Planescape Planescape Pre-order Page Shows Off The Books!

You can now pre-order Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse from D&D Beyond. The set comes out on October 17th.

Scroll down through the comments to see more various peeks at the books!

Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

An adventure setting spanning the infinite realities of the world’s greatest roleplaying game

www.dndbeyond.com

• Discover 2 new backgrounds, the Gate Warden & the Planar Philosopher, to build planar characters in the D&D Beyond character builder
• Channel 7 otherworldly feats, new intriguing magic spells & more powered by planar energies
• Explore 12 new ascendant factions, each with distinct cosmic ideologies
• Face over 50 unusual creatures including planar incarnates, hierarch modrons, and time dragons in the Encounter Builder
• Journey across the Outlands in an adventure for characters levels 3-10 and 17
• Adds adventure hooks, encounter tables, maps of Sigil and the Outlands & more to your game

This 3 books set comprises:

• Sigil and the Outlands: a setting book full of planar character options with details on the fantastic City of Doors, descriptions of the Outlands, the gate-towns that lead to the Outer planes, and more
• Turn of the Fortunes Wheel: an adventure set in Sigil and the Outlands designed for character levels 3-10 with a jump to level 17
• Morte’s Planar Parade: Follow Morte as he presents over 50 inhabitants of the Outer Plane, including incarnates, hierarch modrons, time dragons, and more with their stats and descriptions

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Or they may give a Manual of the Planes type book a new, ultra good name, like Ellywick Tumblestrum's Planewalker Guide to the Great Wheel.

The Planewalker's Guide to the Great Wheel has a great ring to it...

 

[Incenjucar]

Really they just need to have a big ol' Tony D Planescape artbook. The size of the Monstrous Manual.

 

[MockingBird]

It boggles my mind why WotC (and 3pps, yes I'm looking at you Privateer Press...) insist on including setting-specific DM screens in every damn slipcase/deluxe set they make. I have a dozen DM screens that I don't want and am very unlikely to ever use, simply because often you can't buy the core product without it. Having appopriate art on your screen for a particular game is nice, but in general what i want out of a DM screen is really basic stuff like condition summaries. Not spelljammer-specific encounter tables or whatever. It's just a huge waste and I honestly wonder why they bother. Does anyone actually USE the plethora of DM screens they accumulate over the years?

And as for the $20 price tag - I wonder if WotC considered simply not including the screen in Spelljammer (for instance) and dropping the price instead. I've bored everyone spitless on here with my opinion of the content in Spelljammer, but even if there was a really really good reason (of some sort) that the books had to be so slim, then surely WotC could have avoided some of the flak over the steep price tag by leaving the screen out?

I like the setting DM screens but I get what you're saying. Wish they would make a magnetic screen then they could just put in the magnetic info blocks with each slip case or adventure so you could swap out blocks you want or don't need. Like a modular screen.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

I think we're going to get a fiends book at least, assuming the Fizban's series of monster books continues. They're definitely popular enough to support one, as other editions show, so I expect they're near the front of the line.

Beyond that, other planar books would likely depend on Planescape's level of success.

I definitely wouldn't be surprised to see a Fizban-style Fiend deep dive, and using it to serve as a general guide to the Lower Planes would make sense, provided it has the page count to support it.

 

[Parmandur]

Better look at the DiTerlizzi covers:
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Uuuuuuhhhhh, yeah, that's a buy for me.

 

[Zaukrie]

It boggles my mind why WotC (and 3pps, yes I'm looking at you Privateer Press...) insist on including setting-specific DM screens in every damn slipcase/deluxe set they make. I have a dozen DM screens that I don't want and am very unlikely to ever use, simply because often you can't buy the core product without it. Having appopriate art on your screen for a particular game is nice, but in general what i want out of a DM screen is really basic stuff like condition summaries. Not spelljammer-specific encounter tables or whatever. It's just a huge waste and I honestly wonder why they bother. Does anyone actually USE the plethora of DM screens they accumulate over the years?

And as for the $20 price tag - I wonder if WotC considered simply not including the screen in Spelljammer (for instance) and dropping the price instead. I've bored everyone spitless on here with my opinion of the content in Spelljammer, but even if there was a really really good reason (of some sort) that the books had to be so slim, then surely WotC could have avoided some of the flak over the steep price tag by leaving the screen out?

Agreed. It just increases the cost and the waste.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Better look at the DiTerlizzi covers:
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Those are gorgeous! I love the Hydro74 alt covers, but these beat even those. Definitely this year's birthday gift to myself!

Interesting that there's a githyanki on the bestiary cover though. I guess we'll see a variant or two in there.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I definitely wouldn't be surprised to see a Fizban-style Fiend deep dive, and using it to serve as a general guide to the Lower Planes would make sense, provided it has the page count to support it.

Fizbans's is 224 pages and Bibgy's (according to Amazon) will have 192. They would definitely need to have Fizban's page count, if not more, to get anything more than the most cursory descriptions of the Lower Planes.

 

[Nordom]

Okay, so I guess It's time to start another planescape campaign!

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Actually the rules for Spelljamming were not fine, the rules for landing on planets for example don't work.

Huh yes they do. You only slow down once within a mile of the planet, so it takes like 10 to 15 minutes to land or take off.