D&D 5E Quests from the Infinite Staircase: How Is It?

[Paul Farquhar]

One thing that surprised me was the inclusion of a Yentl mountains overland map in Tsojcanth. It’s 40 years since I last looked at it, but I think it’s more detailed, and certainly more colourful, than the original. But the Temple of Tharizdun is still lost. The random encounter list is shorter than I remember (also true for Pharaoh) but I think some of the encounters are the same.

 

[Parmandur]

The Barrier Peaks ship map looks like the same crashed ship, at least on a quick inspection of the images above. But apparently there were some changes?

Two major changes: it is now a 4 Lecel structure, rhe original is 6 Levels, and each Level is smaller. Most of the significant encounters are intact, and the vibe of the ship is fairly similar just less awe-inapiringly colossal. Unlike the other 5 Advebtures, they even have a sidebar explaining "rhiania fundamentally a rewrite of the original:

Original maps for comparison:

 

[Parmandur]

One thing that surprised me was the inclusion of a Yentl mountains overland map in Tsojcanth. It’s 40 years since I last looked at it, but I think it’s more detailed, and certainly more colourful, than the original. But the Temple of Tharizdun is still lost. The random encounter list is shorter than I remember (also true for Pharaoh) but I think some of the encounters are the same.

Looking at photos of the old overland map, seems roughly the same with more detailed cartography.

 

[TerraDave]

Looking at photos of the old overland map, seems roughly the same with more detailed cartography.

Lost Temple of Tharizdun was in the same mountains and had a linked map, with friendly gnomes who could host the party between the two adventures.

I did run both, albeit in Transylvania (or technically the Carpathians).

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Lost Temple of Tharizdun was in the same mountains and had a linked map, with friendly gnomes who could host the party between the two adventures.

I did run both, albeit in Transylvania (or technically the Carpathians).

Friendly gnomes are an wilderness encounter in this version of Tsojcanth.