What Is Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse? A Discovery of Infinite Realms and Possibilities

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The multiverse is a vast and weird place, and on October 17, you'll get to explore the city at the center of it. Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse is a three-book collection that brings the beloved Planescape campaign setting to fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons. You'll find all-new player options, a thrilling adventure that explores a plot to unravel reality, and a bestiary of curious creatures from all over the multiverse.

Here's a look at what you can expect in Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse!

Get Early Access to the Multiverse

Visit the D&D Store to preorder the Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse Physical + Digital Bundle and you'll get early access when it opens on October 3rd as well as preorder perks! The physical collection includes all three books, a poster map of Sigil and the Outlands, and a Dungeon Master's screen.

The 3 Books in Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse

A floating skull named Morte says, "What do digital dice, frames, and backgrounds have in common? You can get them as preorder perks on DDB! Psst, I think they're real spiffy, but nobody ever asks what the talking flying skull thinks..."

Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse is your key to unlocking the D&D multiverse. Here's a look at what you'll find in this campaign collection:

Sigil and the Outlands is a 96-page book complete with planar character options, a guide to the City of Doors, the Outlands and its gate-towns, and a whole lot more. Players will find new backgrounds, feats, spells, and more to toy with, while DMs will get detailed information on the 12 factions vying for power in Sigil, as well as on the mysterious Lady of Pain.

In the 96-page adventure Turn of Fortune’s Wheel, your character returns to life in Sigil. There, you’ll explore this curious city at the center of the multiverse as you aim to rediscover who you are. You’ll come face to face with immortal beings, chronicle the farthest reaches of the Outlands, and even unravel a plot to undermine the rules of reality. Turn of Fortune's Wheel takes characters from 3rd to 10th level, with a thrilling bump to 17th level!

Finally, DMs will discover more than 50 creatures from throughout the multiverse in the 64-page book Morte’s Planar Parade. The talkative floating skull Morte will be your guide as you discover creatures such as planar incarnates, hierarch modrons, and even time dragons! For DMs looking to level up their campaigns, you'll also find rules for modifying monsters with the power of the planes!

The Multiverse At Your Fingertips With Preorder Perks

When you preorder Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse, you can outfit your character for their extraplanar adventures with 10 exclusive portrait frames, 4 backdrops featuring art from the books, and the Modron Dice Set.

An Overview of the Outlands and Sigil

The Lady of Pain stands before Sigil, a circular city

In D&D, many of the gods your characters worship dwell on the Outer Planes. Places such as Mount Celestia, the Abyss, and the Nine Hells comprise the Outer Planes. Between these realms is the Outlands, a circular plane of neutrality that's yet to be fully discovered. And at the center of all that, floating atop a mountain, is the ring-shaped city of Sigil.

Known as the City of Doors, Sigil contains innumerable portals to realms throughout the multiverse. It is a tangle of different peoples and monsters, and where contradictions are by design. Fiends may be good, celestials may be evil, and they may just be playing three-dragon ante at that table over there. Safe to say, things can get weird.

But in the midst of all this, numerous factions struggle for dominance over Sigil. After all, what greater place to have power than at the very center of the multiverse? Those who seek to try to upset the balance of the city best beware, for a greater, more mysterious entity oversees the City of Doors, the Lady of Pain. Little is known about her and her motivations, so best to stay on her good side.

The Multiverse Is at Your Fingertips

Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse brings the beloved Planescape campaign setting to fifth edition D&D, and offers endless storytelling possibilities for DMs and their players. Be prepared to unravel mysteries behind your very characters, contend with multiversal glitches, and meet all manner of curious creatures that will delight and surprise you (and maybe try to kill you)!

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Michael Galvis (@michaelgalvis) is a tabletop content producer for D&D Beyond. He is a longtime Dungeon Master who enjoys horror films and all things fantasy and sci-fi. When he isn’t in the DM’s seat or rolling dice as his anxious halfling sorcerer, he’s playing League of Legends and Magic: The Gathering with his husband. They live together in Los Angeles with their adorable dog, Quentin.

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