It is a steeply-sloping hallway that leads to a cistern, a staircase, and a well shaft that has its own bucket, winch and rope. Secret Entrance: There's actually another means of entry into Undermountain in the cellar of the Yawning Portal. When someone pays to enter the well, the patrons cheer, share rounds of drinks and give the adventurers a going-away party. Patrons Gamble on You: The people in the bar like to bet on whether or not adventurers will survive. The heroes must put their gold in it before they will be let up. Getting Out: A bucket will be lowered down. The adventurers put their feet in the stirrups and are lowered down. Getting Lowered Down: There is a large winch-and-pulley contraption that controls a thick rope with stirrups. Durnan will not let people up if they don't pay. They will also be charged 1 gp each to come out.
They're from a town near Blasingdell, but you could say they're from Prisoners/Friends: In the Forge of Fury, there are two captives, Geradil and Courana on page 39-40. I’ll add to this list as we go through the book.ĭownshadow: (Sunless Citadel) The character lived or grew up in the poverty-stricken shanty town of Downshadow, a community of vagabonds actually located in Undermountain. Linking characters to things in the adventures can get the players more into it. There is a lot of wackiness and puzzle-solving, which is a lot of fun. There's not a lot of roleplaying and social interaction. That way, your group can stay at the Yawning Portal and we can make a whole campaign out of this.ĭungeon Crawl-y: Just keep in mind that most of these adventures are dungeon crawls.
Undermountain: It might be fun to try to place these adventures in Undermountain, the mega-dungeon connected to the Yawning Portal. It might take a bit of work, but we can make that happen. This is a collection of classic D&D adventures updated to 5th edition rules.
Unlike the other adventure books, this one doesn't have a single, long story line. It says: "Only high level characters stand a chance of surviving." It doesn't give a level for Tomb of Horrors. This is the level each character should be when they start the adventure. This handout by DM David clarifies it really well. Warrens of the Stone Giant Thane - This is a 4th edition adventure by Chris Perkins that adds an adventure featuring stone giants into Against the Giants.ĭead in Thay Player Handout - The setup for Dead in Thay is confusing. Walkthrough Maps (gives you a sense of the whole adventure in a glance) Mike Schley has his awesome 4th edition Against the Giants maps here - these are not exactly the same! There are some changes, so be careful.
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Now FREE: You can get the Mike Schley maps of the Citadel, Tamoachan and Thay right here.Ī free map of The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan