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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 6131859" data-attributes="member: 8461">I agree, but you take what you can get with a single magazine article.Well, Basic D&D did define the differences, but AD&D had no real difference between "dimensions" and "planes" - though I did like how Third Edition put forth the notation that there were multiple cosmologies out there (linked, oddly enough, through the Plane of Shadow, though Lords of Madness confirmed that a gate will take you directly from one cosmology to another. Personally, I'd have added that you can also cross cosmologies through the Far Realm...though woe to those who try!).Presumably, Ravenloft could reach Athas through the Grey due to the greater connections between Athas and the Ethereal and Inner Planes, and/or the Dark Powers are strong enough to make it anyway (since, after all, an artifact like Dregoth's mirror can also bypass the planar interference).If I recall correctly, the Shadow World for the Birthright crystal sphere was similar (it may have been called a demiplane in some places, but it was clearly more akin to the Grey. I think this is addressed in The Planewalker's Handbook).It's been my pleasure. I do love talking about the intricacies of the old campaign settings!</blockquote>