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Manual of the Planes

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QL Games, Matt Daley, Paolo Davolio, Ken Marable, Lord Zoph "Afroakuma" Sortlyn, George "Loki" Williams, Landon Zea

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From creators behind The Draconomicon, Tasha's Crucible of Everything Else, Planescape: Metropolis, The Honkonomicon, Planewalker.com, and more comes...

Manual of the Planes: An invaluable, definitive work on the most fascinating aspect of the World's Greatest Roleplaying Game

Manual of the Planes

An invaluable, definitive work on the most fascinating aspect of the World's Greatest Roleplaying Game

A vital sourcebook for players and DMs of all levels of experience, the Manual of the Planes details the manifold worlds of the Great Wheel, the most popular cosmological model of the multiverse. This book describes the layers, locations, and denizens of these worlds, as well as ideas for character creation and building planar adventures in these alien surroundings. A different style of D&D adventure awaits!

This product is compatible with Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse.

Contents

Look Inside

Introduction

Planewalker Slang
Using this Book
Terms to Know
What is a Plane?
What Makes a Planar Adventure?

Chapter 1: Character Creation

Backgrounds
- Elemental Navigator
- Far Realm Survivor
- Transitive Anchor
- Wild Thing
Feats
- 1st-Level Feats
  - Amphibious
  - Elemental Disciple
  - Fight or Flight
  - Personal Symbiont
  - Poison Barbs
  - Resilience of the Elemental Chaos
  - Scion of the Far Realm
  - Scion of the Transitive Planes
- 4th-Level Feats
  - Beast Whisperer
  - Channel Cosmic Alignment
  - Eagle Eyed
  - Rapid Magic
  - Scentfinder
  - Symbiont Mastery
- Epic Boons
  - Epic Boon of Ascension
  - Epic Boon of Damnation
  - Epic Boon of Fey Aristocracy
  - Epic Boon of Primordial Emergence
  - Epic Boon of Metamorphosis
  - Epic Boon of Soul Magic
Spells
- Ablative Dweomer
- Astral Sign
- Metaconcert
- Modron March
- Planar Endurance
- Reality Maelstrom
Species (also known as Races)
- Axani
  - Bladeling
  - Mechanatrix
  - Zenythri
- Bariaur
- Chaond
  - Cansin
  - Slaadish
  - Uncannite
- Eventide
  - Diurge
  - Fairling
  - Gloaming
  - Lumi
- Exiled Modron
- Goliath
- Primordial Genasi
- Shyft
  - Buomman
  - Calcilach
  - Fogwalker
New Items
- Doubt Bomb
- Etherblade
- Gorgonblood Mortar
- Lajandra's Lantern

Chapter 2: Planar Principia

Planar Adventures
- Twenty Reasons to Hop Planes
Nature of Exemplars
Agency and Afterlife
Portmanteau: When Settings Collide
- Reasons for Multi-Setting Adventures
- Worlds with Alternate Cosmologies
- Shifting Power Sources
Creature Themes
- Atypical Creatures
- Connection Themes
- Primal Themes
- Divine Themes

Chapter 3: The Great Wheel

Using This Chapter
- Overview
- Common Knowledge
- Associated Characters
- Exploration Rules
- Layers
- Locations
- Denizens
- Intrigue Opportunities
- Supernatural Effects
The Prime and Echoes
- Material Plane
- The Feywild
- The Shadowfell
Connecting Planes
- Astral Plane
- Ethereal Plane
- The Outlands
- The Far Realm
Inner Planes
- Positive Energy Plane
- Negative Energy Plane
- Elemental Air
- Elemental Water
- Elemental Earth
- Elemental Fire
- Elemental Chaos
Outer Planes
- The Abyss
- Acheron
- Arborea
- Arcadia
- The Beastlands
- Bytopia
- Carceri
- Elysium
- Gehenna
- Hades
- Limbo
- Mechanus
- Mount Celestia
- The Nine Hells
- Pandemonium
- Ysgard
Travelers of the Wheel
- Famous Planewalkers
- Fogbrokers
- Keepers
- Mind Flayers (Illithids)
Interplanar Landmarks
- The Infinite Staircase
- Mount Olympus
- River Oceanus
- River Styx
- Rock of Bral
- World Serpent Inn
- Yggdrasil, the World Tree

Chapter 4: Creatures of the Planes

Achaierai
Aoskian Hound
Archfey
- Seelie Monarch
- Unseelie Monarch
Archons
- Sword Archon
- Throne Archon
- Tome Archon
- Trumpet Archon
Ardlings
- Ardling Wanderer
- Ardling Ferallum
- Ardling Paladarch
- Ardling Heavensage
Bardic Dean
Beast Lord
Blights
- Algae Blight
- Flytrap Blight
- Fungal Blight Husk
- Fungal Blight Spore Cloud
- Fungal Blight Engorged
- Kelp Blight
- Swarm of Moss Blights
- Stinking Blight
- Moss Blight
Chronotyryn
Dracolich Greatwyrm
Eodath
- Bralani Eodath
- Coure Eodath
- Firre Eodath
- Ghaele Eodath
- Noviere Eodath
- Shiere Eodath
- Tulani Eodath
Ethergaunts
- Black Ethergaunt
- Red Ethergaunt
- White Ethergaunt
Executioner's Ravens
- Executioner's Raven
- Executioner's Wereraven
Farspawn
Formians
- Formian Worker
- Formian Warrior
- Formian Taskmaster
Genies
- Genie Commoner
- Genie Conglomerate
- Dao Monarch
- Djinni Monarch
- Efreeti Monarch
- Marid Monarch
Guardinals
- Cervidal Guardinal
- Leonal Guardinal
- Lupinal Guardinal
- Ursinal Guardinal
Illuminary
Kaorti
- Kaorti Initiate
- Kaorti Resincrafter
Keeper
Kuldurath
Modrons
- Quinton Modron
- Quarton Modron
- Tertian Modron
- Secundus Modron
Nerra
- Kalareem Nerra
- Sillit Nerra
- Varoot Nerra
Phane
Pseudonatural Crab
Reality Snarl
Rilmani
- Argenach Rilmani
- Abiorach Rilmani
- Plumach Rilmani
- Stannach Rilmani
Rukanyr
Skybleeder
Slaadi
- Orange Slaad
- Pink Slaad
- Purple Slaad
Spirits
- Spirit Hound
- Weak Spirit
- Strong Spirit
- Elder Spirit
Thoon Incubator
Umbral Banyan
Vaati
- Vaati Wanderer
- Vaati Wind Duke
Xag-Ya and Xeg-Yi
- Xag-Ya
- Xeg-Yi

Content Warning

In addition to the traditional antagonists, archetypal evil, and sinister societies encountered in the kinds of fantasy adventures Dungeons & Dragons is known for, this book addresses some topics that can be very stressful for some readers.

Negative Psychological Effects

Magic, darkness, and even weather can drive characters wild. This is a general theme throughout the book, but is especially prevalent in certain planes described in chapter 3:

The Feywild (memory loss)
The Shadowfell (despair)
The Abyss (aggression)
Arborea (yearning)
Bytopia (alignment change)
Elysium (complacency)
Gehenna (selfishness)
Hades (depression)
Mechanus (alignment change)
The Nine Hells (alignment change)
Pandemonium (obsession)

These planes have optional exploration rules to represent the ways the realms wear down or build up visitors and alter their mental state. If anyone in your play group is uncomfortable with this narrative, you can disregard those exploration rules.

Death and the Afterlife

In traditional D&D cosmology, the souls of deceased creatures live on in the planes. This is a general theme throughout the book and cannot be easily avoided. Chapter 2 provides options for adapting the mechanics and lore of creature agency and the afterlife to suit your play group’s preferences.

Child Maltreatment

This topic is only breached once in the book, in chapter 3, discussing Mount Celestia’s favorite mortals to protect, watch over, and invite to angelhood. This can be easily avoided by saying that Mount Celestia’s inhabitants have no favorites.

Being Respectful

Everyone in your play group is responsible to behave respectfully. Here’s some helpful guidelines you can use to establish what boundaries your table wants to set while enjoying a planar campaign.

Content Warning

Have an open discussion about what player and DM comfort levels are in regards to the topics described in the Content Warning above. This conversation can take place as a group or privately, one-on-one between DM and players.

If the table as a whole is comfortable with a topic, discuss how immersive you’d like to get in such moments. Some players enjoy the catharsis of being immersed in difficult conflicts for a character, some don’t.

If anyone in the play group is uncomfortable with a topic, don’t breach that topic. You don’t need to ask why; any shock value isn’t as important as everyone having fun.

Personal History

If a player or DM is uncomfortable with a topic, you don’t need to ask why. Simply knowing preferences is enough information to show respect.

If another member of your play group confides in you why they’re uncomfortable with a topic, especially if it’s for a traumatic reason, don’t share it with others and don’t try to incorporate it into the story anyways.

Change Topics

If your group decides to dive into the darker elements of this book or add your own serious twists to the lore and mechanics within, people may change their minds or discover they’re uncomfortable with topics they originally thought would be fine. If someone raises a concern like this, even if it’s at an inconvenient time in the story, listen. Change the topic. Add it as a new item to your list of topics not to be discussed or brought into the story.

Group members can voice their concerns when they come up, but sometimes that can be daunting. To make it easier, you can implement a “magic word,” “safe word,” or “password” that group members can say to indicate they’re uncomfortable. You could also have a special symbol on the table (such as a paper with a large X drawn on it) that a party member can touch to indicate the same.

If someone expresses discomfort, that’s a good time to take a break to discuss comfort levels, grab a snack, and use the bathroom.

The Dark of It (FAQ)

Q: Do I need to own Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse to use this book?

A: Although many readers will find having both books enhances their experience, no you don't. The Manual of the Planes is designed to be a standalone product that dovetails perfectly with Adventures in the Multiverse, not one that ignores or replaces it.

Q: What kind of art is in this book?

A: This book has decorative graphics, characteristic quotes, and a diagram of the Inner Planes. In future updates, we may add additional diagrams and maps of other planes. It does not have traditional illustrations. We would LOVE to have included traditional illustrations, but stock art that fits the unique landscapes and creatures of the planes is rare or nonexistant, our production timeline didn't have enough time to commission custom art, and commissioning custom art was financially unfeasible during development.

Q: 2nd Edition (2e) Planescape books were written using planewalker slang, while most 5th Edition (5e) books are written in the style of a reference text. What kind of writing style does the Manual of the Planes use?

A: The main text of the book is written in the 5e style, like an imaginative and entertaining encyclopedia or textbook. Many of our characteristic quotes use planewalker slang in the 2e style. A planewalker slang dictionary is provided on page 2 and can be found in the file preview.

Q: Is there a version of the PDF that is friendly to black-and-white home printers?

A: Yes! The reduced-file size version is in black and white and lacks any decorative graphics. It is included as a download option with this purchase.

Q: Is there a reduced file size version of the PDF?

A: Yes! The reduced-file size version is in black and white and lacks any decorative graphics. It is included as a download option with this purchase.

Q: If I buy the PDF now, will I have access to future updates?

A: Yes. You can access updated files in your DMs Guild/DriveThru RPG library at any time after purchasing.

Q: Will there be a print-on-demand edition?

A: That's the hope. We intend to offer the Manual of the Planes in print beginning in early 2024.

Q: If I buy the PDF now, will I have a discount on the print-on-demand version? Will there be a discount on the print-on-demand edition if I purchase the PDF version before?

A: Yes. If we are able to offer a print-on-demand edition, we will also offer a discount bundle option for people who already own the PDF. This will let you subtract the PDF's cost from the print-on-demand edition's cost.

Changelog

1.0 (October 2023) - Original version.

1.0.1 (October 2023) - Typo correction. Added a printer-friendly, black-and-white, reduced file size version that is included as a download option with this purchase.

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Louis R November 15, 2023 11:05 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Just skimmed a large portion of the pdf and I'm loving the sheer quantity of detail that's in here. I eagerly await the chance to get the PoD when it comes out. Be sure to keep us updated, yeah?

Andrew W November 16, 2023 4:40 pm UTC

CREATOR

We definitely will try. :) I believe that with special permission from Roll20 we'll be able to send a one time email out to purchasers to notify them when we release the PoD version!

Juan D November 20, 2023 6:34 am UTC

May consider Unveiling the Multiverse ($2.50) - spent a year researching and writing this 174 page book and have original artwork for all planes too. https://www.dmsguild.com/product/458306/Unveiling-the-Multiverse-Cosmology-of-the-Planes

Andrew W November 20, 2023 4:33 pm UTC

CREATOR

Please don't advertise your products in the comments of other products. That's quite rude.

rob B November 14, 2023 3:39 am UTC

When are the hardback copies coming out ?

Andrew W November 14, 2023 8:19 pm UTC

CREATOR

The most specific answer we can give right now is "early 2024."

RJ R November 14, 2023 3:10 am UTC

Has anyone who's read this also read through the Codex of Infinite Planes? How does that compare? I own a hard cover of the Codex and I'm wondering if its worth it to grab this too. Much of the contents seem to cover the same topics, but I do see some new things in here that are interesting. I am mostly interested in planes lore and information on the setting. Thanks!

Andrew W November 14, 2023 8:27 pm UTC

CREATOR

Excellent question! Here's what the author of the Codex of Infinite Planes had to say on the matter:

"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!"

Source: https://www.enworld.org/threads/manual-of-the-planes-for-5e-on-dmsguild.700597/page-9#posts...See more

Shane M November 08, 2023 9:39 pm UTC

great book. does it come with a back cover? what if I wanted to print it myself instead of wait for 37 years for the PoD to become available. thanks

Andrew W November 08, 2023 10:15 pm UTC

CREATOR

Great question! I sometimes do that with DMs Guild products too. It does not come with a back cover to the PDF - it simply ends at page 336 with the final page of the Appendix. I don't know about your friendly local print shop, but the places I've had print 100+ page PDFs for me offer a nice piece of cardstock or plastic for a back cover on my spiral-bound products for only a small fee.

Louis R November 08, 2023 9:39 am UTC

PURCHASER

Exactly how likely is it that a PoD version of this will actually come out? I heard they'll only let you do it if the book sells well enough, but this looks to be really popular so I'm curious as to how close it is to meeting the necessary criteria.

Andrew W November 08, 2023 10:12 pm UTC

CREATOR

Extremely likely. We've already started working on the finer details that PoD requires on the production end, and we're already around a third of the way to the required digital sales to qualify for PoD in only 2-3 weeks. So by the time the PoD version is ready for production in early 2024, we fully expect to have also met the sales requirements.

Gino K November 01, 2023 3:18 pm UTC

Can't wait to purchase a PoD Version of this soon! Looks fantastic!
I'm really into the cosmology of D&D, read throw the Manual of the Planes of AD&D, 3rd and 4th Edition. Now, finally, we'll have a complete Book about it for 5th Edition. Love it!

Colton L October 28, 2023 5:11 am UTC

How lore accurate is this in regard to the planes and what creative liberties did you guys take if you'd be willing to share?

Andrew W October 28, 2023 10:16 am UTC

CREATOR

If something's been consistent through all editions of planar content then we've kept it the same in all or most cases, but previous planar content isn't always consistent from edition to edition or even within editions. For example, the 5e DMG says that the archdevil Moloch uses the statistics of an imp, while 5e's Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse says he uses a CR 20+ unique stat block. When lore within 5e or between 5e and earlier editions conflicted, we tried to go with the lore we thought was a good mix between recent, interesting, and user-friendly. Sometimes we also made changes thanks to guidance from our sensitivity reader.

To give a good idea of what kind of intentional lore decisions we made, here's a list of examples from the top of my head:
- Modrons and Mechanus. Historically, most modrons are clownishly bureaucratic and rigidly organized. While we wanted to keep that core identity of modron culture, we also made sure to include examples of rogue, exiled, and expatriate...See more modrons (rogue modrons are hunted down by modron society to be converted back to modron culture, or else be killed; exiled modrons are granted permission to live as they please and are treated like any other non-modron; expatriate modrons are standard modrons who happen to live alone or in small communities outside Mechanus) throughout the planes. To represent other interpretations of "total law" and "perfect order" in Mechanus, we explored how other Mechanus residents could approach those concepts of the plane: the myconids psionically enforce complete pacifism in their domain, Helm's agents are coordinated and compassionate, and the Fraternity of Order keeps strict regulations and records.
- The Harmonium. Hisorically, the Harmonium is presented as an entirely antagonistic force - a society that player characters are likely to fight against, almost never aligning with them. They are effectively a Lawful Evil organization that thinks it is Lawful Neutral. We wanted to give the Harmonium a chance to have some philosophical depth and to make it easy for DMs to make adventures where the party is likely to be on the same side as the Harmonium, at least in some cases. As such, the Harmonium's tyrranical peacekeeping still takes the front and center focus of their coverage, but we explore more of their Lawful Good side too - fellowship, community service, and helping the sick and weary, to name a few.
- The Energy Planes. Historically, most editions of DND present the Inner Planes as a globe with the Positive and Negative Energy Planes at its poles. The 5e DMG presents them as a ring of just the Elemental Planes that can be visited and walked through, and the Energy Planes as wellsprings or vacuums of magical power that can't be visited or walked through. After much discussion, we decided to present the Inner Planes in the historical globe model instead of the 5e DMG ring model. We found it to be more interesting and more consistent with the lore and legacy of cosmology, exploration rules, and other planar content.
- Genie Slavery. Historically, the dao and efreeti genie cultures are cruel slavers. Our sensitivity reader pointed out that while slavery is mentioned in passing for a few antagonistic socieites (e.g. mind flayers), most references were only in passing. In earlier drafts of our product, the dao and efreet had many more details about their slavery, but the dao and efreet were also some of the only cultures in the book to have naming conventions similar to real-world cultures. This subtly suggests that those real-world cultures deal with slavery much more than the many cultures with no analogues in our book, and isn't a fair representation of those cultures or the people from them. So even though it was an important part of historical genie lore, we decided to amend their societal, political, and economic structures to lack slavery (although they are still certainly antagonistic).

I hope these examples show what kinds of changes we made (or didn't make) and why we made them!

Edward W November 08, 2023 8:23 pm UTC

"Sensitivity readers" are a meme and removing the fact that evil Djinn keep slaves from the lore is just one of the reasons why I won't purchase this product. Only a tiny, tiny fraction of TTRPG players want that kind of thinly-veiled activism in the material.

Not to mention that half the promotion page is used to tell us how we should play our games.

How about - no. How people choose to their games is up to them and noone needs you telling them how or what they should be doing at their tables.

The only thing that I (and nearly everyone else) wants is interesting, balanced content and ideas.

Andrew W November 08, 2023 10:40 pm UTC

CREATOR

That's actually exactly why we have such a prominent content warning (as well as a detailed table of contents and FAQ)! So potential purchasers can know whether this is the right product for them. I'm glad to know it's helped you figure that out for yourself.

If you and your players are interested in a really gritty, intense kind of setting that delves into issues of slavery, torture, drug use, and the like, I highly recommend this Platinum-bestselling product by the fantastic designer Cassandra MacDonald, "Skullport: Shadow of Waterdeep." Here's the URL: https://www.dmsguild.com/product/308753/Skullport-Shadow-of-Waterdeep

Jazzy B October 28, 2023 4:55 am UTC

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Nice work! There are some questions that hold me back from making a purchase. I don't know what the Great Wheel section of Chapter 3 encapsulates that's different from the DMG. Ideally, some pages added to the preview would be nice since most of the preview was player options and I don't think that's why I'd buy this; that or some page spreads in the product descriptions.

As someone that mostly wants a GM toolbox to spark ideas thematic to the planes as well as facilitatte running and prepare the game while doing so, the "Ideas for Building Planar Adventures" tagline that you pitched is what I am most interested in. There are a few things that I found lacking on both PS:AitM and the DMG when compared to high-usability toolbox books like Fizban, Bigby's, and Ravenloft, and I was wondering if this could expand it in a similar DM-friendly format. With that in mind is any of the following content for the planes in this book?

♦ Random encounter tables for each plane by tier (The...See more

Andrew W October 28, 2023 11:10 am UTC

CREATOR

Thank you for letting us know your questions and concerns! You have perfect timing. I spent much of yesterday preparing an additional preview of chapter 3 content for many of the reasons you describe. You can click on "Alternate Preview" above to see the introduction to chapter 3 and the Pandemonium entry as an example. That being said, let's tackle the specifics of your comment.

What's different between chapter 3 of this book and the DMG cosmology chapter? Detail. Most planes in the DMG's cosmology chapter get a few paragraphs describing them. In this book, most planes have several pages of content instead.

Specific DM Tools
- Random Encounter Table: chapter 2 has "Creature Theme" tables, lists of creatures from the Monster Manual, P:AitM, and our book sorted by challenge rating and what kinds of planes you might find them in. Chapter 3 plane entries refer to these creature theme tables. Just like the creature theme tables in Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft...See more (which are sorted by challenge rating and genre of horror), these are NOT randomized.
- Adventure Hooks: chapter 3 has 2-5 adventure hooks and cosmological theories for every plane presented, in addition to ones described in the main text. We referred to these under the umbrella term "Intrigue Opportunities." Using Pandemonium as an example, one Intrigue Opportunity is where a powerful angel sends the party to seek and calm the source of Pandemonium's winds, while in the Denizens entry for Zeboim (a Krynnish god) it discusses how Zeboim is scheming with evil cosmic beings from the Plane of Elemental Water to flood Pandemonium's infinite tunnels.
- Thematic Locations: As described in the general paragraph at the top of our product description, yes, each plane has many locations. Generally speaking, if a location is tied to only one denizen, it is described in the relevant Denizen entry, and if a location is tied to multiple denizens or no specific denizen, it is described in its own Locations entry.
- Thematic Treasure: We do not have this, but it's a great idea. We'll look into adding that kind of content in a future update. If we do add it, it would be included as part of the print-on-demand edition.
- Additional Regional Effects: Yep, we have this! At the end of each plane entry we have a Supernatural Effects section. It's a d8 random table you can roll on whenever the DM deems appropriate (and we make suggestions for when that might be). These can be used as regional effects or unique wild magic surges.
- Additional Planar Infusion Traits: We were satisfied with the traits presented in P:AitM and decided we didn't need to add more, with one exception: the Far Realm. The "Farspawn" entry in chapter 4 of our book describes six possible traits you can apply to a creature changed by the Far Realm, half of which affect Challenge Rating.
- Additional Ideals/Personality Traits/Bonds/Flaws: We don't have this, but again it sounds like a really interesting idea. We'll look into potentially adding it in time for the print edition.

2024 Core Rulebook Updates. Based on the Unearthed Arcana/OneDND articles so far, we expect our book to be readily compatible as-is with the 2024 core rulebook updates. That being said, I have the same questions about whether character options and supernatural effects that refer to specific spells and items may need altered language or mechanics if those spells and items are meaningfully changed. Our team doesn't yet know when the core rulebook updates will be published, but if they are available before we publish the print edition of the Manual of the Planes, we will edit the text to reflect the 2024 version of spells and items instead of the 2014 versions.

Scion of the Far Realm. We really dug into the math behind this, actually! While many people think that rolling with advantage or disadvantage is a +5 or -5 bonus or penalty, it's actually a +3.5 or -3.5 (roughly) bonus or penalty instead. The average result of 1d6 is 3.5. This is mathematically comparable to rolling with advantage or disadvantage, and there are many game effects that can grant you advantage or disadvantage on a saving throw or ability check. Compare this to the True Strike cantrip (2014 version), which grants advantage on an attack roll, the Help action, which grants advantage on an ability check or attack roll, or Gnome Cunning, which grants advantage on three different types of saving throws. All of these three examples are available to 1st level characters and are not broadly considered overpowered. Also note that the practical difference between adding a d4 and adding a d6 is +1 average roll result, which only matters in 1/20 or 5% of rolls.

Jazzy B October 29, 2023 6:35 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Thank you for the thoughtful reply and consideration! I am going to buy it on my next paycheck! Seeing the preview, and your reply here are my thoughts!
♦ I do like the Creature Theme roster format as well, since I can use it to write or edit my own Tiered Tables based on the roster (Do they have some planar creatures from Mordenkainen's MotM as well?)
♦ The Regional Effects table by itself is a great addition and a book seller, it reminds me a lot of Tasha's Supernatural Regions. The Exploration Rules sidebar for each is also really handy and can even help one come up with their own locations and together they really make interacting with the plane feel different. I like the idea of printing both as an insert for the DM screen whenever the party goes to the specific plane.
♦ Since I see that there are some adventure hooks in different chapters, would an appendix like Bigby's with a table of Adventure Hooks that works as both a spark table and an index for them make sense?
♦ I...See more

Andrew W November 08, 2023 11:23 pm UTC

CREATOR

Ooo detailed feedback is my favorite kind of feedback! Thank you for all of this!

We could get into the specifics of whether 5e even has or should have bounded accuracy (it certainly has bounded ability scores and most DCs are set around 10-25), but it's probably most productive to assume that it's at least *close* to bounded accuracy, regardless of whether it technically is or should be. Similarly, we could also get into the specifics of what power range is acceptable for feats (which may have a different intended power range than abilities from a dragonmark subrace or variant race, or a cantrip, or a class feature).

But suffice it to say for now, you've definitely opened up an interesting topic of conversation and math that I'll get into with our development team more as we refine the product further in preparation for the Print on Demand edition. For example, I'll look further into how this compares to feats like Resilience, Skilled, Skill Expert, or Tough, how the math for common...See more

neil T October 26, 2023 12:22 am UTC

How much is included on the para and quasi-elemental planes

Matthew D October 26, 2023 12:50 am UTC

Collectively, they have 10 pages of content within the Elemental Chaos.

Andrew W October 26, 2023 6:07 pm UTC

CREATOR

What Matthew D said. We took the para and quasielemental planes and combined them under one large conglomerate - the Elemental Chaos. There was a *lot* of discussion within the team about how to best approach the para/quasiplanes, and this was the result we ended up deciding was the best mix of faithful to the spirit of the originals and being user friendly.

Daniel C October 25, 2023 11:29 pm UTC

I'm going to watch this.

JOHN S October 25, 2023 11:18 pm UTC

Roll20 conversion in the works?

Andrew W October 26, 2023 6:05 pm UTC

CREATOR

We wouldn't be able to have a Roll20 conversion until at least we release a print version in early 2024. I'll make sure to discuss that with Roll20 later on, though.

JOHN S October 26, 2023 8:48 pm UTC

Looking more forward to 2024 by the day. Thanks for the info!

Sharjeel H October 24, 2023 4:30 pm UTC

PURCHASER

Really like the product. My only disappointment is the lack of pictures. Any plan to add some more?

Andrew W October 24, 2023 5:00 pm UTC

CREATOR

Sadly there wasn't a budget for any art (custom or otherwise) and we don't have plans to include such illustrations in the future, but are open to adding diagrams of how the planes fit together like those in the 1e Manual of the Planes.