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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
Region of DreamsDreamscapesDreamscapesAPPENDIX:VARIANT PLANES& COSMOLOGIESDreamheartSmall birds fly from tree to tree, twittering beautifulsongs. In the center of the clearing is a hill holding aplayground. A massive bronze dragon surrounds thehill, sleeping peacefully. Ana, the dreamer, plays in theplayground.When Ana smiles, the sun brightens. When she laughs,rainbows dance. On the other hand, her frowns bringclouds and her tears bring rain. Worst of all, her angercauses lightning to touch down. Ana doesn’t realize thatshe’s dreaming. She hasn’t really given her situationmuch thought—a common attitude for dreamers in theirdreamscapes. The dragon, “Grumpy,” remains asleepunless Ana is threatened.In fact, Ana’s physical body exists in stasis upon theface of a red, dead world where no breath is possible. Sheis the only survivor of a colonization attempt fromanother world that fell from the sky to smash and burn inthe red sands. Within the depths of a massive crater, nowlong cooled, lies Ana’s stasis chamber. By some miracle ofchance or fate, it remains undamaged and functioning.But the woman inside suffered mental trauma and nowpossesses the mind of a young girl—a young girl in anpqqqqrsLUCID DREAMING (WIS; TRAINED ONLY)*You must first successfully grapple your opponent.Use this skill to realize that you are dreaming, consciously direct Then, instead of attempting to pin him or her, make a Lucidelements of a dream, and move into other dreamscapes.Dreaming check (DC 25) on your next action. If you succeed,Check: Making a Lucid Dreaming check is a standard action you and your foe tumble into the Dreamheart.that provokes an attack of opportunity.Change Aspect: An aspect of a dreamscape includes backgroundTaskDC features such as lighting, terrain, architecture of agiven building, vegetation (or lack thereof), and other relativelyRealize you are dreaming 5innocuous characteristics of a dreamscape. You can’tChange one aspect of your personal dreamscape 15 use Lucid Dreaming to make a bolt of lightning strike a foeChange one aspect of another’s dreamscape 20 or open a pit below an enemy.Change your personal appearance 20Change Appearance: You can adopt the outwardDepart one dreamscape for another 15 appearance of another creature within two size categoriesDepart a dreamscape for the Dreamheart 25 of your own. None of your abilities change, just yourPull another with you into the Dreamheart * appearance.Leave the Dreamheart 20 Retry: You can make a Lucid Dreaming check once per round.pqqqqrs203
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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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Illus. by A. Swekelven if a plane i
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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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Illus. by A. Swekelhe planes are la
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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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Illus. by A. Swekelhe Transitive Pl
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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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Illus. by A. Swekelhe Inner Planes
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positiveElementalPlane ofWaterThree
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A maximum of 20d6 points of damage
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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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• Impeded Magic: Spells and spell
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Class abilities that use positive e
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Illus. by A. Swekelf the Inner Plan
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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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BelierinBelierin is a land of misty
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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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OutlandsExcelsiorSigilTradegateEcst
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Page 161 and 162: BARIAURMedium-Size OutsiderHit Dice
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Page 215 and 216: Myriad PlanesCosmologyplanar clumpp
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Page 219 and 220: WINDING ROAD LINKSPlanar travelers
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