Material Plane

Template:Greyhawk Plane The Prime Material Plane (also called the Material Plane or the Prime) is the central plane of existence. The Prime is the plane most similar to real-world Earth, with the same basic physical laws and features, and has no direct connection with any other planes except via |magic portals or spells. The Prime Material Plane is the primary location of most Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings, with the exceptions of Ravenloft and Planescape.

The inhabitants of each Material Plane always refer to their own plane as the Prime Material Plane.

Description

In the World of Greyhawk setting, the Material Plane consists of Greyspace and all of its contents, including Oerth.

In the cosmology shared by the Planescape and Spelljammer settings, there is only one Prime Material Plane, which contains many different worlds. In other cosmologes, such as that used by the Manual of the Planes, there are numerous different Material Planes. The Third Edition Manual of the Planes refers exclusively to the "Material Plane" rather than the "Prime Material Plane." Therefore, according to this cosmology, Realmspace, Krynnspace, and other campaign settings are "sister" Material Planes to Greyspace.

Inhabitants

The Prime Material is inhabited by numerous sentient races, most notably humans, but also dragons, dwarves, elves, giants, gnolls, gnomes, goblinoids, halflings, kobolds, lizardfolk, orcs, and many other lifeforms.

Fauna

The variety of fauna on the Prime Material is vast, spanning the entire animal kingdom.

Bibliography

• Grubb, Jeff. Manual of the Planes. Lake geneva, WI: TSR, 1987.

• Grubb, Jeff, David Noonan, and Bruce Cordell. Manual of the Planes. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.