• SepultureCampaignSetting
• ThePlanes

The Planes of Sepulture

The planes detailed below, and their relationships to one another, make up the known planes of the SepultureCampaignSetting.

Exis

• Main topic: ../PlaneOfExis

The mundane world, consisting of the Material and Ethereal Planes, is known to most residents as Exis, simply short for Existence. It is the only known plane to be considered truly hospitable.

In everyday use, the term Exis is used to represent the Material Plane, and also the only known continent on which all residents live. When speaking of planes, Exis is used to speak of both the Material and Ethereal Planes, which are tightly knit in their composure. Finally, Exis is used in a more literal sense -- existence -- to represent the entire universe, including all known planes. This final usage is fairly antiquated, and has grown out of use as planar knowledge becomes established.

Planar components

The Material Plane

The Material Plane of Exis, or the Material Plane for short, is the "main" plane as regarded by most, owing to its nexus-like nature. All of the other known planes connect to it in some fashion.

The most notable of these connections is that with Sepulture, which runs parallel to Exis, and actually connects coterminously at one point.

The Ethereal Plane

Closely parallel to the Material Plane is the Ethereal Plane. The Ethereal Plane of Exis is an incorporeal echo of the Material Plane, and physical changes on the Material are immediately present in the Ethereal. Native residents to the Ethereal Plane have yet to be discovered, leaving the plane to be inhabited by (sometimes lost) spellcasters and the dead who have returned to Exis (being unable to return to the Material Plane properly).

Planar connections

Exis has the following planar connections:

• Permanent magical connection between Exis' Material and Ethereal Planes
• Permanent magical connection between Exis and Sepulture, for natives of Exis

• Permanent physical connection between Exis' Material Plane and Sepulture, at the City of the Dead, for natives of Exis

• Permanent magical connection between Exis' Ethereal Plane and Sepulture, for natives of Sepulture
• Irregular physical connection between Exis and specific, manifested pockets of Doommarch

Planar travel

There are a variety of ways to travel among the planes from Exis:

• At all points, magical travel (through powers such as Plane Shift) between the Material and Ethereal Planes is possible for Exis natives, although wards may restrict this travel.
• Similarly, magical travel is possible between Exis and Sepulture. Exis natives may move to and from Sepulture from either the Material or Ethereal Planes, Sepulture natives are restricted to the Ethereal Plane.
• Physical, mundane travel between Exis and Sepulture is possible in and around the City of the Dead, due to a "dip" in the planar geography on Sepulture. While travel in this fashion is purely physical, knowledge of the planes is still necessary in order to properly navigate the planar strands weaving the two together. Sepulture natives are not able to travel in this fashion.

Sepulture

• Main topic: ../PlaneOfSepulture

Sepulture, the resting place for Exis' deceased, is a ghost-like twisted mirror of Exis, believed to stretch for infinite distance, perhaps beyond any known or presumed borders of Exis. The dead, as part of their transference to Sepulture, have the ability to alter the plane as if they were physically interacting with it, although they themselves are permanently incorporeal. The plane has an accelerated aging influence on living visitors, who can reach the plane both via magical and mundane travel.

Planar connections

Sepulture has the following planar connections:

• Permanent magical connection between Sepulture and Exis' Ethereal Plane, for natives of Sepulture
• Permanent magical connection between Sepulture and Exis, for natives of Exis

• Permanent physical connection between Sepulture and Exis' Material Plane, at the City of the Dead, for natives of Exis

• Irregular physical* connection between Sepulture and specific, manifested pockets of Doommarch

Note: as Sepulture itself is corporeal, other corporeal creatures may come and go freely, but it is not known what happens to an incorporeal Sepulture native when they travel to an area of Doommarch.

Planar travel

For the dead, travel to Exis is restricted and unfulfilling. Nevertheless, there are a couple methods of travel between the two planes:

• Subject to warding in the area, magical travel is possible between Sepulture and Exis, though the nature of the traveller determines their destination. Living beings leaving Sepulture (that is, non-natives who previously traveled to the plane) may arrive on the Material Plane or Ethereal Plane of Exis (their option), while Sepulture natives are restricted to the Ethereal Plane.
• Living visitors may also navigate the planar strands around the City of the Dead and return to the Material Plane of Exis. This form of mundane travel is impossible for Sepulture natives.

Doommarch

• Main topic: ../PocketsOfDoommarch

The Doommarch is either one contiguous plane or a number of smaller planes that occasionally manifest on Exis and Sepulture, either temporarily or permanently, generally dumping foul creatures onto the plane and causing massive destruction to the surrounding area. Little else is known about Doommarch, and few are daring or mad enough to try traveling to its plane(s).

Planar connections