Hi all, I was just thinking, does WotC have any plans for making a "races" book for planar creatures a la "Races of Eberron"? If not it could be something that we could knock together with contributors submitting bits of lore for their favourite races covering Origin, Ecology, Psychology, Biology, PRC's, Feats, Level substitutions, etc.
This method would allow contributors who don't have a great deal of time to still make meaningful additions to the works by covering specific areas. It'll also give us some great opportunities to discuss what is canon and what new stuff is consistent.
Because of the number of races involved we might want to split this up. The law/chaos/conflict division seems most consistent with other material but just doing outer/inner/transitive could work.
Anyway, let me know what you think.
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I think this is part of what they were trying for with the Planar Handbook. I can't stand the PH though, so I don't think it counts. More to the point, Fiendish Codex 1 has an extensive look at the ecology of the Abyss and the second one will be almost entirely about Baator and its inhabitants (of course, judging from the except, it will include some questionable facts). It can only be assumed that they plan to do one on the Yugoloths, and possibly ones for other Fiendish races as well (everyone knows the Gehreleths need some love, even if no one wants to give it to them). Therefore, I'd suggest if we did this, saving the book on the lower planes for last and starting with the Celestials, who have only really appeared in the (aweful) Book of Exalted Deeds.