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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 9050616" data-attributes="member: 20323"><a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/planescape-bigby-phandelver-and-the-deck-of-many-things-covers-details-revealed.697892/" target="_blank">Planescape is coming to 5e</a> October 16th this year. Marketing is calling this a "boxed set." Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse will <a href="https://dungeonsanddragonsfan.com/planescape-5e-dnd-2023/#:~:text=How%20much%20is%20the%20Planescape,in%20price%20over%20previous%20sourcebooks)." target="_blank">retail for $59.95.</a> It will be a slip case that will include <a href="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw2R1OdXgAUpoWn?format=jpg&name=large" target="_blank">3 hardcovers</a>:<img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fw2R1OdXgAUpoWn?format=jpg&name=large" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />The cover is by Tyler Jacobson, who has some lovely progress photos of his piece:[MEDIA=twitter]1671593253987311618[/MEDIA]<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">96 page Sigil and the Outlands – The cover of the slipcase appears to be the cover for this book and depicts the Lady of Pain. Due to a few product releases – <a href="https://shop.wizkids.com/products/d-d-nolzurs-nameless-one" target="_blank">a miniature of the Nameless One</a> (protagonist from PS:Torment) & <a href="https://media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/dragon/Creatures_PSTEE.pdf" target="_blank">conversion of PS:Torment monsters</a> in 2017 Dragon+ – and what seems to be a focus on the Outlands (which features strongly in PS:Torment), some of us speculate that there may be a stronger PS:Torment feel to the product; but this is just speculation.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">64-page bestiary Morte's Planar Parade – "A compendium of characters and creatures from the Outlands." (source: <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/everything-we-know-about-dds-planescape-adventures-in-the-multiverse-sourcebooks" target="_blank">IGN article</a>) This is a reference to Morte, the wise-cracking skull party member in the cult-classic <a href="https://www.beamdog.com/games/planescape-torment-enhanced/" target="_blank">Planescape: Torment. CRPG</a> (1999). Cranium rats are visible in the sliver of the cover we can see.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">96-page adventure Turn of Fortune's Wheel – Modrons and what appears to be a dead god are visible on the sliver of the cover we can see. "The adventure finds the players forced to uncover the mystery behind a “glitch” in the reality of the multiverse, with much of the action taking place in the Outlands." (<a href="https://dungeonsanddragonsfan.com/planescape-5e-dnd-2023/#:~:text=How%20much%20is%20the%20Planescape,in%20price%20over%20previous%20sourcebooks)." target="_blank">source</a>) "A plot to undermine the rules of reality has caused a glitch in the multiverse. Contend with mighty immortals and chronicle the farthest reaches of the Outlands to uncover the truth of this conspiracy." (source: <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/everything-we-know-about-dds-planescape-adventures-in-the-multiverse-sourcebooks" target="_blank">IGN article</a>) "Fortune's Wheel" is also the name of a tavern in Sigil; located in the Lady's Ward it is "where the high and mighty come to engage in the kriegstanz that makes their lives interesting" – the kriegstanz being the cold war between Planescape's factions (source: In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil, 1995, p. 36). During the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF7j8lyqiNM" target="_blank">D&D Direct Livestream on March 28</a> we learned that "the new Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse will set the stage for Vecna’s return [in 2024]." (source: <a href="https://www.polygon.com/23660242/dnd-dungeons-dragons-sixth-edition-vecna-planescape-2024-roadmap" target="_blank">Polygon article</a>).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Poster map </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DM screen – Speculation is that Tony Diterlizzi's recent artwork is for this DM screen [MEDIA=twitter]1640752967719481346[/MEDIA]</li> </ul><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsUY5cHWwAEig5A?format=jpg&name=4096x4096" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />From left to right, we see: (1) The Cat Lord, (2) a githyanki, (3) a green slaad with "The Friendly Fiend" shop in the background, (4) a "Clueless" (newcomer to Sigil from the Material Plane) with modrons in the background, (5) The Lady of Pain with dabus and a mercane in the background, (6) a dwarf who may be a member of the Bleak Cabal, with what appears to be a modified Sensate faction symbol above him, (7) an imp, (8) a floating skull, (9) a tiefling whose appearance varies from the usual look of 5e tieflings, (10) a rogue modron (which likely is the <a href="https://media.wizards.com/2022/dnd/downloads/UA2022-WondersoftheMultiverse.pdf" target="_blank">Glitchling race from 2022 Unearthed Arcana</a>), and (11) Sly Nye (tiefling lawyer of the Xaositect faction who appeared in Uncaged: Faces of Sigil).One other piece of art was showcased in the <a href="https://www.polygon.com/23736642/dnd-dungeons-dragons-phandelver-planescape-deck-of-many-things-release-date-price" target="_blank">Polygon</a> article, "Hive Ward Scene" by Vicki Pangetsu.<img src="https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/w7abPye3sm8peNcPk6CbC9iyjyg=/0x0:3000x1688/2570x1446/filters:focal(1260x604:1740x1084):format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/72315218/Hive_Ward_Scene__Art_by_Vicki_Pangestu_copy.0.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />From left to right we see: (1) yeti serving ice cream to a dwarf, (2) a gehreleth (?) buying a soft pretzel, (3) a tiefling surveying caged cranium rats, (4) a mind flayer chef, (5) a kenku, (6) a human feeding or talking with a faerie dragon, (7) way upstairs a kobold selling pastries, and (8) an elf looking at a cornugon/horned devil (?) spit-roasting meat.Additional speculation is that the Great Modron March will feature in this adventure in some capacity due to references to the March across multiple past 5th edition products:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">PHB p.104 strangely mentions summoning a modron in the sorcerer's wild magic table.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">DMG p. 41 shows adventurers hiding from marching modrons.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">MM p. 224, under the Modron entry, mentions the Great Modron March.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Out of the Abyss features modrons and a malfunctioning Machine from Mechanus.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Tomb of Annihilation, p.177 features rogue modrons lost in the Great Modron March.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, p.41 features a rogue quadrone.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The winged monodrone Gearbox appears in <a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/product/258047/Lost-Laboratory-of-Kwalish-5e" target="_blank">Lost Laboratory of Kwalish</a> (WotC, 2018).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Possibly supporting this theory are the steady release of modron miniatures across various WizKids pre-painted D&D miniatures, most recently the <a href="https://www.miniaturemarket.com/ddwdh-028.html" target="_blank">Pentadrone (Waterdeep Dragon Heist #28).</a> All of this is just speculation, however.</li> </ul>What is the state of the factions? It's hard to say, but here's what we know...<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rhys, of the Transcendent Order, is still around. A picture of Guildmaster Rhys training new recruits appears in Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, p.103. Thanks [USER=52734]@Stormonu[/USER] !</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Keys from the Golden Vault has adventures featuring the Fated and a new faction called The Fixers who plot to keep the Blood War in balance. Thanks [USER=66357]@Veltharis ap Rylix[/USER] !</li> </ul>If you have other news tidbits I've missed, clarification on details, or just speculation about Planescape, please share!</blockquote>

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