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title: Astral Adventuring
description: Notes and rules for adventuring in the astral plane.
date_pub: 2023-02-19T15:10:00-05:00
date_upd: 2023-04-24T18:05:00-04:00
section: astral
content_type: feature
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[[toc]]
### Sequence of Play Per Day
### Astral Travel Procedure
1. Decide course: The players decide on their course of travel for the day.
2. Losing direction: The referee determines whether the party gets lost.
3. Wandering creatures: The referee makes checks as applicable.
4. Description: The referee describes the regions passed through and any sites of interest that the party comes across, asking players for their actions, as required. If creatures are encountered, follow the procedure described in Encounters.
5. End of day: The referee updates time records, with special attention to spell durations.
The steps to take for each phase of astral travel:
### Astral Currents
1. **Setup**: Referee describes the situation
2. **Decide Course**: Players decide on their course of travel for the phase and any planned activities for the day.
3. **Complication Check**: Referee makes a complication check.
4. **Description**: Referee describes the regions passed through, any points of interest that the party comes across, and any complications they encounter.
5. **Actions / Responses / Complications** - Party declares actions, referee describes the results.
6. **End of Phase**: The referee updates time records.
7. **Repeat**: Return to step 2 and repeat until travel ends.
Invisible flows of psychic energy that permeate and swirl around the astral plane.
#### Complication Check
- Creatures move up to 10x faster when moving with the current (or faster).
Roll 1d6, ignoring results of 4+ for the first 2 checks.
- Ships designed to ride on these currents are called **AstralJammers**.
- An encounter check is typically rolled once every other day, but the referee may choose to make more checks (ex: when near a [port](#portals) or [outpost](#outposts)), up to 1 per day (or even 1 per phase).
- The chance of encountering a wandering creature is typically 1-in-6 in the deep astral, 2-in-6 near other ports or outposts.
**Distance**: Wandering creatures are encountered 4d6 × 10 yards away. If either side is surprised (see Encounters), this is reduced to 1d4 × 10 yards.
**Location**: Astral encounters may occur either in the open astral plane or on land (such as a fragment, island, or dock), if the party lands or docks at some point during the day.
1. **Encounter**: Wandering creature, social encounter, or some other random interaction.
2. **Signs**: Indications of possible encounter nearby - could be a clue, indications of a creature nearby, etc.
3. **Locality**: Some environmental or external event that affects the PCs - psychic storm, fragment, etc.
4. **Pilot / Ship Issue**: Pilot / power source exhaustion or some other ship complication, takes 1d6 shifts to resolve and resume travel (50% chance the ship will have to remain in dock for 1d6 phases to make additional repairs).
5. **Lose Direction**: Each phase spent moving in the wrong direction adds 1d4-1 additional phases of travel.
6. **No Complications**
**Frequency of Check**
- In the deep astral, check once every other day (once per every 6 phases).
- Near an outpost or port (within 1-2 days travel), check once per day, or even once per phase (for busy outposts).
### Calendar
As of last session, it is the **middle of the 1st phase of the 1st Fyday of Urtson-Nu, in year 5023 of the Common Astral Calendar**.
!!!include(today.md)!!!
- Each day on the astral plane is broken up into 3 phases of 24 astral-hours (to keep the astral calendars in sync with the material planes).
- There are 6 days in a week, 5 weeks in a month, 3 months in a season, and 4 season in a year.
- Additionally, each phase while travelling on an astral cruiser is broken up into 3 shifts.
- There are 3 shifts in a phase, 3 phases in a day, 6 days in a week, 5 weeks in a month, 3 months in a season, and 4 season in a year.
- Each day is named after one of the elements:
- Urtday (Earth)
- Aerday (Air)
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- Fyson (Fire)
- Warson (Water)
### Currents
Invisible flows of psychic energy that permeate and swirl around the astral plane.
- Creatures move up to 10x faster when moving with the current (or faster).
- Vessels designed to ride on these currents are called **astral cruisers**.
- They can use the currents to move at [travel](#travel) speed.
### Distance and Measurement
- Ranges are measured in yards, rather than feet (so **3x**).
- Ranges are measured in yards, rather than feet (3x increase).
- Areas of spell effects, blasts, etc. are still measured in feet.
- Movement rates:
- For creatures - measured in feet.
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- Pursuing side closes in on fleeing side
- Distance between sides decreases by the difference between their movement rates (minimum 30' per round).
#### Astralborne Evasion
#### Ship-Based Evasion
- Vessel use the same table, replacing feet with yards in the measurements speed.
- Vessels use the same table, replacing feet with yards in the measurements speed.
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### Encounters
- An encounter check is typically rolled once every other day, but the referee may choose to make more checks (ex: when near a [port](#portals) or [outpost](#outposts)), up to 1 or 2 per day.
- The chance of encountering a wandering creature is typically 1-in-6 in the deep astral, 2-in-6 near other ports or outposts.
#### Distance
Encounters between ships usually start 1400 + (1d6\*100) yards out (about a mile apart).
- Wandering creatures are encountered 4d6 × 10 yards away.
- If any side is stealthy, this is reduced to 1d4 × 10 yards.
- Astral encounters between ships usually start 1400 + (1d6\*100) yards out (about a mile, the distance that ships auto drop out of slipstream / travel speed when they encounter something )
**Location**: Astral encounters may occur either in the open astral plane or on land (such as a fragment, island, or dock), if the party lands or docks at some point during the day.
### Fragments
Pieces of other planes (usually floating) in the astral plane. The shape is typically determined by the plane of origin:
- **Fire** - Fragments from the elemental plane of fire are usually globes of elemental fire (used in Dwarven fire engines and some Drahki weapons).
- **Water** - Fragments from the elemental plane of water are usually globes of water.
- **Earth** - Fragments from the elemental plane of earth are usually irregularly-shaped chunks of rock and dirt.
- **Fire**: Fragments from [the elemental plane of fire](/planes/elemental.html) are usually globes of elemental fire (used in Dwarven fire engines and some Drahki weapons).
- **Water**: Fragments from [the elemental plane of water](/planes/elemental.html) are usually globes of water.
- **Earth**: Fragments from [the elemental plane of earth](/planes/elemental.html) are usually irregularly-shaped chunks of rock and dirt.
- Large fragments of earth are called **islands**, and often used to support a stronghold or outpost in the astral void.
- **Air** - Fragments from the elemental plane of air are usually globes of air (used to supply some ships traveling to airless planes)
- **Chaos** - Fragments from the elemental plane of chaos are usually jet black globes, and tend to function as spheres of annihilation.
- **Law** - Fragments from the elemental plane of law are usually globes of crackling, radiant energy.
- **Air**: Fragments from [the elemental plane of air](/planes/elemental.html) are usually globes of air (used to supply some ships traveling to airless planes)
- **Chaos**: Fragments from [the elemental plane of chaos](/planes/elemental.html) are usually jet black globes, and tend to function as spheres of annihilation.
- **Law**: Fragments from [the elemental plane of law](/planes/elemental.html) are usually globes of crackling, radiant energy.
- It's believed that these arise spontaneously when a fragment from the plane of chaos appears, and are equal in size to the chaos ones.
- When a fragment of law and chaos are combined, the resulting release of energy can be seen for thousands of miles around.
- When a fragment of law and chaos are combined, the resulting release of energy looks like white and black ligthning, and can be seen for thousands of miles around.
### Gravity
**Subjective gravity**: Capable creatures (INT 5 or greater) can change "down" with a thought (CHA check if under duress).
- Subjective, with capable creatures (INT 5 or greater) able to change "down" with a thought (CHA check if under duress).
- Falling speed is INT x 30' / combat round, specific maneuvers require a CHA check.
- Objects float in space unless able to move on their own (as above) or acted upon by an external force.
- Unintelligent creatures fall "down" at 100' / round.
**Falling / Flying**: Speed is INT x 30' / round (INT x 10' / encounter), specific maneuvers require a CHA check.
### Languages
**Free floating**: Objects float in space unless able to move on their own (as above) or acted upon by an external force.
- Alignment languages are the same throughout the multiverse.
- The same version of Common is spoken throughout the multiverse, with only the perceived accent of a speaker changing (along with certain slang).
- Each racial language spoken and written on a given plane is a dialect of that same language on other planes.
**Unintelligent creatures**: Fall "down" at 100' / round.
#### Meless Weapons
### Losing Direction
**With a navigator aboard**: The chance of getting lost is 1-in-6.
**Without a navigator aboard**: The chance of getting lost is 100% in the open astral void and 2-in-6 within sight of an astral body.
**Effects**: See [Losing Direction](https://oldschoolessentials.necroticgnome.com/srd/index.php/Hazards_and_Challenges).
- Gain an additional attack range option, **Distant**:
- -4 to attack rolls.
- Range is 1 mile.
### Outposts
A stronghold, shop, or town in the astral plane, usually established on a large island.
**Docks**: Those interested in trade will have one (or more) docks for passing ships.
**Ports**: Outposts with permanent portals to other planes.
- Those interested in trade will have one (or more) docks for passing ships.
- Outposts with [permanent portals](#portals) to other planes are called **ports**.
### Psychic Clouds
Thin streams of psychic "vapor", hundreds to thousands of miles across, which appear as clouds when viewed from distance.
**Psychic Storms** - Enormous storms of psychic energy which can disable a ship as well as its crew. Often found crawling with astral zombies. Best to avoid.
- Psychic Storms are enormous storms of psychic energy which can disable a ship as well as its crew. Often found crawling with astral zombies. Best to avoid.
### Portals
**Use**: Step through to arrive on the destination plane.
Usually manifest as flat, shimmering discs of various colors that appear to float in place.
**Destination**: Can lead to any other plane (Inner, Outer, or Material).
**Color**: Each different destination has its own color, and a portal leading to a character's home plane will always look silver to them.
**Directionality**: Most portals (99%) are one-way, and only visible (when open) from the entry side, but become two-way for 1d4 rounds after a character steps through.
**Duration**: Most portals (99%) are temporary, lasting 1d20 hours.
**Interactivity**: Can be opened, closed, or made translucent (allowing characters to see the other end for one turn) with a successful CHA check within 60' of the portal.
**Pools**: Temporary portals which lead from the astral to other planes.
**Ports**: Permanent portals to other planes, often established on a island and attached to an outpost.
- Can be used by passing through to arrive on the destination plane.
- May lead to any other plane (Inner, Outer, or Material).
- Each different destination has its own color, and a portal leading to a character's home plane will always look silver to them.
- Most portals (99%) are temporary, lasting 1d20 hours.
- Most portals (99%) are one-way, and only visible (when open) from the entry side, but become two-way for 1d4 rounds after being passed through.
- An open portal may be be closed or made translucent (allowing characters to see the other end for one turn) with a successful CHA check within 60' of the portal.
- Temporary portals which lead from the astral to other planes are called **pools**.
- Permanent portals which lead from the astral to other planes are called **ports**, and are usually established on a island and attached to an [outpost](#outposts).
### Surprise
Wandering astral creatures are not usually surprised by traveling vessels. Special circumstances (e.g. thick astral clouds, psychic storm) may alter this.
Wandering astral creatures are not usually surprised by traveling vessels. Special circumstances (ex: thick astral clouds, or a psychic storm) may alter this.
### Temperature
The ambient temperature in the astral plane tends towards the tepid side for most humans and demihumanas, being roughly equivalent to a war spring day in a temperate climate.
The ambient temperature in the astral plane tends towards the tepid side for most humans and demihumanas, being roughly equivalent to a warm spring day in a temperate climate.
### Time
**Quickened**: 3 rounds pass in the astral plane for each round that passes in a Material Plane.
- Time is quckened: 3 rounds pass in the astral plane for each round that passes in a Material Plane.
- Spells cast in the Astral plane appear to last 3 times as long as listed
**Effects Stopped**: The effects of time don't happen while on the astral plane. This means that characters in the Astral Plane:
- do not age,
- do not need to breathe,
- do not need to eat or drink (which also means that they can't expend a ration to heal), and
- do not need to sleep (which also means that they can't heal from sleep), although they do still need to rest for 8 hours each day
- The effects of time don't happen while on the astral plane. This means that characters in the Astral Plane:
- do not age,
- do not need to breathe,
- do not need to eat or drink (which also means that they can't expend a ration to heal), and
- do not need to sleep (which also means that they can't heal from sleep), although they do still need to rest for 8 hours each day
### Travel
**By Ship** - Travel between most ports under the control of the Astral Trade Union takes 1d6+2 days.
Travel by astral cruiser (via the [astral currents](#astral-currents)) to any known location within the astral plane usually takes 3-30 days.
**Without a Ship** - The vast distances between landmarks means one could fall for weeks, months, or even years before coming across any other creatures.
**Docking**: It takes 1 turn for a ship to dock, and 1 turn for it to disembark.
- Travel between most ports under the control of the Astral Trade Union only takes 1d6+2 days.
- Without a ship, the vast distances between landmarks means one could fall for weeks, months, or even years before coming across any other creatures.
- It takes 1 turn for a ship to dock, and 1 turn for it to disembark.
### Visibility
**Astral Bodies**: An astral body (such as a fragment, island, or even a dead god) may be spotted at a distance of hundreds of miles (based on its size).
**Ships**: May be sighted at great distances by the contrails they leave behind in the psychic clouds that permeate the plane. Identification is usually limited to tactical range (approxmiately 1 mile) in the open astral plane, or as little as 100 yards in a psychic storm.
- maybe differentiate between tactical and travel speed?
- travel speed = within 12 hours, can see the contrails (of other ships moving at travel speed)
- sighting ships by travel time
- what is the range of slowdown?
### Wandering Monsters
**Frequency**: A check is typically rolled once every other day, but the referee may choose to make more checks (e.g. when near a port or outpost): up to 1 or 2 a day.
**Chance**: The chance of encountering a wandering creature is 1-in-6 in the deep astral, 2-in-6 near other ports or outposts.
**Distance**: Wandering creatures are encountered 4d6 × 10 yards away. If either side is surprised (see Encounters), this is reduced to 1d4 × 10 yards.
**Location**: Astral encounters may occur either in the open astral plane or on land (such as a fragment, island, or dock), if the party lands or docks at some point during the day.
- An astral body (such as a [fragment](#fragments), island, or even a dead god) may be spotted at a distance of hundreds of miles (based on its size).
- Vesssels (and large creatures) may be sighted at great distances by the contrails they leave behind in the psychic clouds that permeate the plane.
- Identification is usually limited to tactical range (approxmiately 1 mile) in the open astral plane, or as little as 100 yards in a psychic storm.

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As of last session, it is the **middle of the 1st phase of the 1st Fyday of Urtson-Nu, in year 5023 of the Common Astral Calendar**.
!!!include(today.md)!!!
Below is a timeline of major events in (this section of) the astral plane:
- **CAC** - The Common Astral Calendar
- **BAC** - Before the (Common) Astral Calendar
- **CAC**: The Common Astral Calendar
- **BAC**: Before the (Common) Astral Calendar
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| **circa 3,000 CAC**<br />_(ca. 2,000 years ago)_ | The Drahki arrive in the astral plane, establish the Drahki Federation. |
| **3961 CAC**<br />_(1062 years ago)_ | The Stral slay the Dwarf king Thurborg Goldhelm and claim ownership of the Forge. |
| **4759 CAC**<br />_(264 years ago)_ | The Ghyffan Expeditionary Force arrives in the astral plane. |
| **4644 CAC**<br />_(379 years ago)_ | Zenopus arrives to the astral plane from Ayreon. |
| **4925 CAC**<br />_(98 years ago)_ | Zenopus establishes Sapphire Cove. |
</div>
<!-- Dates to add later: -->
<!-- | **4644 CAC**<br />_(379 years ago)_ | Zenopus arrives to the astral plane from Ayreon. | -->
<!-- | **4925 CAC**<br />_(98 years ago)_ | Zenopus establishes Sapphire Cove. | -->

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title: Astral Vessels
description: Information about the various ships found in the astral plane.
date_pub: 2023-02-15T00:26:00-05:00
date_upd: 2023-05-18T10:13:00-04:00
section: astral
content_type: feature
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- Controlled by a **Pilot**.
- It takes one round to activate a console, and one round to deactivate a console.
- While active:
- The pilot can sense the astral currents that surround the ship.
- The pilot may move the ship in any direction at individual flight / "falling" speed (INT \* 30')
- can see currents and (subtly) move ship between them (although you can't turn the ship without using the sails)
- viewpoint is the front of the ship (as if standing on the bow), but can be turned 90 degrees left or right (so behind can be seen, but not well)
- The only movement capable via a standard astral console is forward (at
- It can take up to 1 turn to find a suitable current to ride at "traveling speed"
- While active, the pilot:
- can sense the astral currents that surround the ship,
- may move the ship in any direction at tactical speed (INT x 30 yards / round),
- can see currents and (subtly) move ship between them (although turning the ship at traveling speed can't be done without using the sails),
- can see as if standing on the bow of the ship (typically facing forward, but can be turned 90 degrees left or right to see off of the port and starboard decks, respectively).
- Note that directly behind the ship can be seen, but only peripherally.
- It can take up to 1 turn to find a suitable current to ride at [travel speed](./adventuring.html#travel).
- Once a console has been installed on a vessel, it cannot be forcibly removed (without using the "release" word) until the integrity of the vessel itself has been compromised.
- The pilot can be any character class.
- Piloting a ship via a console requires concentration, and shouldn't be done for more than 8 hours in a row.
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- Using an astral console while wearing a planar compass provides the pilot with an enhanced ability to see the ship, its surrounding area, and even distant targets.
- The compass can be focused on any ship or location within one day's travel of the wearer at their current speed.
#### Other Types of Engines
### Other Types of Engines
- **Fire Engines** - A large thruster, built (and usually controlled) by Dwarves, and powered by elemental fire. Rumored to be capable of propelling even the largest vessels at traveling speeds.
- **Life Engines** - Some evil-aligned races use the life energy from slaves and captives to power their vessels.
- **Mind Engines** - Some psychic races use their psychic energy to power and control their vessels.
- **Orbipods (Tyrant Ships)** - Eye Tyrant ships are powered by one or more orbi (singular orbus), a mutant eye tyrant bred solely for this purpose.
- **Fire Engines**: A large thruster, built (and usually controlled) by Dwarves, and powered by elemental fire. Rumored to be capable of propelling even the largest vessels at traveling speeds.
- **Life Engines**: Some evil-aligned races use the life energy from slaves and captives to power their vessels.
- **Mind Engines**: Some psychic races use their psychic energy to power and control their vessels.
- **Orbipods (Tyrant Ships)**: Eye Tyrant ships are powered by one or more orbi (singular orbus), a mutant eye tyrant bred solely for this purpose.
#### Engine Speed
### Engine Speed
Most engines caan move at two speeds: **tactical speed** and **travel speed**.
#### Tactical Speed
For astral cruisers that aren't riding currents, or any ship within 1 mile of another:
- **Console** = Pilot's INT x 30 yards / round
- **Orbipod** = 300 yards / round for a single one, each additional adds a 20% (60 yards / round) boost
- 2 orbipods = 360 yards / round
- 3 orbipods = 420 yards / round
#### Travel Speed
So fast that distance becomes meaningless, and only time is specified (ex: 2 days travel).
- Astral cruisers (including those powered by consoles) need to ride on the astral currents to attain this speed.
- Ships powered by fire engines are alleged to be able to reach this speed without using currents (although it takes a full phase of travel to reach that speed).
### Roles
Party members can fulfill various roles aboard astral vessels.
- **Pilot** - the character who flies the ship, typically via an astral console.
- **Gunner** - a character who mans a ship-board weapon (ex: a ballista).
- **Boatswain** - a character who helps maintain (and potentially improve) the various components of the ship.
- **First Mate** - the charcter who leads the rest of the crew in their duties.
- **Navigator** - a character with experience reading astral maps and plotting courses by them.
- **Surgeon** - a character who heals the wounded members of the crew, be it through magic or medicine (or both).
- **Pilot**: the character who flies the ship, typically via an astral console.
- **Gunner**: a character who mans a ship-board weapon (ex: a ballista).
- **Boatswain**: a character who helps maintain (and potentially improve) the various components of the ship.
- **First Mate**: the charcter who leads the rest of the crew in their duties.
- **Navigator**: a character with experience reading astral maps and plotting courses by them.
- **Surgeon**: a character who heals the wounded members of the crew, be it through magic or medicine (or both).
#### Bonuses for Roles
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- **First Mate**: May make a CHA check.
- **Boatswain**: May make their choice of an INT or DEX check.
- **Bonus effects**: Choose one of the following for each successful check:
- +1 level (30' / round) to pursuit / evasion speed.
- +1 level (30 yards / round) to pursuit / evasion speed.
- +1 AC to the ship _AND_ all creatures on board until the end of the round.
- +1 to all attack rolls made by the ship _AND_ all creatures on board until end of the round.
- **Performing bonus checks**: _Must_ be declared before initiative is rolled, occurs at the start of the party's side of combat (just before the "fire missiles" combat phase while the party's side has initiative).
- **Performing bonus checks**: _Must_ be declared before initiative is rolled, occurs at the start of the party's side of combat.
### Ship Statistics
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### Determining Crew
AstralJammer crew may be determined randomly through a series of dice rolls.
The crew compliment of an astral cruiser may be determined randomly through a series of dice rolls.
#### Crew Makeup
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| 2d6 | Type |
| :-: | :---------------------------------------------: |
| 2 | Elves |
| 3 | Feyfolk (Nixies, Fairies, Sprites, etc.) |
| 3 | Faefolk (Nixies, Fairies, Sprites, etc.) |
| 4 | Dwarves |
| 5 | Automatons (roll for size / shape?) |
| 6 | Drahki (roll for color / breath weapons) |