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Planes of Existence

P L A N E S O F E X I STEN C E No other planets have been discovered within Eber­
ron's Material Plane. The underworld of Khyber, how­
Eberron is part of the Great Wheel of the multiverse, as ever, contains a host of demiplanes, tiny pockets of
described in the Player's H a ndbook and the Dungeon altered reality. As such, venturing beneath the surface
M a ster's Guide. At the same time, it is fundamentally of Eberron can lead you to a network of caverns and
apart from the rest of the Great Wheel, sealed off passages, and if you find the right passage, it can take
from the other planes even while it's encircled by its you to fantastic and deadly places inhabited by fiends,
own wheeling cosmology. Eberron's unique station in aberrations, and other children of Khyber.
the multiverse is an important aspect of the world: its
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planes have profound and shifting influences on the PLAN S OF E B E RRON
Material Plane, and it is sheltered from the influences
and machinations of gods and other powers elsewhere The Material Plane is enfolded by thirteen planes of
on the Great Wheel. existence. Many of these have aspects of both Outer
The planet of Eberron is the heart of its own Material Planes and Inner Planes. All of them overlap with Eber­
Plane. It is surrounded by the Ring of Siberys. Beyond ron in some way, and they influence and are influenced
this band of dragonshards, thirteen moons orbit the by the Material Plane. The intensity of this influence
world. To date, no creature from Eberron has explored waxes and wanes; scholars often depict the planes as
the moons, and none can say whether they are lifeless orbiting Eberron-sometimes coming close, other times
rocks or thriving worlds. Some sages believe that the far away-though this manner of expression is merely
moons are connected to the planes, or that they might a metaphor for their shifting influence. When another
even be physical extensions of the planes, but the truth plane's influence on the Material Plane is especially
of these assertions remains unknown. strong, the plane is said to be coterminous. When its
influence is weak, a plane is remote. The state of a plane

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