In Dungeons & Dragons, the fantasy role-playing game, an Outer Plane is one of a number of general types of planes of existence. They can also be referred to as godly planes, spiritual planes or divine planes. The Outer Planes are home to beings such as deities and otherworldly creatures such as demons, celestials and devils. Each Outer Plane is usually the physical manifestation of a particular moral and ethical alignment and the entities that dwell there often embody the traits related to that alignment. It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories. ... In the standard cosmology of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, the planes of existence are alternate planes or alternate dimensions. ... Look up deity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, demons are the most widespread race of fiends. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, celestials are are of wholly good alignment and hail from the Upper Planes. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, devils are lawful evil outsiders native to the Nine Hells of Baator. ... A moral is a one sentence remark made at the end of many childrens stories that expresses the intended meaning, or the moral message, of the tale. ... Ethics (from the Ancient Greek Ä“thikos, the adjective of Ä“thos custom, habit), a major branch of philosophy, is the study of values and customs of a person or group and covers the analysis and employment of concepts such as right and wrong, good and evil, and responsibility. ... In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ...

All Outer Planes are spatially infinite but are composed of features and locations of finite scope. Many of these planes are often split in to a collection of further infinites called 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. In addition, each layer may also contain a number of realms. Each realm is the home to an individual deity, or occasionally a collection of deities. In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Baator, also known as the Nine Hells of Baator or the Nine Hells, is a lawful evil-aligned plane of existence. ... Medieval illustration of Hell in the Hortus deliciarum manuscript of Herrad of Landsberg (about 1180) A hell, according to many religious beliefs, is an afterlife of suffering where the wicked or unrighteous dead are punished. ... Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... Dante shown holding a copy of The Divine Comedy, next to the entrance to Hell, the seven terraces of Mount Purgatory and the city of Florence, with the spheres of Heaven above, in Michelinos fresco. ...

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 portrayed in the Planescape setting as the incorrect names used by the "Clueless", or characters from the Prime Material unfamiliar with the planes. In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ... In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ... In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ... In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ... In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment is a categorisation of the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non-player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ... Planescape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Planescape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Greyhawk logo Greyhawk is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, also known as the World of Greyhawk. ... A campaign setting is a fictional fantasy world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame. ...

Clockwise from "top", the planes are:

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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. Culture (from the [[Latin)) cultura stemming from colere, meaning to cultivate), generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ... Political map of the Nordic countries and associated territories. ... Look up deity in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term the Orient - literally meaning sunrise, east - is traditionally used to refer to Near, Middle, and Far Eastern countries. ... Minister of State is a title borne by officials in certain countries governed under the parliamentary system. ...

See also

• Alternative interpretations of the planes.

In the standard cosmology of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, the planes of existence are alternate planes or alternate dimensions. ...

Forgotten Realms Cosmology

The Forgotten Realms cosmology currently contains twenty-six Outer Planes, arranged in a tree-like structure around the central 'trunk' of the material plane of Toril. Unlike the Outer Planes of the standard D&D cosmology which are heavily alignment-based, the Outer Planes of the Forgotten Realms cosmology are faith-based. The Forgotten Realms third edition logo. ... ... In the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting Forgotten Realms, Abeir-Toril is the name of the fictional planet on which the campaign setting is set. ...

In Dungeons & Dragons, the fantasy role-playing game, the Abyss or more fully, the Infinite Layers of the Abyss, is a chaotic evil-aligned plane of existence. ... The home plane of the Seldarine the good Elven deities ... Barrens of Doom and Despair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Demonweb Pits - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Baator, also known as the Nine Hells of Baator or the Nine Hells, is a lawful evil-aligned plane of existence. ...

Eberron Cosmology

The Eberron cosmology, used in the Eberron campaign setting contains thirteen Outer Planes. They exhibit traits similar to those of the standard D&D cosmology but also some (Irian and Mabar) appear more like Inner Planes. The cosmology is unique in that the Outer Planes orbit around Eberron through the Astral plane. As they orbit, their overlap with the material plane changes and access to those planes may become easier or restricted. The Eberron logo Eberron is a campaign setting created by author and game designer Keith Baker for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... A campaign setting is a fictional fantasy world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame. ... The Inner Planes are the innermost planes of existence in the standard cosmology of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. ... The astral plane, also called the astral world or desire world, is a plane of existence according to esoteric philosophies, some religious teachings and New Age thought. ...

See also this excerpt from Chapter 5 of the Eberron Campaign Setting. In the Eberron campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Daanvi, the Perfect Order, is one of the thirteen planes in metaphysical orbit about the world of Eberron itself. ... In the Eberron campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, Dal Quor, the Region of Dreams, is one of the thirteen planes in metaphysical orbit about the world of Eberron itself. ...

References

• Baker, Richard; Wyatt J. (2004). Player's Guide To Faerûn. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3134-5. 
• Baker, Keith (2004). Eberron Campaign Setting. Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3274-0. 

• Cook, David. Player's Handbook (TSR, 1989).

• Grubb, Jeff. Manual of the Planes (TSR, 1987).

• Grubb, Jeff, David Noonan, and Bruce Cordell. Manual of the Planes (Wizards of the Coast, 2001).

• Redman, Rich, Skip Williams, and James Wyatt. Deities and Demigods (Wizards of the Coast, 2002).