Manual of the Planes

Audible Alarm: An audible portal alarm produces thesound of a hand bell, buzzer, or other similar repeatingsound that can be heard quite clearly up to 60 feet away,and it pierces closed doors and extends onto other planes.The ringing may be heard faintly up to 180 feet away andlasts for 1 round. Creatures within the area of a silencespell cannot hear the ringing, and if the portal itself iswithin the area of a silence spell, no alarm is sounded.Ethereal and astral creatures trigger the portal alarm ifthey pass through the portal.You may set the portal alarm with a password, determinedat the time of the casting, and this password maybe discerned with the analyze portal spell. Those speakingthe password before passing through the portal do not setoff the alarm.Material Component: A tiny bell.Portal BeaconTransmutationLevel: Clr 1, Sor/Wiz 1Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 actionRange: Close (25 ft. + 5 ft./2 levels)Target: One interplanar portalDuration: 1 hour/levelSaving Throw: NoneSpell Resistance: NoYou may alter a magic portal so it sends out a mentalbeacon for up to six creatures, including yourself if youchoose. These individuals must be known to you butneed not be present at the time of casting. Once you castportal beacon, these creatures always knows the directionand distance to the targeted portal.Moving to a plane other than the two connected bythe portal ends portal beacon for that creature but leavesit intact for others. You may have any number of portalbeacons tuned to you without impairing other abilitiesor actions.Positive Energy ProtectionAbjurationLevel: Clr 3Components: V, SCasting Time: 1 actionRange: TouchTarget: Creature touchedDuration: 1 round/levelSaving Throw: Will negates (harmless)Spell Resistance: YesThe creature warded by this spell gains partial protectionfrom the effects of positive energy, including magicalhealing and regeneration. It may be cast uponundead to offer additional protection against the turningabilities of clerics.The positive energy protection spell uses negative energyto offset the effects of positive energy. Each time thewarded creature is struck by a positive energy effect, itrolls 1d20 + caster level against a DC of 11 + the HD of theoriginator of the effect. For example, the DC for the levelcheck would be 19 if an 8th-level cleric were trying toturn someone with positive energy protection.If the warded creature succeeds, the positive andnegative energies cancel each other with a roiling ballof darkness and a thunderclap. The spell or effect doesnot function, and if the source of the positive energyeffect was touching the warded creature, the sourcetakes 2d6 points of damage. If the warded creaturefails the level check, then the positive energy effectoccurs normally.pqsRANDOM PLANAR DESTINATIONSSpells such as prismatic spray, reality maelstrom, and itemssuch as amulet of the planes and staff of power may send an individualto a random plane. The list of available planes variesaccording to the cosmology you’ve chosen. An example usingthe D&D cosmology is presented below.Transitive Planes such as the Ethereal Plane, the AstralPlane, and the Plane of Shadow should not be considered forsuch random destinations.Table 3–7: Random Planar Destinationsd% Plane01–05 Heroic Domains of Ysgard06–10 Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo11–15 Windswept Depths of Pandemonium16–20 Infinite Layers of the Abyss21–25 Tarterian Depths of Carceri26–30 Gray Waste of Hades31–35 Bleak Eternity of Gehenna36–40 Nine Hells of Baator41–45 Infernal Battlefield of Acheron46–50 Clockwork Nirvana of Mechanus51–55 Peaceable Kingdoms of Arcadia56–60 Seven Mounting Heavens of Celestia61–65 Twin Paradises of Bytopia66–70 Blessed Fields of Elysium71–75 Wilderness of the Beastlands76–80 Olympian Glades of Arborea81–89 Concordant Domain of the Outlands90–91 Elemental Plane of Fire92–93 Elemental Plane of Earth94–95 Elemental Plane of Air96–97 Elemental Plane of Water98 Positive Energy Plane99 Negative Energy Plane00 Demiplane of the DM’s choiceThe layer and exact location on the particular plane is up to theDM. Transportation to a random plane does not guaranteesurvival there, and individuals who risk such effects should beaware of the dangers.If an individual is someplace other than the Material Planewhen randomly switching planes, simply replace the plane oforigin’s entry on the table with the Material Plane. Thus a staffof power broken on the Elemental Plane of Fire may send thewielder to the Material Plane if a 91 is rolled.pqsCHAPTER 3:CHARACTERSAND MAGIC37