Tales From the Yawning Portal – Review Posted by R.M. That looks soooo coool!!! Quick Review of Tales from the Yawning Portal: Being able to run all these dungeons in 5th Edition is great. Tales From the Yawning Portal (Dungeons & Dragons) hardcover book arrived on time, but with dents in the front and back, some unknown 'goop' on the back cover, about 5 of the last pages folded and creased 1-3 inches in, and 2 of the pages were torn at the top. —Eric Eric reviews the newly released Tales From the Yawning Portal, ... Tales from the Yawning Portal Review. We also recently have formed a new play group with some friends and coworkers, and are using a similar structure with them. For some this book will be nostalgic, for others, it provides a chance to play these deadly dungeons for the first time. For more reviews, please see my review page. Tales from the Yawning Portal is Wizard’s latest release for 5th Edition, a 248-page full color hardcover book featuring four adventures from 1st Edition and two from 3rd Edition that have been updated to 5th Edition, along with one adventure from the D&D Next playtest. Edit. "Durnan" is something exiled from his own dimension, who decided to open a tavern at the crossroads of dimensional highways, and created said tavern in the image of a widely popular one from the forgotten realms. Warning: this review includes spoilers. March 28th, 2017. If you’re going to play through the … 1 thought on “ D&D Tales from the Yawning Portal Review ” Tim September 15, 2017 at 11:07 am. If the players know what they are, and are up for a taste of that sort of experience, this is a neat way to experience it without digging up those old modules and re-learning (or, more likely at this point, learning in the first place) those old rules. But that aspect won’t be for everyone. But it does present exploration, puzzles, and combat for the characters, with a smidge of non-combat interaction. It’s designed to challenge the players in a very particular way, making them throw characters and brainpower at the dungeon, trying to figure out exactly how to get through – what to touch, what not to touch, etc. Out of Time is a new campaign for Tales from the Loop by Fria Ligan.This campaign was published along with the Things from the Flood Kickstarter campaign. Tales from the Yawning Portal (Forgotten Realms) Comments Stream. Skip the next paragraph if you aren't interested. It’s always a fine day when I get to review a D&D book. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Reception. They will have caught on to the pattern, but won't know much else. When the players first enter the yawning portal, they arrive through the front door. Reviewed in Canada on May 14, 2018. Initially, he may act suspicious of the party or try to get them to leave, sensing that they are mere mortal beings. The dungeon is also fairly free-form, ironically made possible by the very controlled movement and teleportation system (the controls are necessary because pretty much everything is connected to everything, instead of being linear), which is itself a nice think-y aspect to the dungeon. They can go downstairs, turn in the quest, interact with a few of the NPCs (most will still be suspicious of them) and will find that the door will open and lead back to whatever doorway they entered through in their home world. It presents a truly massive dungeon (the Doomvault) – sure, this isn’t “we spent 500 pages on this one dungeon” territory, but there are 107 areas before the characters manage to break into the final Phylactery Vault. Published April 2017 by Wizards of the Coast 248 pages $49.95 Tales from the Yawning Portal is a collection of older AD&D and D&D 3.x adventures, and one D&D Next playtest adventure, converted to D&D5. Tamoachan is so different, and from such a different era of gaming, that this review will be an overview of the adventure as a whole with discussion of its place in D&D, and its best use at the modern gaming table. Review – Tales from the Yawning Portal (D&D) Tales from the Yawning Portal is like most other Dungeons & Dragons 5E books in that it is a supplement that will let the DM run the characters from first level until somewhere in the teens. Listen to "013 - Tales from the Yawning Portal Review" on Spreaker. In this process, we have adventured into the realm of making our own dungeon tiles from foam and miniatures using a 3D printer. Blurb from the publisher: 'Dread tales told in the dead of night. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Jansen-Parkes on April 23, 2017 Dungeons & Dragons’ impressive legacy stretches back to the very earliest days of pen and paper RPGs, and in many ways Tales From the Yawning Portal is a love letter to that history – a love letter that delights in dropping players into spiked pits. 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 D&D multiverse, and these tales have been collected into a single volume. There’s some overlap, to be sure, but some are very clearly in one category or the other. Durnan asks the party to destroy Acererak, and will enlighten them with the fact that they must "touch the skull in the deepest chamber to call forth the demilich." Wizards of the Coast released Tales from the Yawning Portal for 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons to the general public on April 4th, 2017. Tales from the Yawning Portal updates seven classic Dungeon Crawls from D&D's past. Tales from the Yawning Portal is Wizard’s latest release for 5th Edition, a 248-page full color hardcover book featuring four adventures from 1st Edition and two from 3rd Edition that have been updated to 5th Edition, along with one adventure from the D&D Next playtest. Quick Review of Tales from the Yawning Portal: Being able to run all these dungeons in 5th Edition is great. The rest of our household participates in it all, regardless of who is GMing. you can think of it as a “Greatest Hits” collection. If you want to play a big giant dungeon, but don’t need the nostalgia of the modules that are older than you are (well, they’re older than I am, at least), Dead in Thay is probably the better experience. White Plume Mountain is a fantastic short campaign coming from the 5th editions Dungeons and Dragons book “Tales from the Yawning Portal. Against the Giants (for 11+ level characters) is, essentially, a combat grind. This would make it easy to slip in the Rick and Morty box set (which ends with a dragon fight) and at least one of the dungeons in the book (same ending). All these adventures have been augmented to … And, yes, they will kill the party. Press J to jump to the feed. The yawning portal map comes with the halls of undermountain 4e hardcover. Repeatedly. Well-respected R WoTC’s latest D&D book, Tales from the Yawning Portal, has been released (in select stores). In Publishers Weekly's "Best-selling Books Week Ending April 17, 2017", Tales from the Yawning Portal … Occasionally, the characters will have a repeat incident of walking through any door, finding themselves in the tavern, and receiving a quest. Durnan might join in as a high level adventurer, with a class fitting to whatever being you make him, since his tavern is his home dimension now. I think that there’s a lot of fun to be had in Tales from the Yawning Portal for most groups, up through White Plume Mountain. Accessing your content Each adventure in Tales from the Yawning Portal is an addon. But the only maps that are not available are from the Tales from the Yawning Portal and the Castle Ravenloft map for purchase. 26:48. Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League Season 6 (Tales from the Yawning Portal) only contains three DDAL adventures and the hardcover. Here’s our review Tales from the Yawning Portal is many things. If the characters choose not to fight the demilich in the dungeon, upon returning to the yawning portal. At this point, the adventurers should still have no idea about the truth of the situation, and will assume that they have been transported to the true yawning portal should they ask anybody from their home world. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. For more reviews, please see my review page. Learn how your comment data is processed. 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Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Tales From the Yawning Portal at Amazon.com. Here’s our review. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Check the official website here for more information. The first in our Bonus series which sees the cast of Guildgates & Goblins take on the perilous adventures of the Tales from the Yawning Portal! Tales from the Yawning Portal, D&D’s newest adventure supplement was released on March 24 in game shops and will be released on April 4th in other locations. Together they will take a party from 1st through 5th level. Tales from the Yawning Portal is like most other Dungeons & Dragons 5E books in that it is a supplement that will let the DM run the characters from first level until somewhere in the teens. Tales from the Yawning Portal is a collection of popular adventures throughout the various editions in D&D history. This item will be priceless and unique in the player's world, and any with a Keen eye for such things will comment on it. Should the party attempt to leave, they may find that they are unable to open the door. This is normally where I would put a “spoiler” warning in a campaign or adventure review, but with seven adventures and no overarching story, this review is not going to delve into the particular surprises in a given adventure, or spoil any story points. 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. Tales of the Yawning Portal. Promotional consideration was provided in the form of a review copy. The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan is designed for 5th-level characters, so it can flow directly from The Forge of Fury. This is classic-style D&D – the sort of thing that makes some folks talk about “roll-playing” instead of “roleplaying” – less of a cooperative storytelling process than a tactical combat simulator, where the challenge for the players is to figure out how to maximize combat potential. Because we both enjoy playing and GM'ing, and because we both enjoy the making process for adventures, we have naturally fallen into a sort of "co-GM'ing" process. These two adventures are re-implemented here because they are good adventures. I played in a campaign which started with The Sunless Citadel and continued to … HECook 2017-08-07 02:54:45 UTC #2. This adventurer describes the Sunless Citadel from the perspective of an adventurer who barely escaped alive, while the rest of his party perished in the dungeon. One-click unsubscribe later if you don't enjoy the newsletter. It also would allow the main campaign to take place in a different setting, such as ebberon, should there be a want for it. The dungeon is relatively short, but achieves this by just skipping the chafe, and going straight to what the designers thought were the most interesting/clever bits (which can be justified because, after all, the whole purpose of this dungeon is to vex adventurers, not providing a breeding ground for bugbears and whatnot). As they descend, it becomes completely black, and then they find themselves on a hill overlooking an unfamiliar town: Oakhurst, where the Sunless Citadel truly begins. But you can find them online as a 2D version if you look hard enough (player versions) that can be printed out (and are free). Should they jump into the well, drop them into the start of the Sunless Citadel. Clocking in at 248 pages, Tales from the Yawning Portal brings home 7 classic D&D adventures filled with dungeoney goodness that’s been converted for use with 5th edition. The "adventurer" functions as the #2 denizen, with a percent chance to describe the first few areas of the dungeon. Against the Giants has a lot of great content to add to the mix for Storm King’s Thunder , and Dead in Thay and Tomb of Horrors make for some creepy and interesting content for Curse of Strahd . As I’ve played several of the TftYP modules, I’m increasingly disappointed in the design of the dungeons as well as the design of the book too. WoTC’s latest D&D book, Tales from the Yawning Portal, has been released (in select stores). The dimension in which the tavern is stored, which so many rely on now for help from the adventures, is under threat of invasion. My brother and I introduced DnD to our household about a year ago using the starter set. Review Summary: If you were to buy only one 5e adventure book, this should be it. xamparelos updated the adventure log post Session 4. The modules are modified to use the fifth edition rules, and adjusted to match differing levels of characters, so that the adventures can be played in the order they are presented in the book, or dropped into a home campaign. Tales from the Yawning Portal was released on March 24, 2017, in local game stores and was later released through other retailers on April 4, 2017. The goals of this book are to provide gaming groups with: 1. a collection of dungeons suited for a side quest 2. a higher level adventure to tack onto the end of another published campaign 3. dungeons to steal part… Blurb from the publisher: 'Dread tales told in the dead of night. Here’s our review Tales from the Yawning Portal is many things. where did you get the inspiration for this>?'. Tales from the Yawning Portal is an anthology of updated modules and adventures from previous editions. The dungeon is aimed at very high level characters (at least 14+ after working through Against the Giants), but the character levels almost don’t matter for parts of it, if you’re already committed to throwing them through the buzzsaw. After six adventures have been completed, when the adventurers enter the tavern to start the seventh dungeon in Tales from the Yawning Portal, they will find the building to be completely empty except for Durnan. All of the former are supposed to provide a hook to a particular dungeon in the book. Wizards of the Coast recently announced that their first big release for 2017 would be Tales from the Yawning Portal, a 5E conversion of seven classic and not-so-classic adventures from D&D's history.Several of these originally took place in Greyhawk but it seems that Tales will update them so that they can be set in FR. Dread tales told in the dead of night! A Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition adventure book contains seven self-contained adventures for characters of various levels. They should be able to talk to the six quest giving beings, and will likely have questions about who they really are and why they needed help on their quests. 1 Content 2 Development 3 Reception and influence 4 External links 5 References Tales from the Yawning Portal includes seven of the best-known adventures from across various previous editions of Dungeons & Dragons. Classic editor History Comments Share. Out of Time is a new campaign for Tales from the Loop by Fria Ligan.This campaign was published along with the Things from the Flood Kickstarter campaign. March 21, 2018 01:46. Sunless Citadel, in particular, gives a great blend of adventure elements for an introductory dungeon. But it’s pretty specifically combat planning (including figuring out when you aren’t supposed to take on a particular group that will wreck the party). Tales from the Yawning Portal comprises […] It is called Tales from the Yawning Portal (out March 24 in local game stores and April 4 everywhere else) It's a collection of seven of the most famous dungeons from Dungeons & … This is part of what makes Tales from the Yawning Portal easily playable as a greatest hits album – the higher-level, super-tough, “grinder” dungeons weren’t designed to be parts of story arcs, anyway (and weren’t really designed to have all of the characters survive). Clocking in at 248 pages, Tales from the Yawning Portal brings home 7 classic D&D adventures filled with dungeoney goodness that’s been converted for use with 5th edition. Toad, as in from the Mario games. And will proceed to explain to the party the true nature of the place. Sorry for the long explanation, but I haven't been able to talk to anybody about it, as all of my DnD interested friends will soon be experiencing it this way, and I wanted to talk about it somewhere. Run Time. Uniquely, however, Tales from the Yawning Portal is an adventure supplement, rather than a campaign supplement. What’s Old Is New Again. After the third or fourth time, the adventurers reputation has spread across dimensions, and beings have come to wait in the tavern specifically to ask for help. Select the one you wish to add and click on the blue Add to Game button beside the drop-down menu. Behold the Splendor Tales From the Yawning Portal had its wide release this week and it has been well worth the wait. This space is used by deities and other beings of extraordinary power (ancient dragons in human form, perhaps) to escape from their home planes/dimensions/realities and do what one does in a tavern. Tales from the Yawning Portal Tales from the Yawning Portal. Tales from the Yawning Portal is also a great way to add to your other pre-made adventures, letting you take these heroic (and horrific) adventures further than ever. If you’re going to play through the … As promised, the book consists of seven classic dungeons updated for 5e ranging from Against the Giants released in 1978 to Dead in Thay released in 2014. I couldn't say for sure if there was any one place I drew inspiration from. At this point, the majority of the tavern guests will be friendly towards the adventurers, now the heroes who preserved the tavern and helped it's denizens along the way. This book doesn’t provide us with the next Sword Coast based storyline, taking our players from level 1 to 15. The time has come to put an end to Fiddleback vs. Tales From the Yawning Portal.Over the course of the ten articles in this series, I’ve covered all seven of the adventures included in this book, some with detailed, room by room, commentary and others with a more traditional review-style approach. It’s no secret that we at Yawning Portal are great fans of Scandinavian roleplaying games.There’s just something unique and fresh about the games that are being published in Scandinavia right now. The evil force doing the invading is none other than the soul of the demilich Acererak from the Tomb of Horrors. Uniquely, however, Tales from the Yawning Portal is an adventure supplement, rather than a campaign supplement. This Yawning Portal is an extra-dimensional space, which the adventurers unexpectedly stumble into for the first time upon walking through the door of any local tavern/inn (in my party's case, The Stonehill Inn in Phandalin). This way, we can still enjoy the story as players. HI, Are there any plans to produce soundscapes for the Tales of the Yawning portal from DnD 5e? But each of those zones has its own rhyme and reason once the characters are in it. This book includes seven dungeons for any party willing to take the risk. 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 D&D worlds, spin tales of dark dungeons and spread … As much as this is a trip down memory lane for some fans, it is an opportunity for many newcomers. One that I am planning is based off of two Toad minis that I acquired from my local GameStop for $0.50 each. The campaign was originally released in 1979. Yawning Portal offers a sampling of some of the best, and most iconic dungeons within the hobby bound in a hardback tome for use as standalone delves or as part of an ongoing campaign. I have lately been thinking about how to fit my style of one shot GMing into the story for these groups, and what follows is what I came up with. And since the characters accidentally fall into the lowest level of the tomb and then have to get out, the DM doesn’t even need to come up with a contrived reason why the adventurers would be pointlessly breaking into this ancient resting ground. Review – Tales from the Yawning Portal (D&D), Episode 215 – The Price of the Pinnacle of War Perfection … or Something, Review – Tomb of Annihilation (Dungeons & Dragons) – Strange Assembly, Endless Adventures Outlined – Recent and Upcoming Dungeons & Dragons Books – Strange Assembly, Review – Ghosts of Saltmarsh (Dungeons & Dragons) – Strange Assembly. Currently available from your local game shop, which is always a good idea to support, you can also pick this up […] The first in our Bonus series which sees the cast of Guildgates & Goblins take on the perilous adventures of the Tales from the Yawning Portal! The adventurers would return to the tavern and find two toads sitting at the bar, waiting to ask for help because the unthinkable has happened: Mario himself has been captured. I played in a campaign which started with The Sunless Citadel and continued to … Behold the Splendor Tales From the Yawning Portal had its wide release this week and it has been well worth the wait. Explore seven classic dungeons adventures . Add to Cart. By running the yawning portal in this way, a DM such as myself has a way to make quirky oneshots that wouldn't otherwise fit a campaign. Thus, he is essentially seeking help for hire from an alternate dimension. The Doomvault presents a multitude of zones, each with its own environment and types of monsters. Maybe when he asks the adventurers for help, he gives them the idea to grab the skull then return, thus baiting Acererak into an ambush outside of his lair. As much as this is a trip down memory lane for some fans, it is an opportunity for many newcomers. It’s no secret that we at Yawning Portal are great fans of Scandinavian roleplaying games.There’s just something unique and fresh about the games that are being published in Scandinavia right now. But all of that variety of environment is really put to good use – sure, it’s contrived that the Red Wizards have this vault with nine different zones covering every sort of monsters you could think of. The campaign was originally released in 1979. After the second time, Durnan has accepted that the adventurers come and go. ... Tales from the Yawning Portal has an official street date of April 4th and is available from all good gaming stores. From that date, you can tell that it is not a recent entry into the world of D&D. Published April 2017 by Wizards of the Coast 248 pages $49.95 Tales from the Yawning Portal is a collection of older AD&D and D&D 3.x adventures, and one D&D Next playtest adventure, converted to D&D5. The leaders in the first category are the lowest level adventures – The Sunless Citadel and The Forge of Fury. After completing the adventure as normal, the characters will find themselves asleep in a room in the Yawning Portal. Subscribe to get the free product of the week! There are a ton of traps, but not of the “kill the characters immediately because they forgot to check this square inch of the dungeon” sort of traps. Review Summary: If you were to buy only one 5e adventure book, this should be it. Listen. After vanquishing the demilich, the Yawning Portal is free from oppression, and the party will be able to interact with the regular denizens upon their next visit, with the new knowledge that they are all powerful beings of some sort. In reality, his home world is in desperate need of adventurers to intervene, as Belak and the Gulthias tree are secretly preparing an army of blights without any resistance, and without intervention, will become an unstoppable force. Here’s our review. Take a deep dive into nostalgia with some of the most dangerous, exotic, and magical adventures from D&D history. You go in and you kill lots of giants, or maybe they kill you first. It’s as much a big puzzle as it is anything else. Both groups are about to begin the essentials kit with my bro GMing, after some time off for major tile and miniature prep. So despite what you stated above.. there IS in fact good maps support for the D&D 5E hardcovers. All of the entries are true “dungeons” – it may not be literal dungeon, but each adventure features some grouping of interconnected rooms (dungeon, castle, cave, fortress, whatever) that the characters must make their way through. Should they continue speaking with Durnan, or approach any of the other NPCs, they are met with further suspicion or silence, until they are approached by what appears to be a happy-go-lucky adventurer, who offers to buy them a round of drinks if they would listen to his tale. 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