Tales From The Yawning Portal - 7 Classic Dungeons Updated To 5E!

Coming in April is WotC's next official D&D product, Tales from the Yawning Portal. This hardcover book contains seven classic dungeons updated to 5th Edition, from adventures such as Against the Giants, Dead in Thay, Forge of Fury, Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan, Sunless Citadel, Tomb of Horrors, and White Plume Mountain. This is, presumably, the product previously codenamed Labyrinth. It's set for an April 4th release, for $49.95.

When the shadows grow long in Waterdeep and the fireplace in the taproom of the Yawning Portal dims to a deep crimson glow, adventurers from across the Sword Coast spin tales and spread rumors of lost treasures.

Within this tome are seven of the deadliest dungeons from the history of Dungeons & Dragons. Some are classics that have hosted an untold number of adventurers, while others are newer creations, boldly staking a claim to their place in the pantheon of notable adventures.

The seeds of these stories now rest in your hands. D&D’s deadliest dungeons are now part of your arsenal of adventures. Enjoy, and remember to keep a few spare character sheets handy.

For use with the fifth edition Player’s Handbook, Monster Manual, and Dungeon Master’s Guide, this book provides fans with a treasure trove of adventures, all of which have been updated to the fifth edition rules. Explore seven deadly dungeons in this adventure supplement for the world’s greatest roleplaying game:

• Against the Giants
• Dead in Thay
• Forge of Fury
• Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan
• Sunless Citadel
• Tomb of Horrors
• White Plume Mountain

Find it on WotC's site here. Forbes has an interview about it here. Mearls says "We're announcing a new D&D product, a book coming out this spring. It is called Tales from the Yawning Portal(out March 24th in local game stores and April 4th everywhere else) It's a collection of seven of the most famous dungeons from Dungeons & Dragons history. They're all collected in one hardcover book. The idea behind it is not only do you want to capture some of the most famous dungeons from the game's history, but we also wanted to give a selection of adventures that you could in theory start at Level 1 with the first dungeon and play all the way up to Level 15 by playing the adventures one after another."

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Gibbering Mouther

Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan



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[robus]

Now, if only Paizo would decide to convert some of their material to 5e! I don't foresee that happening, but that would definitely bring in some revenue for them. We never really got into Pathfinder (though we may try it again), and I would like to see Paizo continue to do well... but I would love to see some of their stuff available for 5e!

Seemed obvious to me too. Convert 1 AP a year. Start with the old stuff. Great way to leverage their IP if you ask me.

 

[darjr]

Desert of Desolation is one of my favorite series. Just used parts of it again. Is your conversion on DMsGuild?

Mine too, and me too. Ran it for a group of DMs running games for a local college game.

 

[pauldanieljohnson]

No; I didn't do anything formal, just made my own notes. Most of the work went into creating the maps for use with a VTT.

 

[neq.the.glockenspiel]

I was really hoping "Labyrinth" was gonna be something original based in the Feywild, like OotA did for the Unerdark...


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[OB1]

I was really hoping "Labyrinth" was gonna be something original based in the Feywild, like OotA did for the Underdark...


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Welcome to the Boards!

And I'm betting you will see some Feywild love in the Fall AP.

 

[smbakeresq]

Now, if only Paizo would decide to convert some of their material to 5e! I don't foresee that happening, but that would definitely bring in some revenue for them. We never really got into Pathfinder (though we may try it again), and I would like to see Paizo continue to do well... but I would love to see some of their stuff available for 5e!

Age of Worms and Savage Tide were as good and complete as any series of modules ever. If anyone hasnt played these I highly recommend them, and it supports play from levels 1-20. There is more than a years worth of adventure in each one, and many of the classic stuff that was background is in there, like the Wind Dukes of Aaqa and the first Death Knight.

 

[JeffB]

They tried a product like that already: they took a classic D&D module that was for levels 5-7 and added sandbox elements and expanded it to cover levels 1-10. It's called Curse of Strahd and I highly recommend it!

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CoS is probably the best path they have put out. But it's not in the same realm of product I am talking about them producing.

 

[amethal]

I'd prefer WotC produced new adventures rather than converting existing ones, so I won't be picking this up (or at least not straight away) since that seems to me to be the best way of registering my preference.

However, I would buy a re-imagined Rod of 7 Parts campaign in a heartbeat, so I will be very disappointed if (as some people have suggested) the parts of the Rod are simply dumped at the end of 7 different dungeons as a way of connecting them all together.

 

[smbakeresq]

Well I have gotten so old that I DM for my kids, who have no idea what these adventures are beside seeing them on my shelf.


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[Fleetwood C. DeVille]

Age of Worms and Savage Tide were as good and complete as any series of modules ever. If anyone hasnt played these I highly recommend them, and it supports play from levels 1-20. There is more than a years worth of adventure in each one, and many of the classic stuff that was background is in there, like the Wind Dukes of Aaqa and the first Death Knight.

Updating the best stand-alone Dungeon Magazine adventures would be Coolness Personified. Mud Sorcerer's Tomb, anyone?