So, I'm planning to get myself some Planescape books for my birthday geld. I'm gonna start with the main boxed set, try it out, see if it's for me. I assume it will be, since it seems pretty much straight up my alley, and if that is indeed so, what other stuff is considered 'essential'? The Planeswalker's Guide - is it truly necessary or should I drop it? Do I need the Factol's Handbook? So, any of you old hands to Planescape - what is necessary and what not? What would've been necessary, but was handled badly, and what was so well-written and awesome that I should get it even though it's not realy that vital to enjoying the setting?

And what should I be aware of in order to prime myself for the setting? And are there any fan-made materials I really ought to check out? What parts of the setting should I be aware of that suck or rock disproportionately, etc.? Thank you in advance. Core Boxed Set, for obvious reasons. If you are using it within 2E, Planewalkers Handbook is essential. Half the rules for the campaign setting appear there and nowhere else.

I have one copy and am tempted to buy another because the DM and players need to reference it fairly often. Factol's Manifesto is great IF you are running a game that takes place mostly within Sigil. If you aren't spending a ton of time within Sigil, it's not so important. It's a cool book though. I have a pretty decent collection (Core Boxed Set, Planes of Chaos, Law, and Conflict boxed sets, Hellbound: The Blood War boxed set, Factols Manifesto, Planewalkers Handbook, Uncaged: Faces of Sigil, Planescape MCI and MCII, Dead Gods, and Eternal Boundary) and those three are really what I would say are needed to run a game within sigil. If you use Skills & Powers, you'll want a copy of the Dragon magazine that details Planer S&P, possibly.

You could probably find a PDF somewhere, I'll get the # for you if you are interested, I have the magazine sitting in plastic somewhere. You can find the Player's Primer to the Outlands audio files all over the internet at this point. The rest of that box was only a 32-page booklet IIRC. All anyone ever raves about is the CD. I'd just go listen to it online somewhere and save $30 for something more valuable.

You can find Hellbound for a decent price if you look around. It's a valuable resource if you are ever going to use the Blood War as part of the plot.

In all honestly, out of all the GMing I've done in Planescape, it seems the most fun we've had as a group usually took place in Sigil itself. The city is one of the coolest things TSR ever came up with. Demon bars where they drink lava? An angel spa right down the street? So much cool stuff in Sigil.

Especially to players who aren't used to Planescape and will want to draw swords with every badguy they come across. Planescape is more of a thinking game than most D&D settings. It's hard to settle a problem with your sword when your enemy is an infinite supply of demons from hell (or an infinite army of angels, for those evil types). I'd get the following: Core boxed set. Then I'd get the following adventures: Dead Gods Great Modron March Tales from the Infinite Staircase That is all.

I don't suggest a lot more plane specific or setting specific stuff because I think in an ideal planescape game, that variety is essential. If a DM has misunderstood what is going on with the blood war, and provides something entirely different than what is expected, that is fine. For example: say the blood war is Demons vs the elemental plane of water. I think that's absolutely fine.

Or perhaps the blood war is Devils vs a blood-transmitted microbe/infection that causes them to suffer if anyone around them is suffering. If your planescape does something unheard of in the Canon planescape, I think that is perfectly fine. I am sugesting the adventures not necessarily to run them, but to give you an idea of how bizarre a planescape adventure should be. The Great Modron March and Dead Gods are definitely worth your cash even if you aren't planning to run them as adventures. There's so much stuff in them on the planes as a whole and flesh out a lot of the Sigil NPCs rather well plus they give you some idea of how to run a high level campaign in which everything is going to end everywhere and it's all up to the PCs. I've run more than my fair share of Planescape and I found that the most fun way to run things was to really ramp up what the consequences of failure are along with the absolute apathy of everyone the PCs try to tell about it. Since there is always a threat to the multiverse and there are always parties of adventurers trying to stop it. Ibreviary Completo Pdf Writer.

'We're trying to stop the Abyss from eating Toril!' 'Yeah, you and everyone else, berk.'

'Starting Adventure' implies lower level or level 1, in which case both Modron March and Infinite Staircase work. Dead Gods is outstanding, but starts at a higher level.

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In fact, Dead Gods is usually run as a sequel to Modron March. Pretty much, yeah, I was thinking of starting a PBP 2e Planescape game, but wondered whether people would still have the books and stuff to create characters from.

There is such a lot of good 2e stuff, but if it's non-core, I'm going to have trouble posting the character generation rules because of copyright issues. Pretty much, yeah, I was thinking of starting a PBP 2e Planescape game, but wondered whether people would still have the books and stuff to create characters from. Bosch Dishwasher Install Fascia here. There is such a lot of good 2e stuff, but if it's non-core, I'm going to have trouble posting the character generation rules because of copyright issues.

I'd certainly be in. But you do have a point that character generation MAY be difficult. Although, as long as roughly half the players had the material, the rest of the players could make clueless and it'd work out alright. I'd certainly be in. But you do have a point that character generation MAY be difficult. Although, as long as roughly half the players had the material, the rest of the players could make clueless and it'd work out alright.

I tried to run an FR game last year and it collapsed, so it's a 'maybe' at the moment. The split is between planar characters and prime characters, so conceivably anything is possible.

I might run Planescape, I might run Spelljammer, but I will try to set it up at the end of the summer (no point in trying anything now until after my sister's wedding at the beginning of August) and see what interest there is. There is a good site that I run the games on which has programmed character sheets, but until I figure out how to overcome the problem that wrecked the last one - multiclassing - I won't be posting anything. That would also give me a bit of time to brainstorm some ideas. My personal list of 'must-haves' - Planescape Boxed Set: 'coz you need it. - The three Planes Of sets: because they describe the best parts of the setting with the most meat. - In The Cage and Factol's Manifesto: because I used Sigil a whole helluva lot, and these books rule.

Faction War also has some neat extra info on Sigil, but it's not a must-have. - The Monster Books: because these really give you a flavor of the types of things to encounter on the planes, and a lot of them are very strange, unique, and well-described. - On Hallowed Ground: I love the idea of Gods fighting stealth wars, so this book was extremely helpful.

I recommend (but don't require) Planewalker's Handbook (the random charts for Tiefling and Aasimar 'mutations' are worth it!), and the adventures Modron March and Dead Gods. Personally, Hellbound and the Player's Primer to the Outlands are very cool but the first is only useful if you use the niche it's aimed for and the second was not as informative as I would have liked. Back when WoTC was selling PDfs, I went on a spree and purchased all of the 2E adventures that I skipped out on in the 90s. Paladin in Hell, Dead Gods, Great Modron March, Rod of 7 parts, Axe of the Dwarvish Lords, Return to White Plume Mtn, lotsa planescape stuff, etcetera. I am SOOOO glad I did that.

Yeah, that's why my essential list was not expensive at all;-) I also was buying when they first started releasing these boxed sets. I guess if you're starting from scratch in regards to owning planescape products, the essential would be this: - Planescape Core Box set (if you're not using 2e rules and don't care about the Cant or Sigil, you could probably just get away with the following links) - Pick whether your campaign is Sigil-centric or not. If it is, In The Cage is pretty damn important, Faces of Sigil less so, and Factol's Manifesto ONLY if the Factions will be important. If the campaign doesn't focus on Sigil, ignore this entry. - Wikipedia for the entries of most D&D-specific deities and nearly every real-world deity that is mentioned (many even have their D&D-specific connotations noted on Wikipedia) - Wikipedia for many descriptions of the Planes Bam!

That's the cheapest way to do it. You'd be surprised how much of the setting info can be gleaned from a couple sites (Planewalker.com, Dragonsfoot.org for more old-school descriptions of the Planes). Wikipedia really has almost everything you need, in a general sense. You might be missing some specific locales described in the various Planes Of boxed sets, but even many of those can be scrounged from more recent books (Manual of the Planes for 3e) or you can alter things to your liking (the Planes books for 4e). Hell with all the links I posted above, it makes me wonder why we even buy the books or call for a new edition of older settings. It really seems like most of the info for any semi-popular D&D setting is already online, almost in full. Oh, and screw eBay!!

(I run an eBay business, and I hate it). Planescape Core Box set (if you're not using 2e rules and don't care about the Cant or Sigil, you could probably just get away with the following links)Check - I've got it on order. - Pick whether your campaign is Sigil-centric or not. If it is, In The Cage is pretty damn important, Faces of Sigil less so, and Factol's Manifesto ONLY if the Factions will be important.Ok, I don't know if I will run Sigil-centric or not. Probably both? So, In The Cage, but not the others.

Hell with all the links I posted above, it makes me wonder why we even buy the books or call for a new edition of older settings. It really seems like most of the info for any semi-popular D&D setting is already online, almost in full.

I buy stuff for the same reason I don't pirate PDFs - I like nice-looking print stuff. Oh, and screw eBay!! (I run an eBay business, and I hate it) I tend to stick with Noble Knight.

They've got good prices and selection, and reasonable shipping, especially for smaller orders. I can't stand the eBay rat race. Thank you for your posts.

Most informative and useful, and if I don't respond a whole lot, it's 'cause I don't have anything of value to say. So the Essential Planescape so far numbers the main boxed set and In The Cage.

Planescape Sketchbook Item code: na Internal Code: na Type: Conceptual Sketchbook Release: 1994 Design: Cover Art: Interior Art: Format: 32 unnumbered pages Print Runs: → 1st Rarity: Very Rare Value @NrMint: na ISBN: na Cover Price: na Weight: 135 grams Dimensions: width: 28.0 cm height: 21.6 cm depth: 0.3 cm Collectors arcana: Dana Knutson put together highlights from his conceptual sketchbook for the Planescape setting into a single volume meant for the fans of Planescape setting. It was meant to sell exclusively at Gen Con and Euro Gen Con during that year of the printing with Dana himself selling them at a table and signing them for the buyer. We have come to understand not many of these sold at all which would directly contribute to the wild rarity of this item. There are many notes throughout the book that describe the setting in very basic yet complete conceptual detail. It appears in kind to the way popular movie conceptual notebooks do.

Amongst many things it highlights the conceptual development of the logo, many details on the various landscapes of the setting, even costume designs of various inhabitants of the setting. Since this thing rarely ever is availabe on the market, we have valuation data. We estimate this item will sell for several hundred dollars, if properly advertised.

'In the beginning, I must say that the world of Planescape didn't really intrigue me or my partner. My Boss Tom Lavely put a lot of trust in me to conceptualize the new world along with game designers and. So, with a lot of help and encouragement from Zeb, Dori, and Robh, I dove into it. All of us worked well together and the end result, I feel was and exciting, Spiky Bumpy world which caught the interest of management and the enthuasism of the entire TSR staff. -Dana Knutson'.