Dungeons & Dragons teases a return to Planescape
On Monday, Wizards of the Coast unveiled a new batch of playtest materials for 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons. Titled Unearthed Arcana: Wonders of the Multiverse, it includes a grab-bag of new and somewhat unrelated content for free. The big reveal, however, is an entirely new race — one that hints at a reboot of the beloved Planescape setting.
In addition to revised content from Unearthed Arcana: Giant Options, which was released in May, Wonders of the Multiverse provides rules for players to create a Glitchling as a playable character. Jeremy Crawford, Wizards game design architect, calls the Glitchling “a cousin or perhaps a sibling to a rogue Modron,” an immortal being associated with the Planescape setting. It’s a mechanical construct — a magic-infused robot, basically — that usually makes its home amid absolute law and order. Set free on its adventures, players have the ability to build its personality from the ground up. The playtest also includes a number of new feats and background options as well.
“Many of these are about playing a character who is influenced in a significant way by one or more of the planes in the outer planes,” Crawford said in a companion video on YouTube. “People can draw whatever conclusions they want from that.”
Planescape was first introduced with Planescape Campaign Setting, a sourcebook published by TSR in 1994. At its core is the cosmological concept of “the Great Wheel,” a complex landscape composed of both inner and outer planes of existence. It introduced the city of Sigil, the setting for the cult classic computer role-playing game Planescape: Torment, as well as the tieflings, a race of infernal creatures that has been a fixture in D&D since 4th edition.
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