Planescape Manual of the Planes for 5e on DMSGuild

New on the DMSGuild is the Manual of the Planes for 5th edition. The cover is stunning.

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It's over 300 pages and the credits page includes folks from The Draconomicon, The Dragonlance Companion, Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else, Planescape: Metropolis, The Honkonomicon and Planewalker.com

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I love the special thanks.

This project was made possible by Roll20. Thank you for unlocking new horizons for the latest generation of planewalkers, bashers, berks, and touts. We’d also like to thank the giants on whose shoulders we stand when writing this book: Justice Ramin Arman, Richard Baker, Wolfgang Baur, David “Zeb” Cook, Bruce R. Cordell, Jeff Grubb, David Noonan, F. Wesley Schneider, Rick Swan, and all others who helped create and cultivate Planescape and the planes.

I've just bought it and am reading it now.

Manual of the Planes (5e) - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

Manual of the Planes (5e) - From creators behind The Draconomicon, Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else, Planescape: Metropolis, The Honkonomic

www.dmsguild.com

Here is the table of contents.

 

[Mecheon]

Author of most of the species here. The Eventide are a collection of some incredible planar deep cuts that I compiled together into a single species which encompasses the energy and reflection planes. All four of them have their origin somewhere in D&D's vast history.

Those are some insanely deep cuts, I approve

 

[afroakuma]

Those are some insanely deep cuts, I approve

Insanely deep cuts are my specialty.

 

[Eyes of Nine]

They said they hope to have a PoD version eventually.

Forgot to add that in my original, edited to say the POD is what I will most likely buy

 

[Older Beholder]

I love this image.
Probably one of my favourite depictions of Sigil.

In fact, compare the cover of the 2e set to this picture in the 5e set:
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[darjr]

And it’s copper this morning! Congrats!

 

[dave2008]

If you wanted to talk about covers turn any 2E book to the spine.

Why?

 

[Incenjucar]

Why?

That's where the external trade dress is. Most PS 2E books have a very consistent trade dress of rusty stained metal that defaults to green but which gets tinted toward theme for the boxed sets (Blue for law, etc.), with a big picture window on the cover, plus the brown + Lady's mask logo. The interior trade dress is heavily sepia-hued, with sepia and gray drawings throughout, with those marble tears across many pages, with the occasional more colorful page.

The new books have jewel tones, pinkish purple to blue all over with fairly generic (but very good!) D&D art on most pages, also often full of glaring jewel tones.

ANYWAY, I hope this DMSGuild book feels more like Planescape Classic, if so I may pick it up.

 

[afroakuma]

And it’s copper this morning! Congrats!

Much appreciated! Looking forward to seeing feedback about what clicked with people, and whether we had opportunities anywhere.

 

[darjr]

You describe the cover as "stunning"? Am I missing something here?

When I first saw it I didn’t immediately recognize it, I thought it was a cool magic circle and thought about its perfect form etched upon the stones of an ancient ruin of a tower that appeared only the night before.

Meanwhile my soul was screaming at me that this was all of reality and eternity distilled to a beautiful symbol.

The rising realization gave me chills.

 

[dave2008]

That's where the external trade dress is. Most PS 2E books have a very consistent trade dress of rusty stained metal that defaults to green but which gets tinted toward theme for the boxed sets (Blue for law, etc.), with a big picture window on the cover, plus the brown + Lady's mask logo. The interior trade dress is heavily sepia-hued, with sepia and gray drawings throughout, with those marble tears across many pages, with the occasional more colorful page.

So you are claiming the spine of the book is important to capturing the feel of the setting? More so than the cover? Is that correct?

ANYWAY, I hope this DMSGuild book feels more like Planescape Classic, if so I may pick it up.

I hope not. The feel of the classic books is one reason I didn't pick them up.

However, if so, I'm glad you get what you want!