Planescape cyber?

On Wed, 21 Feb 1996, Shelby Michlin wrote:

>
> Do you truly (pun there) find Planescape so interesting, compared to
> Spelljammer or the Manual of the Planes (not Manuel <hee hee>)? The
> Planescape seems too "cyberpunk-fantasy" to me.
>
> Shelby
>

The only thing "cyber" about Planescape might be some of the art, but
since the artwork is extremely well done (it really brings out the
otherworldliness and exotic tone of the Planescape setting) I don't mind.

I can't comment on the Manual of the Planes as I haven't seen it, but I
do find the style and additude of Planescape much more interesting than
the standard AD&D worlds. IMHO, Spelljammer, while very cool, wasn't that
much different in style and tone from the "groundling" settings. Check
out the factions in Planescape and compare them with the organisations
described in Spelljammer, and you will see what Spelljammer could have been.


Truls Rostrup