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Cubic Gate

Cubic Gate
  • Category: Wondrous Item
  • Rarity: Legendary

This cube is 3 inches across and radiates palpable magical energy. The six sides of the cube are each keyed to a different plane of existence, one of which is the Material Plane. The other sides are linked to planes determined by the GM.

The cube has 3 charges and regains 1d3 expended charges daily at dawn. As a Magic action, you can expend 1 of the cube's charges to cast one of the following spells using the cube.

Gate. Pressing one side of the cube, you cast Gate, opening a portal to the plane of existence keyed to that side.

Plane Shift. Pressing one side of the cube twice, you cast Plane Shift, transporting the targets to the plane of existence keyed to that side.

Tactical Applications​

Combat Strategy: Provides ultimate mobility and escape options through planar travel. Most effective for strategic positioning, emergency evacuation, and accessing planar resources.

Class Synergies:

  • Any Class: Universal benefit for planar travel and strategic positioning
  • Leaders: Exceptional value for commanders requiring rapid deployment or evacuation
  • Explorers: Perfect for characters who need access to multiple planes of existence

Build Considerations: Most valuable for high-level characters who can benefit from planar travel and have responsibilities requiring multi-planar access.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Requires legendary planar materials, cosmic-level enchantment expertise, and divine or planar assistance. Typically costs 500,000+ gp if craftable at all.

Common Sources:

  • Rewards from legendary planar quests or cosmic-level achievements
  • Inheritance from legendary planar travelers or cosmic entities
  • Discovery in ancient planar nexus locations or cosmic artifacts
  • Gifts from planar lords or deities with multi-dimensional influence

Alternative Acquisition: Items of this power often become central campaign artifacts or legendary quest objectives involving planar politics.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: 1,000,000+ gp, with prices essentially unlimited due to legendary planar travel capabilities.

Trade Considerations: Items of this power are virtually never traded for currency, typically serving as cosmic diplomatic tools or campaign-defining artifacts.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests legendary status, cosmic responsibilities, or divine mandates involving multiple planes. The planar travel capability creates massive narrative implications.

Character Concepts:

  • Legendary planar diplomat with cosmic-scale responsibilities
  • Cosmic guardian tasked with protecting multiple planes of existence
  • Legendary explorer with divine mandate for planar investigation
  • Character with epic destiny involving inter-planar conflicts or alliances

Adventure Hooks​

The Planar Crisis: Cosmic threats require rapid travel between multiple planes to coordinate defenses or gather allies.

The Cosmic Diplomacy: Epic-level negotiations require establishing embassy connections across multiple planes of existence.

The Planar Evacuation: World-ending disasters require evacuating populations to safe planar destinations.

The Cosmic War: Epic conflicts span multiple planes, requiring strategic mobility and tactical positioning across dimensions.

Variants & Customization​

Supreme Cubic Gate (Artifact): Provides access to all known planes or unlimited charges for planar travel.

Divine Planar Nexus (Artifact): Enhanced with deity-level planar control and dimensional manipulation.

Cosmic Travel Cube (Legendary): Specialized for specific planar circuits or enhanced travel capabilities.

Specialized Variants:

  • Diplomatic Cosmic Cube: Optimized for inter-planar negotiation and embassy establishment
  • Military Strategic Gate: Enhanced for rapid troop deployment and tactical positioning
  • Explorer's Dimensional Key: Focused on safe exploration and research across multiple planes

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by cosmic entities or divine beings to enable legendary heroes to fulfill multi-planar destinies.

Historical Significance: Major cosmic events and legendary heroic acts required the planar mobility these cubes provided.

Cultural Impact: In planar societies, these cubes represent the ultimate expression of dimensional mastery and cosmic authority.

Planar Magic: The cubes serve as nexus points for planar energy, reflecting cosmic-level understanding of dimensional mechanics.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Only appropriate for epic-level campaigns (20+) where planar travel serves major narrative purposes and cosmic-scale adventures.

Campaign Impact: Provides game-changing mobility that can fundamentally alter how planar travel and cosmic adventures work.

Cosmic Scope: The planar access capabilities require campaigns designed around multi-dimensional storytelling and cosmic-scale threats.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Epic-level scenarios requiring rapid access to multiple planes of existence
  • Cosmic threats that span multiple dimensions and require planar coordination
  • Legendary diplomatic missions involving planar lords and cosmic entities
  • Campaign climaxes where planar positioning determines cosmic outcomes

Tactical Adjustments: Epic-level encounters may involve planar barriers, dimensional locks, or cosmic entities that challenge even legendary planar travel.

Legendary Planar Equipment: Other legendary items that provide planar travel or dimensional manipulation capabilities.

Cosmic Artifacts:

  • Items that provide cosmic-scale transportation or dimensional control
  • Equipment that enhances planar survival and inter-dimensional capabilities
  • Tools that work synergistically with cosmic-level adventures and planar politics

Complementary Equipment: Legendary items that benefit from or enhance multi-planar capabilities and cosmic-scale operations.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Cosmic Responsibility: Characters gain appreciation for the vast scope and responsibility that comes with planar travel capabilities.

Dimensional Awareness: The cube enables understanding of planar politics, cosmic geography, and multi-dimensional consequences.

Epic Destiny: Players experience what it means to operate on a cosmic scale with legendary magical capabilities that affect entire planes of existence.