Planescape

Planescape

Premise: Starting off as a survival game, we will explore themes of war, immigration, corruption, pollution, slavery, using the city of Sigil as if it were an international trading port.

Character development:

Needs something
Has an ideal world or selfish goal they wish to achieve
Is deeply ashamed by something
Is motivated by, specifically
Is inspired by, specifically

Random Encounters, Sigil

Layers of Hell and The Abyss

Planescape Torment: Enhanced Edition (FULL OST)

Session ideas

#	Act #	toLvl	Title	Date	Ideas
1	1	3	Tour of Sigil & its quests	2022-07-10	Survival game
2	1	5	A Tour of the Hells	2022-07-17	Advanced quests and RP
3	1	6	Rush to join a Guild	2022-07-24	RP with Factions
4	2	7	A Conspiracy Detected, An Investigation Begun	2022-07-31	Investigation, gathering information
5	2	8	A Worm Assassinated	2022-08-07	Assassination attempt success/fail, major clues discovered
6	2	12	War in Tarrasterrane	2022-08-14	Major combat in Tarrasterrane that spills out into Carceri → Phlegethon → Saurmidas → Maladomini → Malbolge → Malarios → Acheron
7	3	13	The Beginning of the End of Everything	2022-08-21	Key players monologue plot, mustering major belligerents
8	3	17	The Final War	2022-08-28	Climax
9	3	17+	After Life	2022-09-04	Epilogue

Campaign solutions:

Unite Sigil's Factions to reimprison the King Tarrasque, or at least, protect Sigil only (much easier).
- Risking utter failure, though if the Lady of Pain can be convinced, she may at least protect Sigil
- Requires none of the party being unaffiliated.
  - Fun fact: “You can't trust someone who trusts no one.”
- Requires the party engaging with Sigil's NPCs significantly
Free Prince Mephistopheles using the Fires of Phlegethon on his icy prison
- Risking a stronger Hell rising up to conquer the multiverse later
- Requires learning that:
  - Fun fact: “Prince Mephistopheles is the strongest being in the multiverse.”
  - Fun fact: “The Fires of Phlegethon are hot enough to melt anything.”
  - Fun fact: “All secrets are known in Maladomini.”
Kill Zuggytmov before she allies with Jubilex
- Risking Jubilex's corruptive influence going unchecked
- Requires stroke of luck in learning of the conspiracy before it even begins (fortune teller?)
- Fun fact: “Thank the Lady that Zugg and Jube have never found common ground. If they were to ally *shudder*, all hell would break loose.”
Send the Tarrasque to Limbo
- Risking its escape into the Prime Material Plane
- Requires learning that on the Island of Limbo grows fruit that causes peaceful sleep and forgetfulness
  - Fun fact: “Limbo is where souls go to rest and forget before starting over… But, some souls stay there forever.”
- Requires luring the King Tarrasque across the Styx Ocean and the Lethe Sea
- Requires learning that the King Tarrasque finds Golden Apples (just like any other animal) irresistable.
  - Fun fact: “Golden Apples are irresistable to animals.”
Allow the King Tarrasque to End the Multiverse, leaving only Death to finally turn out the lights and lock up the door.

Plot Clues

Called 'Fun facts' in-game.

“Prince Mephistopheles is the strongest being in the multiverse.”
1. “As strong as Mephisto.”
2. “Mephisto has leverage on everyone.”
3. “Only Mephisto could.”
“You can't trust someone who trusts no one.”
1. “Come back when you're accountable.”
2. “Where's your badge?”
“All secrets are known in Maladomini.”
1. “Maladomini knows.”
2. “Between you and Maladomini…”
3. “Bury it as deep as Maladomini.”
“Thank the Lady that Zugg and Jube have never found common ground. If they were to ally *shudder*, all hell would break loose.”
“Limbo is where souls go to rest and forget before starting over… But, some souls stay there forever.”
“Golden Apples are irresistable to animals.”
“The Fires of Phlegethon are hot enough to melt anything.”

Handouts

Introduction
Sigil. Known as the city of doors, also known as the city at the center of the multiverse, is now equivalent to an international trading port. All the departed souls in the multiverse first come to Sigil before going on to their final afterlife. Sigil is a vast, harsh, crowded metropolis built on the inside of a strange toroidial structure at the center of the multiverse. It is filled with lost souls, demons, devils, trapped gods, aliens, and foolish adventurers. The city itself is ugly, filled with buildings of discongruous styles and materials, and constantly under construction. Adversarial architecture is everywhere, discouraging climbers and thieves. Living in the city feels like being in a actively chewing mouth fighting with the other food to avoid being torn apart by sharp broken teeth. Sigil denizens are just as dangerous. Half the city's population are violent ideologues - who strongly believe that their view of the multiverse is correct, and seem to look forward to having an excuse to violently convince you that they are right. The res are either intentionally attempting to exploit you, or acting out of desperation, or simply feral, no one in Sigil can be trusted. The only thing keeping these violent tensions from throwing the city into all-out war is the Lady of Pain, a mysterious and inscrutable woman clothed in blades. She walks silently among the city and all giver her a wide berth, for those who dare to pass close enough are torn to shreds by invisible blades.

Introduction

Sigil. Known as the city of doors, also known as the city at the center of the multiverse, is now equivalent to an international trading port. All the departed souls in the multiverse first come to Sigil before going on to their final afterlife. Sigil is a vast, harsh, crowded metropolis built on the inside of a strange toroidial structure at the center of the multiverse. It is filled with lost souls, demons, devils, trapped gods, aliens, and foolish adventurers.

The city itself is ugly, filled with buildings of discongruous styles and materials, and constantly under construction. Adversarial architecture is everywhere, discouraging climbers and thieves. Living in the city feels like being in a actively chewing mouth fighting with the other food to avoid being torn apart by sharp broken teeth.

Sigil denizens are just as dangerous. Half the city's population are violent ideologues - who strongly believe that their view of the multiverse is correct, and seem to look forward to having an excuse to violently convince you that they are right. The res are either intentionally attempting to exploit you, or acting out of desperation, or simply feral, no one in Sigil can be trusted.

The only thing keeping these violent tensions from throwing the city into all-out war is the Lady of Pain, a mysterious and inscrutable woman clothed in blades. She walks silently among the city and all giver her a wide berth, for those who dare to pass close enough are torn to shreds by invisible blades.

NOTES
#	What	Note
1	Death	Sigil is dangerous. Your character will likely die, multiple times. If there's ever a scenario where your character dies, you will provided with a new character to play while your original returns to Sigil.
2	Economy	Trade in Sigil runs on Silver and Salt. Gold is not used as a currency but is used as a resource. When you see “gp” you are actually trading in silver pieces. When you see “sp” or “cp” you are actually trading in portions of salt.

Character Introduction, for first player
You find yourself dumped on a pile of sludge so large that you can see over the rooftops of sigil. Between the stench of the sludge, the noise of the city, the non-newtonian nature of the surroundings, and an unsettling sense of amnesia, you feel deeply nauseous. Nearby is a huge, spiked dome, glowing with an awful green energy. You feel a body crash into you, what do you do?

Questing Board at the Church of the Dustmen

REGULAR BOUNTIES

Bounty for cranium rats, 1gp per
Bounty for razorvine, 1sp per foot
Bounty for edible flesh, 1sp per pound
Bounty for remains delivered to Dustmen necropolis, 1cp per
Will barter equipment
NO CREDIT

ESCAPED SOULS

Elf female bound for Malarios, 10gp for capture. Blonde hair green eyes, wears a ruby in their hair.
Human male bound for Carceri, 12gp for capture. Brown hair and eyes, branded with an 'H' on left cheek.
Tiefling female bound for Phlegethos, 55gp for capture. Right broken horn, blue skin, very tall.
Kitsune bound for Carceri, 720gp for capture. Sex unknown, agouti fur, blue eyes, leaves a scent of cinnamon behind.

WANTED

WANTED: Holy Avenger sword! Lost in the Hive, will pay top dollar and no questions for return!
WANTED: Laborers to demolish Old Bradbury Hotel on Hunterwasser. 1sp per day.
WANTED: Able-bodied craftsperson for forges. 1gp.
WANTED: Slaves for ship on Sigil→Tarrasterrane→Material Plane→Sigil route. 1gp.

Layers of Hell & The Abyss

See page Layers of Hell and The Abyss

Avernus
Styx
Limbo
Carceri
Malarios
Phlegethon
Saurmidas
Stygia
Maladomini
Malbolge
Tarrasterrane
Purgatory

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