Questions tagged [astral]
For questions about the Astral Plane or travel through the Astral Plane, either as a standalone plane or a layer next to the real world.
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Is subjective gravity in the Astral Plane still a thing?
Back in AD&D, gravity on the Astral Plane was subjective, meaning that "down" was whatever direction you currently believed it was.
Is this still the rule in D&D 5th edition sources?
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How can an adventurer traveling using the Astral Projection spell have their silver cord cut?
The Astral Projection spell allows you to travel to the Astral Plane, where you are invulnerable... unless someone cuts your silver cord. Some effects that allow this are the githyanki knight's silver ...
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Does Adamantine Armor protect your silver cord on the Astral Plane?
When using the spell astral projection, you gain a vulnerability: If your silver cord is severed, you die:
If the cord is cut--something that can happen only when an effect specifically states that ...
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What are Astral Diamonds made of?
In any edition of Dungeons and Dragons, or in any related fiction in any campaign setting, is there official word for what Astral Diamonds actually are? Lacking that, any hints or clues in any ...
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Do characters suffer fall damage in the Astral Plane?
My character has a Robe of Stars. Our party is currently fighting an Adult Blue Dragon and the DM has a propensity to grab PCs and fly them to 120 ft in the air and drop them. If my character uses ...
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Is a fly-by of a ship possible in the astral sea with enough INT
The way ships work in the astral sea is they have an air bubble with a gravity plane. In the astral sea you move with INT. If I enter the air bubble with enough speed, could I feasibly carpet bomb the ...
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Surviving Bag of Holding Bomb
What ways can you survive a Bag of Holding Bomb (i.e. two extra-dimensional spaces put into each other causing everyone within 10 feet to be sucked to the Astral Plane)? I will first acknowledge the ...
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Can a Bag of Holding be used with Astral Projection to move items to or from the Astral Plane?
The astral body you project through the Astral Projection spell "replicates" your possessions while leaving them physically alongside your real body.
Previous questions have argued that Bags ...
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Can you use consumables and charges with Astral Projection without really consuming them?
Astral Projection creates an astral copy of your body, replicating your possessions.
Your astral body resembles your mortal form in almost every way, replicating your game statistics and possessions. ...
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Can someone using "Astral Projection" gather materials scattered through the Astral Plane?
Let's say that a bag of holding holding valuable items (I don't think it matters what but tell me if it does) was split in two, and
its contents [were] scattered in the Astral Plane.
In order to ...
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How does plane-hopping with Astral Projection work?
Astral Projection seems like a pretty good way to explore the world and the planes (setting aside any questions of protecting my wizard's original body and the silvery cord).
However, the plane-...
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If a character's body is affected by the Forbiddance or Private Sanctum spells, would it prevent the Astral Projection spell from working?
Both the Forbiddance and Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum spells prevent planar travel in the area of the spell, but does that prevent Astral Projection?
More specifically: Can I cast effectively Astral ...
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Which Planes Border the Astral Plane in the Great Wheel Cosmology?
After going through the Great Wheel Cosmology and going through the various wikia articles on the subject, I feel it's unclear which planes border the Astral one in D&D 5e.
I've found plenty of ...
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Can the soul of a creature get swept up by a Psychic Wind while going through the astral plane after dying?
I heard that in the "standard" setting for D&D, when your character dies, their soul goes travelling through the Astral Plane until they eventually end up in the outer plane they belong ...
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Does Astral Projection spell fail if cast while on the Elemental Planes or Material Echo Planes (Shadowfell, Feywild)?
Further to the question: Can there be portals in the Astral Plane that lead to the Elemental Planes , I wanted to ask does Astral Projection spell fail if cast while on the Elemental Planes or ...
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