Chapter 1: The Infinite Staircase - Quests from the Infinite Staircase

Chapter 1: The Infinite Staircase. The Infinite Staircase ushers travelers to the destinations of their dreams. The impossible staircase winds in a surreal demiplane, ascending to every world, every plane of existence, and the adventure locations found among them. Though stories abound along its many steps, the staircase is the journey, not the destination-an extraordinary means of traversing the multiverse. This chapter expands on what's written about the Infinite Staircase in the Dungeon Master's Guide and provides tools for using it to convey creatures from one fantastical location to the next. While traversing the Infinite Staircase, two adventurers happen on the Censer of Dreams, a noble genie's palace Staircase Features The following sections describe features of the Infinite Staircase that are likely to come into play. Day and Night The staircase doesn't experience day or night, existing in a perpetual state of twilight. Distant doors, twinkling like stars, provide Vision and Light to the dreamlike realm, as does the staircase itself, which gives off an ambient glow in some stretches. Doors and Landings Endless doors along the staircase connect it to destinations throughout the multiverse. These doors function as planar portals (see the Dungeon Master's Guide) and are typically closed, though most are unlocked and don't require portal keys to enter. Each door on the staircase occupies a landing with at least two staircases connected to it, leading to and from other landings and their respective doors. The doors and their landings are altered by planar magic, taking on characteristics of their destinations. Red light seeps from the seams of a gloomy, jet-black door to the Shadowfell set into a gothic archway; gargoyles perch on its landing, exuding roiling mist from their open mouths. A slippery ramp of deep-blue ice ascends to a frozen portal to the Para-elemental Plane of Ice, while a clammy bridge of basket fungus weaves toward a cavernous door to the Un...