Karasuthra

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Karasuthra

Beastlands — Layer the Third

Noctos’ Domain; The Wild of Night Imperishable

The final layer of the plane is one of eternal night. The moon Noctos hangs in the sky, fat and full, casting a weak silvery light across the land. The moon is a jealous beast though, and does not like competition. Cutters aren’t able to make any kind of natural flame on the layer, and magical light is half as effective. This makes the layer doubly dangerous for a berk without low-light vision, because Karasuthra is the home to creatures of the night. Badgers and bats, hedgehogs and mice, but also far more dangerous creatures like panthers and leopards hide in the eternal darkness.

Locations of Karasuthra

• Bat Lord’s Roost, the (realm of the Bat Lord, wandering) ‡
• Black Desert (site)
  • Planes of Conflict [2e] Beastlands Map
• Forgotten Lake (site)
  • Planes of Conflict [2e] Beastlands Map
• Hadeopelagia (realm of the Anglerfish Lord) ‡
• Hypogean Caverns (realm of the deep caves) ‡
• Ice Plain, the (realm of Rellavar Danuvien)
  • Dragon Magazine #236 p16
• Labyrinth of Fiery Doom (site)
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p214; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p26-27
• Lizard Lord’s Slither (realm of the Lizard Lord) ‡
• Misty Valley (realm of Kura Okami)
  • On Hallowed Ground [2e] p159,179; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p13
• Mouse Lord’s Scurry (realm of the Mouse Lord) ‡
• Noctos (the Moon)
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p214; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p10,12,16,22,26-27; Player’s Guide p6,8
• Ocean of Night (part of the Threefold Ocean)
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p214
• Owl Lord’s Soar (realm of the Owl Lord)
  • Planes of Conflict [2e] Player’s Guide p11
• River Hubur
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p214
• River Oceanus (planar pathway)
• Sedna’s Trench (realm of Sedna) ‡
• Seelie Court (wandering faerie realm)
  • Dragon Magazine #351 p24; #353 p39; Manual of the Planes [3e] p210-211; On Hallowed Ground [2e] p137,175; Planes of Chaos [2e] Book of Chaos p9-10,39,91,100; Monstrous Supplement p5,7; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p20,22; Player’s Guide p11
• Serpents of Karasuthra (rivers)
  • River Evening
  • River Nocturne
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p214
• Stormhold (cloud realm of Stronmaus)
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p216; On Hallowed Ground [2e] p176; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p27
• Swan Lake (realm of the Swan Lord) ‡
• Treasurefall (site)
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p215
• Waysign (gate-town to Brux)
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p215
• Were Glade (site)
  • Stone of Lament
  • Stone of Wailing
  • Planar Handbook [3e] p164
• Whalegrounds (bathypelagic ocean depths) ‡
• Wolf Lord’s Hunt (realm of the Wolf Lord) ‡
• Yggdrasil (planar pathway)
• Zhan, The Grand Forest Beyond the World (realm of Chislev, Zivilyn and Habbakuk)
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p216; On Hallowed Ground [2e] p165,180; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p13; Planescape Campaign Setting [2e] DM’s Guide to the Planes p52

Powers of Karasuthra

• Animal Lords (quasi-power animal paragons)
• Chislev (Krynnish power of nature)
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p216; On Hallowed Ground [2e] p165,180; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p13; Planescape Campaign Setting [2e] DM’s Guide to the Planes p52
• Habbakuk (Krynnish power of persistence)
  • On Hallowed Ground [2e] p165,180; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p13; Planescape Campaign Setting [2e] DM’s Guide to the Planes p52
• Kura Okami (Japanese power of rain and snow)
  • On Hallowed Ground [2e] p159,179; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p13
• Rellavar Danuvien (Seldarine power of protection)
  • Dragon Magazine #236 p16
• Stronmaus (Ordaining power of weather)
  • On Hallowed Ground [2e] p176; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p12-13,27
• Zivilyn (krynnish power of wisdom)
  • Manual of the Planes [5e] p216; On Hallowed Ground [2e] p165,180; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p13; Planescape Campaign Setting [2e] DM’s Guide to the Planes p52

Animal Lords of Karasuthra

• Anglerfish Lord ‡
• Bat Lord ‡
• Lizard Lord
• Mouse Lord ‡
• Owl Lord ‡
• Swan Lord ‡
• Wolf Lord ‡

Canonical Sources: Manual of the Planes [3e] p142,144; [5e] p213-215,218,219, Oh Hallowed Ground [2e] p176,179-180; Planar Handbook [3e] p16-17,164; Planes of Conflict [2e] Liber Benevolentiae p10,12-13,16-17,26-27; Monstrous Supplement p2; Player\s Guide p8,10-11; Planescape Campaign Setting [2e] DM’s Guide to the Planes p53; Planewalker’s Handbook [2e] p18

Source: Jon Winter-Holt