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<blockquote data-quote="BlackMoria" data-source="post: 3628076" data-attributes="member: 424">I don't have the book but I do have the 2E Undermountain boxed set, therefore, I may be&nbsp; talking about something I don't full grasp - lacking the Expedition book.That said, the presentation seems about the same as the 2E boxed set, namely:Large sections of undetailed rooms,Encounter areas with no overriding context (like an adventure) to link them together,A series of vignettes (I wouldn't call them adventures proper),A series of plot hooks and idea on how to develop a Undermountain campaign.That is how 2E Undermountain was presented and it sounds like the Expedition to Undermountain uses the same presentation.Now, I understand that given the presentation of past 'Expedition to ______' and 'Return to ____' have been in the past, why people are upset since WOTC deviated from the format that everyone assumed was the norm.&nbsp; In that regard, that is a bad call on their part and the second time that people have had their disappointed expectations. The first time was the Mysteries of the Moonseas book which many FR fans assumed would be a sourcebook like&nbsp; The Shining South or Unapproachable East books and were surprised it turned out to be a string of loosely connected adventures (I still have a serious knot in my face over that).I throw this out - if the product was called 'Undermountain 3.5', would there be the same level of disappointment, since it appears this product seems to follow in the footsteps of the 2E boxed set?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BlackMoria, post: 3628076, member: 424"] I don't have the book but I do have the 2E Undermountain boxed set, therefore, I may be talking about something I don't full grasp - lacking the Expedition book. That said, the presentation seems about the same as the 2E boxed set, namely: Large sections of undetailed rooms, Encounter areas with no overriding context (like an adventure) to link them together, A series of vignettes (I wouldn't call them adventures proper), A series of plot hooks and idea on how to develop a Undermountain campaign. That is how 2E Undermountain was presented and it sounds like the Expedition to Undermountain uses the same presentation. Now, I understand that given the presentation of past 'Expedition to ______' and 'Return to ____' have been in the past, why people are upset since WOTC deviated from the format that everyone assumed was the norm. In that regard, that is a bad call on their part and the second time that people have had their disappointed expectations. The first time was the Mysteries of the Moonseas book which many FR fans assumed would be a sourcebook like The Shining South or Unapproachable East books and were surprised it turned out to be a string of loosely connected adventures (I still have a serious knot in my face over that). I throw this out - if the product was called 'Undermountain 3.5', would there be the same level of disappointment, since it appears this product seems to follow in the footsteps of the 2E boxed set? [/QUOTE]

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