Does 5e need its own, original TOMB OF HORRORS?

lowkey13 · Nov 8, 2018

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the Jester · Nov 8, 2018

"Should" might be too strong of a word here, but- I'd buy a good ultra-deadly adventure for 5e in a red-hot second.

Parmandur · Nov 8, 2018

Well, we do have Dungeon of the Mad Mage coming out tomorrow: I personally doubt many of us will ever see the end of it, but it might generate some share experiences and fun stories.

That has actually been the adventure design philosophy throughout 5E: try to provide springboards for shared experiences and stories. Adventure Zone started their major arc in the Lost Mines, for instance.

DEFCON 1 · Nov 8, 2018

I might suggest that they've already tried to accomplish it with Chris Perkins & Scott Kurtz's adventure 'The Mines of Madness' that was produced for PAX East 2013 during D&D Next. It is very much a Tomb of Horrors type of bonegrinder dungeon crawl.

You could also suggest that the final site in Tomb of Annihilation is also a spiritual sequel to ToH, although because it is only one part of a much larger campaign path, the site itself won't take on the same legacy as ToH. Which is why I think Mines of Madness might be a better equivalent.

lowkey13 · Nov 8, 2018

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Parmandur · Nov 8, 2018

lowkey13 said:
Interesting! I am not familiar with Mines of Madness; I would think that to really hit the sweetspot, it would have to be re-released in official form for sale. Or even as part of a "all new" anthology (like Yawning Portal, but with all new material for 5e).

It had been free on DMsGuild, but they took it down some time ago. Given that it was well received (it was fuuuun), and that they used Dead in Thay in TftYP, AND that Mearls admitted as recently as Tuesday that they are "looking into" doing a similar book because TFtYP was successful...I could see it making a comeback.

It was a low-ish level Dungeon, though, not Tomb of Horrors league, just bonkers like ToH.

TerraDave · Nov 8, 2018

Huh?

If you want to say "have an original, innovative, and dangerous adventure" don't use the name of another adventure! ToH is ToH, and each edition has had some version or versions of it. Been there done that, the very connotation is the opposite of new or original.

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TerraDave · Nov 8, 2018

lowkey13 said:
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Not sure how much more clear I could have been?

As more of a general comment, not just for this, clarity usually comes from using fewer words, more directly.

But I guess not if those few words are "ToH type module".