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. The title Wonders of the Multiverse: Unearthed ArcanaIt also includes an assortment of unrelated and new content. The big reveal, however, is an entirely new race — one that hints at a reboot of the beloved Planescape setting.

Additional content has been added from Unearthed arcana: Giant OptionsIt was published in May. Wonders of the MultiverseThis guide provides guidelines for creating a Glitchling 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. Players can build the character of the robot from scratch by setting it free to explore the world. You will also find a variety of background and new feats in the playtest.

“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 first appeared with Planescape Campaign SettingTSR published a 1994 sourcebook called. At its core is the cosmological concept of “the Great Wheel,” a complex landscape composed of both inner and outer planes of existence. This introduced the city of Sigil as the location for the cult computer role-playing classic. Tor: Planescape, as well as the tieflings, a race of infernal creatures that has been a fixture in D&D since 4th edition.

This wouldn’t be the first time that Wizards used playtest materials to tease a reboot of a classic setting. First teased were the Spelljammer material, which will be released later in the year. Undiscovered Arcana: The Travelers to the MultiverseIn October. There could also be other reasons to test Glitchlings this way.

“This Unearthed Arcana […] is truly a wonder for all of the different things we ended up putting into it,” Crawford said on YouTube. “We’ve had a number of fun things bubbling on our stove in our design kitchen, and we decided why not put them all into this [free download]. The people will see tiny bits of design […] from all over the multiverse.”

The most recent set of D&D adventures, The Radiant Citadel: Journeys through the Radiant CitadelOn Tuesday, a copy of the book arrived. In our review we called it “an epic anthology that feels as progressive and inviting as classic Star Trek.”