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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 3971462" data-attributes="member: 58197">I would reduce the "everybody hangs out here" aspect of the setting.  I've always thought it was idiotic to have a setting where demons and angels would rub elbows.  These are beings that are deeply and fundamentally opposed; if a balor runs into a solar, they aren't going to content themselves with just giving each other dirty looks.  They'll draw their swords and charge one another, and to hell with the consequences.IMO, you shouldn't run into powerful outsiders in Sigil, and even lesser outsiders should be unusual encounters.  Instead, the emphasis should be on the human and quasi-human inhabitants of the city and their weird philosophies.  I envision Sigil as an anarchic city ruled by warring gangs, each with its own turf and its own peculiar slant on the nature of existence.  Travel from one part of the city to another will require dealing with each gang on your proposed route.No more Lady of Pain; gods simply can't enter Sigil, and outsiders require a constant exertion of magic to maintain their presence, with more powerful outsiders requiring greater expenditures.  (This might lead to some interesting plots, as demon lords and archdevils try to muster enough mystical power to send an army through the city.)I would also play up the nature of Sigil as the City of Doors; a place where a door might lead anywhere, if you only know how to open it.  Instead of the silly "crush a spider egg on your way through" tricks, I'd focus on knowing a secret, answering a riddle, or making some kind of personal offering.  Doors should be central to the politics of the city--every power play, every gang war, every intrigue, should have a door at its heart.At the same time, I'd remove access to spells like plane shift and teleport.  Stuff like that defeats the point of having a City of Doors to begin with.As far as the planes go... probably dismantle the Great Wheel but keep most of its component planes.  Each plane would be accessible mainly through Sigil, reinforcing its status as the crossroads of existence.  Otherwise, they'd be more or less as they are now.Finally, I'd discard the silly-sounding argot of Sigil.  That sort of thing is very hard to pull off, and I never felt Planescape succeeded.  People in Sigil should talk like people anywhere else.</blockquote>

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