Planagraphy

TYPE 5 PLANOGRAPHY

Standard Outerplanar Cosmology:

@ Abyss Carceri Hades Gehenna Hell Acheron Rita Arcadia Heaven

@Paradise Elysium Beastlands Arborea Ysgard Wyld (Ananke) Pandaemonium,

@Hublands

Buddhist/Taoist Cosmology:

@8 hot hells, 8 cold hells, 10 Yama King hells, Minor hells,

@Lonely Hells, heaven of Needs, 18 heavens of Forms, Jade

@Celestial Court, 4 heavens of Formlessness, Nirvana.

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Mortal Spheres:

Ælos:

One of several worlds watched over by the enigmatic Immortals. With a standard set of races and an average connection to other planes, there's just nothing much to see here. However, it is exceptionally easy to get from here to Averoigne or Yarth, and vice versa.

Ærth:

Ærth is a hollow world with a Rennaissance-era technology. Believed to be an alternate Oerth, this world is known for rare elemental substances and its strong connection to the plane of Phaeree. Average connection to the inner and outer planes.

Angelmourn:

After a devestating war between two factions of planeborne, this sphere is almost entirely cut off from the rest of the planes. The inhabitants, who now call themselves the Meek, are full of depression and fury for their believed exile from potential afterlifes. They got lucky, if you ask me. Sigil still opens into this world occasionally, so beware.

Archaea:

Archaea is a smallish world ruled entirely by the Olympian pantheon; it's known for its far higher than average number of heroes and divine by-blows, who are constantly causing trouble abroad.

Aetherial Membrane

The Aetherial Membrane is a prime material world like no other. Although

prime material conditions prevail, the sky is clearly the Astral Plane,

threaded with conduits and fields of color. Only a few great island chains

poke out of a sea like a great silvery curtain from which ethereal monsters

poke their finned heads. Ducking into the sea, the Border Ethereal Plane

surrounds you, and the other sides of the island chains are home to a variety

of inner-planar natives. The curtain appears a dull grey. It seems the

Prime Material is at is thinnest here so that the Astral and Ethereal actually

meet in a vast wave-torn plane like a material ocean. Many planar creatures

dwell in the isles, along with the patient, long-suffering natives with their

deep connection to the land. Occasionally the world is plagued by

thoughtstorms or ether cyclones, which may actually cross the sea from one

plane to the other.

@Athas, Averoigne, Bjorn,

The Kingdom of Caer Sidi

A "normal" world with regular landscapes. "An artificial twilight

seems to hang over the land and the sun is apparently always behind a

dark bank of clouds." Elves rule the land, calling them selves the

pharisees. Other creatures include hobgoblins, gnomes and trolls (who

the elves ally with) and others include dwarves, orcs, kobolds (slaves).

Unicorns, dragons, griffons, manticores, and other mythological

creatures exist here as well.

These elves are neutral (with evil tend.) They are often seen as

haughty or cold but practice and relish emotions in private. These

elves can not stand the touch of iron or steel and will take 1-6 pts of

dam upon contact. The elves leader is named Duke Alfric. (GDQ1-7 Queen of Spiders)

Chanuire

This is a world where slimes and jellies have completely taken over. Humans and other races survive in freeholds atop high plateaus. They use black (mere) or red (fire) dragons as transport, and wear special survival equipment. Their culture is basically medieval European standard, and it is still possible to sail the oceans.

Chinia,

City of the Old Ones,

The City of the Old Ones is a titanic metropolis the size of a solar system. Its towering smokestacks, factories,

and streets are blamed on a race of elder gods.

Citidel of the Storm

The Lonely plane of Hadad surrounds an eroded ediface that the plane produced for a long-dead civilization. The only life now is meteorological in nature. These blissful, tumultuous storm-beings frolic in the unnatural weather the Tower produces -- a magical monsoom that has space rippled in thousands of other worlds, altering the life there.

Doomsday

This sphere has reached the ultimate showdown between the powers of Plant and Metal. The goeds of this sphere have manifested body and soul and are burning all of their petitioners and einheriar in this fierce armegeddon, except a few useless leftovers helplessly watching the outerplanar realms crumble with neglect. The planets of Doomsday are molten magma; the moons ooze with blood. The sun is an ember and the stars scatter like frightened moths. In the center of the world rest the last dwarves, held in stasis by their gods (with some gnomes and halflings). In a nearby demiplane dwell the refugee elves of this world, saved (along with some halflings) by their gods. The humans whose gods started this war are all dead.

Drachireum

This plane is meant as a base reality for heroic interdimensional fantasy campaigns. It consists of dozens of mediterranean and carribean style nations, two competing empires, the realm of the mysterious Bronze Race and seas and land that lead to numerous demiplanes, alternate primes, and outerplanes. The change is gradual, but the clashing constants often cause reality storms noetheless, on this plane and those neighboring it. Astral, Ethereal and soul travel work as normal Heroquests to these places are common, and many deities hail from here. The elements are extremely quadripolar, but their planes can mostly be only accessed indirectly, through intermediary (holophrastic?) demi- and material planes. Natives of this plane are known as a nuisance on every connecting plane, but are useful. Drachireum is disk-shaped, with edges of unstable, shifting reality, and is approximately as big as Southeast Asia and Australia. Gunpowder does not work here, but may work on similar planes (though I doubt it). It has a few colonies, and is considered a non-intervention plane by divine agreement (sometimes fragile). Popular here are various Polyfaiths, which attempt to link together diverse mythologies. The Torrian Crusades try to forceably convert heathens to the idea that their gods are being replaced by dying-and-rising gods who burst from their divine slayers' chests. This plane may be part of a colony itself.

Dragaera,

edge of the galaxy

There is also mention of another world "on the edge of the galaxy".

The planet has 5 suns ranging from red to white...the planet is a desert

and is brightly lit, but the sky is black. (in the module the "planet"

was only 2,000 yards in diameter and was a flat world...I mentioned it

hoping it might inspire someone to create a prime from it...) (GDQ1-7 Queen of Spiders)

Gammaterra,

Ghanglia

Ghanglia is a major illithid world. The dust and water of the planet are psi-active, and the massive reefs of brain coral are sentient. Of course, it's in perpetual darkness. This plane contains a few relics of a lost Dark Race. Human cities are clustered above motherbrain enclaves. The Dark Race may be someewhat at odds with the Illithids' goals, and the world itself may serve a more subtle purpose.

The waters are warm, and illithid tadpoles swim freely.

@Glorantha,

Glorantha is enshrouded within a major spiritworld, and is in constant interaction with it. Beyond, a node of Chaos connects this planet with the Abyss, which hungrily eats at its edges.

The Great Ocean

This planet has a saffron yellow sky, the sun is pale bright blue,

and a pink ocean covers 99% of the planet. The surface of this ocean is

dominated by groups of humans sailing great catamarans from floating

city to the floating city (trading cities). (think of the movie

Waterworld but the cities are MUCH larger.) As for the depths of this

great ocean...it is also full of intelligent life. (GDQ1-7 Queen of Spiders)

Hõl

The garbage dump of creation, all of the refuse the gods and civilizations don't want ends up here. The society of the plane of Hõl is unusual, to say the least.

, Ildaron, Ka!je^, Krynn, Legentia, Llavek,

@L'lal'lor,

The Dwarven Kingdom of Maldev

In this world the landscape is slightly exagerated (the mountains

seem taller, pointier; the stars are bigger, like small moons; the sky

is bluish purple). Kandelspire is a great fortress that has passages

into the dwarven kingdom of Maldev. (GDQ1-7 Queen of Spiders)

Mana, Medea, Melnibone', Merovin, Mystara(Yarth),

Neogaea

Neogaea is a living world. Its dreams drift about in a parallel dreamworld, intruding into the mortal realm in the form of bizarre reality storms: when one passes by the peoples, places and entire history of the area can be changed.

Neogaea feeds on the possibilities of other worlds, snatching concepts and archetypes from other realities with its long tendrils for sustenance. As a result, themes, placenames and characters from a hundred worlds can be found here, arranged completely randomly. The inhabitants adapt.

Different cultures and areas are connected not through ordinary routes, but through "hallowings," shallow spots in reality. Trade routes are built through common hallowings in straits, trails, rivers and mountain passes. Sometimes hallowings fade, grow, are sealed or reopened. Alien invasions are common effects of reopened hallowings.

One useful side effect of Neogaea, from a multiversal standpoint, is that it acts as a container for dangerous parasitic demiplanes and rogue gods. It's extremely difficult to get out of Neogaea. Even the souls of the dead live here, in an "underworld" area of the Dreaming.

Oerth:

If you want to get someplace nasty, this is the place to go. Gates to the Demonweb Pits, the Isle of the Ape, the City of Brass, Hell, Gammaterra, and worse places are all to be found in this benighted land, which has suffered its share of invasions as a result as interplanar armies have fought over these miserable points of strategy.

Ool:

Ah, Ool. Besides its large population of dreamwalkers, Ool is best known for Hellbreak Pass (The Devil's Run), the site of a godwar millenia past, where easy routes between multiple worlds abound. It currently links Ool with the lower planes, and a few others. There are several Hollowings to other material planes on the surface of the oceans, and many use these links to and from the world, often to brave the Run. It's a good thing this world has so much trade, because it's only other natural resource is gravel. The Dreamdancers find a lot of interesting things on their journeys, of course.

Orb:

Ova

This sphere is a nebula of glowing gas and proto-stars, pink and green and florescent yellow. In the center, the size of a planet, is an egg. Some believe it is a future world, laid by the gods of creation, or perhaps an embryonic greater god itself. The Athar believe it was formed by the plane/sphere itself, like a pearl in an oyster. Many of the Fraternity of Order agree that it is possible.

Ormyrr

Ormyrr is a swampy planet shaped like an chicken's egg, or a football with blunted edges. The three major races are the ormyrrs, the marls, and a group of intelligent avians similar to harpies. Gravity here is stronger than on most planes, and magic and psionics are difficult.

Ringworld, Styxx,

@Talislanta, Toril.

The Nightworld of Vlad Tolenkov

There is not much mentioned on this world (it sounds alot like

Ravenloft though)...it is perpetually night...it has no sun. Heat and

plants are sustained on ancient magics. There are alot of undead (Vlad

Tolenkov is their ruler, 15th level MU Vampire). There are "human

lands" on this planet, etc. so it sounds like it is another "normal"

world except there is no sun. (Queen of Spiders)

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@ÀÀÙÀ ÀÀÄÀ>Standard Elemental Cosmology:

BPositive Energy Plane

@ Radiance Minerals Steam Lightning

@Fire Earth Water Air

@ Magma Ooze Ice Smoke

@Ash Dust Salt Vacuum

BNegative Energy Plane

@Chinese Cosmology:

I made Oriental paraplanes and quasiplanes to go with them. See?

Yang Chi

Radiance Sparks Flowers Minerals Steam

Fire -- Forge -- Metal -- Paper -- Wood -- Fossils -- Earth -- Ooze -- Water -- Alcohol

Ash Rust Fungi Dust Salt

Yin Chi

The major elemental planes are Fire, Metal, Wood, Earth, and Water, as in Chinese cosmology.

Sparks is the equivalent of Lightning, where the plane of Metal becomes alive with positive energy. Flowers is where the plane of Wood bursts into bloom, ready to procreate.

Forge is the plane of molten metal. Paper is the realm of origami where the razor edge of Metal cuts the substance of the plane of Wood. The plane of Fossils is where the substance of Wood becomes veins of stone. The plane of Alcohol is where both water and fire mingle to produce a substance both liquid and heat-giving.

Rust is where metal dies and corrodes away. Fungi is where Wood becomes rot and decay.

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this is straight from my notes, so it might not be entirely clear. Basically

I was just brainstorming different types of demiplanes last autumn sometime.

The phrase "planar spore" refers to my theory that the crystal

spheres/alternate material/inner planes use the Ethereal as a medium for

reproduction. Some planes might just squirt spores into the ether, some of

which survive to become demiplanes. Over the eons, demiplanes eventually

A) merge with existing planes

B) grow vortices and become full-fledged inner planes (Shadow has vortices, I

know, but it's almost there. Ravenloft's Mists don't count as vortices.)

C) grow conduits and become full-fledged crystal spheres/alternate material

planes

(depending on what kind of plane its parent was)

"Branches" or "Buds" are just that. A plane creates either a bubble of

reality attatched to the main continuum only through small gates and nurtures

it there until its ready to detatch and exist on its own (like Oerth's

Vanishing Lands), or it creates an alternate timeline, permenently attatched

to its parent timeline, but only in the past.

Sexual reproduction is a thornier matter. Here's an example. Athas, a female

plane (arbitrarily), releases "eggs" into the Ethereal Plane. Aebrynis (sp?),

the Birthright World, sends male gametes swimming through the ethereal

currents toward the distinctive planar disruption Athas' gametes cause. One

manages to reach Athas' "nest" without being sucked into an ethereal cyclone,

eaten by another plane or demiplane, etc. Congratulations, it's a demiplane!

What are its laws of nature like?

The new reality selects its laws from those its parents had available, more or

less randomly unless you care to figure out recessive genes (plenes? renes?),

etc. Our baby demiplane (we'll call it Aebrathas) takes Athas' tendency for

magic to come from surrounding life, and Aebrynis' strange ley lines of realm

magic. What you end up with is a plane on which it's possible to create

defiler realm magic-- a truly terrifying thought! This is a plane I hope

doesn't survive to maturity.

Parasitic planes are only able to reproduce by drifting "Near" (in a

metaplanar sense) another plane and imposing its natural laws on it, thus

ensuring its distinct physics will survive another generation. This is a

possible explanation for the "Shadowrun" and "Torg" planes. Maybe the

Metaplanes of the Shadowrun game have imposed the fantasy reality on Earth in

a bizarre form of planar reproduction. Maybe there's another set of

Metaplanes that regularly change Earth back to its reality; the "scientific"

one.

Viral planes are nastier. These demiplanes infect a "host" plane and attempt

to transform it into nothing more than a factory for producing more planar

viroids. Such a plane could quickly destroy the multiverse if it weren't for

various safeguards other planes have evolved

I.planar artifacts. The heroes have to quest for an artifact made by the

world itself at the beginning of time, said to have the power to defeat a

great evil prophesised to destroy the world. Unless they're Sinkers, in which

case their goal would be to keep the artifact hidden. Anyone see a Tharizdun

connection?

II.immune system of the planes. Planar proxies. These are creatures

empowered by the planes to destroy things harmful to it.

1.superheroes. In a superhero-style campaign superheroes might be the result

of the world creating defenses for itself against another world attempt at

destroying or transforming it (like Galactacus).

2.blackballs and zodar. from the Mystara and Spelljammer Monstrous

compendiums respectively, I interpret these creatures as planar proxies

created to defend a crystal sphere against threats of any kind, like

misbehaving time travelers, disagreeable demiurges, and virus planes. Also

include Paradox spirits from the Mage game.

3.singularities: black holes and that sort of thing. Just the thing for

destroying a demiplane.

4.planet-eating planes. LIke one of the campaign worlds I created, Neogaea.

Neogaea is a world that feeds on the possibilities of other worlds to survive.

This was basically just a way of justifying all the borrowing I did in it

(there are elements of many other campaign worlds in it, although it has a lot

of unique bits and a distinctive feel), but it also was able to use its

millions-of-mile long tendrils to snatch up passing virus planes and save the

multiverse.

@ ÀÀÄÀ>Demiplanes:

@1.Wizards' demiplanes

@2.Gods/Immortals demiplanes

@3.Lady of Pain's Mazes

@4.Faerierealms

@5.Nests

@6.Draedens'/dragons' nests

@7.Lost civilisations/ecologies

@8.Realms That Never Were

@9.Young planes/planar branches/buds

@10.Planar spore/seed/eggsÄÀÄÀ

>see biology notes

@11.Viral/parasitic planes

@12.Paradox realms/anomalies/temporal tidepools

@13.Homeworlds of ethereal races

@14.Archetypal/theme-based realms

@15.Split/shattered worlds

@16.Storage areas

@17.Rhetorical/nonliteral/metaphysical/symbolic/conceptual realms

Ethereal (Three Parts)

Ethereal locations are from AGttEP, unless otherwise noted

THE BORDER ETHEREAL

WALL OF COLOR

THE DEEP ETHEREAL:

Demiplanes (largely unrevealed)

Demiplane: The Black Abyss

Demiplane: The Boundless

Demiplane of Dread: See Ravenloft

Demiplane of Electromagnetism

Demiplane of Imprisonment

Demiplane of Moil

Demiplane of Nightmares

Demiplane of Shadow