Editing Manual of the Planes (section)

== ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'' first edition ==
The original ''Manual of the Planes'' was written by [[Jeff Grubb]], with a cover by [[Jeff Easley]] and interior illustrations by [[Stephen Fabian]] with Easley, and was published by TSR in 1987 as a 128-page hardcover.<ref name="HW">{{cite book |last=Schick |first=Lawrence |title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games |publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991 |isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=106}}</ref> Easley's cover featured an illustration of a creature named in the book as an "ethereal dreadnought", although the book had no description or game statistics for the creature.<!--From p19 of the MoP: "An illusionist creates a ''phatasmal force'' of a large ethereal dreadnought (see the cover of the book).--><ref>Grubb, Jeff. ''Manual of the Planes'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], 1987)</ref> This creature was later identified in 2nd edition as an astral dreadnought.

The book describes various planes of existence, and what creatures characters might encounter there, covering the astral and ethereal planes, the elemental planes, and the outer planes.<ref name="HW"/> The book also details how to survive in the planes, and how combat and magic differ under each plane's special conditions. The [[Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)#Ethereal Plane|Ethereal Plane]], The [[Inner Plane]]s—including the Plane of Elemental Air, the Plane of Elemental Fire, the Plane of Elemental Earth, and the Plane of Elemental Water, the Para-Elemental Planes (Smoke, Magma, Ooze, and Ice), the Energy Planes ([[Inner Plane#Positive Energy Plane|Positive Energy]] and [[Inner Plane#Negative Energy Plane|Negative Energy]]), and the Quasi-Elemental Planes (Lightning, Radiance, Minerals, Steam, Vacuum, Ash, Dust, and Salt)—and the [[Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)#Astral Plane|Astral Plane]]. After these planes, the [[Outer Plane]]s are briefly described, including [[Mechanus|Nirvana]], [[Arcadia (Dungeons & Dragons)|Arcadia]], [[Mount Celestia|Seven Heavens]], [[Bytopia|Twin Paradises]], [[Elysium (Dungeons & Dragons)|Elysium]], [[Beastlands|Happy Hunting Grounds]], [[Arborea (Dungeons & Dragons)|Olympus]], [[Ysgard|Gladsheim]], [[Limbo (Dungeons & Dragons)|Limbo]], [[Pandemonium (Dungeons & Dragons)|Pandemonium]], [[Abyss (Dungeons & Dragons)|The Abyss]], [[Carceri (Dungeons & Dragons)|Tarterus]], [[Gray Waste|Hades]], [[Gehenna (Dungeons & Dragons)|Gehenna]], [[Baator|The Nine Hells]], [[Acheron (Dungeons & Dragons)|Acheron]], and [[Outlands|Concordant Opposition]]. ''Manual of the Planes'' explains how each of the outer planes is related to each of the character [[Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)|alignments]]. For example, "[[Mount Celestia|The Seven Heavens]]" is the final resting place for characters of [[Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)#Lawful good|Lawful Good]] alignment.

In 1999, a [[paperback]] reprint of the first edition was released.<ref name="Fogens">{{cite magazine|title=Classic ''AD&D'' books are back|last=Fogens|first=M.|issue=52|magazine=[[InQuest Gamer]]|page=20|publisher=[[Wizard Entertainment]]|date=August 1999}}</ref>

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