D&D 5E Paizo's 'The Abomination Vaults' Pathinder AP Coming to 5E

Paizo is set to release one of its adventure paths--The Abomination Vaults--for D&D 5E in November. The AP will be compiled as a hardcover and retail for $59.99. There will also be a Pathfinder 2E version of the hardcover.

The 3-part adventure path was originally released for Pathfinder 2E in early 2021, and is a big dungeon crawl adventure.

When the mysterious Gauntlight, an eerie landlocked lighthouse, glows with baleful light, the people of Otari know something terrible is beginning. Evil stirs in the depths of the Abomination Vaults, a sprawling dungeon where a wicked sorcerer attempted to raise an army of monsters hundreds of years ago. The town's newest heroes must venture into a sprawling dungeon filled with beasts and traps to prevent a spiteful spellcaster from rising again!

This complete compilation of the original Adventure Path campaign has been adapted to the newest version of the world’s oldest RPG. You’ve heard about the quality and depth of Pathfinder campaigns for years—now explore the Abomination Vaults yourself without having to learn a new game system!

 

[TerraDave]

This is great news.

And hopefully much much more to come.

 

[EthanSental]

I’m buying this based on the quality of the PF1 stuff I played AND in hopes of them doing more conversions in the future.

 

[The-Magic-Sword]

From reading the comments, it sounds like this conversion was done in-house. Do we know if that’s true? That would be a change from the way Paizo handled the Kingmaker 5e conversion.

It is in house, specifically they were talking about all the maps and stuff being the same in the thread, but having to change some monsters and stuff. I'm not seeing any other names in the Paizo thread or elsewhere.

 

[humble minion]

I followed Paizo's APs very closely from Dragon to the early PF years and was hugely impressed by some of them, although things like Jade Regent, Mummy's Mask, Savage Tide, and even Reign of Winter could use some updating for modern tastes. Not familiar with this one though.

I have to say though, with the crowdfunded Kingmaker 5e running massively late and hitting delay after delay after delay, if I'd have backed that one I'd be pretty steamed about learning Paizo has been pouring resources into a completely different 5e AP conversion while the one I paid for years ago is still languishing in editing/layout hell.

 

[Inchoroi]

I followed Paizo's APs very closely from Dragon to the early PF years and was hugely impressed by some of them, although things like Jade Regent, Mummy's Mask, Savage Tide, and even Reign of Winter could use some updating for modern tastes. Not familiar with this one though.

I have to say though, with the crowdfunded Kingmaker 5e running massively late and hitting delay after delay after delay, if I'd have backed that one I'd be pretty steamed about learning Paizo has been pouring resouces into a completely different 5e AP conversion while the one I paid for years ago is still languishing in editing/layout hell.

I might not be remembering right, but isn't the conversion being done by another company... Legendary Games? I might be wrong, though!

I waited over three years for Exalted only to be punched in the face with garbage, so I'm kinda used to it.

 

[humble minion]

I might not be remembering right, but isn't the conversion being done by another company... Legendary Games? I might be wrong, though!

I honestly haven't followed it too closely, so i don't know all the details. I believe the other company finished their bit quite some time ago and handed it back to Paizo, in whose hands it has been for some time.

Not sure whether the delays are on Paizo's side, or the other company, or both though.

 

[EthanSental]

The game on tabletop site say it releases in 2022 (no qtr given) in the FAQ so it’s not that far behind if at all unless the FAQ was updated for the later release date.

 

[GreyLord]

I've gone through the original Kingmaker.

It shouldn't be THAT hard to convert (or so I would think). You are basically changing around stats for events and encounters as well as XP. For the most part, the descriptive text should not be being changed around, or at least I don't know why they would change it. It was fine as it was.

I'm not sure why it would be taking them so long. I was REALLY tempted to back it when they had the kickstarter, but life intruded (several times, and it seemed right when they were offering the kickstarters/backing) which prevented me from doing so as I got distracted with other things.

Not sure if that is a good or a bad thing...looking at it now.

 

[OakenHart]

Well this is very welcome news, and hope to see more of this from Paizo. Their actual adventure paths have always been far better than WotC's own adventures, at least IMO.

 

[techno]

This seems like a good business move from Paizo. In addition to getting some of the 5E mega-pie, it potentially increases awareness of other options available in Pathfinder 2E.