I need more planes!!!

[Terraism]

I *finally* sat down and read the Manual of the Planes cover to cover - and it raised a whole bunch more questions than it answered. With that in mind... what are some of the other books put out over the years with information about them?

How about the gods that are mentioned in there? (Many sidebars say 'if you'd like to use the rest of the pantheon instead of just the one given in the PH...) Where are they from? I don't recognize many of the names - my first guess would be the 'not-so-default' Greyhawk, but many aren't in the Gazeteer.

And - the Hells, the Abyss, and Hades (oh, by the way - the other day a nice discussion about Larvae was going on, and about how they're not mentioned yet in 3E - they're in the section on Hades.) Where can I find information on these places?

In general, what other books should I find to get information? PLEASE say there's ESDs, because I'm cheap...

 

[Piratecat]

What you want, my friend, is the Planescape material (which I believe does exist as ESDs.) Planes of Chaos, Planes of Law, Planes of Conflict, and the original Planescape boxed set. Worth every penny to me, and I paid full price for them.

 

[William Ronald]

Many of the deities mentioned in the Great Wheel cosmology are in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. You might want to check out some Living Greyhawk sites for information on the deities that are mentioned.

As for the planes, I use real world mythologies. Check out a few books on mythology from the public library for a few good ideas. (I kind of winced at the treatment of some of the planes that were dominated by the Greyhawk deities as I remember the original manual of the planes. Thor and Odin are a lot more interesting than Tritherion or whatever. A god without a myth is like a holy symbol without a faith.)

 

[MythandLore]

What you want, my friend, is the Planescape material (which I believe does exist as ESDs.) Planes of Chaos, Planes of Law, Planes of Conflict, and the original Planescape boxed set. Worth every penny to me, and I paid full price for them.

Planescape is the way to go if you need more info.

 

[Psychotic Jim]

The second edition Planescape setting focused entirely on the Planes. Try going to WoTC's website and look under the Planescape brand section of D&D ESD section. The Planescape Campaign Setting has some information, and the Planescape Monstrous Compendium gives a good summary of devils, demons, and the larvae trade. The Fires of Dis and In the Abyss are adventures in Hell and the Abyss, respectively.

 

[MythandLore]

How about the gods that are mentioned in there? (Many sidebars say 'if you'd like to use the rest of the pantheon instead of just the one given in the PH...) Where are they from? I don't recognize many of the names - my first guess would be the 'not-so-default' Greyhawk, but many aren't in the Gazeteer.

The gods are in several old books about it.
But my guess is the 3rd edition The Deities and Demigods will have stuff on it.

 

[A2Z]

Planescape is definitely the way to go. Most of the important products are available as ESD's now. In fact I'll even give you a link. Enjoy!

 

[Superman]

Planescape is definitely the way to go. Most of the important products are available as ESD's now. In fact I'll even give you a link. Enjoy!

Nice link.
I should get some of those.

 

[DungeonKeeperUK]

NetBooks of Planes

We have a fairly new NetBook over at the FaNCC dealing with the Planes, as said very new and only currenlty dealing with the description of the Planes. But input from guys answering this post would be much appreciated, as I'm sure you submissions...
You can get to the Message Boards at the front page of ENWorld message boards, under Hosted Sites, we don't have an indivual board for Planes as yet, but I do beleive that is the plan..
Cheers

 

[Lakkett]

What you want, my friend, is the Planescape material (which I believe does exist as ESDs.) Planes of Chaos, Planes of Law, Planes of Conflict, and the original Planescape boxed set. Worth every penny to me, and I paid full price for them.

I also highly recommend The Planewalker's Handbook. A great source of info for players and dms alike.

 

[Superman]

Re: NetBooks of Planes

We have a fairly new NetBook over at the FaNCC dealing with the Planes, as said very new and only currenlty dealing with the description of the Planes. But input from guys answering this post would be much appreciated, as I'm sure you submissions...
You can get to the Message Boards at the front page of ENWorld message boards, under Hosted Sites, we don't have an indivual board for Planes as yet, but I do beleive that is the plan..
Cheers

The link on your site for the Net book of Planes doesn't work.

Also, try and see if you can make your sig links work by clicking on them, if you want I can help you with your sig.

 

[Superman]

Here DungeonKeeperUK,
Just quote my post and copy the stuff then paste it in you sig.



FaNCC Chairman
Click to goto FaNcc Fantasy Netbook Community Council
Thunderhead Games Project Director
Click to goto Thunderhead Games

 

[DungeonKeeperUK]

NBoPlanes

Thanks for the tip on my Sig there, realsied what I did now.. thanks..

I just tried the NBoPlanes site and it came up fine, but the site is still under heavy construction so you may need to be patient a while longer I'm afraid..
Thanks again

 

[Superman]

Re: NBoPlanes

Thanks for the tip on my Sig there, realsied what I did now.. thanks..

I just tried the NBoPlanes site and it came up fine, but the site is still under heavy construction so you may need to be patient a while longer I'm afraid..
Thanks again

looks like the sig is working


the link on this page
http://www.enworld.org/fancc/netbook/
is the one that doesen't work.
I didn't see the one on the right side when I was looking.

Good Luck with everything.

 

[Someguy]

hmmmm....Thew thread title is I need more planes
and his name is Terraism


wierd....

 

[Terraism]

hmmmm....Thew thread title is I need more planes
and his name is Terraism


wierd....

I had not the slightes clue what you were refering to for a minute, but, Someguy, that is BAD. Please don't go there. And, besides, my name was a preliminary 'latinification' of my first campaign world... no, I wasn't all that good with Latin back then. It's supposed to mean 'False Earth', but it doesn't... NOT 'terrorism'. Ouch.

 

[A2Z]

PS3E was supposed to be posting some fan made planes I believe. I don't know if they ever got around to it but maybe it's worth checking out.

 

[Someguy]

I had not the slightes clue what you were refering to for a minute, but, Someguy, that is BAD. Please don't go there. And, besides, my name was a preliminary 'latinification' of my first campaign world... no, I wasn't all that good with Latin back then. It's supposed to mean 'False Earth', but it doesn't... NOT 'terrorism'. Ouch.

Nah....your Ok in my book...

Just thought it was a very strange coincedence...yaaa

that's right...



Someguy whispers into is hidden microphone

ok...team two...move in....

 

[grodog]

Grodog's Favorite RPG Books and Articles on the Multiverse

OK, here's a non-stop whirlwind tour, in no particular order:

• Ed Greenwood's article "From Dead Orc Pass... to the City of Brass...in One Small Step: The Theory and Use of Gates" (The Dragon #37, one of my favorite issues!)
• The Primal Order, the first book published by Wizards of the Coast
• Chessboards: The Planes of Planes of Possibility by Dave Howell (the TPO multiverse-building book, and more useful to me than the 1e and 3e MotP combined [which isn't to say that they're bad books, because they're not])
• The SphereWalker Sourcebook (by Greg Stolze, for the Everway game; this is more for ways to warp standard mythic/planar ideas than for info on the planes themselves)
• Roger E. Moore's articles on the Astral Plane (Dragon 67) and Gladsheim (Dragon 90)
• Ed Greenwood's articles on the Nine Hells (Dragon 75, 76, 91)
• Roger E. Moore's article on Gates in the World of Greyhawk at http://www.wizards.com/Greyhawk/WoGgates.rtf

To this list, I would add a healthy dose of Michael Moorcock (especially his more recent Elric novels and VonBek novels, and Blood, all of which build heavily on his original ideas about the multiverse).

I haven't written up my planar notes and such yet, but they will appear on my web site, below, one day, too....

 

[Ruined]

I'll have to throw my .02 in saying that Planescape material is the way to go. Also, if you're looking for a good book relating to the various pantheons , there was a supplement for PS called On Hallowed Ground.

Not sure if it made it into ESD or not. It's good stuff - no stats, all info and flavor. Tells you what planes they hang out on, what some of their proxies are like, how they interact iwth hteir bretheren.