D&D 5E (2014) Cubicle 7 Presents: Vault 5E-Unchartered Journeys

[Morrus]

Sounds like it’s a similar book to Level Up’s Trials & Treasure which has journey rules they say were inspired by The One Ring. Two awesome books which expand the exploration pillar. Win win!

Bizarre coincidence — that book was almost called Uncharted Journeys. It was on the short list of names!

 

[Emmetation]

Bizarre coincidence — that book was almost called Uncharted Journeys. It was on the short list of names!

Uncharted Journeys went through 5 or 6 different names before we landed on this

 

[John Lloyd1]

Any idea if Uncharted Journeys covers sea journeys?

 

[Emmetation]

Any idea if Uncharted Journeys covers sea journeys?

Currentyl no, but its something we may look at in its own book. Sea (and astral sea) travel, building and crewing your own ships, all that good stuff.

 

[John Lloyd1]

Currentyl no, but its something we may look at in its own book. Sea (and astral sea) travel, building and crewing your own ships, all that good stuff.

This is a hard choice for me. I'm thinking the journey mechanic would be good for Goodman Games' Into the Borderlands (i.e. finding the caves of chaos) and the journey to the Isle of Dread (if it included sea travel).

But, the place I DM is about to move to Adventurer's League and I won't have a chance to use it soon. It isn't a cheap booklet I could justifying buying anyway.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

This is a hard choice for me. I'm thinking the journey mechanic would be good for Goodman Games' Into the Borderlands (i.e. finding the caves of chaos) and the journey to the Isle of Dread (if it included sea travel).

The Isle of Dread is about the size of Great Britain (which feels way too big to me, but whatever), while the Borderlands are actually shockingly small.

How small a scale does the journey system work at?

 

[John Lloyd1]

The Isle of Dread is about the size of Great Britain (which feels way too big to me, but whatever), while the Borderlands are actually shockingly small.

How small a scale does the journey system work at?

The journey to isle of dread takes about 2 weeks from memory. It was that bit I was thinking of. Not the hex crawl on the isle.

It is only a days travel to the caves of chaos, but you need to find it first. I've never played that bit out as written, but it would take quite a few days. There are a few encounters you are able to find like the mad hermit. Once you find the caves, it is much more of a afternoon stroll.

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

How many pages is this?

 

[Waller]

The Isle of Dread is about the size of Great Britain (which feels way too big to me, but whatever), while the Borderlands are actually shockingly small.

This map puts it about 300 miles in length, so about half the size of GB?

https://i2.wp.com/mystara.thorfmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/x1-isle-of-dread-6-1981.png?ssl=1

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

This map puts it about 300 miles in length, so about half the size of GB?

https://i2.wp.com/mystara.thorfmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/x1-isle-of-dread-6-1981.png?ssl=1

D'oh, I misremembered. Still, that feels significantly larger than it feels like ought to be. (Skull Island in the movies never takes weeks of travel to cross, as far as I recall.)