Manual of the Planes 3rd edition

## Manual of the Planes

***Manual of the Planes*** is an accessory for the 3rd-edition of *Dungeons & Dragons*®.

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***Visit New Dimensions***
*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.*
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## 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".

## 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

*Promotional wallpaper: Divine Agent.**Promotional wallpaper: Planeshifter.**Promotional wallpaper: Astral Dreadnought.**Promotional wallpaper: Planar Champion.*
### 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

1. ↑ 2002 ENnie Awards Noms and Winners (Web). (2002). Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved on 2021-10-23.