Expedition to Undermountain Opinions?

[Baumi]

HiHo!

I just wanted to know if someone already bought the Expedition to Undermountain and can give us some infos and share his opinions.

I especially would like to know if this is a big adventure or a collection of many small ones...

 

[Zaukrie]

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=865685

This guy does. It doesn't sound promising to me, especially this part:

Also, the maps are not labelled...instead, the encounters are suggested encounters for areas of the maps, but they do not detail like large trap rooms, puzzles/riddles, etc from each of the floors.

Why would I pay that much money for incomplete maps and suggestions on encounters?

 

[WhatGravitas]

And he mentioned that...

Spoiler

Halaster

is dead? When did that happen?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Hmmm, not terribly surprising, given the space constraints, but still not great news. B1 in hardcover format isn't much to get excited about, unless the story is super-cool.

I'd been hoping to shove this beneath Ptolus as a level 1-8 crawl through Ghul's Labyrinth and then follow that up with Expedition to Greyhawk for later on.

 

[ericlboyd]

It's not B1 in hardcover.

--Eric

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It's not B1 in hardcover.

Tease!

 

[Zaukrie]

Eric, I suppose you have to wait for the official release date to discuss the product? I think that is this Friday. I am very interested in this, as I have the boxed sets, but I'm not as interested given the description I read.

 

[Baumi]

Strange it's already available in Austria.

Anyway thanks for the Infos, but I can add now a little bit myself now (just flipped through, no complete reading!):

-) The first chapter seems to be a overview of the different levels and the city's surrounding the area.

-) The other chapters took some of these levels and created adventures in it (4 or 5) each are a just part of the level, so you can/have to create some additional adventures in it.

-) The Fluff text that you should read to the players is in a much bigger Font then the rest, which looks UGLY as hell and consume much space.

It's a completely different concept than I am used to. It's seems to be not a complete Adventure but a Campaign Setting Overview with some ready to use Adventures for it. I cannot say if this is a good or bad thing, but it's definitively unexpected for me.

I think they should have made that part clear and there would be no disappointment if you needed a compete (big) adventure and the fluff text size is simply awefull.

 

[DM_Jeff]

It doesn't sound promising to me, especially this part: "Also, the maps are not labelled...instead, the encounters are suggested encounters for areas of the maps, but they do not detail like large trap rooms, puzzles/riddles, etc from each of the floors". Why would I pay that much money for incomplete maps and suggestions on encounters?

Again?! Rats. I just sold my old '80% incomplete' Undermountain boxed set to pay for this new book to find out it's still endless dungeon rooms I could draw myself with loads of missing descriptions? Most know I adore WotC but this does not thrill me at all.

In fact it's a royal PIA. Edit: Of course I will hold this opinion in check until it actually comes out for the normal public and I can confirm for myself.

-DM Jeff

 

[VirgilCaine]

Tiger don't change his stripes, apparently.