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Well of Many Worlds

Well Of Many Worlds
  • Category: Wondrous Item
  • Rarity: Legendary

This fine black cloth, soft as silk, is folded up to the dimensions of a handkerchief. It unfolds into a circular sheet 6 feet in diameter.

You can take a Magic action to unfold the Well of Many Worlds and place it on a solid surface, whereupon it forms a two-way, 6-foot-diameter, circular portal to another world or plane of existence. Each time the item opens a portal, the GM decides where it leads. The portal remains open until a creature within 5 feet of it takes a Magic action to close it by taking hold of the edges of the cloth and folding it up.

Once the Well of Many Worlds has opened a portal, it can't do so again for 1 d 8 hours.

Tactical Applications​

Planar Transportation: Provides random portal access to other worlds and planes for ultimate exploration and escape. Exceptional for planar campaigns, reality-hopping adventures, and characters requiring cosmic transportation and dimensional travel capabilities.

Class Synergies:

  • Planar Specialists: Perfect for characters focused on dimensional travel and planar exploration
  • Escape Artists: Essential for characters needing ultimate escape options and emergency transportation
  • Cosmic Adventurers: Excellent for characters involved in multiverse campaigns and reality-spanning quests
  • Any Class: Outstanding for characters requiring access to other planes and dimensional travel

Build Considerations: Legendary item with random destination control by Creator. Most valuable for characters in planar campaigns and multiverse adventures.

Acquisition Methods​

Crafting Requirements: Cannot be easily crafted - requires legendary planar magic and cosmic portal essences. Estimated equivalent cost 200,000+ gp.

Common Sources:

  • Legendary planar specialists and dimensional enchanters
  • Treasure hoards of cosmic entities and reality-traveling masters
  • Extremely rare rewards for multiverse quests and planar missions
  • Found in the collections of dimensional researchers and planar exploration experts
  • Sometimes discovered through cosmic intervention or planar manifestation

Alternative Acquisition: Extremely rare, typically found only through legendary planar adventures or cosmic favor.

Value & Trade​

Estimated Value: Priceless - beyond normal economic systems due to planar travel capabilities.

Trade Considerations: Cannot be purchased, only acquired through legendary quests or cosmic intervention.

Character Integration​

Roleplay Elements: Suggests involvement in planar adventures, cosmic exploration, or ultimate responsibility requiring dimensional travel and multiverse access.

Character Concepts:

  • Planar explorer with cosmic travel responsibility and dimensional mastery
  • Reality wanderer using portal access for multiverse objectives and planar protection
  • Character chosen by cosmic forces for dimensional missions requiring planar travel
  • Ultimate traveler combining portal magic with traditional exploration techniques

Adventure Hooks​

The Planar Crisis: Epic scenarios requiring dimensional travel where portal access provides solutions to multiverse threats and planar emergencies.

The Reality Expedition: Exploration quests where planar transportation enables access to cosmic secrets and dimensional discoveries.

The Dimensional Escape: Emergency situations where portal capabilities determine survival and escape from planar dangers.

The Multiverse Mission: Cosmic adventures where dimensional travel advances universal objectives and planar harmony.

Variants & Customization​

Greater Well of Many Worlds (Cosmic Artifact): Enhanced with controlled destination access and improved planar stability.

Well of Cosmic Pathways (Cosmic Artifact): Includes comprehensive planar navigation and ultimate dimensional control.

Explorer's Planar Well (Cosmic Artifact): Specialized for dimensional exploration with enhanced safety features and planar mapping.

Specialized Variants:

  • Controlled Portal Well: Enhanced for destination selection with improved planar navigation and dimensional accuracy
  • Emergency Escape Well: Optimized for crisis situations with enhanced safety features and rapid portal activation
  • Research Portal Well: Specialized for planar study with enhanced dimensional stability and exploration safety

Lore & History​

Origins: Created by cosmic forces as tools for enabling necessary planar travel and dimensional exploration at the highest levels.

Historical Significance: These wells enabled crucial multiverse discoveries and the resolution of planar crises throughout dimensional history.

Cultural Impact: Represent the ultimate expression of planar mastery and the cosmic gift of dimensional travel capability.

Magical Craft: Demonstrates cosmic-level understanding of planar magic and the most complex dimensional transportation processes.

Balancing Notes​

Introduction Timing: Appropriate for levels 17-20 when planar travel becomes necessary and cosmic adventures require dimensional access.

Campaign Impact: Provides ultimate transportation capabilities balanced by random destination control and legendary rarity.

Planar Focus: Most valuable in campaigns featuring multiverse themes and planar exploration adventures.

Encounter Design​

Recommended Challenges:

  • Planar scenarios where dimensional travel enables access to cosmic locations and multiverse destinations
  • Reality exploration encounters where portal capabilities provide solutions to dimensional puzzles and planar mysteries
  • Emergency escape situations where planar transportation determines survival and crisis resolution
  • Multiverse missions where dimensional access advances cosmic objectives and planar harmony

Portal Adjustments: Campaigns fundamentally change when unlimited planar travel becomes available for cosmic-level exploration.

Planar Items: Other items that provide dimensional travel and planar manipulation capabilities.

Cosmic Equipment:

  • Items that enhance planar magic and dimensional navigation
  • Equipment for multiverse exploration and planar protection
  • Tools for dimensional magic and planar development

Complementary Equipment: Items that enhance planar abilities or provide additional dimensional benefits.

Roleplay Opportunities​

Planar Mastery: Characters develop expertise in dimensional travel and cosmic exploration techniques.

Cosmic Leadership: Planar capabilities create opportunities for leading multiverse missions and dimensional exploration.

Reality Excellence: Portal magic enables exploration of themes related to cosmic responsibility and the proper use of dimensional travel power.

** CREATOR'S NOTE: This item provides access to any plane or world at Creator discretion. Consider carefully how unlimited planar travel affects campaign scope and story progression. The random destination feature helps maintain narrative control while providing cosmic adventure opportunities.**