These screencaps were posted by GM Leigh (of Mage Productions) on Twitter after being showed on WotC's Twitch stream, presented by Kate Welch and Nathan Stewart. Note the old Saltmarsh trilogy references!
I'm running Desert of Desolation now. This is a great series which would be a fantastic rerelease. Not a "spiritual successor" like some of the other things they've done which references it the way Greta Van Fleet cops Led Zeppelin's sound, but the real deal.
There's just so much there, especially in the version that was released as a supermodule in 1987. Fill out the setting and work on the bones that are there, which are really solid. They provide a great sandbox (literally and figuratively!) with the PCs being able to seek out the Star Gems once they've gotten into the story in various orders. I've really played up the fact that the gods have cursed the land and left it, which has presented some notable challenges. I put in some quasi-Nazi halflings excavating things, too, to play up the Indiana Jones feel.
Unfortunately I feel the campaign may be falling apart but that's due to the group.
I also don't really understand the need for 'conversions'. You could run the 1E Saltmarsh series with 5E straight out of the book. Do people really need official DCs for every trap and skill check? A few new stats for sahuagin etc would be very helpful and all you need.
The U1-3 (Saltmarsh) modules are fantastic, but I don't need a 5E version of them. That being said, if new players know nothing about them, then this would be an ideal introduction.
I also don't really understand the need for 'conversions'. You could run the 1E Saltmarsh series with 5E straight out of the book. Do people really need official DCs for every trap and skill check? A few new stats for sahuagin etc would be very helpful and all you need.
The U1-3 (Saltmarsh) modules are fantastic, but I don't need a 5E version of them. That being said, if new players know nothing about them, then this would be an ideal introduction.
In 2017, the two adventure products had the same archvillain: still pretty different books. If this is an underwater Sahuagin-fest in the style of Aquaman, and the AP is a Sword Coast sandbox (as Perkins has laid hints towards in the past, the upcoming comic series, etc.), those can be even more different in terms of material.
I also don't really understand the need for 'conversions'. You could run the 1E Saltmarsh series with 5E straight out of the book. Do people really need official DCs for every trap and skill check? A few new stats for sahuagin etc would be very helpful and all you need.
The U1-3 (Saltmarsh) modules are fantastic, but I don't need a 5E version of them. That being said, if new players know nothing about them, then this would be an ideal introduction.
Another Swordcoast Sandbox, no thanks. Sea of Fallen Stars okay, but more Swordcoast, no deal.
Another Swordcoast Sandbox, no thanks. Sea of Fallen Stars okay, but more Swordcoast, no deal.