Manual of the Planes

Summary of available information regarding the planes of existence.

The State of the Planes

• Around the 25th century of Earth’s time, something happened that devastated the prime material plane and caused the destruction of multiple Earth parallels.

• Resulting reality quakes dislocated several parallel realities, eventually establishing an unstable mega-plane consisting of a jumble of surviving planes superimposed on one another. Random, inconsistent shifting of planes and realities caused the near-total destruction of human galactic civilization.

• After 10 centuries of this chaos, a group of powerful individuals decided to stabilize reality and restore human civilization throughout the galaxy.

The Known Planes of Existence

Abyss. Where demons and other destructive forces originate and exist. Interacts with Ethereal Plane and Dreamlands.

Dreamlands. Similar to astral plane, but where elements from the subconscious dreams of sapient creatures exist independently of the dreamer's will. Interplanar interactions are tenuous at best.

Ethereal Plane. Area of the larger Astral Plane where ghosts and other spiritual entities exist. Interacts with Material Plane.

Immaterial Plane. Area of the larger Astral Plane where creations of the imagination exist. Interacts with Material Plane.

Material Plane. Where consensus physical reality for humans exists. Interacts with Ethereal Plane.

Superior Plane. Where godlike beings exist and live. Oversight and limited interaction over all planes except Dreamlands.

Temporal Plane. Theoretical plane where physical travel can result in time travel. Also proposed as planar explanation of hyperspace travel.

Earth Parallels exist on the Material Plane, though they may have been created on the Ethereal or Immaterial Planes.