D&D 5E Out of the Abyss in my grubby hands (pic attached)

[The Hitcher]

Are there any character guidelines or backgrounds or anything of the sort? I won't be able to get the book for a couple of weeks, but I was thinking of getting character creation done in the meantime.

 

[pukunui]

There I completely agree. Really depends on the group and DM. As someone said above, loot doesn't matter because 'you can't buy magic items'. Says who? The DM will control that completely. But as the mod stands on it's own, the rewards are less generous than I would of thought for an adventure of this scale.

I said that as, by default, you can't just walk into a shop and buy a magic item. It is, as you say, up to the DM. As for the mod's generosity - how does it compare to the previous two storylines? I know a lot of people complained about there not being enough treasure in Tyranny of Dragons, though that was partly because they were still ironing out the nitty-gritty details of the rules. How much treasure does OotA have in comparison to HotDQ/RoT and PotA?

Are there any character guidelines or backgrounds or anything of the sort? I won't be able to get the book for a couple of weeks, but I was thinking of getting character creation done in the meantime.

There's a one-page appendix with some alternate bonds and background features, just like the one in HotDQ. You can even download it for free from the WotC site. Here.

Also, the upcoming Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide was touted as being "compatible with the Rage of Demons storyline" in its announcement. Apparently that book isn't going to be allowed in the Adventurers League RoD season, though.

 

[The Hitcher]

I said that as, by default, you can't just walk into a shop and buy a magic item. It is, as you say, up to the DM. As for the mod's generosity - how does it compare to the previous two storylines? I know a lot of people complained about there not being enough treasure in Tyranny of Dragons, though that was partly because they were still ironing out the nitty-gritty details of the rules. How much treasure does OotA have in comparison to HotDQ/RoT and PotA?

There's a one-page appendix with some alternate bonds and background features, just like the one in HotDQ. You can even download it for free from the WotC site. Here.

Also, the upcoming Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide was touted as being "compatible with the Rage of Demons storyline" in its announcement. Apparently that book isn't going to be allowed in the Adventurers League RoD season, though.

Cheers, that's what I was after! We'll be starting before the adventurer's guide comes out, so that won't be relevant to begin with.

 

[pukunui]

No worries!

 

[CasvalRemDeikun]

Does the adventure contain a section like Princes of the Apocalypse that tells you how to use the adventure in other settings like Greyhawk or Eberron?

 

[Coredump]

Based on the "Encounters" version of the beginning, and the stack of magic item certificates.... there seems to be plenty of magic items. Now this is just based on my impression, I haven't done a mathematical assessment....

 

[neobolts]

he's taking a week off to read OotA

Before it sunk in that you meant "cancelling one D&D session", I was picturing a hardcore DM cashing in 40 hours of vacation time and shacking up with the module like it's their hot new lover.

 

[Nemio]

Ditto this question. My DM is buying this, but we're third (almost fourth) level already. Are we looking at all new characters to run this or can we somehow get our PCs (and their magical gear) down there somehow?

Hey! Why are you reading spoilers if you aren't going to DM this ?

 

[Warmaster Horus]

Based on the "Encounters" version of the beginning, and the stack of magic item certificates.... there seems to be plenty of magic items. Now this is just based on my impression, I haven't done a mathematical assessment....

The vast majority of magic item certs are for Expeditions, which take place no where near this module.

 

[Cadriel]

Does the adventure contain a section like Princes of the Apocalypse that tells you how to use the adventure in other settings like Greyhawk or Eberron?

No, the only appendices in Out of the Abyss are Backgrounds (1 page of Features and Bonds), Magic Items, Creatures and Demon Lords.