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

 

[darjr]

I’ve missed a lot of this thread. Apologies. But Roll20s email add fir thier offering says to be ready for “plane hopping pandemonium”

Just marketing or are they hunting at something?


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Welcome to Planescape, where demons and angels sip tea together and the unexpected is just around the corner. From perplexing realities to multiversal glitches, fans of the original Planescape setting will encounter a delirious blend of the known and the unknown in this smorgasbord of multidimensional chaos.

• Sigil and the Outlands™: a 96-page book with planar character options and details on the City of Doors and gate-towns to the Outer Planes.
• Turn of Fortune’s Wheel™: a 96-page adventure for characters of levels 3–10, with a jump to level 17
• Morte’s Planar Parade™: a 64-page book with game statistics and descriptions for Outer Planes inhabitants

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Teos went through the original setting box and the 5e one and actually found them rather close. But missing a couple things many found key. More detailed ship battle rules for one.

But, we’ve also come a long way from then which he also noted.

I’ll add that I think many people thought there was more in the original first box too.

That is fair, admittedly.

My ideal 5e Planescape would have been a combo Sigil city guide and Manual of the Planes (plus player-facing options), and even as a 300+ page book, that would never be able to cover all of the supplementary material Planescape (and more general planar-oriented products) have built up over the years.

I'm more or less okay with the "Sigil and the Outlands" scope they've settled on - I think it's a reasonable fit for the page constraints they're under with the slipcase format, and doesn't void the chances of a more robust Manual of the Planes down the line - but if you're walking in with the expectation that you'll be getting the entire Great Wheel, disappointment is inevitable.

 

[darjr]

Hopefully the time between a Manual of the Planes isn’t as king as between Tyranny of Dragons and the Dragons book or Storm Kings and the Giants book. Though I do think and recognize that’s an unfair statement about these books.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

I’ve missed a lot of this thread. Apologies. But Roll20s email add fir thier offering says to be ready for “plane hopping pandemonium”

Just marketing or are they hunting at something?

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Welcome to Planescape, where demons and angels sip tea together and the unexpected is just around the corner. From perplexing realities to multiversal glitches, fans of the original Planescape setting will encounter a delirious blend of the known and the unknown in this smorgasbord of multidimensional chaos.

• Sigil and the Outlands™: a 96-page book with planar character options and details on the City of Doors and gate-towns to the Outer Planes.
• Turn of Fortune’s Wheel™: a 96-page adventure for characters of levels 3–10, with a jump to level 17
• Morte’s Planar Parade™: a 64-page book with game statistics and descriptions for Outer Planes inhabitants

Quite a few of WotC's 5e products have been showing up for Roll20 via DMsGuild - not sure if it's everything quite yet, but I'm seeing at least up to Dragonlance and Radiant Citadel.

 

[darjr]

And I’m sure y’all have seen it but Beedle and Grimms have posted they have something in the works for Planescape.

 

[Demetrios1453]

That is fair, admittedly.

My ideal 5e Planescape would have been a combo Sigil city guide and Manual of the Planes (plus player-facing options), and even as a 300+ page book, that would never be able to cover all of the supplementary material Planescape (and more general planar-oriented products) have built up over the years.

I'm more or less okay with the "Sigil and the Outlands" scope they've settled on - I think it's a reasonable fit for the page constraints they're under with the slipcase format, and doesn't void the chances of a more robust Manual of the Planes down the line - but if you're walking in with the expectation that you'll be getting the entire Great Wheel, disappointment is inevitable.

The differences this time are that they are managing expectations by directly telling us what's in the set, and expanding the page count so that material is adequately covered. Telling us directly that the setting book will cover only Sigil and the Outlands is far better than just leaving it open-ended and leaving room for unwarranted speculation. As for the page count, while the Spelljammer monster book was fine, both the setting book and the adventure could have used the extra 32 pages each that the corresponding Planescape books are getting. A longer adventure, and more rules, tables, and setting info, would have resolved most of the issues people had with that set.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I’ve missed a lot of this thread. Apologies. But Roll20s email add fir thier offering says to be ready for “plane hopping pandemonium”

Just marketing or are they hunting at something?

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Welcome to Planescape, where demons and angels sip tea together and the unexpected is just around the corner. From perplexing realities to multiversal glitches, fans of the original Planescape setting will encounter a delirious blend of the known and the unknown in this smorgasbord of multidimensional chaos.

• Sigil and the Outlands[emoji769]: a 96-page book with planar character options and details on the City of Doors and gate-towns to the Outer Planes.
• Turn of Fortune’s Wheel[emoji769]: a 96-page adventure for characters of levels 3–10, with a jump to level 17
• Morte’s Planar Parade[emoji769]: a 64-page book with game statistics and descriptions for Outer Planes inhabitants

I'm guessing the creature seen here and in other illustrations on this thread is a vaporighu.

 

[Parmandur]

Teos went through the original setting box and the 5e one and actually found them rather close. But missing a couple things many found key. More detailed ship battle rules for one.

But, we’ve also come a long way from then which he also noted.

I’ll add that I think many people thought there was more in the original first box too.

The ship battle rules in Spelljammer weren't a big problem, IMO: they match up either Ghosts of Saltmarsh and other 5E vehicle systems.

The lack of any solid content for populating the universe is such a miscalculation, though: a big chapter of Adventure location and generation tools and hooks would have sealed the deal.

 

[Quickleaf]

I’ve missed a lot of this thread. Apologies. But Roll20s email add fir thier offering says to be ready for “plane hopping pandemonium”

Just marketing or are they hunting at something?

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Welcome to Planescape, where demons and angels sip tea together and the unexpected is just around the corner. From perplexing realities to multiversal glitches, fans of the original Planescape setting will encounter a delirious blend of the known and the unknown in this smorgasbord of multidimensional chaos.

• Sigil and the Outlands™: a 96-page book with planar character options and details on the City of Doors and gate-towns to the Outer Planes.
• Turn of Fortune’s Wheel™: a 96-page adventure for characters of levels 3–10, with a jump to level 17
• Morte’s Planar Parade™: a 64-page book with game statistics and descriptions for Outer Planes inhabitants

It's really hard to say, since the winds of the gaming industry are hard to predict.

Trying to guess what a new release will hold can be particularly maddening during those lulls in press releases where we are kept in the dark.

Fortunately, we can look forward to a chaotic flurry of information in the months leading up to the release in October.

Pandemonium won't see we probably...

 

[Parmandur]

Hopefully the time between a Manual of the Planes isn’t as king as between Tyranny of Dragons and the Dragons book or Storm Kings and the Giants book. Though I do think and recognize that’s an unfair statement about these books.

I think a Fiend/Celestial focused Manual of the Planes style book would be a logical followup to Fizban and Bigby.