A vast and (relatively) stable section of the Dimension of Dreams, accessible by an occult ritual named Dreamlands Excursion.
Known to be where the Mad Poet resides.
In Chapter 89, Dora learned the fundamentals of travel to the Dreamlands using the ritual:
- When you enter the Dreamlands, you manifest a lucid dream body that resembles your waking body; it has all the same spells prepared, all the same gear, same daily abilities remaining.
- Spells, abilities, and items used while adventuring in the Dreamlands are not expended upon waking.
- Damage experienced in the Dreamlands vanishes upon waking (except for Int, Wis, or Cha damage or drain; or Sanity Damage).
- However, death in the Dreamlands results in immediate traumatic awakening and instant madness. Die once, and it’s immediately (no save) a lesser madness. Die twice, and it’s a greater madness.
- Items found in the Dreamlands cannot be brought into the waking world, but they do persist from visit to visit.
- Since the Dreamlands are relatively stable, no matter what’s going on, you can rely on gravity, physics, and magic to all function basically as expected there.
- However, both Divine beings and particularly powerful dreamers can potentially transform the realm based on their wishes and whims.
- The flow of Time from your excursion can be expected to be reasonably stable and predictable: you will always return to your waking body from a journey to the Dreamlands roughly 6 to 8 hours after entering it (no matter how many hours, days, years, or centuries you spent there).
In Chapter 95, the party made its first excursion to the Dreamlands, arriving at the Forsaken Caravanserai, which they found to be much changed.
In Chapter 102, the Yellow King warned the party about spending too much time on the borderlands between the Dreamlands and the Dimension of Dreams.
In Chapter 103, the party made their first visit to the city of Celephaïs, searching for the Viscount's Signet Ring.
In Chapter 107, the party made their first trek to the Enchanted Wood, searching for the Feline Tail.
In Chapter 110, the party reviewed the way dreaming 'works'–information they learned from The Chain of Nights–which involved some deeper understanding of the nature of the Dreamlands.
In Chapter 116, the party made their first trek to the Oukranos River, searching for the Captain's Tricorne.
In Chapter 126, the party made their first trek to Arventon, searching for the Red Webbed Foot.
In Chapter 129, the party made a brief visit to Dylath-Leen.
In Chapter 130, the party made their first foray to Igguzqaiz on the quest for the Skull of Ghoul Royalty.
In Chapter 137, the party traveled to Sarnath, hunting for the Green Stone Idol of a Water Lizard.
In Chapter 142, the party made a second trip to Dylath-Leen, searching for the Night Hag Ambassador's Heartstone.
In Chapters 148 and 149, the party visited the moon of the Dreamlands.
In Chapter 150 (Part 1), the party left the Forsaken Caravanserai and headed out across the Eastern Desert in search of the Mad Poet’s Oasis.
In Chapter 194, the party returned to the Forsaken Caravanserai with Kaklatath. It was dawn there at that time, and the building itself barely existed anymore, having been scoured away by the sands of time.
First Reference: Chapter 89
Other Notable References: Chapter 90, Chapter 95, Chapter 96, Chapter 97, Chapter 98, Chapter 99, Chapter 102, Chapter 103, Chapter 107, Chapter 110, Chapter 116, Chapter 123, Chapter 126, Chapter 129, Chapter 130, Chapter 131, Chapter 132, Chapter 137, Chapter 138, Chapter 142, Chapter 143, Chapter 144, Chapter 148, Chapter 149, Chapter 150 (Part 1), Act IV Interlude 1, Chapter 194