Outlands (Dungeons & Dragons)

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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game cosmology, the Concordant Domain of the Outlands, also known as the Concordant Opposition, is the Outer Plane where the souls of people of Neutral alignment are sent after death. It is popular as a meeting place for treaties between the powers. The Outlands are also home to the gate-towns. At the center of the Outlands is the Spire, atop which Sigil can be seen. The Outlands are the home plane of the neutral-minded rilmani.

Contents 1 Gate-towns 2 Magic 3 Realms 4 Fauna

[edit] Gate-towns

Gate-towns are settlements which are built around a permanent portal to a certain Outer Plane on the Great Wheel. Gate-towns are important strategically because they provide a (relatively) stable way to enter a desired Outer Plane. The gate-towns reflect the plane that they lead to, for example, Xaos (or aXos, soaX, etc.) is a town where everything changes from one moment to the next. Even the location of the portal to Limbo changes every day — not that there's any regularity to daybreak and nightfall in Xaos. The character of Xaos mirrors what the plane of Limbo is like.

[edit] Magic

The closer to the Spire, the harder it is to use magic-related powers. However, most of the towns, portals, realms, etc. are located far enough not to suffer from these impediments. At 500 miles from the Spire, illusions no longer work. At the very base of the Spire, absolutely all magic (except maybe that of an over-god, such as Ao) is neutralized.

Notice Rilmani seem unaffected by such limitation, except maybe in the first ring.

Outlands effects on spells and abilities
Distance from Spire	Impeded Spells	Limited Spells	Other Effects
1200 miles	None	None	None
1100 miles	9th	None	None
1000 miles	8th-9th	None	None
900 miles	7th-9th	9th	All creatures gain immunity to poison
800 miles	6th-9th	8th-9th	Psionic and spell-like abilities don't function
700 miles	5th-9th	7th-9th	Positive and negative energy can't be channeled
600 miles	4th-9th	6th-9th	Supernatural abilities don't function
500 miles	3rd-9th	5th-9th	Access to the astral plane prohibited
400 miles	2nd-9th	4th-9th	Divine powers of demi-deity rank and lower annulled
300 miles	All	3rd-9th	Divine powers of lesser and lower annulled
200 miles	All	2nd-9th	Divine powers of intermediate rank and lower annulled
100 miles	All	All	All divine powers annulled

[edit] Realms

The Outlands is the location of a number of godly realms, including the following:

• The Caverns of Thought, realm of the illithid deity Ilsensine
• The Court of Light, realm of the naga deity Shekinester
• The Flowering Hill, the realm of the halfling goddess Sheela Peryroyl
• Gzemid's Realm, home of the beholder deity of gases and vapors
• The Hidden Realm, home of the chief giant deity Annam
• The Hidden Vale, realm of the Dragonlance god Gilean
• The Hidden Wood, realm of the nature god Obad-Hai
• The Library of Lore, realm of the god Boccob
• The Mausoleum of Chronepsis, realm of the dragon deity Chronepsis
• The Marketplace Eternal, realm of the god Zilchus
• The Palace of Judgement, Yen-Wang-Yeh's realm
• The Scales of Wealth, the realm of Shinare
• Semuanya's Bog, realm of the lizardfolk deity Semuanya
• The Steel Hills, realm of the goddess Ulaa
• Thoth's Estate, the realm of Thoth
• Tvashtri's Laboratory, realm of the Indian god of artifice
• The Web of Fate, realm of the goddess Istus
• The Well of Urd, realm of the Norns
• Wonderhome, realm of Gond

Three dwarven gods (Vergadain, Dugmaren Brightmantle, and Dumathoin) share the realm of The Dwarven Mountain on the plane of the Outlands.

The Celtic gods (Daghdha, Diancecht, Goibhniu, Lugh, Manannan mac Lir, Oghma, and Silvanus) share the realm of Tír na nÓg on the Outlands.

[edit] Fauna

• Condordant dragon
• Fhorge

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