Im updating this snap shot with material as i locate it, so some of the links are iffy. Planescape is an official dd campaign setting first introduced in. May 24, 2007 in planescape, for instance, the infinite universe that contains the world of toril forgotten realms is just one plane in an infinite multiverse. Planes of conflict marked the end of the second year of planescape publication. A crossover product meant to be usable with the forgotten realms, this is a great introduction to planescape for players unfamiliar with the setting. Fit for some players that are new to rpgs in general. These collections include various image, ebook and software archives.
The player characters are hired to locate a madman. Together, knutson and diterlizzi created a rawedged, punkish style of art for planescape that was unknown in the rpg industry and probably tsrs most innovative design style ever. Introduction this geeklist is intended to be a reasonably comprehensive guide to products released for the planescape setting. Planescape is the most amazing computer roleplaying game ive ever had the pleasure of playing. The first boxed set expansion after the planescape campaign setting, this product covered the five most chaotic outer planes. Product history tales from the infinite staircase 1998 is that rarest of beasts click here for more wizards of the coast.
And, of course, presiding over it all is the grand and legendary forgotten realms. It was released on december 12, 1999 by interplay entertainment. As its name suggests, the setting crosses and comprises the numerous planes of existence, encompassing an entire cosmology called the great wheel, as originally developed in the. The city of sigil is the central fixture of the planescape universe. The more you know about your chosen rule set, the better. Im looking for an introductory adventure for the planescape setting that i could use to sell people on planescape. It jettisons or at least sets aside the usual tolkieninspired elements of dnd and instead crafts a genuinely unique fantasy universe, brought to life by tony diterlizzis evocative surrealistic cartooning. Planescape collectors guide morrus unofficial tabletop. The second big change from manual of the planes to planescape was the inclusion of that new home base. The well of worlds considerable broadened the scope of planescape adventures by offering many more options for typical scenarios. The inner planes 2e wizards of the coast planescape.
These are the pdf downloads only, rather than any views of html pages. Torment is a computer roleplaying game developed for microsoft windows by black isle. A fantastic adventure by greg jensen, in pdf format and made to look rather stunningly like one of tsrs printed modules. Jul 25, 2015 i spent about a year converting planescape for 4th edition. Torment is a singleplayer fantasy roleplaying video game developed for microsoft windows by black isle studios. Enhanced edition as beamdogs latest updated release, or someone is really looking forward to going down to greggs for a pastie sometime on tuesday. In many respects i feel it is the first crpg that is really worthy of the name. Kindle pdf format with really small fonts because im an idiotplanescape. Planescape campaign setting also adds a lot of detail to these planes and even describes new paths between the planes, such as planar rivers and the world tree. A planescape tradeable card game was published under the title blood wars. You can browse pdfs of classic planescape material here. No one knows why they do it, but everyone stays out of their way because when the modrons march, theyll walk right over a berk who doesnt know enough to move aside. Ideally, im looking for an adventure that would satisfy the following criteria.
Numenera character portfolio pdfs maps supplements. Here, then, are the edited highlights of selected years of the planescape list. Torment is a roleplaying video game developed by black isle studios and published by interplay entertainment. Torment fans have enjoyed exploring the strange and dangerous city of sigil and surrounding planes through the. As its name suggests, the setting crosses and comprises the numerous planes of existence, encompassing an entire cosmology called the great wheel, as originally developed in the original 1987 manual of the planes by jeff grubb. A bodys got to have a philosophy, a vision of the multiverse and what it all means. Planescape is not just a cool dungeons and dragons setting, it is probably the closest to art a game supplement can get. Of these, the tieflings are the most notable, because this was their first. Orcus is of course the most important npc of out of the darkness. Planescape which books to get, what system to reddit. Planescape torment manual embed for hosted blogs and item tags. The setting centers around exploring an original multiverse cosmology. Sorcerers place is a project run entirely by fans and for fans. The trove is a nonprofit website dedicated towards content archival and longterm preservation of rpgs.
Its also a companion to a similar spelljammer collectors guide here at rpggeek. I have 4 different saved games, but no save folder on the installation path c. Hargrimm should also be around here, talk to him if you want to know how stuff works in the dead nations. This snapshot is the copy ill be using for importing material back into the current version of the site as we go. These pdfs were withdrawn from sale rather abruptly a few years later, but in january 20, wizards of the coast returned to pdf sales, and at the time of writing there are a halfdozen planescape titles. As great as a world planescape is, and as stylish the books are, the setting is terribly short on providing any helpful advice on how to actually run a game set in this world. Planescape campaign setting 2e wizards of the coast. Planescape faction affiliations factions of the planes race and class dont make a whole person on the planes. Forgot to mention that i have qwinns mods, not sure if they change the way the files are saved. The nameless one stalks another list of the best rpgs ever. In planescape, for instance, the infinite universe that contains the world of toril forgotten realms is just one plane in an infinite multiverse. With the aid of a talking skull named morte, the nameless one escapes into the sigil, the portal to the multiverse, and. But, a certain someone sent me an email the other day with lots of useful advice, and interesting ideas on character buildup.
A paladin in hell 1998 had appeared just a few months earlier as a planesrelated adventure that didnt have planescape. I spent about a year converting planescape for 4th edition. I found myself thinking about how i felt about people and actions in the course of play, being drawn further into the game and the persona of my character the longer i. Torment did not gain significant commercial success, it did receive widespread critical acclaim, and is now considered a cult classic. In this case, the dm intends to use the planescape campaign setting for. Planescape monstrous compendium appendix june 1994 planescape.
As well as a line of thirty planescapebranded rpg products, tsr released five novels, an extensive line of miniatures, a collectable card game and the torment computer game. Torment will continue to be a classic a titan standing tall in the history of rpgs. They were a crucial part of the planescape setting from the start, receiving a page each in a players guide to the planes and a few additional pages in sigil and beyond, all in the original box. Its not a design document, just a pitch to interplay to get them to back the game and get it published. Still, i think itd be very easy to adapt to 5e and make for a smoother play experience, provided you dont treat the task too dogmatically and remember that what really makes planescape special is the setting. But its designed for a particular kind of setting, and planescape is not that kind of setting. All files pdfs, rtfs, etc are perfectly safe so this should let you get at the links in the meantime. Torment game, western rpg, high fantasy, isometric rpg, mystery. Im not sure how it will be published yet, still a workinprogress. Dead gods builds on story elements first explored in the planescape adventure anthology the great modron march, though that product is not required to use this one. Ive toyed with the thought of running something in planescape and. The factions of this manifesto didnt come out of nowhere.
New settings like alqadim, dark sun, planescape, and ravenloft would follow. Within those constraints, the high points of the scenario should be those of planescape. This particular guide focuses on the planescape campaign setting, which was supported from 1994 to 1998. Sure, a fellow can get along without it, but hows he ever going to make sense of the whole thing and find his own center of the multiverse. This guide lists all of the planescape items in the rpg geek database and one each from board game geek and video game geek, and also includes products not covered by the geek. However, the enhanced edition has only really enhanced the price and little else. Now the endless horizons of planescape beckon to us, and beyond even that we see spearpoints and banners waving above the gathering armies of birthright. However, his resurrection probably fails, theoretically leaving the multiverse still orcusfree. There are separate pdf files included for each of the four print books, and then a fifth file containing scans of the five posters and the mistakenly included map from x10. Best place to store dowloables invoices pdf cryptographic. The two most likely translations of that are either planescape torment.
That all started in april with the planescape campaign setting 1994. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page information. Planescape crpg last rites vision statement contained herein are all the hopes and dreams for this project. Planes of conflict 1995, by monte cook, dale donovan, and colin mccomb, is the third of a trilogy of supplements describing the outer planes of the planescape campaign setting. For your convenience, the cover and back pages are separate from the main text of the adventure so you can download them separately.
Ive toyed with the thought of running something in planescape and have read some of the core setting books. His fate and history throughout the planescape line is revealed, as is new identity as tenebrous. Without giving too much away, i think the dragons have worked it out, and one dragon in particular. Torment is a roleplaying video game developed by black isle studios. The races outlined in the players handbook and this chapter comprise the available options in a standard planescape campaign. Before the well of worlds, planescape had just one adventure, the eternal boundary, which suggested that a typical planescape adventure started in sigil and then traveled out into the planes.
Dead gods 1997, by monte cook, is a deluxe adventure for planescape. Whenever a wizard summons a demon or devil, that creature must come from somewhere. For me, i always include torment as a subvariation of baldurs gate, which is on my top 3. An amnesiac simply known as the nameless one wakes up in a massive catacomb, heavily scarred and tattooed with mysterious inscriptions. It was a futile effort but i learned quite a bit along the way. The resultant array takes on a form of rings and layers stacking outwards from a central point the prime material, the ethereal, the elemental, the astral. How do you make adventures that bring the unique atmosphere of the books to life, and how do you set up a full campaign. Not as core as the first or third volumes, but does contain about 100 more monsters including eladrins, hollyphants, rilmani, new angelic species, and. Pdf format files, please visit the sigis pdf downloads page here. One of the more famous aspects of the setting is the distinctive artwork of tony diterlizzi you can see some of his art in the gallery section of the article. The trove is the biggest open directory of rpg pdfs on the internet.
Planars and primes are never part of the rank and file, always assuming command. The world of planescape is actually a misnomerthe planescape setting is composed of a series of planes other dimensions that rotate around a central city, sigil, like spokes on a wheel. Last rites is a violent, irreverent and breathtakingly beautiful rpg set at the crossroads of the multiverse. Does anyone know or have a introductory planescape adventure.
Maybe theres a planescape kids tv series coming out. Of these, the tieflings are the most notable, because this was their first appearance, and theyve since become a major element in more recent editions of the game. Last rites is a violent, irreverent and breathtakingly beautiful rpg set at the crossroads of. Planes of chaos pdf planes of chaos 2e take the plunge into the infinite depths of pdffactory pro server 450 final repack the abyss the wild. We currently host various large scale collections amounting to hundreds of thousands of files. Planescape campaign setting by david zeb cook goodreads. Since planescape can be made compatible with most d20 settings, there exists the possibility for virtually any race to show up in some form in a planescape campaign.
Pick up 1 wooden club, 2 clot charms, 4 rags, 324 coins, 1 junk and 1 charcoal charm from the boxesbarrels along that corridor. On a regular schedule, the great modron march spills out of mechanus, and the lawful automatons files their way around the great ring. On the subject of pitch documents, this is planescape. This guide lists all of the planescape items in the rpg geek.
I feel that no matter if you prefer 1 or the other, they are a different part of the same global thing. A paladin in hell 1998 had appeared just a few months earlier as a planesrelated adventure that didnt have planescape branding. Join date sep posts 4, the set was designed by david zeb cook and published in it is now a cult game 11 and was out of print until its dvd rerelease as a budget title in dark alliance baldurs gate. The planescape line was cancelled by tsr before this adventure could be published, leaving faction war as canon and the final product in the line. Torment was released in 1999 to widespread critical acclaim. Planes of chaos was a boxed set for the planescape campaign.
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