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[@idontno6d105]

"you can have an entire campaign set in the Deep Ethereal" do not tempt me sir...

[@davidrose7938]

Me: challenge accepted, now to make it happen Also me: the next vid is going to be amazingly inspirational

[@malcolmt7883]

Player: What does it look like now? DM: Still foggy

[@idontno6d105]

@@malcolmt7883 I hope my experience running a game in the Shadowfell (inspired by MrRhexx's video on the matter) makes me better, because I like to think I've gotten better at describing with that game, even if it's just references like "you notice it's beginning to get darker than usual, must be getting close to nighttime"

[@zedanglevandera]

Ethergaunts, there is your whole campaign

[@moofy69]

im currently in a campaign thats taken place entirely in the feywild. its the most fun campaign ive ever played in

[@WaltRBuck]

Hmm.. what's worse? Coating an area with lead to protect against ethereal snatchers and becoming as dumb as a rock from lead poisoning, or being snatched.

[@almasyelesbayev736]

Is this some kind of a peasant joke? Just use GOLD.

[@thestoopidiot870]

*_BOTTLED WHAT NOW?_*

[@chickenmonger123]

Lead is pretty inert. Don’t suck on it, or put it in a place it’ll be worn away or aerosolized somehow, you will be fine. You could probably find a way to stabilize it to increase its resistance to weathering with magic, or special coatings for the outside of your bricks or inner parts of materials.

[@WaltRBuck]

@@almasyelesbayev736 Lead is cheap... er.

[@brianpembrook9164]

Odd that steel wasn't listed in the video. Still lead should not be a problem. If the DM rules silver as being too dense you know have something to do with your silver coins. Lead is only a problem when it enters the body. Lead based paint was bad because it was on the outside of the walls and was worn down into a breathable dust. Lead lining inside the walls, like insulation, will only be a problem when the wall is opened up. Even then; if not exposed to the elements to wear it down will be magnitudes less poisonous than paint...

[@tmlt]

Absolutely love this planar series

[@90kalos1]

My favorite so far. Except maybe thr high magic series

[@matthewward1346]

Yeah it's fantastic

[@HomicidalTh0r]

Mr. Rhex: *posts* Me: *Heavy Breathing*

[@Florian0799]

Exactly i dont know any other channel that goes into D&D lore in such detail .w.

[@hunterdavis1140]

This is my immediate reaction every time haha

[@Harrowed2TheMind]

​@@Florian0799 Try AJ Pickett The Mighty Gluestick channel. Easily among my favourites. Goes very deep into the lore and has half a gajillion videos in there. Definitely worth a watch.

[@wesleydunphy9182]

eat better and exercise.

[@HomicidalTh0r]

@@wesleydunphy9182 That's physically impossible. I'm already in perfect health, according to my doctor.

[@armartin0003]

"Why should you care about the ethereal?" NIGHT HAGS

[@brianroberts783]

The living tissue rule always raises a couple of questions for me. First, can an adventurer in the Material Plane punch something on the Ethereal Plane? Second, do undead count? In other words, can someone on the Ethereal move through a zombie? A vampire? A lich?

[@juliogouvea9447]

Unless you are a high-level monk (when your fists are considered magic weapons), it seems to me it is impossible to hit an ethereal creature with your knuckles or even regular weapons. Only magic weapons, or maybe special metal weapons (lead, gold, adamantine, obdurium???), certain spells (force damage) might harm ethereal creatures while you are at the Prime. And provided that you can see the ethereal creature to direct your attack or spell (truesight works). Most of PCs might not be able to see it. That's why ghosts and other ethereal creatures can be very dangerous to low-level characters. I do not think that this rule should prevent ethereal creatures from passing through undead since they are animated by necromantic magic (not really alive) and feed on the corpse. souls or lifeforce of their living victims. But who really knows?

[@MrRhexx]

I know. It is very difficult to rationalize how it works, and it kinda sets into question how the same happens with minerals. Unfortunately they never really explain it, unless i missed it.

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

I'd say yes because the tissue is no longer alive, especially zombies since they are rotting, liches and skeletons too since they don't have tissue, though vampires might be complicated.

[@goldenbrigain7031]

It's the kind of thing that's great when you're having a blast just messing around with magic and friends, but if you come into the circumstance where it actually matters that you have an answer, then you need to put thought into it.

[@bayoubilly5176]

@@MrRhexx and as soon as they do explain they'll come out with a new edition or just a companion guide and blam... New info...contradictory usually cuz they never seem to reference what they've already written heh.

[@alexandergreen151]

Imagine adventurers use "Become Ethereal" to try to steal from a Gold Dragon but the Gold Dragon sees into the Border Ethereal and whoops the adventurers by just swiping because, ya know, gold.

[@guyatanosavia8487]

I would make the argument that if Become Ethereal prevents living tissue from connecting with you, it would also prevent dense materials from doing the same as that is described as in tandem with one another. If it does not prevent living tissue from interacting with you, then it doesn't matter that the dragon is gold. It's living tissue, thus it would hit the adventurers regardless. I hope I didn't poop on your parade ): I just wanted to point the logic out to someone before someone else does at your tables

[@WORLDFAMOUSTAROT]

@@guyatanosavia8487 on my shroom trip the entire universe and everything was on the body of a dragon 🐉. A voice spoke through me n said I Am the all mighty I Am the Alpha and Omega.

[@Benthesniperof8]

@@WORLDFAMOUSTAROT "I am Alpharious"

[@kennymckinney7637]

@@Benthesniperof8 "This is a lie, *I am* Alpharious."

[@kylesmallwood1763]

I am the walrus

[@JustDaZack]

I dig the 'What they don't tell you' series so much!

[@juanserrano165]

22:49 ¡Yay, my art submission got picked! That's just so cool to see in a channel I respect so much :)

[@BaneRain]

I don't normally do this, but im gonna go and retroactively like your videos. I think this level of content is gold standard and worth supporting.

[@Krishnath.Dragon]

The rules for 3E/3.5E specifically mentions that force spells, such as magic missile, actually harm incorporeal/ethereal creatures.

[@rojasj789]

I've never played D&D but I always enjoy listening to your videos while I play video games.

[@flibbernodgets7018]

11:48 or plants, if my understanding is correct. And it's a lot easier to make walls out of living plants than living people, let me tell you!

[@princevesperal]

*The evil baddy:* Challenge accepted!

[@Ueuecoyotl]

This was a thing in the previous editions- plant fanst growing/dense ivy over somewhere to block passage.

[@lordmars2387]

I've been waiting for more on the deep ethereal for YEARS now. Here's hoping my heart could withstand that notification. My players are experiencing their first jaunt into extra-planar travel right now. I need to fight the urge to rush them 2 more levels to get that plane hoping spell proper instead of my first Macguffin.

[@nu1x]

For years ? In that case, just buy a rulebook.

[@eosdawn6399]

@@nu1x no because it's not told by Mr rhexx the lore teller master

[@0_Body]

Entering the Plane of Dreams is so easy I can do it in my sleep

[@drawbyyourselve]

QUESTION: Of ethereals cannot pass through living people, wouldnt I be able to punch a ghost? or use a living tree/branch to whack one?

[@vicenter.8010]

Monks can punch ghosts

[@juliogouvea9447]

Some editions, not all, prevented ethereal creatures from passing through living creatures or trees. So I guess it is optional to whether use it or not. But punching ghosts has never been allowed, except for monks. Not being able to pass through living creatures does not harm the ghost.

[@voltaalta1307]

While they can't be in the same space as another creature you still can't do harm to those in the Ethereal Plane without magic or just being a Monk so you wouldn't be able to unless you did one of the two mentioned.

[@masterboa6321]

a ghost cannot interact with anything on a plane other than the one it currently inhabits

[@Kingmaster64]

i was always interested in the videos but now since i am a new player myself its even more interesting

[@Bestemmiapotente]

Imagine being denser then lead

[@Nikotheleepic]

What's your problem with uranium anyway?

[@markhackett2302]

@@Nikotheleepic Whose ranium?

[@markhackett2302]

I think it is more about your will, the method of movement in the ethereal, than the density. Density, extreme density, merely enacts its own unconscious will to "be where it is", while you, living there, create your own space that you exist in, as a solid thing, in the ethereal.

[@ldroland]

Since the day I started school....

[@Isfrael]

Probably your best video yet. Very much appreciate the references to where you got the information from, like planescape etc. Also like that you spoke about how some of your observations might not apply to 5e rules, ie force damage. Really helps DMs know how to use this information in their own campaigns by knowing how it could work with 5e

[@blazingshadow2669]

technically the force damage rule still applies, its just that you cant use a wall of force or forcecage to do harm directly (like slamming it on a creature)

[@lucassmith7770]

I usually prefer when lore videos focus on the creatures and sentient races, but the enthusiasm and work put into these videos makes me fall in love with each one.

[@cogmonocle2140]

I always love spotting the Magic card art in his videos

[@Sathier]

I have been waiting for this video for weeks. I love your lore videos MrRhexx. Keep it up bro!

[@craigbolton2231]

My rule of thumb is to ignore any rule "clarifications" that come from jeremy Crawford or any of the other official sources. They make some pretty stupid calls and I consider them on a case by case basis and what my table thinks sounds good

[@jonathandoe1367]

I think sage advice s the best way to clarify rules-as-intended. That being said, rules-as-intended isn't always smart, and departing from it is often the best move.

[@craigbolton2231]

@@jonathandoe1367 yeah. I just find myself reading alot of sage advice and thinking it's making the most counterintuitive calls at times

[@jonathandoe1367]

@@craigbolton2231 Yeah. That being said, though, sage advice can help you understand the math and balancing of the game. On realism and verisimilitude, as well as D&D lore, they don't seem to have a grip. That being said, it is important to inform your players of any changes you make before the game. I don't think 5 feet of fog cloud should block all vision entirely, but someone who picked that spell might be awfully disappointed if you spring the change on him after he's already spent the spell slot and made it one of his known spells. That would be unfair. As usual, communication is key.

[@craigbolton2231]

@@jonathandoe1367 aye it's good for some stuff. Its specifically just their rules as intended help that I find annoying. But aye rule discussion between the table is important. For the fog cloud spell specifically I'd assume a fog can be thick enough to block vision regardless of how much area it covers. Density over area. But even as the dm for my group usually I make sure everyone sees it as fair so if they think a rules bullshit and it's not integral to balance or anything then I'll scrap it

[@jonathandoe1367]

@@craigbolton2231 For the fog cloud, I was talking about how in previous editions, you could see the squares adjacent to you if you were in midst of the fog, and anyone outside could see anything on the outside edge (i.e. you could see through 5 feet of the fog). I think this makes more sense, but 5e decided to simplify the spell by having it work like a brick wall or the darkness spell. The problem is that I've seen discussion boards with DMs who kept assumming it worked like 3e, even though it doesn't. It would be a nasty surprise to learn that the spell you just casted won't stop you from taking an opportunity attack, or doesn't stop line of sight from the beholder's eye rays. So, yeah, kindly remember that newer players might not assume the game plays like an edition they've never seen before. :)

[@aaronbrady9579]

Thanks for the sustenance father

[@LilithLonelyHeart]

The part about dreams in Etherial kinda reminded me of "The Harrowing" quest from Dragon Age: Origins and the whole battle with sloth demon in dreams

[@dracorex426]

Rhexx: "dream selves" Me: *HOMESTUCK MODE ACTIVATED*

[@enderking6904]

Why, I can never escape

[@corvus_da]

17:48 wait. There's a monster called a meme?!

[@johndavidson2365]

The internet is full of that monster

[@derekstein6193]

Most frightening of all, you cannot determine its power before you meet one; its CR is variable. It can be weak or overpowering. There are those who claim to be untouched by them, yet there are just as many slain. Be wary adventurer!

[@realtadstrange]

I came here looking for this comment to see if I was the only one who noticed.

[@hunterdavis1140]

I'm so happy you're coming out with these videos in this series. Wizards is releasing books soon (from what I hear) to give us actual info on other planes and so far we've got Dread Domains well on the way. Love your work! I plan to support the channel as soon as I can because all your lore videos have gotten me to really improve as a DM and made my long distance drives much more entertaining.

[@runningthemeta5570]

I love these D&D videos, it’s given a a lot of ideas for the book series I’m writing at the moment

[@MiloshFitzroy]

I was just looking up information on the ethereal plane! Thanks!

[@MrNickdesmedt]

Finally, I was waiting for this video for a long time. Good job! It explains a lot and will help me give my players a more … vivid experience of the Ethereal when they inevitably get there (I have it planned for quite some time).

[@BananaWisp]

Oh my. I actually really needed dream related stuff for my version of the Quori, who would have thought I'd find that help in this video. This is fascinating, thank you so much hon.

[@agsilverradio2225]

21:15 I would change it to: Chr = blue Str, because it gives you the power to change people's minds. Wis = blue Con, because it helps you resist phycic attacks, and avoid making self-harming choices. Int = blue Dex, because you use it to navagate ideas and solve complex problems.

[@maker0824]

Switching Wis and Chr makes just as much sense

[@Drudog62]

Here for the algorithm lol keep it up man!

[@Qfeys]

So can you block a wall in the etherial by growing ivy or other plants over it?

[@carsonlake3842]

Could you misty step through wall of force? Misty step doesn't say how it achieves the teleport but thematically it seems like it goes through the ethereal, and wall of force specifies that it extends into the ethereal plane.

[@sprindraconis631]

My charecter and his companions were trapped here for 7 years

[@thepunitentiary8707]

I am enjoying this series a lot. It's helping me quite a bit with my homebrew campaign setting.

[@Ardzone]

OMG Thank you for the info on Dscryb this will help my campaigns a lot. I love your content thanks for all the work you do.

[@thefreshestman9438]

I really appreciate these videos. I’m running a campaign based around a plane shifting city and this info is priceless

[@adancastro2220]

Great Explanation... still there are some topics arguable, but it depends on your physics theoretical approach... I've suscribed at the ending, Excelent Job Bro ;)

[@juliogouvea9447]

Great video! Another worthwhile mention is that, unlike the astral plane, at the ethereal plane PCs still need to feed and hydrate. However, on the ethereal plane, it is very difficult (or maybe impossible) to find any food or water, besides those created by magical means (if it works), food/water brought with you, or foraging for an ethereal creature dinner (and maybe dying on the process). So staying too long on the ethereal can be very dangerous, especially if you do not know how to get back to the Prime.

[@fliboust184]

Thank you for the great job Rhexx. I never posted any comment up to now, but wanted to say I just finished your whole serie of Skyrim LorePlay and I basically have watched every single one of your Lore videos at this point ^^ and well, that was dope man. I'm a huge fan of the Elder Scrolls, thereferore having been able to get so much information, lessons, thinking, theories and all that good stuff in the form that you have given it all felt, very very good, so thank you about it all. Good job sir. I'll dare ask : can we hope of ever "being back with some more Elder Scrolls Skyrim" ? No pressure here dude, you do you obviously, just wondering for my part. (In the end the Elder Scrolls Lore shall get dug up whenever 6th comes out and you'll be there at the corner no doubt) See yah.

[@AJPickett]

Great video!

[@kylesavage4525]

What an epic series man keep it up!

[@ShankMugen]

My players recently got access to the Etherealness Spell recently, so this was helpful

[@xavmanisdabestest]

All your sponsers are amazing that was fucking brilliant description at the beginning bravo

[@andyghkfilm2287]

3:54 wait, help me square the idea that dreaming is just the dreamer being transported into the Etherial Realm with the idea of creatures that can eat dreams to become more powerful. I just came from your Nidhoggr video and I think it was in that that I heard you mention this idea.

[@MatheusYami]

Another amazing video, great work!

[@thenoremac2685]

I plan on having a high-level one shot take place in part of the Deep Ethereal, where the characters take on what I've dubbed an Astral Lich, so I'm really looking forward to that video...

[@lordmars2387]

I think there's such a thing as an astral lich it's part of the Immortals series.

[@xilous]

Wow, I was working on a new setting, a prehistoric sort of thing, and the timing for this video is incredible. My idea was that in the beginning there are three goddesses, or guardian spirits, that helped create the world. I imagined that there was this central bit of land, a continent, existing in the nothingness. I stuck a crazy tall tower in the middle with the goddesses on top and the rivers that flow from the center over the edge of this land create the mist of the Ethereal. There is a bit more to it than that but I'm trying to keep this short. I was stuck trying to think of a way to move the world forward from my Idea and this helped get my gears moving. Thanks

[@Dreamspawn1978]

I love how the what they don't tell you series is explained in detail in ad&d

[@BurgerDrawz]

Planning on using Ethereal realm in my next campaign. This video couldn’t have come at a more perfect time.

[@D-Rockk]

All your videos are awesome

[@dumbghost3109]

magic missile CAN hit creatures on the ethereal (or any other plane) though. You simply need to be able to see them, and be within range. Magic missile specifically says "if you can see them and theyre in range, you automatically hit them unless theyre fully enclosed"

[@fonandoozmando5961]

Because jeremy "I retcon the entirity of DnD" crawford

[@wskylar21]

I am DMing my first D&D Campaign tomorrow, will def check out Dscryb to add some flavor. thx, MrRhexx!

[@hannahsandfur7913]

Thank you for the update

[@WisdomThumbs]

Very helpful for codifying the dream abilities of the Psi Warrior in my Four Winds game.

[@lauraw2526]

Love this series.

[@paulallen8304]

I have been wanting this for some time now.

[@Sir_Tentacle]

Night time MrRhexx lore video. My favorite.

[@jaymevosburgh3660]

Silver at 10.40 Makes sense. I always describe silvered weapons as tearing away at the very fabric ov creation ov ghosts and other ethereal beings. And it seems that due to it being so close to the density ov lead that perhaps it gets caught up in the "flesh" ov ghosts as it passes thru that it tears some away with it on the weapons way out?

[@Deefry]

A thief that can manipulate the Ethereal realm to nab anything silver or gold sounds like a fiendish side-villain.

[@J33zeus]

Getting lots of ideas for the campaign thank you

[@nuclearpopsiclestand9245]

I've been binge watching all of your videos today and just came to the conclusion that, due to the nature of their existence, Outsiders can't dream, as that would put them in a different realm. If I am connecting the dots or just way off base, I don't know, but It's an interesting thought. Love all the love and effort put into your videos!

[@MrRhexx]

Check out www.Dscryb.com/rhexx and see the amazing text boxes they have for all the spells and monsters! I think they have over 1k locations described too so there's tons of stuff in there.

[@TheCubecrafer]

Having a medusa or gargoyles in front of a house or church keeps bad influences out on the ethereal/astral plane e.i sacred places. Churches used to have people who practice magick (christian miricale worker);D but this rare nowhere-days.

[@derskalde4973]

Crazy character idea: A Derro character, meaning a member of a grey skinned, dwarf-like race that is known to be absolutelly batshit crazy, that has lengthy conversations with thin air, so nobody believes their claim to be totally sane. During the Story, it is revealed, that they are, in fact, totally sane, but cursed to be permanently able to see into the ethereal plane. When they seemed absent minded and said something about "flying fish, dancing around a certain character" they were meaning it, when they talked to the air, they had conversations with different denizens of the ethereal plane, one of which is their friend since early childhood. This should be accompanied by this character to being able to, for example, see through simple illusions or spot invisible passageways or characters/enemies every now and then. Maybe they suddenly talk to the invisible rogue, like they were visible, possibly blowing their disguise, because they just saw them and forgot that the rogue was supposed to "not be there". Although this would probably be hard to play and needs a lot of working with the DM, I think this could be an interesting character and could lead to some funny situations, if done right.

[@Syfa]

One of my projects is a homebrew race of "half-ghosts" who have souls that didn't quite bond to them properly. They take a lot of inspiration from japanese type ghosts and ghost stories. I feel that sort of thing is a relatively good way to connect the material plane and the ethereal plane. This race is naturally able to navigate the ethereal but it's a bit weird still. They do it primarily through spirit trees, though actual "villages" of them are unusual as they typically show up like plane-touched races, but they can breed true with one another.

[@solojo13]

Love your vids, keep it up! Heads up, though, your silver & lead mass was swapped on your 2nd list image. ;)

[@killsomethin]

Well done .

[@Talock2000]

Love it great work

[@TheArcSet]

Thanks for this video.

[@ThomasSmith-lb9bu]

Been waiting on this

[@pauldiamond1583]

"See invisibility" lets you see invisible things AND lets you see into the ethereal plane. "Misty step" let's you teleport to a space you can see, that is also within 30 feet from you ("vortex warp" will allow you to teleport your friends)... Since the material and the ethereal overlap at the boarder ethereal, one SHOULD be able to combine these two low level spells to travel to the ethereal plane. Your solid body automatically becomes ethereal when teleported to the ethereal plane. That part is just d&d lore. So, of you all didn't want to wait until you had 7th lvl spells before going to the ghost realm... There ya go!

[@dibaterman]

I mean to hit a creature on the ethereal with say Eldritch Blast would first require you to target that creature. Next also the range of the spell would probably have to be changed to "sight" rather than a integer. Remember that technically each plane is an infinite distance from each other, this is true with the border ethereal as well. A wall from a wall of force can be seen to be doing at least one of two things. One it is intruding in some way into the border ethereal. Or creature from the border ethereal can interact with it but not the other way around. Now if you have a force AoE go off I can understand possibly there being some kind of effect on a creature on the ethereal. I am not sure if they would be damaged though or just displaced.

[@HisShadow]

Do a video about the Druid. I love that class.

[@lukaspribis2319]

the way you feel in the ethereal realm , is the same as feeling I get on a monday morning

[@corpral_c1625]

I feel like you'd wake up before you take that much damage, like you would from a night mare.

[@bmraiche]

Love the planar series, but hoping this segways into more of the Deities being covered in depth. I wanted way more of that.

[@doubleg281]

I don't like that dreams are in the ethereal plane and not the astral plane

[@jacopobertolotti5025]

I think the idea is that when you dream you are creating a little universe of your own. And creating worlds is an ethereal plane kind of thing.

[@doubleg281]

@@jacopobertolotti5025 ya, but that means your dreams are physical locations. That complicates things when you have spells like gate and demiplane where you could potentially bring your dream creations to the material plane. The astral plane already has mechanics that dieing in the plane dosen't kill you just like in dreams. Dreams are a much better outer plane than an inner plane

[@peterlane7128]

17:59 "Its uncertain if Memes are lone freaks..."

[@Rin-qj7zt]

i've never thought this before let alone felt the desire to say it. your sponser is fcking awesome.

[@havonetae]

Im now interested in learning about ghost xD because this is frigging interesting

[@thomazeblen]

i would love to see a video about the gods of chult and ubtao

[@Playburger1337]

I really appreciate and like these videos but more often i dont get the continue of the episode and need to search where it goes on with like the deep ethereal realm video :P :) Go on. thumbs up!

[@Ceaudrious]

Hmmm.. You should do dream plane, far realm and astral plane for psionic power.

[@Mr-dead]

Top tier quality

[@Cannon2541]

It seems to me that, if you would rule that silver would also be considered something that is solid to those in the ethereal realm, then the cheapest way to attack a creature there would be to use the same silvered weapons you would use on a were-creature.

[@probablythedm1669]

It is worth noting you are literally on another plane, thus spells only reach you if they reach other planes. I quote: "While on the Ethereal Plane, you can only affect and be affected by other creatures on that plane. Creatures that aren't on the Ethereal Plane can't perceive you and can't interact with you, unless a special ability or magic has given them the ability to do so. You ignore all objects and effects that aren't on the Ethereal Plane, allowing you to move through objects you perceive on the plan you originated from." So you can stand on the material plane, casting dispel magic, or put down a hundred glyps, or run circles around a person with Antimagic field on yourself, but all you'll accomplish is to shove the ethereal creature around by running into it. So stick those glyphs in the border ethereal, or you just make your home needlessly dangerous to yourself. However, if you get your Etherealness or Blink or such dispelled by someone else who is also on the ethereal plane, then you go right back to the material plane. Also, keep in mind that solid objects don't outright kill you. You take force damage equal to twice the number of feet you are moved... so most commoners would die from being moved just a few feet. So you may find yourself suddenly under a lot of solid bedrock and then emerge on the material plane as "chunky salsa" or "red mist" following your sudden extreme acceleration and deceleration upon your return to the material plane. Exceptions apply, but magic needs to be cast on the same plane (as of 5th edition) to do anything to the creature on the ethereal plane. This was not the case in earlier editions... but the universe has been restructured a few times since then. :) Edit: I love planar lore and get into it with my characters or as a DM as soon as I can. The hype for the Deep Ethereal lore is real. I love playing with demiplanes! Be it with my characters, or with my villains and NPC's as I DM. Keep it up MrRhexx. This series is your best yet! :)

[@knate44]

My Bard has an 18 wisdom, 16 int, 18 Charisma. She would be a BOSS in the Dream Veil.

[@muninrob]

It's not a coincidence that the homes of most wizards are overgrown with vines and brambles - nor is it an accident of random growth.

[@forrestdudley8424]

Hello, MrRhexx. Love your content. I've watched every one of your D&D lore videos and have them all in a playlist that I always keep up to date. I'm also writing a D&D crossover story and I need a point of clarification: Are there multiple versions of the Outer Planes for every crystal orb in the Phlogiston, or do they all share the one? And by extension, does that mean that an Andro/Gynosphinx could theoretically move between orbs via the Outer Planes using their dimensional travel? I'm trying to come up with a way to get my characters from Earth's universe (which, as you stated, is in a Crystal Orb) to Toril.

[@daviddaugherty2816]

No, the Outer and Inner Planes are the same. It’s only the Feywild, Shadowfell, and Border Ethereal that are world-specific. And the answer for the second is "theoretically yes".

[@Wayne3]

Very helpful, if one of my COS players dies i plan on him being in the ethereal plane.. then possiy coming back with the ability to cast true seeing thanks to an ethereal wizard..

[@shadesofgray9]

While there was a lot of information here Im not sure i go answers to the following. Can you interact with other beings on the ethereal plane? Do you need food, water, sleep etc? Can you die? Anything there that can kill you? Some material suggests the Astral Plane is the place of dreams so im a little confused. But the real question all of these are designed to help me resolve Is.... Is the Ethereal Plane a good place for a village of people to be stuck in unstuck from time (like a 1000 years type deal)? or should i look to one of the other planes?

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

Love this and the planar video. Cause I just don't understand Ethernal & Planar in the dnd world.

[@carlosn9080]

Uuuuu... Thanks fron Spain. I play pathfinder but I love your videos and use then for my games.

[@tn4u23]

I clicked for the lore stayed for his energy and excitement

[@enxman7697]

When you said "a furious battle in the etherial won't show in the real" i've imaginated in an istant to do a whole campaign without monsters in the real and the pc fight a secret battle with extradimensional forces

[@yoitsjonmac188]

New video yaaaaaay