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#1
zombiegleemax
Jun 27, 2007 2:57:21 I would like to know if someone has a list of Planescape in-character books.
I'm stuffing the Parted Veil for an adventure..for casual books the player could look upon i'm using these resources:

http://www.dcrouzet.net/nbobooks/

http://www.wizards.com/forgottenrealms/FR_20001129b_P.asp

plus other books of my own creation, but i would like to use even some in-character books from canon Planescape.
In this moment i havn't my Planescape resources with me, so the only canon in-character book i can think of is The Factol Manifesto (and i remeber that somewhere Kesto Brighteyes clearly says that he doesn't have a copy of it..), so i would appreciate if someone can give me reference so other books of arcane or mundane lore described in Palnescape material

thanks in advance

cheers
#2
zombiegleemax
Jun 27, 2007 7:56:27 Well, "Faces of Evil" and "A Guide to the Inner Planes" were both written as drafts that were to be published. In "In the Cage", best-selling author Jeena Ealy is mentioned, her titles include:

Hats, hoops, and hairpins about fiashion trends in The Lady's Ward. This one was something of a flop at its publishing time, but now is a valuable collector's item.

Death in the Norns an account of her travels through the Norns' realm in the Outlands, apparently a rather perilous place accoding to the book.

In Darkest Sigil about the misery and harshness of the Hive Ward.

She has also written on topics such as the History of the Blood War, lesser Yugoloths, and the Dwarven Mountain. The book also mentioned planned works on the river Styx, as well as the creatures of the Beastlands.

Speaking of books I've let my players come across (at the Parted Veil, no less), these include:

The diary which David Cook's short story "The Plane Truth" was written as excerpts from (somehow it found its way back on the planes)

A book based on the text in the old 1st Ed. Fiend Folio (as a centuries-old, outdated work on planar creatures)

Books in the "Man from Baator" series, a popular string of pulp novels presenting the Blood War as a conflict full of swashbuckling adventure and interplanar flair, where great heroes make all the difference (suffice to say, it is financed by the Baatezu, and contains deeply hidden, if relatively mild, powers of suggestion which in combination with straight-up propaganda compels the young and impressionable to sign up in the Blood War on the side of Baator).
#3
andyr
Jun 27, 2007 18:21:50 The Factol's Manifesto is a book which exists in the campaign setting (and is banned by the factions!). Perhaps the players could come across excerpts from that, to get the dark on some of the stuff going on in Sigil.
#4
zombiegleemax
Jun 28, 2007 1:49:36
The Factol's Manifesto is a book which exists in the campaign setting (and is banned by the factions!). Perhaps the players could come across excerpts from that, to get the dark on some of the stuff going on in Sigil.

They already had, in a sense....they came across an "apocryphal" version of the Manifesto, describing only factions that no longer exists (like the Communals) AND strange factions noboy has ever heard of before...the thing is..the book decribe this factions as actually existing, in the current year of game, and doesn't says anything about the "real" factions....is it a joke, or a satiric tome? does it come from a bizzarre parellel version of Sigil? And who is the mysterious "Editor" (:D )? DANDANADAN....(insert dramatic music here..)
So, they're heading to the Parted Veil to ask Kesto if he knows something about the book (Whose title, by the way, is "The Unabridged Factol Manifesto)..shame on them that more that one personality in Sigil seems interested in the the book....

cheers
#5
zombiegleemax
Jun 28, 2007 10:57:45 "On the Wings of the Lords of the Pit" is a volume on the pit fiends from the library of the Society of the Luminiferous Aether. "The Sigil Municipal Code" is mentioned occasionally.

"The Secret History of Sigil" is an unpublished, in-house work in progress on the history of the Fated.

Several of the factions have their philosophies recorded in books, mentioned in the opening to the Factol's Manifesto. The Fraternity of Order has a "Handbook and Philosophical Manual." Likewise for the "Book of the Harmonium." "Destiny of Being" is a treatise in three volumes by Factol Ambar Vergrove. The Sensates have "Kamahexotica," and the Signers the "Cyclopaedia Imagica."

The book "Ever-Changing Order" appears in Tales from the Infinite Staircase.

"Kragspaw's Ponderous Book of Words" is possibly a dictionary, given humorous mention in Player's Primer to the Outlands.
#6
andyr
Jun 28, 2007 18:43:11
They already had, in a sense....they came across an "apocryphal" version of the Manifesto, describing only factions that no longer exists (like the Communals) AND strange factions noboy has ever heard of before...the thing is..the book decribe this factions as actually existing, in the current year of game, and doesn't says anything about the "real" factions....is it a joke, or a satiric tome? does it come from a bizzarre parellel version of Sigil? And who is the mysterious "Editor" (:D )? DANDANADAN....(insert dramatic music here..)
So, they're heading to the Parted Veil to ask Kesto if he knows something about the book (Whose title, by the way, is "The Unabridged Factol Manifesto)..shame on them that more that one personality in Sigil seems interested in the the book....

cheers

Sounds good.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 zombiegleemax Jun 27, 2007 2:57:21	I would like to know if someone has a list of Planescape in-character books. I'm stuffing the Parted Veil for an adventure..for casual books the player could look upon i'm using these resources: http://www.dcrouzet.net/nbobooks/ http://www.wizards.com/forgottenrealms/FR_20001129b_P.asp plus other books of my own creation, but i would like to use even some in-character books from canon Planescape. In this moment i havn't my Planescape resources with me, so the only canon in-character book i can think of is The Factol Manifesto (and i remeber that somewhere Kesto Brighteyes clearly says that he doesn't have a copy of it..), so i would appreciate if someone can give me reference so other books of arcane or mundane lore described in Palnescape material thanks in advance cheers
#2 zombiegleemax Jun 27, 2007 7:56:27	Well, "Faces of Evil" and "A Guide to the Inner Planes" were both written as drafts that were to be published. In "In the Cage", best-selling author Jeena Ealy is mentioned, her titles include: Hats, hoops, and hairpins about fiashion trends in The Lady's Ward. This one was something of a flop at its publishing time, but now is a valuable collector's item. Death in the Norns an account of her travels through the Norns' realm in the Outlands, apparently a rather perilous place accoding to the book. In Darkest Sigil about the misery and harshness of the Hive Ward. She has also written on topics such as the History of the Blood War, lesser Yugoloths, and the Dwarven Mountain. The book also mentioned planned works on the river Styx, as well as the creatures of the Beastlands. Speaking of books I've let my players come across (at the Parted Veil, no less), these include: The diary which David Cook's short story "The Plane Truth" was written as excerpts from (somehow it found its way back on the planes) A book based on the text in the old 1st Ed. Fiend Folio (as a centuries-old, outdated work on planar creatures) Books in the "Man from Baator" series, a popular string of pulp novels presenting the Blood War as a conflict full of swashbuckling adventure and interplanar flair, where great heroes make all the difference (suffice to say, it is financed by the Baatezu, and contains deeply hidden, if relatively mild, powers of suggestion which in combination with straight-up propaganda compels the young and impressionable to sign up in the Blood War on the side of Baator).
#3 andyr Jun 27, 2007 18:21:50	The Factol's Manifesto is a book which exists in the campaign setting (and is banned by the factions!). Perhaps the players could come across excerpts from that, to get the dark on some of the stuff going on in Sigil.
#4 zombiegleemax Jun 28, 2007 1:49:36	The Factol's Manifesto is a book which exists in the campaign setting (and is banned by the factions!). Perhaps the players could come across excerpts from that, to get the dark on some of the stuff going on in Sigil. They already had, in a sense....they came across an "apocryphal" version of the Manifesto, describing only factions that no longer exists (like the Communals) AND strange factions noboy has ever heard of before...the thing is..the book decribe this factions as actually existing, in the current year of game, and doesn't says anything about the "real" factions....is it a joke, or a satiric tome? does it come from a bizzarre parellel version of Sigil? And who is the mysterious "Editor" (:D )? DANDANADAN....(insert dramatic music here..) So, they're heading to the Parted Veil to ask Kesto if he knows something about the book (Whose title, by the way, is "The Unabridged Factol Manifesto)..shame on them that more that one personality in Sigil seems interested in the the book.... cheers
#5 zombiegleemax Jun 28, 2007 10:57:45	"On the Wings of the Lords of the Pit" is a volume on the pit fiends from the library of the Society of the Luminiferous Aether. "The Sigil Municipal Code" is mentioned occasionally. "The Secret History of Sigil" is an unpublished, in-house work in progress on the history of the Fated. Several of the factions have their philosophies recorded in books, mentioned in the opening to the Factol's Manifesto. The Fraternity of Order has a "Handbook and Philosophical Manual." Likewise for the "Book of the Harmonium." "Destiny of Being" is a treatise in three volumes by Factol Ambar Vergrove. The Sensates have "Kamahexotica," and the Signers the "Cyclopaedia Imagica." The book "Ever-Changing Order" appears in Tales from the Infinite Staircase. "Kragspaw's Ponderous Book of Words" is possibly a dictionary, given humorous mention in Player's Primer to the Outlands.
#6 andyr Jun 28, 2007 18:43:11	They already had, in a sense....they came across an "apocryphal" version of the Manifesto, describing only factions that no longer exists (like the Communals) AND strange factions noboy has ever heard of before...the thing is..the book decribe this factions as actually existing, in the current year of game, and doesn't says anything about the "real" factions....is it a joke, or a satiric tome? does it come from a bizzarre parellel version of Sigil? And who is the mysterious "Editor" (:D )? DANDANADAN....(insert dramatic music here..) So, they're heading to the Parted Veil to ask Kesto if he knows something about the book (Whose title, by the way, is "The Unabridged Factol Manifesto)..shame on them that more that one personality in Sigil seems interested in the the book.... cheers Sounds good.