The Astral Plane

The Astral Plane (Transit Sequence)

Overview

Original GM content. Not Module 5. The astral plane appears in the campaign as a transit corridor — a brief atmospheric passage between the mountain cave and the Nettlewood. Module 5 was not played. No Module 5 NPCs, events, or creatures (Golbert, the three scavengers, King of Hammers, razorback dragon) exist in this campaign's continuity.

The Sequence (Confirmed)Confirmed — T3)

1.

The party activated a device at the spider camp inside the mountain cave (second level of the cave/tower structure).

2.

The world went somewhere else.

3.

There was a tower. A cloud inside the tower, or the tower inside the cloud.

4.

The eight stood on the cloud.

5.

They stepped off.

6.

The astral plane received them with profound indifference. They floated through it — drifting, weightless, moving in a direction that felt like forward through space with no clear opinion on the matter.

7.

The jungle (Nettlewood) was visible somewhere below and ahead.

8.

They came through into the Nettlewood jungle.

Pull Order into the Astral Plane

confirmed — T3 (both session-log-goblins.txt and session-log-goblins2.txt agree)

Sneaky Scorch (first — disappeared after interacting with the device) Princess Crackling (Shvub-Mah's fire-breathing pig companion) Rrrahah Bäähh Bubble Bomb Shvub-Mah Screech Sagg (last)

Party reached Level 5 upon emerging.

Rrrahah Bäähh's Dream

During the astral transit, Rrrahah Bäähh dreamed — eyes open, floating. The dream left marks: residue, not wounds. Something was seen that cannot be unseen. The content of the dream is Rrrahah Bäähh's to tell. It is not recorded in the campaign account.

Source: T3 confirmed — "Rabäh hat eine Traumbotschaft bekommen."

What This Is Not

• Not Module 5's Baglands (interior of a bag of holding / pocket demiplane).
• Not an entry triggered by falling into a bag.
• Not Golbert's tower.
• Squealy Nord did not transform into a razorback dragon here.
• There is no golden shears mechanism.

The Mountain Cave and Device

The transport device was found at the spider camp inside a mountain cave accessed via two stone pillars worn nearly formless by weather. The cave had two diverging paths. The party tookfollowed the path toward the spider sign, found something that had killed a spider and moved on, and at the camp found the device — strange-made, clearly not goblin-work and not human-work. Bubble Bomb examined it.

The cave and device are original GM content. No module source.

Notes

• The astral sequence is brief — atmospheric transit, not a full planar adventure.
• The tower/cloud/stepping-off sequence is the only described content of the astral transit itself.

Emergence point: Nettlewood, north of Thistletop. Geographically consistent with the subsequent Thistletop assault sequence. Party was Level 5 after emerging — reached Level 5 during or just after this transit.