The Shadowfell
A boxed set supplement for 4th edition Dungeons & Dragons detailing the Shadowfell plane.
The Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and Beyond is a supplement for the 4th edition of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Inner Plane (shadowy mirror of the Material Plane)
- Associated concept
- Dimness
- absence
- shadow
- twilight
- Setting
- Planescape campaign setting; Planescape: Torment (1999)
- Access in game
- Via Sigil's Doors (as with other planes in the game)
- Atmosphere
- Perpetual grey twilight
- muted color
- lifeless landscape
Lore & Background
It is unclear whether it is an Inner Plane or a Parallel Plane.
Reader's Guide
The Shadowfell contains the information a Dungeon Master needs to run adventures set in the plane known as the Shadowfell with details on locations such as the Darkreach Mountains, Dead Man's Cross and the House of Black Lanterns, Gloomwrought, Letherna, the Oblivion Bog, and Thyrin Gol. The boxed set edition included a 32-page encounter booklet, a 128-page booklet presenting the fully detailed city of Gloomwrought and the surrounding area, die-cut tokens, a foldout battle map, and one 30-card Despair Deck.
Did You Know?
- The Shadowfell was written by Andy Clautice, Erik Scott de Bie and Matt Goetz.
- It was officially released in May 2011.
- The boxed set was the second supplement Wizards of the Coast published with the theme of shadows in 2011.
- Chris Perkins requested a Shadowfell deck of cards, something to add a 'fun, random element' to the game.
More in Planar Realms & Locations
Elsewhere in Planescape Torment
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