outer plane

The Outer Planes are the outermost planes of existence in the standard cosmology of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. They are physical manifestations of moral and ethical alignment, of belief, and of the will of the gods. The native inhabitants of each plane have the same alignment as their plane. There are a total of seventeen different outer planes. Most of the Outer Planes are subdivided into layers, which are essentially sub-planes that represent one particular facet or theme of the plane. (For example, Baator's geography is reminiscent of Hell as depicted in Dante's The Divine Comedy.) The Outer Planes are typically represented in a ring, with the Upper Planes (the planes of Good alignment) at the top, the Lower Planes, or Underworld (the Evil planes) at the bottom, the Lawful planes at the left, and the Chaotic planes at the right. At the center of the ring is The Outlands. At the center of the Outlands is a Spire of infinite height. In the Planescape campaign setting, the city of Sigil floats above the Spire's pinnacle. Clockwise from "top", the planes are:

lternative Name(s)	Alignment	Description	Notable native inhabitants
a href="/encyclopedia/Elysium-(plane)" title="Elysium (plane)">Elysium	Blessed Fields	Neutral good	The plane of peace.	Guardinals - noble immortal humanoids with bestial features
a href="/encyclopedia/Beastlands-(plane)" title="Beastlands (plane)">The Beastlands	Happy Hunting Grounds	Neutral good / Chaotic good	The plane of idealized nature.	Animal lords - archetypal rulers of the various animal species
a href="/encyclopedia/Arborea-(plane)" title="Arborea (plane)">Arborea	Arvandor, Olympus, Olympian Glades	Chaotic good		Eladrin Titans & gods of Greek mythology)
a href="/encyclopedia/Ysgard" title="Ysgard">Ysgard	Asgard, Gladsheim, Heroic Domains	Chaotic neutral / Chaotic good		Gods of Norse mythology
a href="/encyclopedia/Limbo-(plane)" title="Limbo (plane)">Limbo	Plane of Ever-Changing Chaos	Chaotic neutral	An alien, anarchistic and unpredictable plane.	Slaad - frog-like creatures Githzerai - human-like monks
a href="/encyclopedia/Pandemonium-(plane)" title="Pandemonium (plane)">Pandemonium	Plane of Windswept Depths	Chaotic evil / Chaotic neutral	An infinite network of pitch-black catacombs, with winds that drive men mad.
a href="/encyclopedia/The-Abyss-(plane)" title="The Abyss (plane)">The Abyss	Plane of Infinite Layers	Chaotic evil		Demons
a href="/encyclopedia/Carceri-(plane)" title="Carceri (plane)">Carceri	Tarterus, Tartarus	Neutral evil / Chaotic evil	Liars, cheats and traitors are imprisoned here by their own deceptions.
a href="/encyclopedia/Gray-Waste-(plane)" title="Gray Waste (plane)">The Gray Waste	Hades	Neutral evil	Here, all emotion and compassion is drained away, until only hopelessnes, selfishness and apathy remain.
a href="/encyclopedia/Gehenna-(plane)" title="Gehenna (plane)">Gehenna	Plane of Bleak Eternity	Neutral evil / Lawful evil		Yugoloths (also called daemons)
a href="/encyclopedia/Baator" title="Baator">Baator	The Nine Hells	Lawful evil		Devils - mortal enemies of the Demons
a href="/encyclopedia/Acheron-(plane)" title="Acheron (plane)">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
a href="/encyclopedia/Mechanus" title="Mechanus">Mechanus	Nirvana	Lawful neutral	This clockwork plane is the ultimate in order; scholars and constructs live here.	Modrons
a href="/encyclopedia/Arcadia-(plane)" title="Arcadia (plane)">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.
a href="/encyclopedia/Mount-Celestia-(plane)" title="Mount Celestia (plane)">Mount Celestia	The Seven Heavens	Lawful good	Countless paladins and saints have ascended here.	Angels and Devas
a href="/encyclopedia/Bytopia" title="Bytopia">Bytopia	Twin Paradises	Neutral good / Lawful good	Gnomes and other industrious folk dwell here.
a href="/encyclopedia/Outlands-(plane)" title="Outlands (plane)">The Outlands	Plane of Concordant Opposition	True Neutral	The plane between all other outer planes.

The Outer Planes are central to the Planescape campaign setting.

Alternative theories

Theories of organisation of the Outer Planes vary according to culture. Nordic lands see the plane of Ysgard as dominant over all others, in accordance with the importance they ascribe the powers there. Some Oriental lands see the planes not as separate regions, but as a single mass throughout which are scattered different agencies of the Celestial Bureaucracy, with the Celestial Emperor residing on one plane, and his Minister of State on another. See also Alternative interpretations of the planes.

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