The Planewalker's Handbook is an accessory for Planescape® AD&D 2nd edition.
— Planewalker adage
Feeling overwhelmed by the infinite possibilities of the multiverse? Wondering how to role-play a tiefling, what spells to memorize, and how to manipulate portals? Here's the dark of it: The Planewalker's Handbook is the essential manual for survival on the planes—a Player's Handbook for the Planescape™ setting! This 160-page book, written for players and Dungeon Masters alike, builds on material from the Planescape Campaign Setting boxed set, presenting new information crucial to anyone playing or running a Planescape campaign.
This definitive full-color guide features new illustrations by DiTerlizzi and contains:
• all the information needed to create and customize characters, including new races, archetypes, proficiencies, equipment, and a Planewalking kit designed for each character group;
• a taste of the multiverse: a look at each of the planes, with commentary and helpful hints by noted planewalker Tarsheva Longreach;
• a guide to planar travel, from portals to conduits to the Great Paths;
• tips on surviving and profiting in Planescape campaigns, from dealing with specific races to the rundown on the factions of Sigil;
• an overview on how magic really works (or doesn't!) on the planes;
• new spells and magical items useful in exploring (and surviving) the planes; and
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Credits[]
- Designer: Monte Cook
- Editor and Developer: Michele Carter
- Creative Direction: Andria Hayday
- Cover Artist: Robh Ruppel
- Interior Artist: Tony DiTerlizzi
- Cartography: Dave Sutherland
- Color Plates: Alan Pollack, Tony DiTerlizzi, Same Rakeland, Ned Dameron
- Art Direction: Bob Galica
- Electronic Prepress Coordination: Dave Conant
- Typography: Angelika Lokotz
- Border Art: Robert Repp
- Graphic Design: Dawn Murin
- Proofreader and Helping Hand: Ray Vallese
- Author's Special Thanks to: Michele Carter, Andria Hayday, Colin McComb, Mike Nystul, Bill Slavicsek, Ray Vallese, Sue Weinlein-Cook, and Skip Williams
External Links[]
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- The Planewalker's Handbook on the Forgotten Realms Wiki, a wiki for the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
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- The Planewalker's Handbook on the DriveThruRPG store (affiliate link)
- Amazon product page
Connections[]
| Planescape Sourcebooks | |
| Boxed sets | A Player's Primer to the Outlands • Hellbound: The Blood War • Planescape Campaign Setting • Planes of Chaos • Planes of Conflict • Planes of Law |
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| Accessories | A Guide to the Astral Plane • A Guide to the Ethereal Plane • Faces of Evil: The Fiends • In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil • On Hallowed Ground • Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix • Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix II • Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III • The Factol's Manifesto • The Inner Planes • The Planewalker's Handbook • Uncaged: Faces of Sigil |
| Adventures | Dead Gods • Doors to the Unknown • Faction War • Fires of Dis • Harbinger House • In the Abyss • Something Wild • Tales from the Infinite Staircase • The Deva Spark • The Eternal Boundary • The Great Modron March • Well of Worlds |