Other than that, these are my favorites:
Tales from the Infinite Staircase: I recently acquired but it's already one of my favorites. It has a lot of setting information as you want. It's pretty much an open-ended adventure that takes the characters through different environments, all of them related to the Infinite Staircase.
Dead Gods: This one is classic. You'll get a lot of information about the ancient gods of Pelion and an epic adventure full of interesting twists and characters.
The Deva Spark: Ok, I admit this one doesn't have a lot of background information you can use but it's still very fun! It's a little more light hearted (depending on how you run it) but it has a very compelling story.
Doors to the Unknown (not sure if that's the exact name, I don't have it with me): You'll get loose pieces of information about the Lady of Pain and Aoskar, entirely new and unique locations in the planes and a good plot. The atmosphere and the strange environments you'll go to are the best things about it.
I have to say that the metaplot behind FW was awesome - easily the best time-travel/causality loop (ring) I have seen.
However, the adventure itself was fairly lacklustre, even towards the end when the players get to decide the Sigil spell's outcome themselves.
My biggest beef is that it tries too hard to channel the players. This is a problem common to most printed adventures, since it can be hard to predict the actions of players. I swear, some of my players probably don't even know themselves what they're going to do from one minute to the next - I'll be introducing them to the Xaositects, no doubt.
Like Plasmaphoenix, I tend to get adventure modules for their setting and metaplot information.
Dead Gods and Doors to the Unknown sound intriguing.
In my current campaign, my PCs are soon going to look for a planar guide that can tell them about the Paraplane of Magma, by the name of... Xanxost :D . He's going to demand a mephit as payment, and I'm looking forward to the faces of the players after they've scoured Sigil's "pet stores" for a mephit and deliver it to Xanxost :OMG!
On a side note, I am strongly looking forward to role-playing Xanxost
For adventures that contain setting information, you can also get Harbinger House. You'll find juicy tidbits of info about divine power and an interesting new location in Sigil.
Now that I think about it, Harbinger House was the only PS adventure I ever played. I usually just DM.
The only Planescape module I ever played in were the adventures in 'Hellbound: The Blood War' which was VERY well written and got me hooked on Planescape in the first place.
(and I've never run any premade module myself, so I can't give advice from that end)
Xanxost did that once with some inquisitive mortals, after they fetched the monodrone, it decided that it would rather have them help it paint one of the Market Ward streets different shades of purple in the middle of the night.
Doors to the Unknown and Harbinger House were so-so. Nothing spectacular really.
Dead Gods is imo, the best published adventure I've ever read. The first adventure anyways...
The Eternal Boundary is a great adventure as well. Many details about the Mortuary inside.
Hellbound was a great accessory, but the adventures included were just ok. Very useful product if you plan on fiendish involvement.
Faces of Evil- the Fiends, On Hallowed Ground, and Planewalker's Handbook are mandatory!
Practically all the Planescape material was an interesting read. It just had such a great feel. Newer gamers just having exposure to the Manual of the Planes and Planar Handbook just don't know! I feel sorry for 'em!
Originally posted by Soel Griffin
I'm not a fan of Faction War, or its aftermath.
It's important to keep in mind that the post-FW environment was supposed to be temporary. Which doesn't necessarily mean people need to like it, and maybe some people won't run post-FW until someone (like Planewalker) continue the metaplot to bring the factions back into Sigil.
Originally posted by Bob the Efreet
It's important to keep in mind that the post-FW environment was supposed to be temporary. Which doesn't necessarily mean people need to like it, and maybe some people won't run post-FW until someone (like Planewalker) continue the metaplot to bring the factions back into Sigil. [/QUOTE
I read that in the interview, but I still didn't like it. Whether that's how it was meant to stay or not doesn't matter, since it never was dealt with in any printed material.
FW got rid of some characters i liked and kept ones I didn't. I didn't think it was that great of an adventure either.
I never ran my PS as it was written in the books anyways!
Originally posted by Soel Griffin
I never ran my PS as it was written in the books anyways!
Nor did I, but I started running PS after it was folded back into the main DnD line, aka ignored. So I started amongst its ashes and have been happily building it up and burning it back down again in my own game. ;)