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For supplements, I'd settle for a new Planewalker's Handbook with more player options (specially the missing factions backgrounds/feats) and a gazeteer of the planes from the planewalker's guild POV as a "best of" the old planes of boxes.

Yeah, I think the Torment videogame is the better example of the possibilities and adventures in the setting, more so than any actual adventure published. Outlandish, over-the-top or weird situations, usually with some manner of personal stakes involved. (the factions help with the later, as...

Thanks for the honest response. Lemme ask this though: wouldn't you prefer a detailed setting, even if small in scope, with it's places, people and factions and their agendas, assets, modus operandi, etc. depicted? Specially if coupled with some sort of play structure like a procedural...

Late to the party but thanks for the review. As an old fan of the original boxed set and the Torment videogame I've found this a decent work. My only gripe is the adventure wasting so much space that could go to factions' PC abilities plus an intro to the great wheel from a Sigilian POV. Still...

Thanks for the feedback. I suspected the faction abilities wouldn't be present. Just confirming. I've put the supplement in my queue as it seems pretty good regardless. Supernatural abilities would be a good fit IMO, since the faction abilities supposedly come, among other things, from belief...

This supplement looks great and the right companion for the new P: AitM. A question: are there Sigil faction abilities in this book? I suspect not as this doesn't seem to be the scope here, but I'd like to confirm.

So, it seems Morte will be the narrator of the monsters book. I hope they get the tone right, he's probably my favorite videogame NPC ever. I would love to see Dak'kon in the book too.

Being honest, the original faction setup had it's fair share of problems and are worth a revision. Some factions were not even beliefs (Revolutionaries, Free League), while others too one-note (Harmonium, Mercy Killers, Doom Guard) or had very little playability potential (Dustmen, Xaositechs)...

Agree on all accounts, @Quickleaf . That piece of art is not my jam (too cheerful, the blades on buildings feel even out of place with the vibes) but if it's one of the few whimsy pieces to make the book, fine, as I'm okay with some mood-breaking pieces here and there to enlighten things a bit...

Anyone knows if Gate Towns are confirmed in the outlands? Sad. Looks more a mock or parody than a serious take on Sigil, IMO.

Hope this is not official. This feels more Shadowrun and cyberpunk (a weirdly joyful one at that) than the gothic, grimy and industrial view I have of Sigil. Edit: And the blades on buildings look out of place. Like a checklist the artist had to follow but couldn't integrate well. Who would...

I'm more curious about the Planescape factions. Gossip at the time was the Faction War was supposed to reset it, with a subsequent product laying down the new faction setup (which never hapenned). If that's true I'm curious to see if they go ahead with that goal. I certainly see problems in the...

You don't need to remember all factions though, @Quickleaf , just the handful or so ones the group is interacting with. The beauty of that tool is how it organizes what's there in the city in a easy to understand manner - governmental, religious, criminal, etc entities, in a easy to use format...

While I love the concept of playbooks myself (both the Apocalypse World and the more open Beyond the Wall ones) I suspect it 1. works better in more focused premises, and 2. is too radical a change in culture for 5e to adopt at this point.

Another thing I'd like to see is more concrete support, even formal play structures, around making the adventures about factions and belief. I know the old box had some advice, but it alway felt kinda obvious and simplistic to me. Perhaps a couple ready-made & structured campaign premises would...

Frankly, if the setting lacks real world mythological elements it will be a disappointment for me, as that was one of the reasons I found it so interesting in the first place. Making those less overt? Sure. Erasing them completely? A bummer. About the concept of "layers" in the original...

Oops, my bad. Yes, it's Quickleaf (almost got it 😁). I'm taking a look at Jacob's (@I'm A Banana ) material and it's pretty awesome, too. Thank you both for those. I hope the official material end up following that direction and having the same care and love that you folks put into those.

This is exactly what I had in mind, thanks. For the exact powers each faction could give, there's a great fanmade 5e planescape pdf flying around that gives lots of suggestions. I think it's by author "Greyleaf", IIRC. Also, in pure story now! fashion, I would love to see those same belief...

I hope the new edition bring on the power of belief theme through strong playing advice, procedures and rules. Yes, rules. Don't know what the latest technology D&D is employing but I always found that the concept of Flags would fit like a glove in Planescape, things like Belief/Instinct from...

I agree it's a tool that may be more or less useful depending on playstyle and gaming culture. Overall I feel it's more useful for GM-driven styles, and less so for player-driven styles.