Planescape Manual of the Planes for 5e on DMSGuild

New on the DMSGuild is the Manual of the Planes for 5th edition. The cover is stunning.

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It's over 300 pages and the credits page includes folks from The Draconomicon, The Dragonlance Companion, Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else, Planescape: Metropolis, The Honkonomicon and Planewalker.com

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I love the special thanks.

This project was made possible by Roll20. Thank you for unlocking new horizons for the latest generation of planewalkers, bashers, berks, and touts. We’d also like to thank the giants on whose shoulders we stand when writing this book: Justice Ramin Arman, Richard Baker, Wolfgang Baur, David “Zeb” Cook, Bruce R. Cordell, Jeff Grubb, David Noonan, F. Wesley Schneider, Rick Swan, and all others who helped create and cultivate Planescape and the planes.

I've just bought it and am reading it now.

Manual of the Planes (5e) - Dungeon Masters Guild | Dungeon Masters Guild

Manual of the Planes (5e) - From creators behind The Draconomicon, Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else, Planescape: Metropolis, The Honkonomic

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Here is the table of contents.

 

[Weird Dave]

I picked up this Manual of the Planes this morning from the DMsGuild, and my first impression - incredible work! As someone with their own treatise on the planes up for sale (cough cough Codex of the Infinite Planes) I'm always keen on expanding my knowledge of the planes and diving into other takes on the infinite nature of the multiverse. This is a really good sourcebook with lots of cool ideas - I especially love the planar effects table for each plane, I wish I had thought of that one! Definitely looking forward to picking up the Manual of the Planes on POD when it becomes available. Nice layout, good use of styles to break up the pages (definitely LOOKS like a Planescape book from the 2E era!), loads of useful information for building out and playing on the planes. Great job to the team!

 

[afroakuma]

Much appreciated - and yes, I will have to check out your work at some point. I hope we start to see a review or two come in that are half as positive as the ones showcased there.

 

[WhatLiesBeyond]

I certainly wish! If there would be interest in a planar book with a different title and an entirely different set of planes and monsters, no Sigil or Factions, using basically nothing from Planescape at all, then I’m down to do it!! Unfortunately, I think the audience is there for THESE planes, and THESE creatures, etc. I definitely have personal plans for an OGL/ORC cosmology, but that would need to build an audience before a successful Kickstarter. So, maybe with time.

I should note that there are some successes in the area which I also highly recommend to people. Monte Cook Games' Path of the Planebreaker and Lost Spheres' Publishing's City of 7 Seraphs are both incredible planar supplements which have seen great success through crowdfunding, but neither was permitted to utilize muchof the Planescape Intellectual Property which we have utilized here.

 

[Zaukrie]

I too bemoan the lack of art, I would have loved to be able to stuff a book full to the gills with it, but sadly it's a tall order financially - especially with the amount of content we have in there. Worthwhile feedback though.

Art is really expensive, and even a big seller on dmsguild makes little money.

 

[Incenjucar]

DMSGuild is done for the love of the game and maybe to get some visibility, it's not really a great way to cash in on your time. All the more reason to appreciate the hard work that goes into it.

 

[Zaukrie]

DMSGuild is done for the love of the game and maybe to get some visibility, it's not really a great way to cash in on your time. All the more reason to appreciate the hard work that goes into it.

correct. There are exceptions, but most of us do this for fun and to maybe give back to the community.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

DMSGuild is done for the love of the game and maybe to get some visibility, it's not really a great way to cash in on your time. All the more reason to appreciate the hard work that goes into it.

There are exceptions. The Eberron products from K B, and the monster manual expanded series have done quite well. The monster manual expanded series did so well that the author ended up commissioning art and replacing the stock cart in the original PDFs.

 

[Zaukrie]

There are exceptions. The Eberron products from K B, and the monster manual expanded series have done quite well. The monster manual expanded series did so well that the author ended up commissioning art and replacing the stock cart in the original PDFs.

I'm not sure your general point here? A handful of exceptions means nothing to the actual point being made.

 

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

I'm not sure your general point here? A handful of exceptions means nothing to the actual point being made.

The point is that some people do make decent money at it. I would think it was clear when I said there are exceptions that I’m agreeing with the general point.

 

[Incenjucar]

Thankfully there is plenty of official and fan Planescape art, and lots of opportunity for new fan art if PS catches on again.