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Within this tome are seven of the most compelling dungeons from the 40+ year history of Dungeons Dragons. Some are classics that have hosted an untold number of adventurers, while others are some of the most popular adventures ever printed. The seeds of these stories now rest in your hands. DD's most storied dungeons are now part of your modern repertoire of adventures. Enjoy, and remember to keep a few spare character sheets handy.
DREAD TALES TOLD IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT
When the shadows grow long in Waterdeep and the fireplace in the taproom of the Yawning Portal dims to a deep crimson glow, adventurers from across the Forgotten Realms, and even from other worlds, spin tales and spread rumors of dark dungeons and lost treasures. Some of the yarns overheard by Durnan, the barkeep of the Yawning Portal, are inspired by places and events in far-flung lands from across the DD multiverse, and these tales have been collected into a single volume.
For use with the fifth edition Player's Handbook®, Monster Manual®, and Dungeon Master's Guide®, this book provides fans with adventures, magic items and deadly monsters, all of which have been updated to the fifth edition rules. Explore seven deadly dungeons in this adventure supplement for the world's greatest roleplaying game.
Tales from the Yawning Portal Includes the Following Adventures
Against the Giants
Dead in Thay
Forge of Fury
Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan
Sunless Citadel
Tomb of Horrors
White Plume Mountain
Ebook Tales From the Yawning Portal Dungeons Dragons Wizards RPG Team 9780786966097 Books
"As an someone who started back in 1983 I really like seeing a couple of the old classic AD&D adventures updated for 5th ed. In the past I have updated some of the older adventures on my own, but it is nice to have someone else do the work. While I mostly have always built my own adventures in the past, my work life had prevented me from having as much prep time as I used to. So it is nice to have these pre-made adventures to play my player through right now. I just need to modify the adventure a little bit to make them fit into my campaign and work with my players."
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Tales From the Yawning Portal Dungeons Dragons Wizards RPG Team 9780786966097 Books Reviews
- I was brand new to D&D in 4e when my friend ran his own campaign. When 5e came out, a different group of friends wanted to play D&D, but I was the only one with any prior experience, so I became the DM. We've been going through the 5e starter set, and as they are finishing that up, I'm looking for the next step for their characters. The standard published campaigns are somewhat problematic in that they all start at level 1. If your players want to keep playing the same characters (up to level 20, or whenever they die), its going to take a bit of work on your part.
Enter Tales From the Yawning Portal. I have not personally run my players through any of the adventures yet, but I have read through each one pretty extensively. The way they are set up is brilliant, and even as a new DM it seems that they will be very easy to run. Tyranny of Dragons has a good story from what I've read through, but it doesn't seem to be set up in a way that is easy to DM, with a lot of fill work required on your part.
Tales is a little different however from the other full campaigns in that they are meant to be sprinkled in bigger campaigns/adventures, not necessarily stand on their own as one over-arching campaign. That being said, you can do that, as the levels of the adventures compliment each other; the first one is 1-3, the second 3-5, then 5-8, etc. There won't be any over-arching story, but that doesn't matter too much. My personal plan is to run Horde of the Dragon Queen next (I will have to modify it as my characters are level 4) and when they are done with that, I will run them through one of the Tales adventures before moving onto part two of Tyranny, Rise of Tiamat. I had already bought those books, and their characters tie in nicely with the story. For the most part though, I can't wait to get to the Tales adventures. After the full campaign is done, I might run them through Tomb of Horrors, the last adventure in Tales. I am doing that last, because of the looks of it, it will kill them.
The last thing I wanted to mention about Tales from the Yawning Portal is that the adventures feel very much like they were taken from past editions, but that's not a bad thing. I have several AD&D books that I've skimmed through, and the adventures seem very similar in terms of traps, puzzles and choices the characters can make. Also, most of the adventures seem, at least to me, that they are deadlier than the current 5e lineup. Many sections require smart thinking on the part of the players, not something that is easy to hack and slash their way through with min-maxed characters. The last adventure, Tomb of Horrors, looks especially devious. It was originally created by Gary Gygax himself, as a way to humble even his strongest players. These adventures are tough, but look to be extremely rewarding for those who survive.
All in all, this is a solid, easy to use product that adds much needed content beyond first starting level. I highly recommend it. - As an someone who started back in 1983 I really like seeing a couple of the old classic AD&D adventures updated for 5th ed. In the past I have updated some of the older adventures on my own, but it is nice to have someone else do the work. While I mostly have always built my own adventures in the past, my work life had prevented me from having as much prep time as I used to. So it is nice to have these pre-made adventures to play my player through right now. I just need to modify the adventure a little bit to make them fit into my campaign and work with my players.
- I am quite pleased with the updates for previous edition adventures for D&D 5e. they make it easy for me and others to run classic D&D adventures.
That being said, the title, "Tales From The Yawning Portal" describes the well known entrance to one of the more famous dungeons in Forgotten Realms that is often referred to as the Undermountain Adventure.
"A certain infamous inn near the docks in Waterdeep, The Yawning Portal's proprietor, one Durnan the Wanderer, is the only widely-known entrance to Undermountain easily accessible to the general public. Rather, it is the only known entrance accessible to those elements of the general public desperate or deranged enough to attempt entry into the underways."
Thus, Tails of the Yawning Portal starts by giving you a description of the Yawning Portal Inn, and it sounds very cool. Now I guess the point of including the Yawning Portal is to give you a location that the included adventures can originate from, but the problem is that I know my players and the first thing they are going to want to do is to go down that well. They give you this unique location that literally has direct access to the Undermountain that is evidently full of eminence wealth and magic but then there is no way to play the Undermountain dungeon (short of making it all up yourself or converting some old version). - I was fortunate enough to get a copy a tad earlier from my local game store, so I've had a handful of sessions (between two groups) for this book and its material.
First off, the binding is the same quality as the last few releases from Wizards. I have a page that is half out of the binding already, after a mere week and a half of light use. This is simply unacceptable after the same issues have happened with every other book release. Almost all of my purchases from Wizards have had some sort of defect in their binding.
The content, however, mostly makes up for this. I and my crews are having a great time running (or rather, attempting to run through) these adventures. These are faithful renditions of classic adventures. I am especially pleased with tomb of horrors.
I really, REALLY wish that they would finally release some full sized maps to go with some of this stuff. It really sucks to have to trawl the internet for the artist's personal websites in order to buy digital copies of the maps for $30. - The Sunless Citadel is a PERFECT first level adventure and leads seamlessly into Forge of Fury. With these two campaigns you can get characters to level five pretty quickly if you want. Great stories too!!
Personally didn't like the feel of The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, so doubt I'll ever DM that one.
Saving the rest of the book until I have a more advanced group of players.
Gave the Tomb of Horrors a whirl with some newbies, but it took them most of a session just to find the entrance!
The creatures and items in the appendices are a nice little bonus that I'll be using for our next home brew. - when someone asks you to start a campaign and you have no idea what to do, this is the book for you. This will help you and yoru friends start on a quest and add in your own flair when needed.
