D&D 5E WotC Shares Theros Table of Contents

WotC has shared the table of contents of Mythic Odysseys of Theros. Well, part of it, at least.

Update -- thanks to "obscureReviewer" on Twitter, here's a fuller image!

 

[Parmandur]

Those are all settings. Planescape isn't a true setting. If it contains a lot of player options, I doubt it'd be called Planescape. (What's the difference between planescape and a manual of the planes? Is there one?)

Planescape is a Setting, with characters and locations and the whole kit and kaboodle: what's more, it's a Setting that has been hinted at constantly in the background for the whole edition so far. A book that went into the details explicitly, part player options, part monster manual, part DM options,and Gazateer, is probable eventually. If it is the next book, time will tell.

 

[SkidAce]

Don't they normally come from an outer plane?

They can, and usually do, but not necessarily "Planescape".

Eberron demons com from Kyber, center of the earth.

 

[Parmandur]

Planescape was largely about the groups based on Sigil and their literal and philosophical struggles against one another. I think that's what really differentiates it between that and standard D&D planar settings. At the time, it also was novel for allowing low level planar play, although that's a core element of the game since 4E.

Hypothetical model:

• Chapter 1: Player options
• Chapter 2: The Factions
• Chapter 3: detailed Sigil & Outlands Gazateer
• Chapter 4: Adventure material for using the factions and planar material at all levels
• Chapter 5: Magic loot
• Chapter 6: all the mosnters

 

[SkidAce]

If I worked at WotC, it would be Manuel of the Planes' Manual of the Planes.

/sorrynotsorry

Manuel of the Plains' Manual of the Planes.

 

[dave2008]

If a subclass is themed around true naming, which is related to demons and devils, that points to a connection to the lower planes. That makes them connected with planescape, it doesn't really matter the setting of the world, because demons and devils are key to planescape.

There was a whole UA that provided additional demon summon spells (I don't remember if that became official) that had no connection to planescape. Because something is related to demons and/or devils doesn't mean it is related to planescape. In addition, if something is related to true names, that doesn't necessarily make it related to planescape either. They can be tools in the tool bag, but you don't need the bag to use those tools.

 

[Demetrios1453]

I think it's Narnian influence. If you want to do the Wood Between Worlds, but without getting a call from the Lewis estate, you move sideways into similar options, like Grossman did in the Magicians novels. Mirrors are even more gameable than random pools of water in the woods (or fountains in plazas) since they're more commonly sprinkled around adventuring environments.

Well, the mirror part gets a lot from Alice as well, and no worries about estates suing as it's in public domain now! And beyond that, Alice gets the whole "through the looking glass" thing from centuries of folk tales on the subject...

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

There was a whole UA the provided additional demon summon spells (I don't remember if that became official) that had no connection to planescape. Because something is related to demons and/or devils doesn't mean it is related to planescape. In addition, if something is related to true names, that doesn't necessarily make it related to planescape either. They can be tools in the tool bag, but you don't need the bag to use those tools.

See, I interpreted those summoning spells to also go along with Planescape, but I could be wrong.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

They can, and usually do, but not necessarily "Planescape".

Eberron demons com from Kyber, center of the earth.

Eberron has no connection to planescape. Most settings use the standard cosmology, and so the standard source of demons and devils is another plane of existence.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Hypothetical model:

• Chapter 1: Player options
• Chapter 2: The Factions
• Chapter 3: detailed Sigil & Outlands Gazateer
• Chapter 4: Adventure material for using the factions and planar material at all levels
• Chapter 5: Magic loot
• Chapter 6: all the mosnters

Yes, this is likely to be the layout. I do think they'd have a chapter on the outer planes and inner planes, with possible maps, similar to the Avernus map. Maybe a separate chapter for spells, like XGtE had, but they might not have that many.

 

[dave2008]

Don't they normally come from an outer plane?

Yes, but not in Eberron, Athas, or probably the MtG settings