Manual of the Planes

APPENDIX:VARIANT PLANES& COSMOLOGIES202The passage between dreamscapes is a gradualchange, not a sudden wrenching. As the travelerapproaches the border of the dreamscape, the surroundingsbecome more and more like the neighboringdreamscape, while features of the current dreamscapeare less noticeable. Eventually, the dreamwalkerhas passed wholly into the new dreamscape. Adreamwalker, like any dreamer, can “wake up” to leaveDream entirely.Waking Up: A dreamer or dreamwalker can attemptto wake up from a threatening dreamscape as a moveequivalentaction by succeeding at a Wisdom check (DC10). When the dreamer who created the dreamscapeawakens, the dreamscape bursts. Any other visitors aresent headlong into the nearest dreamscape. When adreamwalker wakes, the dreamscape and the originaldreamer are unaffected.FEATURES OF THE REGION OF DREAMSIn a cosmology with the Region of Dreams, your dreamscan indeed hurt you. Of course, most mortals live outtheir lives without coming to any harm in the greatuntamed wildness of Dream, but some are not so lucky.When an average dreamer enters Dream, she retains allher abilities and even gains dream-stuff equivalents ofcarried or worn items. Likewise, her hit points, abilityscores, and all other values are exactly as they were beforeshe fell asleep. For example, if she is a 5th-level wizardwith a wand of lightning, she can use both her spells andher wand in Dream. When she wakes up, she’ll find thatshe neither cast any prepared spells nor expendedcharges from her wand.DREAM TRAVELTransmutationLevel: Sor/Wiz 8Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 actionRange: TouchTargets: You plus one additional creature touched per levelDuration: 1 hour/level (D)Saving Throw: Will negates (harmless)Spell Resistance: YesYou and any creature you touch are drawn along a crystal arc ofreverie to the edge of conscious thought and into the Region ofDreams. You can take more than one creature along with you(subject to your level limit), but all must be touching eachother when you cast the spell. You physically enter the plane ofDream, leaving nothing behind.In Dream, you move through a menagerie of thoughts,desires, and phantoms created by the minds of dreamerseverywhere. For every minute you move through Dream (whichis only a single round on the Material Plane), you can “wake”to find yourself five miles displaced in the waking world. Thus,a character can use this spell to travel rapidly by physicallyIf a dreamer or dreamwalker dies in a dreamscape, shewakes immediately with a hammering heart but is otherwiseunharmed. A dreamer or dreamwalker pulled slainin the Dreamheart also dies on the Material Plane. Worse,their spirits are snared forever at the heart of Dream, soraise dead and resurrection spells don’t work.DreamscapesMany dreamscapes are small—no more than two or threerooms in a drab building, a small clearing in a stormwrackedforest, or a mist-shrouded rural crossroads.Other dreamscapes extend for miles and contain allmanner of oddities, architecture, and inhabitants. However,all dreamscapes share one feature: the dreamer.The dreamer’s unconscious mind forms the dreamscape,which the dreamer then moves through, usuallyunconscious of the fact that he is dreaming at all. Thedreamer alters large or small aspects of his personaldreamscape, though he never does so consciously unlesstrained in Lucid Dreaming. Dreamscapes usually burstwhen the dreamer awakens, although occasionallydreamscapes linger or survive permanently under unusualcircumstances or magic.In extremely rare cases, a dreamscape ruptures, sendingits pieces and visitors into other dreamscapes or ontothe Material Plane. Objects from ruptured dreamscapesusually last 1d% hours on the Material Plane, but 1% ofthem achieve permanent reality. An example of a permanentdreamscape is described below.Anavaree: This permanent dreamscape is an idylliclandscape lit by a golden sun. Grass, trees, and smalllakes are visible within the perimeter of a wooded glen.pqqqqrsentering where only dreams prowl, moving the desireddistance, and stepping back into the waking world. You knowwhere you will come out in the waking world.Dream travel can also be used to travel to other planesthat contain creatures who dream, but this requires crossinginto the Dreamheart, where you are subject to thevagaries of violent dream realities. Transferring to anotherplane of existence requires 1d4 hours on Dream (whichcorresponds to 1d4×6 minutes as time is measured on mostother planes).Any creatures touched by you when dream travel is castalso makes the transition to the borders of unconsciousthought. They may opt to follow you, wander into otherdreamscapes, or stumble back into the waking world (50%chance for either of the latter results if they are lost or abandonedby you). Creatures unwilling to accompany you intothe Region of Dreams receive a Will saving throw, negatingthe effect if successful.Note: Unlike the normal rules for dreaming, items you use,spells you cast, and other consumables are still gone when youreturn to the waking world after being under the effect of thisspell. Likewise, items you gain and experience you accumulatewhile under the effect of this spell stay with you.pqqqqrs