Publication:The Plane Above

Title:	The Plane Above
System:	Dungeons and Dragons 4e
Abbreviation:	TPA
Series:	D&D Rules Supplement
Author:	Rob Heinsoo, Ari Marmell, Eric Scott de Bie
Publisher:	Wizards of the Coast
Item Code:	251260000
Publication Date:	April 2010
Format:	Hardcover
Page Count:	160
ISBN-10:	9780786953929
Price:	$29.95 C$37.00

*The Plane Above*
Title:	The Plane Above
System:	Dungeons and Dragons 4e
Abbreviation:	TPA
Series:	D&D Rules Supplement
Author:	Rob Heinsoo, Ari Marmell, Eric Scott de Bie
Publisher:	Wizards of the Coast
Item Code:	251260000
Publication Date:	April 2010
Format:	Hardcover
Page Count:	160
ISBN-10:	9780786953929
Price:	$29.95 C$37.00
Product Blurb
	Explore the Realm of the Gods You step through a shimmering portal onto the deck of an astral galleon. Prepare for a voyage unlike any other as you fend off githyanki pirates, thwart the sinister machinations of angels and devils, and challenge the might of the gods and their exarchs. From the cavernous layers of the Nine Hells to the dark dungeons of Tytherion, adventure awaits in every astral dominion and on the vast, uncharted sea that stretches between them. This Dungeons and Dragons® game supplement explores the Astral Sea in detail, featuring key locations throughout the plane. It also presents new monsters, adventure hooks, encounters, hazards, and everything Dungeon Masters need to make the Astral Sea a featured setting in their campaigns.

Secrets of the Astral Sea™

1: Astral Adventuring
Section	Page
The Astral Sea	6
Geography	8
Campaign Themes	9
Explore the Infinite Sea	9
Crawl Astral Dungeons	11
Fight Astral Pirates	12
Fight the Gods of Evil	14
Join Heaven's Order	16
Overcome Heaven's Flaws	17
Adventuring into Myth	18
Traveling the Astral Sea	19
Ship-to-Ship Combat in the Astral Sea	20
Astral Vehicles	20
Dominion Ships	21
Navigating the Astral Sea	25
Adventures of the Astral Sea	27
Environmental Hazards	28

2: Divine Dominions
The World of the Gods	32
The Gods	32
Exarchs	32
Angels	32
Exalted	34
Outsiders	35
Dominions and Border Islands	36
Arvandor	37
The Glorious Hunt	38
Major Areas	40
Adventure Hooks	41
Encounter Groups	41
The Green Isles: Arvandor's Archipelago	42
Celestia	44
Major Areas	45
Gods of Celestia	45
The Game of Mountains	46
The Foothills: Celestia's Archipelago	47
Chernoggar	51
Gods of Chernoggar	52
Major Areas	53
Adventures	55
Between War and Destruction	56
The War Expands	58
The Shrapnels: Chernoggar's Islands	59
Hestavar	61
Gods of Hestavar	61
The Daybreak Islands: Hestevar's Archipelago	64
The Nine Hells	65
Asmodeus's Fall and the Foundation of Hell	65
Devilish Motives and Adventures	66
Avernus, the Burning Wastes	68
Adventure: Hell's Bods	70
The Outer Torments: Hell's Border Islands	76
Tytherion	80
Tiamat's Realm: Azharul	80
Samaragd, the Serpent's Kingdom	82
The Scales Tytherion's Archipelago	88

3: The Deep Astral Sea
Races of the Astral Sea	92
Couatls	92
Outlook and Interaction	92
Cloudlands	93
Life and Culture	93
Githyanki	94
History of the Githyanki	94
Life and Culture	96
Outlook and Interaction	96
Maruts	98
Life and Culture	98
Outlook and Interaction	99
Major Sites	100
Quom	101
History of the Quom	101
Life and Culture	102
Outlook and Interaction	102
Shattered Dominions	104
Carceri	104
The Isles of Carceri	105
Adventures	106
Environmental Features	107
Erishani	108
Adventure Hooks	109
Environmental Features	109
Encounter Groups	109
Adventure: The Monolith Stirs	110
Kalandurren	114
Environmental Features	115
Encounter Groups	115
Pandemonium	116
Adventure Hooks	117
Environmental Features	118
Encounter Groups	119
Shom	119
Death of a God, Rise of the Illumians	119
The Shattering of the Word	119
Adventure Hooks	121
Environmental Features	121
Encounter Groups	121
Encounter: Purifiers of Shom	122
Motes in the Astral Sea	124
Archanus	124
Eldregaard	124
The Forgotten Sanctuary	125
Frostburn	125
Kar'ka Dun	126
Mutas	126
Pluton, the Gray Waste	126
Shivering Spires	126
The Triad Islands	127
Zulkolosz	127

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