Manual of the Planes is an accessory for the 3rd-edition of Dungeons & Dragons®.
The most powerful adventurers know that great rewards—and great perils—await them beyond the world they call home. From the depths of Hell to the heights of Mount Celestia, from the clockwork world of Mechanus to the swirling chaos of Limbo, these strange and terrifying dimensions provide new challenges to adventurers who travel there. Manual of the Planes is your guidebook on a tour of the multiverse.
This supplement for the D&D® game provides everything you need to know before you visit other planes of existence. Included are new prestige classes, spells, monsters, and magic items. Along with descriptions of dozens of new dimensions, Manual of the Planes includes rules for creating your own planes.Contents[]
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Nature of the Planes
- Chapter 2: Connecting the Planes
- Chapter 3: Characters and Magic
- Chapter 4: The Material Plane
- Chapter 5: The Transitive Planes
- Chapter 6: The Inner Planes
- Chapter 7: The Outer Planes
- Chapter 8: Demiplanes
- Chapter 9: Monsters
- Appendix: Variant Planes and Cosmologies
- Index and List of Tables
- List of Maps and Diagrams
- List of Sidebars
Description[]
Manual of the Planes presents an overview of planes: what they are, what their nature is, and what is their function on gameplay. Info on how to design your own cosmology of planes, based on the D&D official cosmology known as The Great Wheel is also available. The main part of the accessory was dedicated to providing detail on the Great Wheel and the 27 planes that constitute it, including the Inner Planes and the Outer Planes.
Manual of the Planes won the 2002 Ennie Award for "Best Rules Supplement".[1]
Index[]
Creatures[]
astral dreadnought • bariaur • celestial (firre • leonal) • demon (armanite • goristro • uridezu) • devil (narzugon • spinagon) • energon (xag-ya • xeg-yi) • ephemera (dusk beast • ecalypse • umbral banyan) • genie (dao • marid) • githyanki • githzerai • inevitable (kolyarut • marut • zelekhut) • mercane • paraelemental (ice para-elemental • magma para-elemental • ooze para-elemental • smoke para-elemental) • yugoloth (canoloth • mezzoloth • nycaloth • ultroloth)
Credits[]
- Designers: Jeff Grub, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan
- Additional Design: Andy Collins, Monte Cook, Steve Miller, Rich Redman, Sean K. Reynolds, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Skip Williams, James Wyatt
- Editors: David Noonan, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes
- Creative Director: Ed Stark
- Project Manager: Justin Ziran
- Production Manager: Chas DeLong
- Business Manager: Anthony Valterra
- Art Direction: Dawn Murin
- Cover Illustrations: Arnie Swekel
- Interior Illustrations: Matt Cavotta, Monte Moore, Wayne Reynolds, Darrell Riche, David Roach, Arnie Swekel
- Graphic Designers: Sherry Floyd, Dawn Murin
- Cartographer: Todd Gamble
- Typesetting: Erin Dorries
Appendix[]
Gallery[]
External Links[]
- Manual of the Planes 3rd edition Art Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-03-29.
- Mark Jindra (2001-09-21). The Modrons (Zipped PDF). Web Enhancement for Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-09.
- Jeff Grubb (2001-09-21). Brave New Planes: The World Serpent Inn. (PDF). Web Enhancement for Manual of the Planes 3rd edition. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-09.
- Excerpts: Manual of the Planes (HTML). Excerpts Archive. Wizards of the Coast. (2001-07-09). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-10-23.
- Errata
- Dungeon Masters Guild product page
References[]
- ↑ 2002 ENnie Awards Noms and Winners (Web). (2002). Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved on 2021-10-23.
Connections[]
| 3rd & 3.5-Edition Sourcebooks | |
| Core Rulebooks | Dungeon Master's Guide 3rd edition • Monster Manual 3rd edition • Player's Handbook 3rd edition Dungeon Master's Guide 3.5 edition • Monster Manual 3.5 edition • Player's Handbook 3.5 edition |
|---|---|
| Sourcebooks | Arms and Equipment Guide • Book of Vile Darkness • Book of Exalted Deeds • Complete Adventurer • Complete Arcane • Complete Champion • Complete Divine • Complete Mage • Complete Psionic • Complete Warrior • Defenders of the Faith • Deities and Demigods • Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons • Dragon Magic • Epic Level Handbook • Exemplars of Evil • Expanded Psionics Handbook • Fiend Folio • Ghostwalk • Hero Builder's Guidebook • Manual of the Planes • Masters of the Wild • Monster Manual II • Oriental Adventures • Planar Handbook • Psionics Handbook • Savage Species • Song and Silence • Spell Compendium • Stormwrack • Sword and Fist • Tome and Blood • Unearthed Arcana |
| Adventures | |