The Plane of Half-Shadows

like the Ethereal plane, this plane is co-located with the Material Plane. So although someone in this plane of existence cannot physically touch things and beings in the Material Plane, they can (dimly) see into it and observe what happens. This ability to see into it is limited, and functions best where there are dark shadows. The darker the shadows, the better one can observe, while the places corresponding to well-lit areas or places of absolute blackness just show up as opaquely thick fog banks in the Plane of Half-Shadows. Spies and thieves speak with wonder of the incredible power this plane offers for surveillance since it allows peeking out from the shadows while being unobserved, not to mention the ability to pass through walls and other solid objects. What these would-be spectators neglect to mention is the significant danger to the unskilled in meddling with travel to this plane. While there are numerous tomes that teach the meditative states or magical processes for entering the Plane of Half-Shadows, most of these sources do not address the question of how to return. Many a skilled rogue has thought themselves masters after discovering how to enter the Half-Shadow state, but then found themselves marooned in an unforgiving landscape of shadow and fog, where nothing is solid (even the residents of this plane are intangible) and they are incapable of affecting the world, except that their loudest screams make their friends and loved ones back on the Material Plane feel slightly uneasy around regions of deep shadows. Eventually this disturbance ceases when the plane traveler dies of starvation leaving their bones behind in the half-shadows.

Geography

It is a copy of the mortal realm and therefor if something changes in the mortal realm the same thing changes here.

Fauna & Flora

there are only three things living here. That is stalkers, seekers and Sseth the shadow serpent. Stalkers is Spider like creatures that watch from the mist and the darkness. Seekers are small balls of purple light, that burn your eyes and boil your blood if you get too close to them. Seekers then take all your memories so if you are unlucky enough to survive you are nothing more than a husk of what you once was. Sseth is the god of trickery and the mind in the yuan-ti pantheon.

Natural Resources

Everything is made of pure shadowstone, shadowstone is a material made of pure shadows and magic.

Alternative Name(s)

Plane of shadow serpent

Type

Dimensional plane

Location under

Ondar

Owner/Ruler

Sseth