Manual of the Planes

APPENDIX:VARIANT PLANES& COSMOLOGIES204enforced sleep who continues to dream. Ana is unawareof her real body or of the fate of her fellow colonists; shehas been playing unconcernedly in the dreamscape foryears. The dragon knows the truth, however.The DreamheartThe dreamscapes, in all their infinite numbers, are onlythe edge of Dream. They border the Dreamheart, a realmwhere dreamers can die.The Dreamheart is a roiling boil of dream-born landscapesthat melt, burn, grow, and dissolve without anyrhyme or reason. Balls of fire, pockets of air, chunks ofearth, and waves of water battle against each other. Amidthe chaos, half-melted dreamscapes drift—lakes, buildings,streets, strange creatures, and small islands. Someprovide shelter against the tempest, but others are opento its deadly effects. These are dreamscapes that havebeen pulled into the Dreamheart, usually after theirdreamers have awakened.Waking up in the Dreamheart is more difficult, requiringa Wisdom check (DC 18).In the Dreamheart, a random flare of fire, electricity, orflood can take the life of a dreamwalker at any moment.Likewise, a dream-born creature can swoop out of the chaosand eat an inexperienced traveler. When death comes inthe Dreamheart, it affects the physical body as well.Dreamheart Tempest: Unless sheltered by a soliddreamscape, exposure to the tempest deals 25 points ofdamage each round: 5 points each of sonic, electricity,cold, fire, and acid damage.Like any storm, the tempest of the Dreamheart has aneye. If there is any mind, deity, or purpose in the Region ofDreams, it can be found in the Eye of the Dreamheart Tempest.But each character who visits it comes away with acompletely different understanding of what lives in theeye—some meet deities, others find long-dead loved ones,and others achieve unparalleled personal power or insight.No one account can accurately encompass the Dreamheart,much as no dreamer can completely understand all dreams.THE PLANE OF MIRRORSThe Plane of Mirrors is a variant Transitive Plane—ormore accurately a collection of Transitive Planes—thatexists in the space behind reflective surfaces. The theorythat a mirror reflects based upon light striking it iswrong; mirrors hold their own magic and allow charactersto view a reality that exists alongside the one theyknow. With the proper spell, a traveler can turn thiswindow into a door and move into the space between themirrors, a place of power and danger.Once through the mirror into the space behind it, thetraveler finds himself in a long corridor leading to theright and left. Behind him, the Material Plane is clearlyvisible through the mirror, though others on the MaterialPlane see nothing in the mirror but their own reflections.Moving through the corridors, the traveler sees otherwindows: the backs of other mirrors on other planes.There are usually 5d4 other mirrors connected to asingle Plane of Mirrors, and they can connect anywhere:Inner Planes, Outer Planes, Alternate Material Planes, oreven different locations on the same Material Plane. Thestone-and-mortar corridor that connects the mirrorswinds and curves. Travelers usually find a new mirrorevery 2d6×20 feet.The Plane of Mirrors is a secret plane, unknown tomost inhabitants of the Material Plane it borders. Theonly visitors to the Plane of Mirrors are those seekingsecrets or passage into other regions. Its existence mayallow individuals to breach areas otherwise inaccessiblebecause of lack of connection to the Astral Plane.MIRROR TRAITSThe Plane of Mirrors has the following traits.• Normal Gravity.• Normal Time.• Finite Size.• Static.• No Elemental or Energy Traits: All forms of elementsand energies may be found here.• Mildly Neutral-Aligned: A particular grouping ofmirrors may have a different alignment trait, however.• Normal Magic.MIRROR LINKSThe Plane of Mirrors is coterminous to the MaterialPlane and whatever other planes have connecting mirrors.A single plane may have several Mirror Planesattached to it. Each mirror is connected to a group of 5d4other mirrors in a “constellation.”The mirrors in a constellation have something incommon with one another. They may all have the samemanufacturer, have the same owner, be made of materialsfrom the same source, or be created in the same place.This affinity for one another connects the mirrors in asmall collection of entrances. Mirrors taken to otherplanes retain their connections to the other mirrors intheir constellation, and they’ll continue to occupy thesame spot in the hallway on the Plane of Mirrors.Mirrors used for mirrorwalking between planes do notgain any special abilities and may be broken as any othermirror. The sound of breaking glass resounds throughthe entire Plane of Mirrors, warning travelers that at leastone of the portals has been sealed. Smashing all the portalsof a particular constellation of mirrors will trapanyone still on the Plane of Mirrors indefinitely.The Plane of Mirrors does not connect to the EtherealPlane, the Astral Plane, or the Plane of Shadow.Spells that rely on these planes do not function on thePlane of Mirrors.MIRROR INHABITANTSThe Plane of Mirrors has few inhabitants. However,when a traveler passes through a mirror, the populationof the Plane of Mirrors increases by two, not one.