Plane of Mechanus – Clockwork Nirvana

Board

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Features:

– The Plane of Ultimate Law, Mechanus is entirely made up of a series of colossal gears, pulleys, and other clockwork that recede into an infinite smokey haze.

– Some gears are as large as continents, and their flat surfaces are habitated by entire species of creatures, kingdoms, empires, and divine domains

– Gravity feels artificial, pulling creatures down to whatever surface of a gear is nearest. The underside of every gear is also traversable, allowing creatures to walk normally on either surface.

– Gears are constantly in motion, and their rotation speed is inversely proportional to their size; Greybeards claim that if a single gear on Mechanus ever stopped turning, all time and space in the multiverse would cease to function.

– Mechanus is inhabited by the most lawful souls in the multiverse, including bizarre constructs such as Modrons (who maintain the plane’s gears), Inevitables (who enforce mortal obedience to the universe’s most vital laws), gear spirits, living mathematical formulas, and even stranger things. There is also a species of mind-controlling ant centaurs that are constantly expanding their empire throughout the plane, known as Formians.

Notes:

– Relatively small battle map for quick encounters, or a malfunctioning Amulet of the Planes

– Portal (blue fire ring) can be closed with a hide volume

– The flat surface of every gear has its own gravity, so players can run up and down the sides of any horizontal or vertical cog.

– At the hub of nearly every gear, there’s arrows indicating the direction they are rotating; depending on the gear’s size and where the players stand, they are moved along the wheel at the start of each turn; if players move in the same direction a gear turns, they’re able to travel much faster; if players move against the gear’s rotation, their speed is reduced; players can use this to their advantage to slow enemies and hasten their own movement

– If only the gears could really spin in Talespire!