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.

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Here is the table of contents.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Picked this up last night and started reading through it. Interesting how they sneakily re-introduced the old quasi-elemental planes as parts of the Elemental Chaos influenced by the Positive and Negative Planes...

 

[Scribe]

Picked this up last night and started reading through it. Interesting how they sneakily re-introduced the old quasi-elemental planes as parts of the Elemental Chaos influenced by the Positive and Negative Planes...

A logical execution by the sounds of it.

 

[Incenjucar]

Picked this up last night and started reading through it. Interesting how they sneakily re-introduced the old quasi-elemental planes as parts of the Elemental Chaos influenced by the Positive and Negative Planes...

You can imagine I am quite happy about this.

 

[afroakuma]

Picked this up last night and started reading through it. Interesting how they sneakily re-introduced the old quasi-elemental planes as parts of the Elemental Chaos influenced by the Positive and Negative Planes...

I would've loved to do them standalone and give them all the attention they truly deserve, but we were bound to adhere to at least some of 5E's cosmological fixtures. I think the Feywild and the Shadowfell were comparatively easier to fold into the Great Wheel model; the Elemental Chaos has the issue that, you know. Limbo. Using it as a catchment for the paras and the quasis was not my idea but I think it works.

 

[Incenjucar]

I would've loved to do them standalone and give them all the attention they truly deserve, but we were bound to adhere to at least some of 5E's cosmological fixtures. I think the Feywild and the Shadowfell were comparatively easier to fold into the Great Wheel model; the Elemental Chaos has the issue that, you know. Limbo. Using it as a catchment for the paras and the quasis was not my idea but I think it works.

Personally I really like the idea of an alternative Limbo that has more variation than the elemental chaos, with more organic and mental characteristics, like cartoon depictions of chaos, but obviously that's not the project.

 

[afroakuma]

Personally I really like the idea of an alternative Limbo that has more variation than the elemental chaos, with more organic and mental characteristics, like cartoon depictions of chaos, but obviously that's not the project.

Interesting idea. Of course it's important to keep the balance between the Elemental Chaos, the Far Realm, Limbo, and places like the Hinterlands.

I can't wait to get feedback on the Outer Planes, incidentally. Looking forward to seeing people's thoughts!

 

[Incenjucar]

I'm still only part-way through, but I can safely say I recommend this title. Even as jaded and experienced as I am with the original material, I'm finding myself compelled to read more and having some fresh thoughts out of this.

 

[afroakuma]

I'm still only part-way through, but I can safely say I recommend this title. Even as jaded and experienced as I am with the original material, I'm finding myself compelled to read more and having some fresh thoughts out of this.

High praise! I'm glad to hear that it's got something to offer you.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I would've loved to do them standalone and give them all the attention they truly deserve, but we were bound to adhere to at least some of 5E's cosmological fixtures. I think the Feywild and the Shadowfell were comparatively easier to fold into the Great Wheel model; the Elemental Chaos has the issue that, you know. Limbo. Using it as a catchment for the paras and the quasis was not my idea but I think it works.

Are you actually bound to WotC's cosmological rules? Are there actually restrictions?

 

[darjr]

Are you actually bound to WotC's cosmological rules? Are there actually restrictions?

Reading some more and it’s clear they must have worked with WotC. Not sure how close but I’d bet they had info I’d think would have been covered by an NDA.

I’m rather impressed that y’all managed to get some of these things in and still be so useful with the WotC box set.