The Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo
The Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo was an Outer PLane that embodied the chaotic neutral alignment.
This plane was supreme chaos, a twisting, quicksilver place filled with bits and pieces of rocks, trees, the four elements, entire landscapes, strong winds, and random pockets of liquid, solid, or gas. Sentient beings could dampen down the chaos to livable levels and produce a safe environment as long as they maintained concentration. The size of a safe zone was directly related to the intelligence of the individual controller. Demigods and more powerful beings did not have this burden and indeed could create realms that survived even if they left Limbo. Gravity operated only between solid objects that touched each other and had about the same strength as on most Prime Material Planes. Thrown objects would fly straight until they hit a solid object. Objects with no momentum would hang in space until contacted by something solid. Limbo had five layers that were nearly indistinguishable from each other. The first four layers were named for the chief race or diety that were most often found there. The Fifth layer was referred to as the layer of Lost Gods. A branch of Yggdrassil, the World Ash, connected the first layer of Ysgard to Limbo. It was a trajectory regularly chosen by the Great Modron March. GITH AND SLAAD This was described as the first layer of Limbo. Named after its most numerous inhabitants, the Githzerai and the Slaadi, the layer was scarcely distinguishable from the rest of the plane. Most of the portals in and out of Limbo were located in this layer, usually leading to Ysgard, Pandemonium, and the Outlands. They could assume any form, but were usually surrounded by slowly rotating areas of stable matter. However, these portals were highly unreliable, often leading to random locations. The barriers separating Gith and Slaad from the other layers of Limbo were considerably weaker than in other planes so that it was possible to find divine realms typically associated with other layers of the plane there, as well as permanent settlements throughout the plane. Those barriers were also constantly shifting their position, sometimes allowing portions of a neighbouring layer to bleed through, increasing or decreasing the layer's size. Many scholars simply disregarded the reason for the barriers' existence, considering the entire plane one single layer. Like all of Limbo, Gith and Slaad was a churning storm of ever-changing matter and energy, dotted with fragments of temporarily stable landscape. The raw chaos could be manipulated and stabilized by a creature's force of will. The Slaad were likely natives of Limbo and the Githzerai were immigrants (or refugees, if you ask the githyanki) and the first layer was named for them. This layer was strategically important because of its connections to Gladsheim, Concordant Opposition, Pandemonium and the Astral Plane. SUSANOWO Named after a deity from the country of Japan on Earth, he ruled a spherical bubble half filled with sea water and aquatic life and churned by storms of his making. AGNI Named after a deity from the country of India on Earth, he resided in a sphere of pure flame that floated through the layers at his will. INDRA Also from India, Indra's sphere was half-filled with enchanted milk and his palace stood on an island-sized tortoise (or possibly a tortoise-shaped island). LOST GODS It was unknown if any race or deity favoured this layer.
DESCRIPTION
This plane was supreme chaos, a twisting, quicksilver place filled with bits and pieces of rocks, trees, the four elements, entire landscapes, strong winds, and random pockets of liquid, solid, or gas. Sentient beings could dampen down the chaos to livable levels and produce a safe environment as long as they maintained concentration. The size of a safe zone was directly related to the intelligence of the individual controller. Demigods and more powerful beings did not have this burden and indeed could create realms that survived even if they left Limbo. Gravity operated only between solid objects that touched each other and had about the same strength as on most Prime Material Planes. Thrown objects would fly straight until they hit a solid object. Objects with no momentum would hang in space until contacted by something solid. Limbo had five layers that were nearly indistinguishable from each other. The first four layers were named for the chief race or diety that were most often found there. The Fifth layer was referred to as the layer of Lost Gods. A branch of Yggdrassil, the World Ash, connected the first layer of Ysgard to Limbo. It was a trajectory regularly chosen by the Great Modron March. GITH AND SLAAD This was described as the first layer of Limbo. Named after its most numerous inhabitants, the Githzerai and the Slaadi, the layer was scarcely distinguishable from the rest of the plane. Most of the portals in and out of Limbo were located in this layer, usually leading to Ysgard, Pandemonium, and the Outlands. They could assume any form, but were usually surrounded by slowly rotating areas of stable matter. However, these portals were highly unreliable, often leading to random locations. The barriers separating Gith and Slaad from the other layers of Limbo were considerably weaker than in other planes so that it was possible to find divine realms typically associated with other layers of the plane there, as well as permanent settlements throughout the plane. Those barriers were also constantly shifting their position, sometimes allowing portions of a neighbouring layer to bleed through, increasing or decreasing the layer's size. Many scholars simply disregarded the reason for the barriers' existence, considering the entire plane one single layer. Like all of Limbo, Gith and Slaad was a churning storm of ever-changing matter and energy, dotted with fragments of temporarily stable landscape. The raw chaos could be manipulated and stabilized by a creature's force of will. The Slaad were likely natives of Limbo and the Githzerai were immigrants (or refugees, if you ask the githyanki) and the first layer was named for them. This layer was strategically important because of its connections to Gladsheim, Concordant Opposition, Pandemonium and the Astral Plane. SUSANOWO Named after a deity from the country of Japan on Earth, he ruled a spherical bubble half filled with sea water and aquatic life and churned by storms of his making. AGNI Named after a deity from the country of India on Earth, he resided in a sphere of pure flame that floated through the layers at his will. INDRA Also from India, Indra's sphere was half-filled with enchanted milk and his palace stood on an island-sized tortoise (or possibly a tortoise-shaped island). LOST GODS It was unknown if any race or deity favoured this layer.
COSMOLOGY
AFTERLIFE
When souls arrived in the plane of Limbo, they were not allowed to manifest in some form but rather were absorbed into the matter of the plane. Occasionally a collection of spirits would become powerful enough to form what was called a chaos elemental, not to be confused with a being from the elemental planes.NOTABLE LOCATIONS
The realms of the powers that resided in Limbo resided through the various layers at will and so are listed here in no particular order.- The salad lords Ssendam and Ygorl maintained realms most often found in the first layer but away from areas not under their control. Ssendam's citadel is a golden citadel, while Ygorl's realm is a chain of carved spheres that whirl about.
- The githzerai formed hamlets, villages and one large city out of the chaos, known as the Floating City or Citadel of Gith ruled by the Great Githzerai.
Type
Dimensional plane
