DM Entry: More Notes about Magic on the Planes

Below is a couple of tables with some notes. The first table indicates which kinds of effects are modified by the planar magic effects. All effects fall into one of four categories: Extraordinary (not magic), Spells, Spell-like Abilities, and Supernatural Abilities. And all abilities are subject to all three kinds of planar effects, General, School/Subschool, and Element. So the first table below is to cross reference your ability and see how it is affected. Extraordinary is not listed, since that is not magic and thus not affected.

	Spells	Spell-like Abilities	Supernatural Abilities
General Planar Modifications (such as failure chance based on alignment in Mt Celestia, and lack of extradimensional spaces in the outer planes)	All	All	All
Planar Modifications by School and Subschool (creatures native to the plane ignore this row)	All	Only if it mentions a specific spell name, or if it lists schools and/ or subschools	Only if it mentions a specific spell name, or if it lists schools and/ or subschools
Planar Modifications by Element (air, cold, earth, fire, water)	Yes, if it has an element	Yes, if it has an element	Yes, if it has an element

The next table shows some examples of how some abilities and class abilities are affected on the planes.

	General Modifications	School (Subschool) Modifications	Element Modifications
Warlock
Eldritch Blast (Sp)	Yes	Not affected by planar modifications	Not affected by planar modifications
Invocations (Sp)	Yes	Only if it mentions a specific spell name	Yes, if it has an element
Baleful utterance (Sp) invocation	Yes	Yes (as shatter)	Not affected by planar modifications
Blast shapes (Sp)	Yes	Only if it mentions a specific spell name	Yes, if it has an element
Eldritch cone (Sp) blast shape	Yes	Not affected by planar modifications	Not affected by planar modifications
Truenamer
Utterances (Sp)	Yes	Only if it mentions a specific spell name	Yes, if it has an element
Inertia surge (Sp) utterance	Yes	Yes (as freedom of movement)	Not affected by planar modifications
Greater word of nurturing (Sp) utterance	Yes	Not affected by planar modifications	Not affected by planar modifications
Binder
Vestige granted powers (Su)	Yes	Only if it mentions a specific spell name	Yes, if it has an element
Geryon vestige (Su)	Yes	Acidic gaze— Not affected by planar modifications All-around vision— Not affected by planar modifications See in darkness— Not affected by planar modifications Swift flight— Not affected by planar modifications	Not affected by planar modifications
Andromalius vestige (Su)	Yes	Jester’s mirth—Yes (as Tasha’s hideous laughter) Locate item—Not affected by planar modifications See the unseen—Yes (as see invisibility) Sense trickery—Not affected by planar modifications Sneak attack—Not affected by planar modifications	Not affected by planar modifications
Shadowcaster
Mysteries (Spells, Sp, and Su)	Yes	Yes (each mystery has a specific school and/or subschools)	Yes, if it has an element
Flesh fails (mystery)	Yes	Yes (necromancy)	Not affected by planar modifications
Martial Adept
Maneuvers (Ex) counter, stance, strike, or boost	No	Not affected by planar modifications	Not affected by planar modifications
Maneuvers (Su) counter, stance, strike, or boost	Yes	Only if it mentions a specific spell name, or if it lists schools and/ or subschools	Yes, if it has an element
Fan the flames (Su) maneuver—strike	Yes	Not affected by planar modifications	Yes (fire)
Martial spirit (Ex) maneuver—stance	No	Not affected by planar modifications	Not affected by planar modifications
Factotum
Arcane dilettante (Sp)	Yes	Yes (as spell)	Yes, if it has an element
Dragon breath weapon	Yes	Only if it mentions a specific spell name, or if it lists schools and/ or subschools	Yes, if it has an element
Brass dragon line of fire (Su)	Yes	No	Yes (fire)
Brass dragon cone of sleep (Su)	Yes	No	Not affected by planar modifications
Tanar’ri
Summon tanar’ri (Sp) (when not in the Abyss)	Yes	Yes (as summon monster)	Not affected by planar modifications
Summon tanar’ri (Sp) (when in the Abyss)	Yes	Not affected by planar modifications	Not affected by planar modifications

The first two players to leave a comment on this have discovered additional treasure on the rakshasa and fire giant. They were carrying a bag used for spellcasting. Within the bag are 5 halfling fingers magically preserved to be still bloody and 2 eyes taken from a elf child. Both are optional material components that can used during spellcasting, described below. Using these as a spell component is an evil act.

Halfling Finger: If a spell that this component is applied to requires a touch attack (melee or ranged), there is a 40% chance to receive a +1 profane bonus on the attack roll. The finger must be intact and well preserved (still bloody).

Elf Child’s Eye: A spell that this component is applied to has a 20% chance to have its duration doubled. The eye must be intact and fresh (or preserved).

The bag also contains 5 onyx gemstones worth 25 gp each.

The two people who comment can decide how to split this treasure with each other (or to divide it up with the party if you like).