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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 6380091" data-attributes="member: 20323">I agree that, while I think I have a solid grasp of how to evoke the Planescape feel in an adventure, there may be differing perspectives on what exactly that feel is. And running a follow up poll is a good idea.OTOH, if your first sentence were so obvious, you'd expect something like 100% of voters to have selected "it needs to have the elusive Planescape feel." Instead, only 70% of voters selected than option so far. That seems to indicate there's a sizable minority of folks on ENWorld (where Planescape ranked as the #1 fan favorite setting in a poll of 500+ users last year!) who don't care about Planescape's feel and just want planar adventures instead.Agreed! Though by "encounters appropriate to the character levels of the adventure", I assume you mean main quest-critical encounters that can clearly be resolved by combat only? For example,  several Planescape adventures had PCs negotiating with much more powerful beings with combat as a non-option (or at least a really bad one). Also, sandbox-ish play generally encourages letting players get in over their heads if they so choose and multiple ways to solve a challenge...so while "level appropriate" still has meaning in a sandbox, it's a much broader looser meaning. Even. More so if I use 5e to write the adventure, what with its bounded accuracy.The planar special conditions appendix is a neat idea...I'll see if it's feasible given page counts.Also, for anyone interested, here's a rough table of contents and guesstimated page counts if the mega-adventure were one book...[SBLOCK]Planescape Mega-Adventure Book1-4 Title, Credits/Legal/Thanks, Contents, Preface5-9 Introduction* Synopsis by Tier, Planescape, Heroic Bonds, Rift Marks, Adapting the Campaign, (NPC Abbreviation), (Website)10-20 Sigil, City of Doors* Overview, Lady's Ward, Lower Ward, Hive Ward, Clerk's Ward, Guildhall and Market Wards, (The Factions)21-77 Chapter I: Mystery of the Mark (~56)* 1-2. Mountain Specters 2-3. Canary in the Cage 4. Two Faced Sibyl78-162 Chapter II: The Lady's Key (~84)* 5-6. Saint of Keys 6-7. Between a Cog and a Hard Place 8-9. Secrets of the Fading Palace 9-10. A Mirror Darkly163-247 Chapter III: Blood of Aoskar (~84)* 11-12. The Leafless Tree 12-13. Shattered Portals 14-15. Aoskar's Maze 15-16. 256-304 Chapter IV: A Conspiracy of Doors (~56)* 17-18. 18-19. 20.305-306 Appendix A: Portals & Pathways307-310 Appendix B: Rift Marks The Alchemist, The Astral Guardian, The Conduit, The Dreamer, The Etherfarer, The Gatecrasher, The Plane Seer, The Portal Key311-312 Appendix C: Spells Gate Ward, Warp Sense313-316 Appendix D: Magic Items & Artifacts Mimir, Portal Trap, Sensory Stone, Hwyrr the Clarion Harp, Codex of the Infinite Planes317 Appendix E: Glossary & Cant318 Index of NPCs319 Index of Planar Sites320 Playtest Quotes & Website Link (Player's Primer, Pregen PCs, Handouts/Maps)[/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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