Editing Ulraunt's Guide to the Planes

'''Ulraunt's Guide to the Planes''' are a series of 3rd party [[splatbooks]] for [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] released on the Dungeon Master's Guild. As their name suggests, they are an unofficial attempt to be a [[Planescape]] analogue for 5th edition, with each sourcebook examining one of the planes of the 5e [[Great Wheel]] in greater detail, offering in general advanced details and maps on the location, details on native creatures, new monsters, new playable races, and new subclasses. Currently, only two sourcebooks have been released for this series; one for the [[Shadowfell]], and one for [[Acheron]].

One thing that fa/tg/uys should keep in mind before reading these books; due to the restrictions on DM's Guild content, these splats not only use 5e lore as their base, but explicitly use the [[Forgotten Realms]] as the "default setting" of 5e, so they will incorporate a lot of Realms-specific lore into their planar overview, such as explicitly connoting the Shadowfell with the Fugue Plane of [[Kelemvor]] or featuring lore and stats for [[Obould Many-Arrows]] as a demigod servitor of [[Gruumsh]].

==Guide to the Shadowfell==
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The first chapter is all about the Shadowfell as a whole, and expands upon the material from the Dungeon Master's Guide.

The second chapter deals with locations of note. It examines '''Gloomwrought''' (the unofficial Shadowfell capital in the [[World Axis]]), '''Evernight''' (the Shadowfell reflection of [[Neverwinter]] from 4th edition), and '''Thultanthar''' (the capital of the Shadovar [[shade]] empire, introduced in the 3e [[Forgotten Realms]]).

Chapter 3 examines '''Domains of Dread''', looking at the Shadowfell's association with the [[Demiplane of Dread]] by updating four of these shadowy mini-hells. This chapter contains five domains; three of them "classic" domains from the original [[Ravenloft]] setting (the Burning Peaks, Har'Akir, and Markovia) and two carried from the [[World Axis]]; Monadhan (realm of traitors) and Sunderheart. Surprisingly, in contrast to the locales from the 2nd chapter, none of these have any connection to the [[Forgotten Realms]].

Part 2 is '''The Fugue Plane''', which covers chapters 4 and 5; this is an extended examination of the realm of [[Kelemvor]] and how the dead are sorted for dispensation into the rest of the multiverse in the [[Forgotten Realms]] cosmology.

Part 3, spanning chapters 6 through 12, is '''Deities and Other Powers''', which is self-explanatory. Here, you'll find [[Dendar]] the Night Serpent; [[Jergal]], [[Kelemvor]], [[Kezef]], [[Mask]], [[Shar]] and [[Vecna]], all fleshed out in greater details.

Part 4 is '''Character Options'''. Spanning chapters 13 through to 17, it provides four new races ([[Dhampir]], [[Hagspawn]], [[Krinth]] and [[Shadar-Kai]]), new subclasses for all of the PHB classes, the [[Vistani|Vistana]] background, new spells, and new mythic options (the authors for this series having also written the current definitive book on epic-level play for 5e).

Finally, part 5 is the '''Bestiary''', divided into two parts; chapter 18 is vanilla monsters, and chapter 19 is unique monsters.

===Subclasses===
* [[Barbarian]]: Path of the Anguished
* [[Bard]]: College of Mourning
* [[Cleric]]: Twilight [[Cleric Domain]]
* [[Druid]]: Circle of Nightmares
* [[Fighter]]: Obeah Knight
* [[Monk]]: Way of Gravelight
* [[Paladin]]: Oath of Debauchery
* [[Ranger]]: Redeemer, Venator
* [[Rogue]]: Shadowdancer
* [[Sorcerer]]: Grave Magic, Vampiric Bloodline
* [[Warlock]]: The [[Dark Powers]], The [[Undead]]
* [[Wizard]]: School of [[Shadow Magic|Nethermancy]]

==Guide to Acheron==
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Because there's a large body of [[Planescape]] lore to draw upon, and even the 3e [[Manual of the Planes]], this book is relatively simple compared to its predecessors.

Part 1 covers '''Acheron''' itself in greater detail, with extended exposes on each of the four layers; Avalas, Thuldanin, Tintibulus, and Ocanthus.

Part 2 is the obligatory '''Dieties and Other Powers''' section. It expands upon [[Bane]], the whole [[Orc]]ish pantheon ([[Gruumsh]], [[Bahgtru]], [[Ilneval]], [[Luthic]], [[Shargaas]], [[Yurtrus]]), the [[Goblinoid]] pantheon ([[Maglubiyet]], [[Bargrivyek]], [[Grankhul]], [[Hruggek]], [[Khurgorbaeyag]], [[Nomog-Geaya]]) and the [[Duergar]] "pantheon" ([[Laduguer]] and [[Deep Duerra]]) before finishing off with [[Urdlen]], the only evil member of the [[gnome]] pantheon.

Part 3 is the '''Character Options'''; playable [[bladeling]]s and [[spriggan]]s (here a [[gnome]] subrace), subclasses for all of the PHB classes ''plus'' the [[artificer]] and [[Blood Hunter]], spells, mythic options, and special materials.

Finally, Part 4 is the '''Bestiary''', with common monsters, unique monsters, war mounts and war machines.

===Subclasses===
* [[Artificer]]: Stormsmith, Surveyor
* [[Barbarian]]: Path of Metallurgy
* [[Bard]]: College of Martial Cadency
* [[Blood Hunter]]: Order of the Warmonger
* [[Cleric]]: Domination [[Cleric Domain]]
* [[Druid]]: Circle of Warshaping
* [[Fighter]]: Eternal Blade
* [[Monk]]: Way of Ferrous Esotericism, Way of the Long Blade
* [[Paladin]]: Oath of Fulmination, Oath of Unity
* [[Ranger]]: Steel Warden
* [[Rogue]]: Ghost Walker
* [[Sorcerer]]: Atrophic Magic, Battle Soul
* [[Warlock]]: The Tyrant
* [[Wizard]]: Daggerspell Magic

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