@TheEdVerse
Greetings Great Sage,
I was perusing the Dragon Magazine archives for more information on the Plane of Mirrors and the Plane of Dreams.
The former amounted to about a sentence, and the latter popped up in more lurid sources.
Thus I ask whether you can shed light!— Nicole Martinsen (@MissMartinsen) December 6, 2021
1)
Hi! Sure!
There’s a very good overview of the Plane of Dreams here: http://candlekeep.com/library/articles/regionofdreams.htm
As for the Plane of Mirrors, all that’s been officially published is summarized ably at the FRWiki. 2)
Here we go with how I described it in a long-ago (1980) RPGA module (an official GenCon charity adventure, so canon):
Its entrances/exits (and windows) are mirrors, both natural and artificial reflective surfaces. When you’re…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 6, 2021
3)
…within it, it seems to be an endless corridor, with walls, floor and ceiling lined with a myriad hodgepodge of different-sized windows (to beings on the “other side” of each of them, these are mirrors).
#Realmslore 4)
Radiant energy “leaks” into the Plane from the Positive Material Plane (yes, the PMP exists, as a transitive plane akin to the Plane of Mirrors but “thicker,” and looking like a void of endless white glowing mist) constantly, …#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 6, 2021
5)
…repairing the mirrors and any damage to the surfaces that hold them (actually, within which they float). There are no growing things (food) native to the mirror plane, but many creatures have found their ways into it through… 6)
…the mirrors/windows, and some remain in it for a time, healing (the radiant energy benefits living things that aren’t necrotic/negative). They have brought a lot of items with them, over time, including food, and some of…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 6, 2021
7)
…these things are still to be found in “the mirror realm” (or “Mirrorland,” as the dwarf adventurer Bueryndin called it).
The ”floor” of the Plane of Mirrors is actually its border with the Ethereal Plane; if you breach the… 8)
…floor BETWEEN mirrors/windows (which lead to wherever the other side of a particular mirror/reflective window is), you pass into the Ethereal Plane. Amid a sparkling chaos of particles borne on swirling air, and a chiming/…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 6, 2021
9)
…/tinkling of those tiny particles clashing and rebounding.
Fresh air drifts through all of the mirrors/windows, replenishing the air of the Plane of Mirrors constantly, and occasionally imbuing it locally and temporarily… 10)
…with smoke, fog, and scents from the air “it’s coming from.”
It’s possible to store things in the Plane of Mirrors, but only by encasing them in mirror/reflective-surfaced coffers, coffins, or chests. Otherwise, they…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 6, 2021
11)
…eventually drift through a mirror/window into the“otherwhere” on the far side of that surface.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 6, 2021