Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition
| Manual of the Planes | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Richard Baker, John Rogers, Robert J. Schwalb, and James Wyatt |
| Genre(s) | Role-playing game |
| Publisher | Wizards of the Coast |
| Publication date | 2008 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
This book was designed by Richard Baker (lead), John Rogers, Robert J. Schwalb, and James Wyatt. Cover art is by Howard Lyon, with interior art by Rob Alexander, Dave Allsop, Steve Belledin, Zoltan Boros & Gabor Szikszai, Chippy, Daarken, Eric Deschamps, Steve Ellis, Jason Engle, Ralph Horsley, Howard Lyon, Warren Mahy, Torstein Nordstrand, William O'Connor, Lucio Parillo, Anne Stokes, Francis Tsai, and Franz Vohwinkel. The 4th Edition Manual of the Planes reinvented the cosmology into a streamlined arrangement called, the World Axis cosmology. It consists of five core types of planes.
- 1. The Mortal World.
- 2. The Parallel Planes - Two planes that are linked to the Mortal World.
- Feywild (Plane of Faerie).
- Shadowfell (Plane of Shadow).
- 3. Fundamental Planes - Two planes that surround the Mortal World.
- The Astral Sea - The plane above. Consists of Astral Dominions.
- The Elemental Chaos - The plane below. Consists of Elemental Realms.
- 4. Demiplanes - Unique bubbles of existence such as Sigil.
- 5. Anomalous Planes - Planes of an obscure nature.
- The Far Realm - Uncharted plane that exists beyond the known cosmology.
- The Plane of Dreams - Composed of all the dreams that have ever been dreamt.
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