Khisanth the Ancient
Explorer
So I ran the Tales from the Yawning Portal 5E version of 'Tomb of Horrors' a while back, and I noticed something... the adventure specifically provides for using astral/ethereal travel to bypass doors/traps/etc, listing random demon encounters that can occur if traveling astrally/ethereally.
But there's no equivalent threats "invoked" by using passwall, teleportation, etc. This struck me as odd - but at first I thought that maybe this was a relic of the adventure being so old. But passwall was a spell in OD&D and 1E, and it's lower level than the astral projection/etherealness spells (then and now).
And I checked in the AD&D Player's Handbook, and even back then you could use dimension door to teleport to known/described locations out of sight ("200 feet northwest", etc.)
So -- what's the point of the astral/ethereal demons, really?
But there's no equivalent threats "invoked" by using passwall, teleportation, etc. This struck me as odd - but at first I thought that maybe this was a relic of the adventure being so old. But passwall was a spell in OD&D and 1E, and it's lower level than the astral projection/etherealness spells (then and now).
And I checked in the AD&D Player's Handbook, and even back then you could use dimension door to teleport to known/described locations out of sight ("200 feet northwest", etc.)
So -- what's the point of the astral/ethereal demons, really?