Editing Manual of the Planes (section)

==Reception==
The 3rd edition ''Manual of the Planes'' won the 2002 [[ENnies|Ennie Award]] for "Best Rules Supplement".<ref>[http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/about-us/2002-noms-and-winners/ 2002 Noms and Winners - ENnie Awards]</ref>

Scott Taylor of ''[[Black Gate (magazine)|Black Gate]]'' listed the ''Manual of the Planes'' as #4 on the list of "Top 10 'Orange Spine' ''AD&D'' Hardcovers By Jeff Easley, saying "Ethereal Dreadnaught... enough said. Well perhaps not truly 'enough', but you get the idea."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.blackgate.com/2016/09/14/art-of-the-genre-top-10-orange-spine-add-hardcovers-by-jeff-easley/ | title=Art of the Genre: Top 10 'Orange Spine' AD&D Hardcovers by Jeff Easley – Black Gate | date=14 September 2016 }}</ref>

Viktor Coble listed ''Manual of the Planes'' as #7 on ''[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]''<nowiki/>'s 2021 "D&D: 10 Best Supplemental Handbooks" list, stating that "it expands the Dungeons and Dragons base-world, making an entire universe complete with in-game lore, methods of traversing these elements, and brand new mechanics to account for them."<ref name="cbr">{{Cite web|last=Coble|first=Viktor|date=2021-12-17|title=D&D: 10 Best Supplemental Handbooks|url=https://www.cbr.com/dd-best-supplemental-handbooks/|access-date=2022-04-28|website=CBR|language=en-US}}</ref>