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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7184263" data-attributes="member: 20323">Yes, I have A Guide to the Ethereal Plane and have been reading it. Some of it's good material, and because it's by Bruce Cordell of course that are Cthulu-esque/Far Realms-ian references.However, the picture it provides of the Ethereal's unique identity – that it's where demiplanes reside as &quot;islands in the mist&quot; &amp; where dreams happen – doesn't mesh with the 5e cosmology. In 5e, demiplanes are &quot;free floating&quot; with no special relationship to the Ethereal (unless the DM decides a specific demiplane has a special relationship) and the Astral Plane is called out as the realm of dreams.Obviously, I don't need to restrict myself to following anything written in a book slavishly, but I like to cover the bases of established lore before going my own way. For example, I could just say &quot;the Ethereal IS the realm of dreams&quot;, but in doing so I then need to think further about what I'm using to fill that void in the Astral Plane's identity if I take away its connection to dreams.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7184263, member: 20323"] Yes, I have [I]A Guide to the Ethereal Plane[/I] and have been reading it. Some of it's good material, and because it's by Bruce Cordell of course that are Cthulu-esque/Far Realms-ian references. However, the picture it provides of the Ethereal's unique identity – that it's where demiplanes reside as "islands in the mist" & where dreams happen – doesn't mesh with the 5e cosmology. In 5e, demiplanes are "free floating" with no special relationship to the Ethereal (unless the DM decides a specific demiplane has a special relationship) and the [I]Astral Plane[/I] is called out as the realm of dreams. Obviously, I don't need to restrict myself to following anything written in a book slavishly, but I like to cover the bases of established lore before going my own way. For example, I could just say "the Ethereal IS the realm of dreams", but in doing so I then need to think further about what I'm using to fill that void in the Astral Plane's identity if I take away its connection to dreams. [/QUOTE]

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