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[5E Yawning Portal] Well, this should be interesting...

Started by cranebump, March 24, 2017, 07:55:31 PM

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cranebump

March 24, 2017, 07:55:31 PM
The wife and I are finally making the move out of state in a few months. Group requested I run them through the new "Tomb of Horrors" before I say sayonara. I haven't previewed the new version yet, but I wonder if it's shudder-worthy (I'll know Monday, when our 5E player hands me the Tome).

Anybody got their copy already? How does everything look? Got that "forged in fire" feel? (eet can keel...)
"When devils will the blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows..."

ZWEIHÄNDER

#1
March 24, 2017, 08:03:52 PM
Emi Tanji's artwork is fantastic, and is really the brainchild behind the 'realistic' art approach of 5e.

Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-rif5ag9bY
No thanks.

Voros

#2
March 26, 2017, 04:23:05 AM
I'm a fan of Tanji's artwork. Tempted to pick this up just for her art as I have all the classic modules as is.

Baulderstone

#3
March 26, 2017, 03:41:46 PM
It is really nice art. Kind of a shame though that the had to change the appearance of monsters in the original modules to look like they do in 5E. Keeping everything on-model isn't a great way to approach fantasy art. Is "I have seen that before" really the reaction you want from your players when you show them the art for the monsters they are facing?

finarvyn

#4
March 27, 2017, 05:57:21 PM
I bought the book but haven't really looked at it much because I'd like to play it before I read it. (Spoilers, etc.) A few of us were discussing the "lose your magic items forever" aspect of ToH that apparently was done in some of the pre-release convention versions, and I never liked that about the original ToH. (They said that they played ToH in a 4-hour time slot, so the adventure must have been chopped down significantly.)
Marv / Finarvyn
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Just Another Snake Cult

#5
March 27, 2017, 11:32:52 PM
The title is awful.

It sounds like the title of one of the parody sci-fi books written by the Jermaine Clement character in Gentlemen Broncos.
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Baulderstone

#6
March 28, 2017, 02:42:18 AM
Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;953924The title is awful.

It sounds like the title of one of the parody sci-fi books written by the Jermaine Clement character in Gentlemen Broncos.

When you are trying to invoke a spirit of adventure, "yawning" may not be the best word to reach for.

Prairie Dragon

#7
March 28, 2017, 07:43:12 AM
Quote from: Baulderstone;953936When you are trying to invoke a spirit of adventure, "yawning" may not be the best word to reach for.

People wait a looooong time for folks to return.  It's their pastime.  I suppose between the drinks and waiting, the yawing inspired the name...

finarvyn

#8
March 28, 2017, 08:02:12 AM
I was under the impression that "The Yawning Portal" was a famous tavern in Waterdeep. I'm not very familiar with the Forgotten Realms, so that may be an error and I don't know if there are better names of taverns in the city.
Marv / Finarvyn
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OD&D Player since 1975

estar

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March 28, 2017, 08:38:46 AM
Quote from: finarvyn;953960I was under the impression that "The Yawning Portal" was a famous tavern in Waterdeep. I'm not very familiar with the Forgotten Realms, so that may be an error and I don't know if there are better names of taverns in the city.

The particulars. Basically it is the primary entrance to the Undermountain dungeon.

Opaopajr

#10
March 28, 2017, 01:26:58 PM
Isn't there like 7 adventures in this release? Of all of them they are jonesing for a goodbye Tomb of Horrors run? Ok... :confused: Whatever floats their boat! :D
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Tod13

#11
March 28, 2017, 01:37:02 PM
Quote from: ZWEIHÄNDER;953541Emi Tanji's artwork is fantastic, and is really the brainchild behind the 'realistic' art approach of 5e.

Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-rif5ag9bY

Technically, the art is nice. But I get no sense of emotion (like from the critter in the cage) or any sense of motion (all the figures feel posed--even the ones that aren't head and shoulders portraits). I love the maps, and usually I don't like "artistic" maps, since the art usually gets in the way of clarity, which doesn't happen here.

cranebump

#12
March 28, 2017, 01:52:06 PM
Quote from: Opaopajr;953990Isn't there like 7 adventures in this release? Of all of them they are jonesing for a goodbye Tomb of Horrors run? Ok... :confused: Whatever floats their boat! :D

Believe me, they've been warned.:-)
"When devils will the blackest sins put on, they do suggest at first with heavenly shows..."

mAcular Chaotic

#13
March 28, 2017, 01:57:12 PM
Does anyone play Tomb of Horrors and actually enjoy it. And not as a "let's just play it to say we did" type thing.
Battle doesn\'t need a purpose; the battle is its own purpose. You don\'t ask why a plague spreads or a field burns. Don\'t ask why I fight.

ZWEIHÄNDER

#14
March 28, 2017, 02:55:47 PM
Quote from: mAcular Chaotic;953998Does anyone play Tomb of Horrors and actually enjoy it. And not as a "let's just play it to say we did" type thing.

Killer dungeon is killer dungeon.

It's definitely a been there, done that adventure. But the first time we played it? We were ready to throttle the DM at the start, and then began to enjoy how utterly unfair it was designed to be like.

Thanks Uncle Gary!
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