And the astral projection spell lets adventurers project themselves into the Astral Plane and travel to the Outer Planes. Etherealness allows adventurers to enter the Ethereal Plane and travel from there to any of the planes it touches-such as the Elemental Planes. Plane shift and gate can transport adventurers directly to any other plane of existence, with different degrees of precision. Spells: A number of spells allow direct or indirect access to other planes of existence. Travel to the planes beyond the Material Plane can be accomplished in two ways: by casting a spell or by using a planar portal. Braving the realms of the dead, seeking out the celestial servants of a deity, or bargaining with an efreeti in its home city will be the subject of song and story for years to come. Planar TravelWhen adventurers travel into other planes of existence, they are undertaking a legendary journey across the thresholds of existence to a mythic destination where they strive to complete their quest. They’re not simply other worlds, but different qualities of being, formed and governed by spiritual and elemental principles abstracted from the ordinary world. They include magic-wasted desert planets and island-dotted water worlds, worlds where magic combines with advanced technology and others trapped in an endless Stone Age, worlds where the gods walk and places they have abandoned.īeyond the MaterialBeyond the Material Plane, the various planes of existence are realms of myth and mystery.

The worlds of the Material Plane are infinitely diverse, for they reflect the creative imagination of the GMs who set their games there, as well as the players whose heroes adventure there. The rest of the multiverse is defined in relation to the Material Plane. All fantasy gaming worlds exist within the Material Plane, making it the starting point for most campaigns and adventures.

The Material PlaneThe Material Plane is the nexus where the philosophical and elemental forces that define the other planes collide in the jumbled existence of mortal life and mundane matter. As your character achieves greater power and higher levels, you might walk on streets made of solid fire or test your mettle on a battlefield where the fallen are resurrected with each dawn. Many spells and magic items can draw energy from these planes, summon the creatures that dwell there, communicate with their denizens, and allow adventurers to travel there. It encompasses every world where GMs run their adventures, all within the relatively mundane realm of the Material Plane.īeyond that plane are domains of raw elemental matter and energy, realms of pure thought and ethos, the homes of demons and angels, and the dominions of the gods. The cosmos teems with a multitude of worlds as well as myriad alternate dimensions of reality, called the planes of existence.

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