D&D 5E Official D&D Next adventure VAULT OF THE DRACOLICH now available!

[Morrus]

The first (aside from the limited Gen Con release of GHOSTS OF DRAGONSPEAR CASTLE) D&D Next adventure has been released for sale. It's called VAULT OF THE DRACOLICH and was designed for the June 2013 D&D Game Day by Mike Shea. "Deep in the forest of Cormanthor lies the hoard of the dracolich Dretchroyaster, the prize of which is a diamond staff rumored to unlock the secrets of an ancient elven kingdom. The sage Imani is seeking dozens of adventurers to launch an all-out assault on the undead dragon's lair. The dracolich is a powerful foe - too great for even several parties to conquer - so it's going to take all of the heroes' courage, cunning, and speed to survive the dracolich's deadly vault." The adventure is for four to six 4th-level characters, and is also designed to accomodate four groups playing at once in a convention environment, entering the dungeon in a different location. You can grab it from dndclassics.com for $4.99.

 

[GX.Sigma]

It's awesome that they're selling PDFs of new adventures. I'm glad it's not just "classics" anymore.

I wonder if they'll release the Sundering adventures on PDF. Maybe a few months after the print release?

 

[MortalPlague]

I'm stoked for this. Vault of the Dracolich was the coolest organized play event I ever had the pleasure to play.

 

[MerricB]

This is one of the greatest adventures I've run. Although you really need 3 or 4 groups all going through it at the same time to really understand how awesome it is.

 

[Feetz]

A fantastic play experience. I'm glad they made it available.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Has anyone run it with merely one group of players? Or played in it as such?

If not, how would it translate to One DM/One Group?

 

[MortalPlague]

I haven't run it or played it that way, but I imagine it would be just fine. But you'd be missing part of the magic. I think it would play about the same as any regular dungeon crawl module.

For best effect, I'd run a group of NPC adventurers behind the curtain, and have them communicate with the stones with the PC group.

 

[fjw70]

I hope WotC doesn't continue the hard copy or PDF approach of publishing. I want both to be available for every product.

 

[jrowland]

Has anyone run it with merely one group of players? Or played in it as such?

If not, how would it translate to One DM/One Group?

We had 8 players show up. One player volunteered to be 2nd DM (me), so we had a group of 3 and a group of 4 run it at the same time. I had the group of 3, and honestly, I think even 2 characters would have been ok with the right DM. Next is pretty forgiving, and easy enough to ad hoc.

Split your current group into two and have fun with it.

 

[NewJeffCT]

sounds interesting - I'll have to check it out.