Editing Manual of the Planes (section)

==''Dungeons & Dragons'' 4th edition==
{{Infobox book 
| name          = Manual of the Planes
| authors       = [[Richard Baker (game designer)|Richard Baker]], [[John Rogers (writer)|John Rogers]], [[Robert J. Schwalb]], and [[James Wyatt (game designer)|James Wyatt]]
| genre         = [[Role-playing game]]
| publisher     = [[Wizards of the Coast]]
| release_date  = 2008
| exclude_cover     = yes
| media_type    = Print ([[Hardback]])
| pages         = 
| isbn          = 
}}

This book was designed by [[Richard Baker (game designer)|Richard Baker]] (lead), [[John Rogers (writer)|John Rogers]], [[Robert J. Schwalb]], and [[James Wyatt (game designer)|James Wyatt]]. Cover art is by [[Howard Lyon]], with interior art by [[Rob Alexander]], [[Dave Allsop]], [[Steve Belledin]], [[Zoltan Boros (artist)|Zoltan Boros]] & [[Gabor Szikszai]], Chippy, [[Daarken]], [[Eric Deschamps]], [[Steve Ellis (comics)|Steve Ellis]], [[Jason Engle]], [[Ralph Horsley]], Howard Lyon, [[Warren Mahy]], [[Torstein Nordstrand]], [[William O'Connor (artist)|William O'Connor]], [[Lucio Parillo]], [[Anne Stokes]], [[Francis Tsai]], and [[Franz Vohwinkel]]. The 4th Edition '''Manual of the Planes''' reinvented the cosmology into a streamlined arrangement called the World Axis cosmology.<ref name="4EMotP">[[Richard Baker (game designer)|Baker, Richard]], [[John Rogers (writer)|John Rogers]], [[Robert J. Schwalb]], and [[James Wyatt (game designer)|James Wyatt]]. ''Manual of the Planes'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], December 2008)</ref> It consists of five core types of planes:

* 1. The Mortal World
* 2. The Parallel Planes – two planes that are linked to the Mortal World
** Feywild (Plane of Faerie)
** Shadowfell (Plane of Shadow)
* 3. Fundamental Planes – two planes that surround the Mortal World
** The Astral Sea – the plane above; consists of Astral Dominions
** The Elemental Chaos – the plane below; consists of Elemental Realms
* 4. Demiplanes – unique bubbles of existence such as [[Sigil (Dungeons & Dragons)|Sigil]]
* 5. Anomalous Planes – planes of an obscure nature
** The Far Realm – uncharted plane that exists beyond the known cosmology
** The Plane of Dreams – composed of all the dreams that have ever been dreamt