The cosmology is usually presented as a series of concentric circles, with alternating spatial and transitive planes; from the center outwards, they are ordered as follows: Inner, Ethereal, Material, Astral, Outer Planes, and the Far Realm..
The cosmology is usually presented as a series of concentric circles, with alternating spatial and transitive planes; from the center outwards, they are ordered as follows: Inner, Ethereal, Material, Astral, Outer Planes, and the Far Realm..
Faerûn /feɪˈruːn/ is a fictional continent and the primary setting of the Dungeons & Dragons world of Forgotten Realms..
Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy role-playing game.
Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories..
The Great Wheel cosmology consisted of a series of somewhat concentric spheres.
In the center was the Prime Material plane containing the phlogiston with the crystal spheres and worlds within, surrounded by an Ethereal plane (misty realms of proto-matter)..
The origins of today's cosmology began with the observation in the early 1500s by Nicolaus Copernicus that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
The next step was the discovery in the late 1600s by Isaac Newton that objects in space behaved according to the same laws of physics as objects on Earth..
This is the cosmological model used in D&D 5e
This cosmology can be seen below: At its core is the Material Plane which is surrounded on each side by the Feywild and the Shadowfell
The Material Plane has within it settings like the Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Greyhawk, Dark Sun, Ravnica and even Spelljammer
It was later adopted into Forgotten Realms when they released setting books for them
Following the Forgotten Realms Wiki, the World Axis and Great Wheel cosmological models are both used by scholars still, though the Great Wheel is what 5e specifically uses
The Great Wheel Cosmology is the way in which the relationship between each plane is described
This is the cosmological model used in D&D 5e
This cosmology can be seen below: At its core is the Material Plane which is surrounded on each side by the Feywild and the Shadowfell
