Outer Plane - Standard D&D Cosmology

Standard D&D Cosmology

The standard Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) cosmology contains seventeen Outer Planes. Cosmologically, they are arranged in a ring of sixteen planes with the Good-aligned planes, or Upper Planes at the top, and the Evil-aligned planes, or Lower Planes at the bottom. The Lawful planes (or Planes of Law) sit to the left, and the Chaotic planes (or Planes of Chaos) to the right. Between all of these sit the Neutral planes, or the Planes of Conflict. One further plane sits in the centre of the ring, the Outlands, being neutral in alignment. At the center of the Outlands is a Spire of infinite height; the city of Sigil floats above the Spire's pinnacle. The standard D&D cosmology is the official cosmology used in the Planescape and Greyhawk campaign settings. Many of the alternative names derive from the 1st-edition Manual of the Planes (1987, ISBN 0-88038-399-2), and the in-game explanation given in the Planescape setting is that these names are used by the "Clueless", or characters from the Prime Material unfamiliar with the planes.

Outer Planes
Celestia	Bytopia	Elysium	Beastlands	Arborea
Arcadia	↑Good↑			Ysgard
Mechanus	←Lawful	Outlands	Chaotic→	Limbo
Acheron	↓Evil↓			Pandemonium
Baator	Gehenna	Hades	Carceri	Abyss

Name	Alternative Name(s)	Alignment	Description	Notable native inhabitants
Elysium	Blessed Fields	Neutral good	The plane of peace and unadulterated goodness.	Guardinals - noble immortal humanoids with bestial features Pelor - The sun-deity
The Beastlands	Happy Hunting Grounds	Neutral good / Chaotic good	The plane of idealized nature.	Animal lords - archetypal rulers of the various animal species Ehlonna - Goddess of forests
Arborea	Arvandor, Olympus, Olympian Glades	Chaotic good	Fey realm of passion, abundance and nature's caprice.	Eladrin and The Court of Stars Titans & gods of Greek mythology The Seldarine pantheon of Elven gods
Ysgard	Asgard, Gladsheim, Heroic Domains	Chaotic neutral / Chaotic good	The eternal battleground where true heroes prove their valor.	Gods of Norse mythology Kord - God of strength Olidammara - God of rogues
Limbo	Plane of Ever-Changing Chaos	Chaotic neutral	An alien, anarchistic and unpredictable plane.	Slaad - frog-like creatures Githzerai - human-like monks
Pandemonium	Plane of Windswept Depths	Chaotic evil / Chaotic neutral	An infinite network of pitch-black catacombs, with winds that drive men mad.	Erythnul - God of hate and slaughter
The Abyss	Plane of Infinite Layers	Chaotic evil	Evil lands of shocking perversity and unpredictable horror.	Tanar'ri Demons - Mortal enemies of the Baatezu Obyrith Demons - Lovecraftian ancestors to the Tanar'ri Loumara Demons - Newest race of demons born by the dying dreams of evil gods Lolth - Spider Goddess of the Drow Demogorgon - Beastly Prince of Demons Graz'zt - The Dark Prince Orcus - The Demon Lord of the Undead Iggwilv - Witch Queen of Perrenland, Mother of Demigod Iuz. Infamous author of the blasphemous Demonomicon. The true identity of Tasha, member of the infamous adventuring group known as the Company of Seven.
Carceri	Tarterus, Tartarus	Neutral evil / Chaotic evil	Liars, cheats and traitors are imprisoned here by their own deceptions.	Nerull - God of murder and darkness Titans exiled from Olympus Demodands (Gehreleth) Yugoloths - presence largely confined to Othrys
The Gray Waste	Hades	Neutral evil	Here, all emotion and compassion is drained away, until only hopelessness, selfishness and apathy remain as baatezu and tanar'ri meet and clash in a colorless expanse.	Yugoloths (Daemons) Tanar'ri and Baatezu fight the Blood War on this plane Abbathor - God of dwarven greed. Grey Sisters (Night Hags) Hades - Greek god of death and the underworld. Believed to be the most powerful deity on the plane. Hel - Norse goddess of death. Mydianchlarus - Current Oinoloth of Khin-Oin. Hordlings
Gehenna	Plane of Bleak Eternity	Neutral evil / Lawful evil	Volcanic realm of evil schemes and merciless cliffs.	Yugoloths (Daemons)
Baator	Hell; The Nine Hells	Lawful evil	A realm of oppression, torment, and diabolical plots	Baatezu (Devils) - mortal enemies of the Tanar'ri Tiamat - The Chromatic Dragon Kurtulmak - God of Kobolds Asmodeus - Lord of the Ninth. Previously believed to have used the name Satan as one of numerous aliasis.
Acheron	The Infernal Battlefield	Lawful neutral / Lawful evil	A plane of constant, pointless war, where identity is forever lost.	Gods of the goblins and orcs, such as Gruumsh and Maglubiyet Wee Jas - Goddess of death and magic Hextor - God of Tyranny
Mechanus	Nirvana	Lawful neutral	This clockwork plane is the ultimate in order; scholars and constructs live here.	Modrons, orderly geometrically-shaped beings Formians, warlike ant-like beings Inevitables, mechanical enforcers of all law
Arcadia	The Land of Perfect Order, Plane of Peaceable Kingdoms	Lawful neutral / Lawful good	A peaceful place where all live in harmony; consequently, it is quite dull.	Saint Cuthbert - God of Retribution and Common Sense
Mount Celestia	The Seven Heavens	Lawful good	Countless paladins and saints have ascended here.	Aasimons, Archons and Devas Bahamut - The Platinum Dragon Heironeous - God of Valor Moradin - God of Dwarves Yondalla - Goddess of Halflings
Bytopia	Twin Paradises	Neutral good / Lawful good	Gnomes and other industrious folk dwell here.	Garl Glittergold and other Gods of the Gnomes
The Outlands	Plane of Concordant Opposition	True Neutral	The plane between all other outer planes.	Rilmani - Metallic skinned humanoids Boccob - God of Magic Obad-Hai - God of Nature The Lady of Pain - Protector of Sigil

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