Editing Planescape: Torment (section)

==Adaptations==
A book by the same name was written by Ray and Valerie Vallese and released by [[Wizards of the Coast]] in 1999.<ref>{{cite book |first=Ray and Valerie |last=Vallese |title=Planescape: Torment |publisher=[[Wizards of the Coast]] |location=Renton, Washington |year=1999 |isbn=978-0-7869-1527-9 }}</ref> The book's plot follows the game's only loosely, conferring a much bigger role to Fhjull Forked-Tongue, a minor supporting character from the game who advises the Nameless One to seek the Pillar of Skulls in [[Outer Plane#Baator|the first layer of Baator]] for answers, and its ending differed significantly from the game's. The book also did not follow the source material in its adaptation of the game's characters; for example, in the game, the main character's lack of a name is a sign of his incomplete state and a source of protection in being anonymous.<ref name="game" /> In the book, the protagonist chooses a [[proper name]] and is called "Thane" by his associates.<ref name="Hardcore101" /> Maciej Miszczyk from ''Hardcore Gaming 101'' found the book to be "bland and uninteresting", offering "nothing new to those who’ve already beaten the game", and an "inferior alternative" for those who have yet to experience the game.<ref name="Hardcore101" />

For the game's 2010 re-release on [[GOG.com]], a second, more accurate, novelization produced by Rhyss Hess was bundled with it, based on the game script by Chris Avellone and [[Colin McComb]].<ref name="GOG"/>

A third novelization was completed in 2013 by fans through a combined amalgamation of the in game text, the Rhyss Hess novelization, and a text based [[Let's Play]] by the user ShadowCatboy on the forum [[Something Awful]]. The project was edited by Logan Stromberg and is widely regarded as the best adaptation of the game.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Planescape: Torment - The New Novelization|url=http://discogenie.dyndns.org/planescape/|access-date=2021-02-17|website=discogenie.dyndns.org|archive-date=December 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221101135/http://discogenie.dyndns.org/planescape/|url-status=live}}</ref>