The book doesn’t present any new rules, sub-systems, player options, or the like it’s purely DM-focused material intended to make your campaign richer and more vivid.
Looking back at it now, it’s quite a bold move an entire book just of NPC write-ups for a single city in a single setting.
#Sigil inspired full#
Vallese impressive to tackle a full book like this by yourself, but I guess it does help ensure a continuity of style. The designer (presumably the writer, since no writers are listed) is R.V. It has 41 NPC entries (with the back cover proclaiming ‘ over 40 intriguing characters’ why not just give us the actual number?).
It’s full colour throughout, with art for every NPC and a good number of maps and other diagrams too. Uncaged is a pretty standard format book, coming in at 128 pages. Uncaged: Faces of Sigil – The Book Itselfīeing a Pageant of the Varied Citizenry of the City of Doors, Including a Handful of Friends Most True, a Clutter of Fiends Most Vile, and a Gathering of Fellows Who Trade in Both Weal and Woe, as Suits Them. In the end, though, it’s still a key part of what is, in my mind, one of the greatest rpg settings ever made, and I’m excited to get stuck back into it after it’s sat quietly on my shelf for a good few years! Faces of Sigil is a big example of that, with some shining jewels and some… less impressive entries as well. All too often it’d do things like have a pub! Full of fiends! And it’d just be… a normal pub full of fiends, without any real style or interesting elements, as if ‘planar beings doing mundane things’ could somehow sustain the interest of players for a campaign all by itself. I’m also a big critic of a lot of its elements all too often, published Planescape material didn’t quite manage to live up to the sheer potential the setting had. I am an unabashed fan of Planescape I absolutely love it. This book, a collection of new NPCs for use in Planescape (and within Sigil specifically-indeed, some of them can’t even leave Sigil) was pretty formative for me when starting out with the setting, both as inspiration and as a source of disappointment. They also have an English Esty you can shop through but the prices are all marked up about 25%.Inspired by Outremer’s Let’s Read of the Factol’s Manifesto, I was inspired to do the same, so I started digging through my shelf of Planescape books and came across Uncaged: Faces of Sigil. I recommend shopping their website through a desktop and using the google chrome translate option for ease of use. My only real con is that the website is extremely difficult to use and the English translations only work a percentage of the time. I also feel like the overall cost was worth what I got and shipping was surprisingly fast despite shipping all the way from Russia to the US and adding the pandemic on top of that. This palette really stands out to me as a unique option, because it has the grungy mustard and green accents but there’s a depth and smokiness to this palette that brings something new to the table. I love the mixture of textures and finishes. All of the shades have amazing pigmentation and work well on the eyes. Overall I am very impressed with this little palette.
Sigil inspired describes this shade as a “versatile matte brown.” It has a warm undertone. Sigil inspired describes this shade as a “classic chocolate brown” with a satin finish. It looks like a loose pigment when applied and I highly recommend using a glitter glue with it. This shade is only available in the palette, but it is a beautiful bronze with a very sparkly reflective texture. Sigil Inspired describes this shade as a “mustard brown matte.” I included multiple photos of the pan to give you a better look at all the colors. It has a warm orangey base with reflects of gold, green, and teal depending on the lighting. This shade is a true beauty that I would describe as a multichrome. Sigil Inspired describes this shade as a “blackened satin brass,” but I would like to add in that it does have a hint of an olive undertone.
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