Questions tagged [planes]
For questions primarily relating to planes in tabletop RPGs. Self-contained universes holding anything from relatively small motes of matter to entire universes, planes are used in some fantasy role-playing games as settings for the players to adventure in. Travel between planes is usually possible, but often requires traveling to certain spots on one plane or using potent magic or magical devices.
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What effects can apply to a creature inside a portable hole, from outside? [duplicate]
Related question: Are you considered out of range of spells and weapons when inside the hole of a Portable Hole?
(This question does not have an answer appropriate to the title. Also, the question ...
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Can the Echo of the Echo Knight fighter be used to teleport across planes?
How would we do this if we're to believe this is possible anyways?
The relevant rules say
Manifest Echo
you can use a bonus action to magically manifest an echo of yourself in an unoccupied space you ...
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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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What is the nature of a demiplane's walls?
The demiplane spell creates a demiplane that appears to be an empty room 30 feet in each dimension, made of wood or stone.
Are these walls actually made from wood and stone? Can a character chip off a ...
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In a world without a Shadowfell or Feywild, which player options would be changed/removed?
I am in process of building a world for upcoming campaign. As I already know some things in D&D rely on the fact that the Shadowfell and the Feywild are present.
But what would be the consequences ...
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Is the Arcane Archer's feature "Banishing Arrow" redundant for a Curse of Strahd character?
My understanding is that, per the "Alterations the Magic" section in Curse of Strahd: -
spells cast for the purpose of leaving Barovia simply fail, as do effects that banish a creature to ...
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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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What is the distance to points in another dimension, if there is a portal or gate to it?
This answer (let's call it A) argues that normally the distance to another plane is infinite.
This answer (call it B) states that you can be affected by fireball damage while in a portable hole hole, ...
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Can I message from an extradimensional space? What is the distance?
The third-level party is currently in a stone tower; the floor we are on has a ladder leading up to a trapdoor in the ceiling, and we have reason to believe that the floor above us may be heavily ...
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How does Rune Knight's Fire Rune interact with a Succubus' Etherealness ability?
Had a run in with this one in tonight's game. I as the Rune Knight fighter used my fire rune on the succubus that kept running away, thinking I would continue to restrain her. The text reads:
When ...
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Can you re-cast Planar Binding to extend duration?
If you have a creature bound from a previous casting of Planar Binding, can you cast it again at a later point to renew the duration? I don't see any reason why not, but I may be missing something.
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How to run tactical combat on the Plane of Air?
My party recently got themselves accidentally transported to the Plane of Air by way of a cursed throne that once belonged to a cloud giant. While there, I intend to run at least one combat where ...
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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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