Using these factions in a campaign can feel overwhelming. In theory, a hero can rise up in the ranks from namer to factotum to factor to factol. Dragon Magazine 414: Character Themes: Sensates, Ciphers and Xaositectsĥe Faction Rules: If you want to use these factions for 5e, don't forget to check out the faction and renown rules in the DMG page 21.Dragon Magazine 370: Riven Justice: The Mercykillers.
This article uses material from these sources: Then I'll talk about the changes to the factions following the events of the Faction War adventure and scattered things from subsequent editions. First, I'll list them as they are in the Planescape boxed set. Worse, I tried to find a simple faction list on google, and I couldn't. There are a million of them and each one has a name and a nickname that are used interchangeably. One of the hardest things for me to get my head around when I first started working on my Planescape campaigns was the factions.
