• The Manual of the Planes
• By Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, and David Noonan
• Wizards of the Coast
• ISBN: 0786918500
• MSRP: $29.95

The Manual of the Planes is a cosmological toolbox detailing the heavens, hells and strange places in between for Wizards of the Coast's Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition role-playing game.

Written by Jeff Grubb, Bruce R. Cordell, and David Noonan , the book is heir to two planar traditions: the minimalist 1st edition Manual of the Planes, which detailed the realms of D&D's gods and infamous demons and the behemoth 2nd edition campaign setting known as Planescape. Wizards choose to ditch most of the too-cool-for-this-universe slang and copious development of the later in favor of a well-crafted and traditional (if somewhat boring) view of the D&D universe.

Long-time players and Dungeon Masters will feel instantly at home with the Manual, which represents a universe founded on the same basic structure as that which appeared in its namesake publication.

There is a Material Plane, which serves as the core reality of D&D. This is where adventurers slay merciless dragons, rescue helpless damsels, and drink themselves into a well-deserved stupor. The word