On Hallowed Ground is a 192-page sourcebook for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition released in October 1996.
Official synopsis[]
No ordinary tome can hold the powers of the planes, berk. That's why On Hallowed Ground is two books in one. In the first chapters, learn what divine compacts keep the gods from tearing the multiverse apart. Get the dark on turning player characters into proxies. Find out what happens when a spellslinger brings a petitioner back to life. And tumble to the awesome prestige—and awesome danger—of walking the Great Ring as a priest.
The second part of On Hallowed Ground delivers the chant on hundreds of AD&D game powers, from Aasterrinian to Zivilyn, and just about every high-up in between. More than a summary of old material, it updates the AD&D game's gods for the Planescape campaign setting, featuring their trusted proxies, their brash rivalries, and their hard-won roles in the cosmos.
Written for Dungeon Masters and players, this 192-page, full-color book includes the following:
- 20 separate pantheons detailing the powers worshipped by humans, demihumans, and monsters (including the deities of the AD&D game worlds). Zeus, Sung Chiang, Gruumsh, Takhisis—they're all here, based on chant from Legends & Lore, the Deities & Demigods book, Monster Mythology, and AD&D game world sources.
- New ideas and rules for priest characters on the planes
- Tips on creating, visiting, and surviving divine realms
- A look at powers favored by factions and planewalkers
- Comprehensive appendices listing gods by pantheon and portfolio
- Full-color maps of realms glorious and infernal
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Development and release[]
Development[]
The book was written by Colin McComb. Art was provided by Dee Barnett, Roy Boholst and Monte Cook.
Release[]
On Hallowed Ground was released by TSR in October 1996 for $[missing data] US or $[missing data] Canadian.
On October 29, 2013, it was re-released in digital format. It is currently available on DriveThruRPG and Dungeon Masters Guild for $5.99.
Reception and influence[]
Critical reception[]
As of 2023, On Hallowed Ground reached the rank of Platinum seller on DriveThruRPG.
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| Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition Planescape |
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| Supplements |
| Planescape Campaign Setting • Faces of Evil: The Fiends • The Factol's Manifesto • Hellbound: The Blood War • In the Cage: A Guide to Sigil • A Guide to the Astral Plane • A Guide to the Ethereal Plane • The Inner Planes • Monstrous Compendium: Planescape Appendix (II • III) • On Hallowed Ground • Planes of Chaos • Planes of Conflict • Planes of Law • A Player's Primer to the Outlands • The Planewalker's Handbook • Uncaged: Faces of Sigil |
| Adventures |
| Dead Gods • The Deva Spark • Doors to the Unknown • The Eternal Boundary • Faction War • Fires of Dis • The Great Modron March • Harbinger House • In the Abyss • Something Wild • Tales from the Infinite Staircase • Well of Worlds |