I can't say I follow any current d20 products or am familiar with any rumors and new items coming soon.  Still, I've been wondering if Planescape will ever reappear?  Given it's current large popularity, I suspect WotC must have at least thought about it?

They, of course, took the two main settings and published books right away (Greyhawk and the Realms).  They licensed out Ravenloft to Sword and Sorcery . . . so what about Planescape?  Even if they weren't interested, I am surprised that they didn't do something as with Ravenloft and let another company produce books for the d20 system.  I can't believe that no one would be interested in such a venture.  This suggests to me that WotC is keeping Planescape in case they ever want to redo it.  Something that they could release some year when business is "slow".

Just a thought . . . Does anyone have any insight into this?  Has anyone heard even a whisper of talk about Planescape surfacing again?

Makes sense - all the more reason I find it odd that another company hasn't decided to maket the product on their own (with WotC's persmission of course).

If Sword & Sorcery could get Ravenloft . . . seems there is a MUCH better investment possiblity in Planescape.

Sword and Sorcery gave back Ravenloft and Gamm World, there last product for Ravenloft they never released, Guide to the Mists, they simply put on the web (GASP..as a free PDF )
Planescape I thought Monte Cook didn't want..not sure where I read that though. As for the demons though..Hasbro owned D&D put out the Book of Vile Darkness (by Monte Cook).

ShaneG.

Azurah wrote:It doesn't look too good for Planescape to resurface in D20 and 3rd Ed. Most of the reasons have already been touched upon. I'm honestly not sure whether I'm saddened or relieved at that.

I guess there are a lot of titles out there from the D20 publishers that cover a lot of somewhat Planescape-like material. Just for example: Aasimar and Tiefling, as well as Armies of the Abyss and Legions of Hell from Green Ronin Publishing. Demonology: The Dark Road from Mongoose Publishing... Encyclopedia of Demons and Devils (I and II) from Fast Forward Entertainment...(There are books on angels, too, I just seem to own the eeevil ones. Hmm.)

Granted, some of them aren't that good.. *laugh*, but it seems like a lot of companies recognize the want for a bit of a planar feel. Though it's not really Planescape. But it could be for the best... there's that chance moving it into 3rd edition would ruin a good thing.

thing is though, about the ONLY thing i like about d20 is that there seems to be more ppl writing material now than there ever was before - the qualtiy of such i will leave to others, but make no mistake, no stone is being left unturned

seems a shame tbh, that planescape isnt thrown into the mix, as there is a whole area of the game to be exploited and quite potentially, some fab material may come of it too.

but yeah as you say, i dont see it happening.

which might nor be a bad thing - give azurah a chance to fit all this stuff into her handbags *huge grin*

Do you think a new Planescape game would go over well? I've honestly been working on one off and on with a friend of mine. I think we've got a pretty solid concept. I wonder if the company'd be interested?  :)

Also, I know they released the Book of Vile Darkness with an adult warning on it... But do you think that 3rd edition is targeted more at a younger audience? Would that have anything to do with them not being interested in Planescape? Is the subject matter and such too much (as a whole setting) for what they're trying to do? (Though I own a bit of 3rd ed., I haven't delved into it much at all.)

fluffmaister wrote:We've had somediscussing about this before on the forums of Planescape becoming d20 and (from what I recall) there are 2 minor issues:

1. Planescape was never a moneymaker, so who'd be interested besides a serious group of fanatics (haha, maybe WE should )

2. WotC is owned by Hasbro and Hasbro makes all kinds of toys for all kinds of people all over the world. Releasing a game where you can (literally) make a deal with a devil might be a bit too much for some religious and more-sensitive people. They might decide to boycott Hasbro for 'unethical' behavior.

Just my thoughts. If I quoted anything incorrectly from previous discussions, let me know.

pretty much all in d20 at:  http://www.planewalker.com/index.php

I've read over a hundred web pages of it so far.

It is not an impossibility.

Hasbro/WoTC/Whoever, are not averse to flogging dead horses. They beat the f*ck out of a decent game, and just go on and on, even when they've killed it.

yeah but the updated 3.5 cosmology just sucks. its over simplified and lacks the feel. Bah, screw it.. i'm happy with ad&d planescape, all the stuff wizards have released for the planes has been sorely dissapointing.