Fundamental Planes

Fundamental Planes

The cosmos is composed largely of two infiniteexpanses from which all other planes formed: theAstral Sea and the Elemental Chaos. These planesare levels of reality in which countless specific localesexist like finite islands adrift in the infinite—the various astral dominions and elemental realms.

The fundamental planes provide the substancelinking all the dominions and realms of deities andelemental powers together. To reach these specificplaces, a traveler must trek across the Astral Sea orthe Elemental Chaos. Fortunately, planar portals and conduits make it possible to span vast distances witha single step—if a traveler knows where to find theportal he or she needs.

Although the fundamental planes are infinite,the known astral dominions and elemental realmslie within a finite distance of each other. If a traveler journeys through a fundamental plane into the trackless reaches outside the known dominions and realms, sooner or later he or she comes to the divine dominions or elemental kingdoms of different mortal worlds. Such a journey would be unthinkably long, and it would undoubtedly be easier to find or create a portal to reach them.

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Expanse