Manual of the Planes

CHAPTER 3:CHARACTERSAND MAGIC34Targets: One creature/level in a 20-ft.-radius burst centeredon youDuration: 1 minute/levelSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: Yes (harmless)You gain a temporary respite from the natural effects of aspecific plane. These effects include extremes in temperature,lack of air, poisonous fumes, emanations of positiveor negative energy, or other attributes of the plane itself.Avoid planar effects provides protection from the 3d10points of fire damage on a plane with the fire-dominanttrait. Avoid planar effects lets a character breathe water on awater-dominant plane and be immune to suffocation onan earth-dominant plane. A character protected by avoidplanar effects can’t be blinded by the energy of a majorpositive-dominant plane and automatically stops gainingtemporary hit points when they equal the character’snormal hit point total. Negative-dominant planes don’tdeal damage or bestow negative levels to characters protectedby avoid planar effects.In addition, some effects specific to a plane are negatedby avoid planar effects. In the D&D cosmology, avoid planareffects negates the deafening effect of Pandemonium andthe cold damage on the Cania layer of the Nine Hells. Youcan add additional protections for a cosmology youcreate. If you have an Elemental Plane of Cold, for example,avoid planar effects protects against the base colddamage suffered by everyone on the plane.The effects of gravity traits, alignment traits, and magictraits aren’t negated by avoid planar effects, nor is the specialentrapping trait that some planes have (Elysium andHades in the D&D cosmology).The spell does not provide protection against creatures,native or otherwise, nor does it protect against spells, specialabilities, or extreme and nonnatural formationswithin the plane. This spell allows you to survive on theElemental Plane of Earth, but it won’t protect you if youwalk into a pool of magma on that same plane.ChamberEvocation [Force]Level: Sor/Wiz 3Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 actionRange: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)Target: One ethereal creatureDuration: 1 round/levelSaving Throw: Reflex negatesSpell Resistance: YesYou may create a translucent prison of pure crystallineforce around a target on the Ethereal Plane. You mustbe able to see or otherwise target the creature you wishto affect.The target affected by the chamber cannot move oneither the Ethereal Plane or its coterminous planes forthe duration of the spell but is otherwise unaffected. Thetarget cannot move onto another plane while inside thechamber, including returning to the Material Plane.The target within the crystalline prison cannot physicallyattack or be attacked is and unaffected by most spells andsupernatural abilities. Gaze attacks and sonic spells mayfunction through the walls of the crystalline prison, but thetarget of those attacks gains a +2 bonus on saving throws.The target of the chamber may attempt to break thecrystalline prison by making a Strength check (DC 10 +caster level). A disintegrate spell brings down the chamber.This spell only affects the Ethereal Plane, so it has noeffect on planes not coexistent with the Ethereal Plane. Ithas no effect on creatures on the Material Plane.Material Component: A piece of translucent glass.Elemental BodyTransmutation [see text]Level: Sor/Wiz 7Components: V, S, MCasting Time: 1 actionRange: PersonalTarget: YouDuration: 1 round/levelYou can transform your body into a particular type of elementalsubstance. You and your possessions appear to bemade of that element, though in the same general shapeand size as your normal appearance.You gain the following abilities when you use elementalbody:• You have the benefits of the attune form spell withrespect to the appropriate element. If you choose awater body, for example, you can breathe normally onwater-dominant planes.• You are immune to poison, sleep, paralysis, and stunning,and are not subject to critical hits or flanking.You gain darkvision with a range of 60 feet.• Your creature type remains unchanged, so you areunaffected by spells that target elementals.In addition, you gain the following exceptional abilitiesaccording to the type of elemental body chosen:Air: Fly at your normal speed (perfect maneuverability),air mastery (airborne creatures suffer a –1 penalty onattack and damage rolls against you).Earth: Earth mastery (you gain a +1 attack anddamage bonus if both you and your foe touch theground), push (you may start a bull rush maneuverwithout provoking an attack of opportunity), +3 naturalarmor bonus to AC.Fire: Fire immunity, burn (those you hit in melee andthose who attack you with natural weapons must make aReflex save or catch fire, with a save DC equal to that of afire elemental of the same size).Water: Swim at your normal speed, water mastery(you gain a +1 attack and damage bonus if both you andyour opponent touch water), drench (you may use your