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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sernett" data-source="post: 1577780" data-attributes="member: 7670">Paizo is Not Revamping PlanescapeHi guys. I love this discussion. It's exactly the kind of debate that should occur around such core elements of the game. But I want to make it clear that Paizo is not revamping Planescape and has no plans to do so. The comments in my editorial are about the core cosmology (A.K.A. the Great Wheel), not about the Planescape setting. I love Planescape, and I own all the products produced for the line, but attempting to redo the setting in Dragon would be folly.That said, my trouble with the Great Wheel cosmology (and by proxy, the Planescape cosmology) is that it doesn't provide DMs with solutions to the problems it creates, problems I alluded to in my editorial. What happens when you fly up in the Beastlands? Infinite air. A creative and experienced DM can solve some of these problems, but the game should equip players with ways to solve problems it creates, or it should eliminate the problems (the strategy I favor). Not every DM who thinks sending the PCs to the outer planes would be cool is a DM with tons of products and years of experience, and not every experienced DM wants to deal with finding solutions to the problems.Also, please keep in mind that a magazine’s editorial is often an opinion piece meant to drive thought about a topic and debate (and letters to the editor, too). Just because the editorial appears in the official D&D magazine, it doesn’t mean that my opinions are the official stance of Wizards of the Coast (or even of all of Paizo). I’m sure there are plenty of folks at WOTC who would disagree with my assessment of the planes.</blockquote>

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