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==The "Plane" of Shadow== | ==The "Plane" of Shadow== | ||
Each its associated Material Plane. Each overlaps with its Material Plane but may be smaller or larger in size, and they are in many ways warped and mocking of the Material Plane, each one tainted with negative energy and serving as home for strange monsters like undead shadows and worse. Since Shadow Planes are reflection planes 'cast' by the Outer Madness upon the Silver Sea, it is possible that eldritch fiends from the Deep Dark can pass into and out of Shadow Planes, to add to their manifold terrors. | |||
Explorers report that for every creature in the Prime Material, there exists an analog in the Shaded Place, and many times, there are many different versions of such analogs. Nothing is ever certain in the Plane of Shadow, except that every wonder you witness will be more awful than the last. | Explorers report that for every creature in the Prime Material, there exists an analog in the Shaded Place, and many times, there are many different versions of such analogs. Nothing is ever certain in the Plane of Shadow, except that every wonder you witness will be more awful than the last. | ||
There is some evidence that the Shadow Realm is actually many realms, and there may be multiple iterations of Shadow. There are reports of travelers who enter the Shadow Lands and come back to a Prime Material that they forever feel is slightly different than the one they came from. Such effects may be seen as permanent alterations of the mind of the traveler, because the alternative, that there are alternate Prime Planes, is almost certainly impossible. | There is some evidence that the Shadow Realm of the Prime Material is actually many realms, and there may be multiple iterations of Shadow. There are reports of travelers who enter the Shadow Lands and come back to a Prime Material that they forever feel is slightly different than the one they came from. Such effects may be seen as permanent alterations of the mind of the traveler, because the alternative, that there are alternate Prime Planes, is almost certainly impossible. | ||
Of course, the possibility that Shadow Stuff infects your mind and permanently alters you is perhaps even worse.... | Of course, the possibility that Shadow Stuff infects your mind and permanently alters you is perhaps even worse.... | ||