D&D 5E Check Out Planescape's Table of Contents & More!

Brandes Stoddard has received a copy of Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse (which come out in two weeks!) and is posting loads of photos over on Blue Sky. You can check out his feed for the whole treasure trove--here's a look at the table of contents.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Say goodbye to Asmodeus…

I think you just won that debate. Add most of the Archdevils and several Demon Lords like our Exorcist friend Pazuzu, to that list as well. And a couple Giant Gods. The Goddess (River) Styx (she's mentioned in one of the most important Orphic prayers, one I say daily).

Like do properly or don't do it at all.

 

[QuentinGeorge]

Very weird to have spells with biblical origins, magic items based on relics and demons and devils from Abrahamic theology but a complete refusal to consider the religion they all come from…

 

[Scribe]

Say goodbye to Asmodeus…

After however many editions and unique (ish?) to Wizards depictions? Grandfathered in.

 

[Zaukrie]

Very weird to have spells with biblical origins, magic items based on relics and demons and devils from Abrahamic theology but a complete refusal to consider the religion they all come from…

Or, they just aren't mentioning the gods by name, nothing more or less than that....

 

[Kobold Avenger]

Dante's Inferno and Milton's Paradise Lost are recognized to be works of fiction, and aren't officially canon of any religion.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

After however many editions and unique (ish?) to Wizards depictions? Grandfathered in.

The Greco-Roman, Egyptian, Norse God's, etc... Are too then by that logic. Been in from nearly the beginning, 1e at least.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Let me ask this, look at how much anger they caused by doing this and ask yourself would leaving it in have cause anywhere near as much anger? The answer is no.

 

[Parmandur]

Look, I found a religious objection to the Spelljammer book:

Spelljammer preview video has Hecate as Chaotic Evil, which has going WTF?

Out of all the faiths that believe in Hecate, only in certain Gnostic & Satanic (no I don't know why some Satanists worship Hecate, but they do) sects is Hecate viewed as evil. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Hecate is referred to tender hearted. The Chaldean Oracles called her The Mother of Angels. The Neopatonists viewed her as omnibelevent.

For those of you who wonder why I wanted to see Jesus statted up with a loot table in the Biblical 5e setting, this kind of stuff is why.

And despite praying to Hecate daily, I'm not offended, a little blasmphy keeps Zealotry at bay and is spiritual valuable, I'm just disappointed that they have such a naughty word understanding of Hecate. If they wanted a Chaotic Evil Greek God, that is what Typhon is for.

 

[Scribe]

The Greco-Roman, Egyptian, Norse God's, etc... Are too then by that logic. Been in from nearly the beginning, 1e at least.

The difference being, those Gods, where at times put in their actual homes, and I believe described as if they were those other Pantheons, at least in various editions before this one.

Asmodeous? Hes his own thing, not in the Christian Hell, but the Nine Hells, with a very different creation myth (which I adore) that is not the Christian one, even if it shares some elements of course since this is a Western game, and those who created it over the years would be predominantly Christian, even if not practicing.

 

[Reynard]

All religions are made up, and all mythologies equally valid for applying CR and class abilities. Humans have broken pattern recognition software and "religious experiences" are literally, scientifically no different than hallucinogenic drug trips.

So how about we not poke the Mod Bear by arguing about whether Jesus or Thor has higher CR.