Manual of the Planes

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credence to this theory by occasionally taking requestsfor destinations. Sometimes, such requests are fulfilled,though there seems to be no pattern as to which are fulfilledand how soon.World Serpent Inn FeaturesBeyond the common room, the World Serpent Inn is amass of twisting hallways and passages, broken bynumerous doors and staircases to other levels. Some ofthe doors are portals to other planes, while others leadto libraries, studies, storage chambers, and rooms forthe various inhabitants.Use the following table to determine the featuresencountered by anyone moving randomly about theback rooms.Nature of the World Serpent Inn’sBack Rooms and Hallwaysd% Type of Feature1–10 Stairs11–30 Additional corridor31–60 Door to bedroom/living quarters61–70 Door to library/study71–80 Door to storage room81–90 Portal to demiplane91–00 Portal to another location or planeStairs: The stairs access another floor of the Inn thathas additional passages. Roll d% to determine the directionof the stairs. On a result of 1–50 they lead up;otherwise they lead down.Additional Corridor: Any such corridor has 1d4 doorsin it, as placed by the DM. These may include secretdoors as well as normal ones.Bedroom/Living Quarters: These rooms are dominatedby large furniture—beds, armoires, sofas, largechairs, and the like. Each such room has a 50% chanceof having a second door. Any living quarters or studymay (50% chance) be inhabited by one or more beingsof a challenge level equal to that of the visitors. Aninhabited room has only a 10% chance of treasure.Library/Study: Libraries and studies usually containdesks, chairs, cabinets, bookshelves, and the like. Anysuch room may (25% chance) be inhabited by one ormore beings of a challenge level to equal to that of thevisitors, and there is a 20% chance of treasure in thiscase. The selection of books in a study or library oftenincludes rare and fantastic volumes, the contents ofwhich may or may not be valid for the current coterminousplane. There is a 25% chance that such a room hasa second door.Storage Room: These rooms are little more than closetsfilled with supplies, unused furnishings, and foodor treasure stashed here by travelers who never foundtheir way back. Roll d% to determine the exact contentsof the room. A result of 1–40 indicates food, 41–80 indicateslinen, 81–95 indicates old furniture, and 95–00indicates treasure. Any treasure in a storage room isappropriate for a 6th-level encounter and has an 80%chance of being trapped in some way.Demiplane: This two-way portal is the sole access to arandom demiplane. Effectively, this is a chunk of someother reality that has hung onto the World Serpent Innduring its planar perambulations.Portal: The door opens onto another plane. Roll randomlyfor its destination on the Random Portal AppearanceTable for the main entrance. This is a one-wayportal that disappears when the main entrance changesits destination.Mapping the back rooms and passages is possible, butsuch maps are valid only as long as the Inn’s mainentrance remains coterminous with a particular plane.When it changes connecting planes, the back roomsand hallways shuffle as well, forcing those within tomap their surroundings again.Sometimes the movement of walls caused by such ashift cuts off a few back rooms and passages entirelyfrom the rest of the World Serpent Inn. If these areasare uninhabited, they tend to disappear. If they areinhabited, those within may break through the woodenwalls to reconnect with the Inn. (Alternatively, at theDM’s option, breaking through a wall can cause thatportion of the World Serpent Inn to shear off anddump those within it unceremoniously into a randomplane.) Characters can use spells such as find the pathto locate particular spots within the World SerpentInn—such as the closet where they stashed a vorpalsword before the main entrance changed connections.Getting truly lost in the back rooms is difficult. A travelerwishing to return to the common room merely hasto make that his or her goal. After that, every new doorhas a 10% chance of leading back to a familiar area(such as one of the hallways leading to the commonroom, the balcony, or the warehouses near the kitchen).Though killing an opponent is difficult given theplane’s fast healing trait, subdual works normally. As aresult, there are stories of kidnappers roaming the backhalls—in particular, a gang of vampires that captureand keep travelers for their blood.A few of the hallways and rooms have windows. Theseare always one-way portals that look out over other4
planes. A traveler seeking to escape the World SerpentInn can sometimes find a likely-looking plane, openthe casement, and simply leap out.ABOUT THE AUTHORJeff Grubb is a gifted veteran of game design, withalmost 20 years of experience behind him. He was oneof the cofounders of DRAGONLANCE® and cocreator ofthe original FORGOTTEN REALMS® campaign setting.Among his many credits include the original Manualof the Planes back in the eighties, so he thinks of goingback to Outer Planes like going to a high schoolreunion. (Hey, have you noticed Orcus has really puton weight?) He is currently on the loose in the StarWars universe. The Empire has been alerted.5
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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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CHAPTER 7:THE OUTERPLANES152Table 7
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CHAPTER 8:DEMIPLANES154to multiple
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of naivete. Neth doesn’t know how
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BARIAURMedium-Size OutsiderHit Dice
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precious and lovely, firres take up
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Summon Tanar’ri (Sp): Tanar’ri
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Spinagon (Baatezu)Narzugon (Baatezu
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Xag-YaXeg-YiMedium-Size Outsider (I
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dull black orbs that reflect noligh
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DaoMaridLarge Outsider (Air, Evil)L
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is drawn in melee, the blade transf
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When an inevitable is created, it r
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matter at hand. They use alter self
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Ice Paraelemental, Small Ice Parael
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Magma Paraelemental, Huge Magma Par
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succeed at a Fortitude save or inha
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CanolothMezzolothMedium-Size Outsid
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strange and often distasteful rites
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Climate/Terrain: Any land and under
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Elemental: Immune to poison, sleep,
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Page 219 and 220: WINDING ROAD LINKSPlanar travelers
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Page 226 and 227: Table 1: Modron CastesCaste No. of
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Page 230 and 231: THE MODRONCATHEDRALDeep in the hear
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