ELEMENTAL PLANEOF WATERIt is an oce
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Red TidesA dangerous contagion has
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CHAPTER 7:THE OUTERPLANES87Beastlan
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everything within a ten-mile radius
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Only those who suffer mortal wounds
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Plane drift through the miasma: bit
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FamiliarityVery familiarStudied car
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Every word, scream, or shout is cau
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oulders, and worked stone, as if a
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directional gravity. Unless stated
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sun no brighter than the Material P
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and Colothys confines liars whose u
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OthrysCathrysMinethysColothysPorpha
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Normal petitioners in Hades gain on
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PlutonThe third gloom of Hades is a
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Gehenna CombatCombat on Gehenna is
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NINE HELLS OF BAATORIt is Hell, whe
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added to the Bronze Citadel. Work g
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dribble of slimy water sluices into
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StygiaThe fifth layer of the Nine H
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they first enter the downdraft or b
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are big enough for whole cities and
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the truth, the ice sheet has object
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Scion Queen Mother at all times, an
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they have three possible courses of
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always find themselves in the surf
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amid treasure gathered over eons—
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BYTOPIA INHABITANTSBytopia is home
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on the Material Plane, sounds more
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without touching the ground. The Be
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ARBOREA LINKSArborea borders the Be
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CHAPTER 7:THE OUTERPLANESOUTLANDS I
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