RD&D Reference Document

The following list is a loose representation of the planes and locations of the RD&D multiverse, associating each major part with the products that describe it. The products named inside square brackets are cited in here for being the first appearance of a location, or its most current valid description, or a description of an important point in time for that location (before major changes due to a new edition of D&D). Most of these are considered core products for each setting, but not being cited here doesn't make a supplement for these campaign settings not part of the canon; these are just starting points.

the Multiverse

• fantasy Earth universe
  • fantasy Earth material plane
  • hyperspace
  • subspace
• the Plane of Shadows
• the Great Wheel [Planescape Campaign Setting, 1994; Manual of the Planes, 2001; Planar Handbook, 2004]
  • the Prime Material Plane [Spelljammer: AD&D Adventures in Space, 1989]
    • Greyspace
      • Oerth
        • Flanaess [World of Greyhawk, 1980; Living Greyhawk Gazetteer, 2000]
    • Mystara crystal sphere
      • Mystara [X1 The Isle of Dread, 1981; GAZ1 The Grand Duchy of Karameikos to GAZ14 The Atruaghin Clans, 1987 to 1991; Dawn of Emperors: Thyatis and Alphatia, 1989; Wrath of the Immortals, 1992]
        • Blackmoor [The First Fantasy Campaign, 1977; Dave Arneson's Blackmoor Campaign Setting, 2004]
        • the Known World
        • the Hollow World [Hollow World Campaign Set, 1990]
        • Thunder Rift [1992]
        • the Savage Coast [Red Steel, 1994; Savage Coast Campaign Book, 1996]
          • Jakandor [Jakandor, Island of War, 1997; Jakandor, Isle of Destiny, 1998; Jakandor, Land of Legend, 1998]
    • Pelinore [Imagine magazine, 1984]
    • Krynnspace
      • Krynn
        • Ansalon [DL1 Dragons of Despair to DL16 World of Krynn, 1984 to 1988; Dragonlance Adventures, 1987; Dragonlance: Fifth Age, 1996; Dragonlance Campaign Setting, 2003]
        • Taladas [Time of the Dragon, 1989]
        • Chorane, Selasia, and Watermere [Otherlands, 1990]
    • Nehwon [Lankhmar – City of Adventure, 1985; Fritz Leiber's Lankhmar: The New Adventures of Fafhrd and Gray Mouser, 1996]
    • Crimson Sphere ^[CS]
      • Athas [Dark Sun Boxed Set, 1991; Dark Sun Campaign Setting, Expanded and Revised, 1995; Dark Sun Campaign Setting, 2010]
      • Crimson Sun
      • Cinder
      • Yrim
      • Embers of Slag
      • Athas' moons Ral and Guthay
      • The Sextant
      • K'ydon
      • Xoyog
      • Rajaat
        • Kaincha
        • Asafrum
        • Th-ki-chu
        • Doshvaar
        • Hejin
        • Yuraj-Vul
        • Zan'vi
        • Ta'ajr
        • At-ur
      • Janavaar
      • Izithaar
        • Yojna
        • Xin'Chil
        • Ko'jai
        • Shurak
      • Lirua
      • the Messenger
      • the Fallen Forge
      • the Black Gulf
    • Realmspace
      • Abeir-Toril [Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, 1987; Forgotten Realms Adventures, 1990; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Revised, 1993; Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, 2001]
        • Kara-Tur [Oriental Adventures, 1985; Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms, 1988]
        • Faerûn [Player's Guide to Faerûn, 2004]
        • the Endless Waste [The Horde, 1990]
        • Maztica [Maztica Campaign Set, 1991]
        • Zakhara [Al-Qadim: Arabian Adventures, 1992; Al-Qadim: Land of Fate, 1992]
        • Malantra [Polyhedron magazine issue #102, 1995]
        • Arcane Age [Netheril: Empire of Magic, 1996; Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves, 1998; The Fall of Myth Drannor, 1998]
    • Aebrynisspace [Birthright Campaign Setting, 1995]
      • Aebrynis
        • Aduria
        • Djapar
        • Cerilia
        • Thaele
    • Council of Wyrms crystal sphere [boxed set, 1994; revised as a hardcover in 1999]
    • the Mahasarpa crystal sphere [The Mahasarpa Campaign: a campaign option web enhancement for Oriental Adventures, 2001]
    • the Ghostwalk crystal sphere [Ghostwalk Campaign Option, 2003]
    • Shard [Eberron Campaign Setting, 2004; Eberron: Rising From the Last War, 2019]
      • Siberys
      • Eberron
        • Aerenal
        • Argonnessen
        • Everice
        • Frostfell
        • Khorvaire
        • Salorna
        • Xen'drik
      • Khyber
  • the Ethereal Plane [A Guide the the Ethereal Plane, 1998]
    • the Demiplane of Dread [I6 Ravenloft, 1983; Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, 1990; Ravenloft Campaign Setting, 1994; Domains of Dread, 1997; Ravenloft Campaign Setting, 2001; Ravenloft Player's Handbook, 2004]
  • the Inner Planes [The Inner Planes, 1998]
    • the Positive Energy Plane
    • the Negative Energy Plane
    • the Elemental Planes of Air
    • the Elemental Planes of Earth
    • the Elemental Planes of Fire
    • the Elemental Planes of Water
    • the Paraelemental Planes of Ice
    • the Paraelemental Planes of Magma
    • the Paraelemental Planes of Ooze
    • the Paraelemental Planes of Smoke
    • the Positive Quasielemental Planes of Lightning
    • the Positive Quasielemental Planes of Mineral
    • the Positive Quasielemental Planes of Radiance
    • the Positive Quasielemental Planes of Steam
    • the Negative Quasielemental Planes of Ash
    • the Negative Quasielemental Planes of Dust
    • the Negative Quasielemental Planes of Salt
    • the Negative Quasielemental Planes of Vacuum
  • the Astral Plane [A Guide to the Astral Plane, 1996]
  • the Outer Planes [Planes of Chaos, 1994; Planes of Law, 1995; Planes of Conflict, 1995; A Player's Prime to the Outlands, 1995]
    • the Outlands
      • Sigil
      • Excelsior (independent gate town to Mount Celestia)
      • Tradegate (independent gate town to Bytopia)
      • Fortitude (independent gate town to Arcadia)
      • Ecstasy (independent gate town to Elysium)
      • Faunel (independent gate town to Bestlands)
      • Sylvania (independent gate town to Arborea)
      • Glorium (independent gate town to Ysgard)
      • Automata (independent gate town to Mechanus)
      • Rigus (independent gate town to Acheron)
      • Xaos (independent gate town to Limbo)
      • Bedlam (independent gate town to Pandemonium)
      • Ribcage (independent gate town to Baator)
      • Torch (independent gate town to Gehenna)
      • Hopeless (independent gate town to Gray Waste)
      • Curst (independent gate town to Carceri)
      • Plague-Mort (independent gate town to Abyss)
      • Tir na Og and Tir fo Thiunn (Celtic's gods' realms)
      • Realm of the Norns
      • Sheela Peryroyl's Realm
      • The Dwarven Mountain
        • Ironridge
      • Semuanya's Bog
      • Gzemnid's Realm (beholders)
      • Carverns of Thought (Ilsensine's realm)
      • The Palace of Judgement (Yen-Wang-Yeh's realm)
      • Tcashtri's label
      • Thoth's Estate
        • Thebestys
      • Hidden Realm (Annam's realm)
      • Mausoleum of Chronepsis
      • The Court of Light (Shekinester's realm)
    • Mount Olympus
    • River Oceanus
    • River Styx
    • Yggdrasil
    • Abyss
    • Acheron
    • Arborea
    • Arcadia
    • Baator
    • the Beastlands
    • Bytopia
    • Carceri
    • Elysium
    • Gehenna
    • the Gray Waste
    • Limbo
    • Mechanus
    • Mount Celestia
    • Pandemonium
    • Ysgard

The current year of the RD&D campaign is 1368 DR (or 336 NR) in the Realmspace, 1523 HC in the Aebrynisspace , FY 5 in the Crimson Sphere, 382 AC in the Krynnspace, 588 CY in the Greyspace, 752 BC in the Demiplane of Dread, and 1038 AC in the Mystara crystal sphere; 5050 OC for spelljammers and 127 Ha in Sigil. These relationships between the current year in each campaign setting are tentative at the moment.

Campaign starting dates for major products

Birthright

The year is 388 days long, divided into 12 months of 4 weeks, each with 8 days, and 4 extra days.

• 1524 HC (551 MR, 2039 MA) — Ruins of Empire, p. 6. In Birthright Campaign Setting (1995: AD&D2R)

Dark Sun

The year is 375 days long, divided into three phases of 125 days or 25 weeks of 15 days. Years are counted in cycles of 77 named years.

• 190th King's Age, the Year of Priest's Defiance (Y26), High Sun (FY 1) — Rules Book, p. 85. In Dark Sun (1991: AD&D2)
• 190th King's Age, the Desert's Fury (Y36) (FY 11) — The Age of Heroes: Rules for Conquering the Savage Land, p. 93. In Dark Sun Campaign Setting: Expanded and Revised (1995: AD&D2R)

Dragonlance

The year is 360 days long, divided into 12 months. The day is 24 hours long. (Each of the four moons phases are 9 days for Solinari, 7 days for Nuitari, and 2 days for Luitari.)

• 352 AC — Dragonlance Adventures, p. 104 (1987: AD&D1)
• 358–369 AC — World Book of Ansalon, p. 11. In Tales of the Lance (1992: AD&D2)
• 415 AC (31 SC) — Dusk or Dawn: Ansalon in the Fifth Age, p. 29. In Dragonlance: Fifth Age (1996: SAGA System)
• 420 AC (39 SC) — Dragonlance Campaign Setting, p. 210 (2003: D&D3)

Eberron

The year is 336 days long, divided into 12 months of 4 weeks, each with 7 days. The day is 24 hours long.

• 998 YK — Eberron Campaign Setting, p. 225 (2004: D&D3.5)

Forgotten Realms

The year is 365 days long, divided into 12 months of 3 tendays and 5 extra days. The day is 24 hours long.

• 1357 DR, Nightal 30 — Cyclopedia of the Realms, p.7. In Forgotten Realms Campaign Set (1987: AD&D1)
• 1367 DR, Nightal — A Grand Tour of the Realms, p. 23. In Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (1993: AD&D2; revised, 1996: AD&D2R)
• 1368 DR, Tarsakh, 13th — RD&D's Lost mine of Phandelver campaign
• 1370 DR — The Wilderness, p. 14. In The North: Guide to the Savage Frontier (1996: AD&D2R)
• 1372 DR, Shieldmeet — Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, p. 78 (2001: D&D3)

Greyhawk

Mystara

Ravenloft

Spelljammer

Planescape