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On the history of Planar Common

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Submitted by ripvanwormer on Thu, 07/08/2010 - 01:24
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(note that in the following essay, I'm making a lot of things up - I'm not attempting to stick to what is known in canon)

The issue here is Planar Common, the dominant language in the City of Doors and other human-dominated planewalker communities on the planes. Where did it come from?

The Planewalker's Handbook (page 101) said that Planar Common descends from the Prime Common tongue, brought to the planes by prime explorers. In fact, it says "the earliest planar settlers from the Prime," which suggests that this couldn't possibly be the modern Common Tongue of Toril or Oerth or Krynn.

OOC: Concerning Vlaakith CLVIII/Gith the Liberator

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Submitted by Chaotic_Goth1431 on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 19:33
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Greeting to all you berks, bloods and cutters!

Recently, I was asked by my best friend to DM a campaign which shall, at a later point, include Her Imperial and Eternal Majesty Vlaakith CLVIII. My dilemma is this: how to portray her accurately in terms of personality.....the good, the bad and the ugly? I have a fairly certain idea of how to do it, but I would prefer having those who *know* of Gith to steer me in the right direction. I want her to be a memorable character worthy of the fear and awe she deserves. I would especially appreciate the advice of those who play githyanki.

City of Brass coming to Dragon

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Submitted by Center of All on Tue, 01/05/2010 - 13:43
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http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/dued/2010january

Looks like Wizards wants to devote a lot of attention to the City of Brass this month. I, for one, am very intrigued by the teaser. I've always had an interest in the city but I've also always felt it gets little more attention than "here there be efreet." IIRC a 3e book had a section on the city but it was more about physical locations. This upcoming article sounds like it will involve culture and society more than geography.

Planes of Technology & Mechanoids

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Submitted by xidoraven on Sat, 01/02/2010 - 12:16
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OK, so this thread is multifaceted - it covers all things related to technology and its various sub-elements, and includes (but is not limited to):

  • Player Races
  • Classes / Prestige Classes
  • Factions (new or otherwise)
  • Skills, Feats, Abilities
  • Equipment & Magic Items
  • Spells, Powers, other
  • Monsters (constructs, living constructs, mechanoids)
  • Divinities and Domains
  • Tech types and traits (I got this one pretty much done, but could use review)
  • Campaign ideas or setting elements to utilize tech concepts

I will begin with some information on Modro

Lady's Sharper Eye, Issue 5 -

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Submitted by Azure on Sat, 10/31/2009 - 19:22
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Hear ye and eyeball this, cutters!

Brand new news about the Blood War and the Shadow! Get the darks you need to plan your next trip to the Planes! The Lady's Sharper Eye is still only two stingers, but tip the paper-boy a green or two, willya?

Concidering Anarchy

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Submitted by tveir on Fri, 10/23/2009 - 17:46
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I'm sure it's not just me, as evident by the much less demonizing description they get in the 3E conversion, but the original Planescape books really don't seem very fond of the Revolutionary league.

Planewalker Going Social! Visit Us On Facebook!

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Submitted by Loki De Carabas on Wed, 09/30/2009 - 17:19
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Greetings Cutters!

Loki here bringing the chant on a new way to connect with us here at Planewalker: On Facebook. We have just launched a Facebook Page and we would be most grateful if you would fan us and help spread the word.

Since I work in social media for a living I will be constantly checking it answer questions, share news and generally keep you lot as happy as I can manage without drifting into the realm of Chaotic Evil.

WotC's Lady of Pain cartoon

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Submitted by Kobold Avenger on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 14:44
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There's a new cartoon this time from the ones that brought "Rawr I'm a Monster!" where this time they interview the Lady of Pain. It's at the WotC site as the DMG2 interview.

I think you can say that's a skill challenge gone wrong.

Sigil Identities I: Quéssā and Half-Elven pride

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Submitted by CrimsonLotus on Sun, 08/09/2009 - 12:36
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Quéssā [ kwEH-hsaah; etym: probably corruption of Quessir (people) in Faerunian High Elven or h'quhs (bawdy or irreverent speech) in Oeridian Wood Elven (disputed)]

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Sigismund Pandulf v. Dassau (Ed.) Subcultures and Counter-Cultures in Contemporary Sigil 6th Ed., Baying Arcanoloth Press

PW Manager on The Nerd Report this Thursday

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Submitted by Loki De Carabas on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 17:58
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Greetings Cutters!

Your humble servant and Planewalker Manager Loki De Carabas will be appearing on The Nerd Report with Emily and Sabrina – Thursday, July 16th, 2009 at 3:00pm Pacific – on the Small Plate Radio Network.

I'll be joined by Nicholas DiPetrillo, the columnist in charge of nerd watching and community manager behind http://www.DungeonMastering.com

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