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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 9065567" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>I am sure you know this, but in reallife elemental traditions, the fifth element is called "ether".</p><p></p><p>In D&D, the Ethereal Plane comprises an immaterial substance. One can call this D&D ether whatever one wants, including quintessence (literally the "fifth substance"), it is ether. Namely, the ether of the Ethereal Plane.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Ether is ether.</p><p></p><p></p><p>According the 5e 2014 DMs Guide, the Astral Plane is realm of "thought" and "dream". So, officially, the Dream Plane is astral, made out of "aster" sotospeak, the stuff that thoughts and dreams are made out of. The Dream Plane either is the Astral Plane itself, or else is somewhere in the Astral Plane. (However, it is unclear to me how the dreamscapes of individual dreamers in the Material Plane relate to the Wildspace where the Astral Plane overlaps the Material Plane.)</p><p></p><p>That said. Both the Feywild and the Shadowfell have "Domains", where the local ethereal forces respond to the will of a powerful mind, forming the realities that cohere with this particular mind. In my view, this is exactly what "illusions" are. Thus the Fey and the Shadow are a kind of dreamscape in this way, namely the will of a particular mind. There might be some Domains that respond to several minds. But unlike an Astral dreamscape, the Domain is physical. Force is immaterial, but is physical. it can push objects of mass around. Gravity is immaterial but physical. So these Domains are physical manifestations of forms.</p><p></p><p>In the 5e cosmology, the Ethereal Plane encompasses and pervades the Feywild and Shadowfell, as well as the central Material Plane. I read this mapping as the Feywild and the Shadowfell are aspects of the ether. In parallel, the Celestial and Fiend are aspects of the thought and dream of the Astral Plane. Their map locations imply, the Celestial and the Feywild have overflowing abundance by Positive Energy, while the Fiend and the Shadowfell have unraveling diminishment by Negative Void. The Feywild is a higher frequency of ether, sotospeak, where the physical forms are vibrant and heightened. The Shadowfell is a lower frequency of ether, where the physical forms are disintegrating and gloomy. Vampirism is an attempt to prey on other sources of energy to fight against the Void. Meanwhile the abundance of Positivity from the Feywild can invigorate various locales in the natural world of the Material Plane.</p><p></p><p>Where both the Feywild and Shadowfell have Domains. The Ethereal Plane proper is the admixture between the Feywild and the Shadowfell. One can encounter Fey and Shadow creature venturing there, they each other. Likely, the Ethereal Plane has its own Domains as well.</p><p></p><p>In the 5e map, there are narrow regions of ether between the Fey and Matter, and between Shadow and Matter. These regions seem to represent the areas where "the veil is thin". Effectively, there are a Border Fey and a Border Shadow that overlap and intermingle the Material Plane. These are locations where those who can see ether can see Fey spirits and Shadow ghosts interacting with the plants and haunting houses in the Material Plane. The spirit worlds entangle and echo the material world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 9065567, member: 58172"] I am sure you know this, but in reallife elemental traditions, the fifth element is called "ether". In D&D, the Ethereal Plane comprises an immaterial substance. One can call this D&D ether whatever one wants, including quintessence (literally the "fifth substance"), it is ether. Namely, the ether of the Ethereal Plane. Ether is ether. According the 5e 2014 DMs Guide, the Astral Plane is realm of "thought" and "dream". So, officially, the Dream Plane is astral, made out of "aster" sotospeak, the stuff that thoughts and dreams are made out of. The Dream Plane either is the Astral Plane itself, or else is somewhere in the Astral Plane. (However, it is unclear to me how the dreamscapes of individual dreamers in the Material Plane relate to the Wildspace where the Astral Plane overlaps the Material Plane.) That said. Both the Feywild and the Shadowfell have "Domains", where the local ethereal forces respond to the will of a powerful mind, forming the realities that cohere with this particular mind. In my view, this is exactly what "illusions" are. Thus the Fey and the Shadow are a kind of dreamscape in this way, namely the will of a particular mind. There might be some Domains that respond to several minds. But unlike an Astral dreamscape, the Domain is physical. Force is immaterial, but is physical. it can push objects of mass around. Gravity is immaterial but physical. So these Domains are physical manifestations of forms. In the 5e cosmology, the Ethereal Plane encompasses and pervades the Feywild and Shadowfell, as well as the central Material Plane. I read this mapping as the Feywild and the Shadowfell are aspects of the ether. In parallel, the Celestial and Fiend are aspects of the thought and dream of the Astral Plane. Their map locations imply, the Celestial and the Feywild have overflowing abundance by Positive Energy, while the Fiend and the Shadowfell have unraveling diminishment by Negative Void. The Feywild is a higher frequency of ether, sotospeak, where the physical forms are vibrant and heightened. The Shadowfell is a lower frequency of ether, where the physical forms are disintegrating and gloomy. Vampirism is an attempt to prey on other sources of energy to fight against the Void. Meanwhile the abundance of Positivity from the Feywild can invigorate various locales in the natural world of the Material Plane. Where both the Feywild and Shadowfell have Domains. The Ethereal Plane proper is the admixture between the Feywild and the Shadowfell. One can encounter Fey and Shadow creature venturing there, they each other. Likely, the Ethereal Plane has its own Domains as well. In the 5e map, there are narrow regions of ether between the Fey and Matter, and between Shadow and Matter. These regions seem to represent the areas where "the veil is thin". Effectively, there are a Border Fey and a Border Shadow that overlap and intermingle the Material Plane. These are locations where those who can see ether can see Fey spirits and Shadow ghosts interacting with the plants and haunting houses in the Material Plane. The spirit worlds entangle and echo the material world. [/QUOTE]
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