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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Can you cast banishment on yourself?
Can you cast banishment on yourself from a non-native plane, as a way of returning to your native plane?
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What happens when you put a Portable Hole inside a Bag of Holding while on the Astral plane?
What would happen if someone were to place a Portable Hole within a Bag of Holding while being within the Astral Plane? Would it be the reverse effect?
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If Tiamat is killed in the Nine Hells, does she die permanently?
The entry on devils (p. 68) in the Monster Manual states the following:
"Devils that die in the Nine Hells are destroyed forever - a fate that
even Asmodeus fears."
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What happens to matryoshka Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansions?
The following situation happened towards the end of our last session(I am the DM): A player cast Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion, so they could take a break to heal up their comrades and rest a bit....
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What do Devils eat, and how do they get it?
When a monster in the Monster Manual doesn't need food, drink, sleep, or air, it's specified by a [X] Nature. For example, a zombie has an Undead Nature:
Undead Nature. A zombie doesn't require air,...
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How can I explain a race from Eberron showing up in Faerûn?
I know Eberron and Faerûn are different planes, but I have players who want to play warforged. What connections exist between the planes to facilitate a Eberron race ending up in Faerûn?
I am looking ...
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How can player characters get by with daily necessities during a delve into Hell?
Recently, one of my players (a barbarian) had to make a pact with Lady Fierna of the 4th to avoid losing one of his friends. He agreed to offer his soul to the disposal of Lady Fierna after he dies in ...
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What happens if you put a Bag of Holding inside another Bag of Holding in Barovia?
The description of the bag of holding (DMG, p. 152-153) says:
Placing a bag of holding inside an extradimensional space created by a handy haversack, portable hole, or similar item instantly destroys ...
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What is the complete lifecycle of souls in the Nine Hells?
The Descent into Avernus adventure provides more information about what happens to souls in the Nine Hells/Baator than was previously available - soul coins and their uses, in particular.
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Can I use a salad fork to get into the Prime Material Plane?
In several editions of Dungeons and Dragons, the Plane Shift spell requires a forked metal rod, the design and material of which varies depending on the destination plane. Is there any canonical list ...
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Can you become Ethereal in the Outer Planes?
I am playing D&D 5th edition. While reading the DMG, on page 44, it says:
The Inner Planes form a wheel around the Material Plane, enveloped in the Ethereal Plane.
Using the Great Wheel ...
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Can you Plane Shift to a specific layer of the Nine Hells?
The description of the plane shift spell (PHB, pg. 266) says:
You and up to eight willing creatures who link hands in a circle are transported to a different plane of existence. You can specify a ...
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Is the interior of a Bag of Holding actually an extradimensional space?
In D&D 5e, is the inside of a bag of holding actually described anywhere as being an extradimensional space/demiplane?
The description of the bag of holding doesn't actually explicitly state that ...
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Where does an unaligned creature's soul go after death?
In the DMG section on "Bringing Back the Dead" (chapter 1, p. 24), it describes what happens when a creature dies:
When a creature dies, its soul departs its body, leaves the Material Plane, ...
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Is a moon considered to be on the same Material Plane as the planet it orbits?
I was thinking about an adventure where my player characters have to travel to Selûne and come back with a creature found on the moon. However, the creature would be too large for travel by ship (at ...
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