D&D 5E Tales from the Yawning Portal: A better title would be "Nezram's tales of adventure".

[machineelf]

That is not a bad idea, but I personally prefer the Yawning Portal idea. Partly that's because I have no problem imagining, as others have said, that these stories have been told and retold in a famous tavern where many adventurers and locals gather.

I also want to run a main campaign with my players where they visit Waterdeep from time to time (or have much of the campaign be in Waterdeep). And when my players want to run a side-quest or a one-off with different characters for a break from the main campaign, they can go to the Yawning Portal and hear Durnan, or others in the tavern, tell stories they've heard of adventurers from distant lands venture into dangerous ancient dungeons. As the story begins to be told in the tavern, we transition to the one-off side-quest for my players. It makes for a great story-telling technique and transition.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

A better title for this forum would be "Corpsetaker's gallery of disappointments"

 

[pemerton]

I think this would have made more sense.

How?

The point of the book title isn't to tell an interesting or subtle story to FR aficionados. It's to sell books, including to people who have seen a movie with the Yawning Portal in it; and perhaps to sell movies with the Yawning Portal in it to people who buy the book.

The fact that the actual contents of the book is a collection of modules rather than a collection of tales from the Yawning Portal is pretty secondary. Not many who buy the book are going to be confused about what it is they're getting, namely, an anthology of D&D adventure modules.

 

[Corpsetaker]

Who the heck is Nezram? At least I know what The Yawning Portal is... Sent from my SM-G900P using EN World mobile app

I see you didn't read the OP. Ever heard of the various spells named after him?

 

[Corpsetaker]

and makes perfect sense as is to be a multiworld crossroads.

Just saying it doesn't make it true. The Yawning Portal has nothing to do with multiworlds, nor has it ever, so why does it suddenly make sense after 30+ years?

Do you actually know anything about the Yawning Portal or are you too busy drinking the Wiz juice?

 

[lowkey13]

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[Corpsetaker]

That is not a bad idea, but I personally prefer the Yawning Portal idea. Partly that's because I have no problem imagining, as others have said, that these stories have been told and retold in a famous tavern where many adventurers and locals gather.

I also want to run a main campaign with my players where they visit Waterdeep from time to time (or have much of the campaign be in Waterdeep). And when my players want to run a side-quest or a one-off with different characters for a break from the main campaign, they can go to the Yawning Portal and hear Durnan, or others in the tavern, tell stories they've heard of adventurers from distant lands venture into dangerous ancient dungeons. As the story begins to be told in the tavern, we transition to the one-off side-quest for my players. It makes for a great story-telling technique and transition.

Think about this for a moment.

Why would you go to the Yawning Portal to discuss various dungeons from other places, which you would have to explain "in game" how you know about, when there is a mega dungeon right below your feet?

That would be like going to a football match just to discuss rugby.

 

[DEFCON 1]

I think it would have made more sense for the Warlord class to have been called the Tactician.

 

[darjr]

I've never heard of any of Nezrams spells.

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Nezram's_spells

Did you just google this the night before to hastily bang out yet another lame argument to denounce WotC?

 

[AaronOfBarbaria]

I've never heard of any of Nezrams spells.

I'd wager most currently active D&D players haven't heard of any of Nezram's spells.