The doors of the City of Sigil are opening once more, as Wizards of the Coast has announced that the classic Planescape campaign setting is returning to Dungeons & Dragons next year. This will be the promised D&D classic setting returning in 2023, making it the last one that Wizards of the Coast has announced so far.
Planescape was one of the many campaign settings that was introduced during the AD&D era. It had long been established that D&D characters and NPCs could travel to other planes of existence with the aid of magic, allowing them to visit the very boundaries of reality. Planescape dealt with the D&D multiverse as a whole, detailing the different planes beyond the Plane Material Plane and the strange cultures that exist within them. The most important location in Planescape is the City of Sigil, which is the self-proclaimed center of the multiverse, where it's said that portals can be found to any plane.
A recent D&D Unearthed Arcana article hinted at Planescape's return, but it has now been made official. Wizards of the Coast has announced that the Planescape campaign setting will be returning in fall 2023, so fans will be waiting a while yet to return to the City of Sigil. The project is currently only known as Planescape and it's unclear if the name will be changed further down the line.
Planescape Will Coming To D&D 5e In A Three Book Set
Screen Rant recently took part in a private press event, where Wizards of the Coast revealed several upcoming D&D and Magic: The Gathering products. D&D Senior Story Designer Chris Perkins revealed that Planescape will be released in a three-book box set. This means that Planescape will have a similar release to Spelljammer: Adventures in Space, and it's possible that Planescape could have a player guide, a monster book, a campaign, a map, and a DM screen like that set has.
The D&D multiverse keeps growing with each new book and Spelljammer: Adventures in Space has given players the chance to fly to different worlds in spelljammer ships. The next logical step was to bring back Planescape, so that the rest of the multiverse could be fleshed out, and give players the chance to visit every part of D&D's reality, from the loftiest heavens, to the deepest underworld. The Planescape campaign setting is often cruelly overlooked, with many only ever mentioning the classic Planescape: Torment video game when talking about setting. Planescape is long overdue for a revival and it's time for the Lady of Pain to bring her steely gaze back to Dungeons & Dragons.