INNER PLANES
The Elemental Planes represent form and essence, but hold little thought and no high concepts. No philosophies bind these planes. They simply are, they represent the materials that comprise the Prime.
Surviving on the Inner Planes in more difficult than on most of the Outer Planes. Since civilization in any form is rarer here than on the Outer Planes, a basher should make sure she brings everything she needs with her.
Each Elemental Plane is made up almost entirely of its base element. In fact, sometimes, bits and bubbles of one element make their way onto the plane of another; but once they enter another plane, these elemental bits are subject to the conditions of that plane. So water seeping onto the Plane of Fire becomes steam and fire pockets on the Plane of Water simply create hot water. Pockets of earth and air are more difficult to consume and so create hospitable places for cutters to breathe and rest. A canny cutter will notice that as she travels through one plane toward another, the elemental material of the first plane begins to subtly change to the element of the second. The Paraelemental and Quasielemental Planes also leak into each other as well as the four base planes.
The Planes of Positive and Negative Energy