The Elemental Plane of Flesh!

[Mewtarthio]

Thinking about it shouldn't cancerbrums be chaotic? It fits with the nature of cancer after all, uncontrolled growth messing with the law of the body.

I don't think they're intelligent enough to be chaotic. Not that the parasights are considered "neutral" despite being controlled by the Evil paraminds. Now, if these guys were, like lemures or retrievers, composed of tangible, physical essence of the alignment (read: they had the [Chaos] subtype), then they'd be Chaotic, but they're just ordinary living beings that happen to be detrimental to the Plane of Flesh.

Speaking of cancerebrums, I really like that this is one of the most alien-looking planes in the multiverse but also quite possibly one of the safest places in the multiverse. Think about it: After a nasty, troublesome fight, you need only track down the nearest mitochondria or benign cancerebrum to get fully restored. Granted, that may be a little tricky if you're in an area swarming with horrible monsters that have killed all the mitochondria (or, worse, inside a Morticorpi), but in most peaceful or relatively calm areas you can get free, rapid healing.

On a completely unrelated note, Zeta Kai, how close do you need to be before the strange effects of the Cystemic Anomalies affect you?

[Eswyther]

Simply beautiful in the sense that the human body is beautiful at microscopic range. So, no. But I love the concept. I have copied it all down and it will be fun to through a few of those new elementals at my PC's who somehow love memorizing every monstermanual and creature supplement that comes out.
This is EXACTLY the sort of thing I frequent homebrew for. Thanks and I've seen your work before and am never dissapointed.

[Katasi]

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Bwahahaha...that's too great. I like the thought that that's where Neth comes from...although it's a little odd that they're found in the blood stream. I would also imagine that the Ovus Nodes are on another plane (say, the Astral) and describing how the Spermato get there would be a job for Lovecraft, methinks.

But yeah...you've definitely done a great job fleshing out this idea. :p

that's where the OTHER plane of flesh comes into play. (And I don't mean that undead one I was talking about before :P)

[Zeta Kai]

To Mewtarthio: I thought I had said so earlier, but I suppose I did not. You have to be 1d4 × 5' away from a Cystemic Anomaly to feel its effects. I will edit that post to include this little tidbit.

To Eswyther: Thank you so much for the kind words. Praise like that keeps me off the street & off of drugs. Well, not really, but it's nice, to be sure.

To Katasi: Huh?

[Katasi]

To Katasi: Huh?

That was in referance to this from the first page:

When I saw the title, I knew what you mean, but I immediatly jumped to a mental image of a really lecherous plane of sex, a sort of succubi home plane.

What you've got though is bloody amazing. Keep up the smashing work.

[slexlollar89]

This is fabulous! I already have an awesome campaign idea for the plane: the plane of flesh is actually the BBEG! The PCs are shrunk, and hav to escape his body or die, and afterwards, they have to fight him! The cool thing is, the PCs could make the later fight easier by giving him diseases like devil chills, rom the inside!

Simply put: great work! (but that hardly does this masterpeice justice)

[Bob_the_Mighty]

I haven't read anywhere near all of this yet, but what I have read is pure excellence. This is great.

[jagadaishio]

Flesh Inhabitants
The Elemental Plane of Flesh is a highly variable place, full of dynamic events & continually in flux. Despite this constant instability, it is not particularly hostile to visitors from other planes, & tourists from the Material Plane especially can find much in common with the natives, if not the landscape.

It seems to me that a dynamic, variable plane in constant flux would be mildly chaos aligned, rather than mildly law aligned as it stands now.

[Legendary]

But, no matter how it changes, everything unaffected by diseases and the like remain working together in perfect harmony, kept at a constant equilibrium. A chaotic realm is in flux, yes, but it generally tends towards places that are working out of balance.

[GreatWyrmGold]

...the Seven Hells...

There are 9 hells...

Great plane! I've first read it when I hadn't joined yet.

If and when I create an opposing plane, I'll post a link to it.

P.S. This isn't thread necromancy, right?
Edit2: It is?!? RAISE THREAD!

P.P.S. For some reason, my P.S. made me think of a zombie plane of flesh...

Edit: Link!

[Zeta Kai]

BTW, a PDF of this is coming within the next couple of weeks. Now that I know how to make PDF's of my work, I plan to do this for all my large projects. Stay tuned, & thanks for the kind words!

[Set]

Back in the 4e announcement days, when people where complaining about Fire Elementals not being immune to fire, I quipped, 'Well why should they be? I'm a meat elemental, and I'm not immune to being bludgeoned to death by porterhouse steak.'

And now someone's gone and made an elemental plane of meat. Cool. :)

It vaguely reminds me of a critter from Dragon #47, IIRC, the 'sea of flesh.' (Can't remember the original name. Aruchai?) Love the idea of a sentient living creature being it's own plane of existence, and inhabited by many crawling things that live on it's body. The notion of parts of it spawning off sounds coolly reminiscent of Shub-Niggurath and / or the Founders, from Deep Space 9, depending on which way you squint at it.

[LordZarth]

P.S. This isn't thread necromancy, right?

FYI, this is the biggest thread necromancy I've ever seen... you revived a two-year old thread. The rule is, threads are dead after three months. Just so you know.

But whatever. We all did it once.

[GreatWyrmGold]

FYI, this is the biggest thread necromancy I've ever seen... you revived a two-year old thread. The rule is, threads are dead after three months. Just so you know.

But whatever. We all did it once.

Sorry, I just don't know how to tell how long since a post was made. Since a post was edited, well, that's easier.

[Zeta Kai]

The rule is, threads are dead after three months.

It's not dead. Just like the Fleshplane itself, it's just sleeping.

And I will have a PDF up here soon, with all the info collected into one document. I'm not sure if there will be any bonus material, but I hope to at least have some pics. Wish me luck.

[GreatWyrmGold]

By the way...

Shields Up! (Ex): once per hour, an Ovus Node can bolster their defenses, adding a +10 natural armor bonus to their AC & gaining 1d6+4 temporary hit points

You've probably heard this before, but...how long does the natural armor bonus last?

[Zeta Kai]

You've probably heard this before, but...how long does the natural armor bonus last?

Huh, that's wierd. The version on my computer has the duration. At any rate, thanks for the catch. I've fixed the original entry to reflect the revision. For the record, this effect lasts for 1d6+4 rounds.

[LordZarth]

Sorry, I just don't know how to tell how long since a post was made. Since a post was edited, well, that's easier.

Oh, ok! It says on the top left-hand corner of each post.

[GreatWyrmGold]

It's not dead. Just like the Fleshplane itself, it's just sleeping.

Even if it was, I cast Raise Thread

Oh, ok! It says on the top left-hand corner of each post.

Huh. I never noticed that before. But back to this date I hear so much about...

[Lord of Syntax]

I think the ganglial node should have psionic powers, because, well... come on it's a giant fracking brain!

[Berserk Monk]

Elemental Plane of Flesh? That's the title of an adult film if I ever saw one. Not that I ever saw one. I mean, I don't watch those movies.

[waterpenguin43]

Actually, in MM5 they introduce the flesh mountains in the Abyss, nice work though, I like flesh mephits.

[Figgin of Chaos]

At first glance, I misread this as "The Elemental Plane of Fish."

Either way, nice work.

[GreatWyrmGold]

At first glance, I misread this as "The Elemental Plane of Fish."

Either way, nice work.

10 character rule

[Thrax]

No matter how disturbing is this idea, it's quite an interesting and refreshing thing. Can't be glanulords, paraminds and/or some flesh-plane-touched PCs at all? Even after some, say, adjustments?

[Lyndworm]

I've read this before, but I think it's time I commend you on your excellent work. For years now I've had in mind a third Material Plane, with the first being the campaign standard, the second being virtually identical, but powered by negative energy, and the third being some sort of weird hellish abomination, where the entire plane is a single living organism rather than the gabillions seen elsewhere.

Obviously, you've already done the hard part for me. Thank you.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Even after some, say, adjustments?

Of the level variety, or the "changing the creature" type?

[Thrax]

Of the level variety, or the "changing the creature" type?

Anything that would keep the flavour, but make it playable. Like, say, new breed, zerged in because of some unidentified (for us, mortals) danger.

[Anonymouswizard]

Well Zeta, i was reading this since befor I joined, and I must say it is a masterpeice if I ever saw one (although this would be the first). I am going to nick this for my world, add the sentinent trait and make it opposed to the elemental plane of magic (related to the idea of mind over matter and wotnot).
Keep up the good work, I want to see more of this homebrew!

EDIT: is this thread necromancy, if it is "ANIMATE THREAD!"

[MythMage]

One of the most impressive re-envisionings I have ever seen of a published D&D idea. Neth, the Plane that Lives, was never this cool. :D