D&D 5E Temple of Elemental Evil is the next Original Adventures Reincarnated

Goodman Games has announced the next in its line of Original Adventures Reincarnated - -and it's The Temple of Elemental Evil, in late 2020 or early 2021. "Like all of the Original Adventures Reincarnated line, this release will contain both the original material scanned in and cleaned up to present it as it originally appeared, along with a full, new 5E translation in the second half of...

Goodman Games has announced the next in its line of Original Adventures Reincarnated - -and it's The Temple of Elemental Evil, in late 2020 or early 2021.

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"Like all of the Original Adventures Reincarnated line, this release will contain both the original material scanned in and cleaned up to present it as it originally appeared, along with a full, new 5E translation in the second half of the book. The new material is being designed by a creative team led by Chris Doyle with contributions from Rick Maffei and others, all of whom are seasoned veterans of Dungeons and Dragons across its many incarnations.

Unlike the previous five volumes in the OAR line, the sheer size and scope of this module requires something new: OAR #6: The Temple of Elemental Evil will be released as a two-volume hardcover slipcase edition. The two volumes will also contain expert commentary about the original modules and their history."

Here's the back cover text:

EVIL BORN ANEW

The Village of Hommlet thrives again. Years ago, this quaint village nearly fell prey to a great, neighboring evil. The nearby Temple of Elemental Evil, a grand edifice of wickedness, was defeated after a great battle and thrown into ruin forever … or was it? Bandits have started to ride the roads again, and there are other ominous signs afoot. It is whispered that the demonic evil at the heart of the Temple was not truly conquered but merely imprisoned. Even now, agents of evil, malevolent beasts, and far worse creatures are conspiring to return the Temple to power and enslave the surrounding lands. Hommlet and the neighboring ruins may hold clues, but not everyone is to be trusted. Surely danger lies hidden in this idyllic region.

Sharpen your swords and axes. Purchase your iron rations and tinderboxes. And don’t forget at least one 10-foot pole. Great adventure awaits those that dare confront the Temple of Elemental Evil!

This book collection is an homage to the origins of an adventure that began decades ago with T1: The Village of Hommlet and T1-4: The Temple of Elemental Evil. Herein you will find high-quality scans from multiple printings of the original first edition adventure modules, plus commentary by gaming legends. Full fifth edition conversions of both adventure books are included, as well as brand new adventure material that adds new wilderness encounters, expands the Village of Nulb, fully details the evil Elemental Nodes, and provides fifth edition updates of many original magic items, monsters, and spells. This is a fully playable mega-dungeon and mini-campaign—many hours of classic-style adventure await you!​
 

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Urriak Uruk

Gaming is fun, and fun is for everyone
Which has helped narrow down guesses for future WotC books. This kinda puts a wrench into that.

Throwing a wrench into something implies that something planned will go awry. Goodman and Wizard's plan together, so this isn't unexpected.

Plus, I don't think anyone was really expecting the Temple to get full GoS treatment... Princes of the Apocalypse is essentially that already.
 

Parmandur

Book-Friend
Throwing a wrench into something implies that something planned will go awry. Goodman and Wizard's plan together, so this isn't unexpected.

Plus, I don't think anyone was really expecting the Temple to get full GoS treatment... Princes of the Apocalypse is essentially that already.

I agree, this just clarifies details a bit. I wasn't expecting it per se, buy I saw it as a possibility given how different PotA is from the original, and that book is five years old. But it's still in print and selling, so go figured.
 

darjr

I crit!
I meant a wrench in the art of guessing WotCs next book. For instance when they announced Barrier Peaks it kinda seemed to rule out Barrier Peaks for any WotC books in the near term.

This book is something WotC already covered so it doesn’t serve to, possibly, rule out any WotC books.

Maybe.
 

Parmandur

Book-Friend
I meant a wrench in the art of guessing WotCs next book. For instance when they announced Barrier Peaks it kinda seemed to rule out Barrier Peaks for any WotC books in the near term.

This book is something WotC already covered so it doesn’t serve to, possibly, rule out any WotC books.

Maybe.

Barrier Peaks was more something I thought could be in a Yawning Portal style book. But it's a bit of a proud nail for a Ghosts of Saltmarsh style book, which seems to be more their direction now.
 

Weiley31

Legend
Considering 5E already has the Princes of the Apocalypse, this totally makes sense.
In my mental head Canon of 5E: it's Temple of Elemental Evil followed by Return to Temple of Elemental with Princes of The Apocalypse capping off the Elemental Trilogy.

Of course some or several years pass in between each of them. But EVERYTHING circles/started all the way back at the Temple of Elemental Evil.
 



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These OAR adventures are physical form only, right? If even just the maps would get released as high rez images I could use them in roll20. Or print them out large scale for live tabletop.
 

Parmandur

Book-Friend
These OAR adventures are physical form only, right? If even just the maps would get released as high rez images I could use them in roll20. Or print them out large scale for live tabletop.

Yup, print only. The pages are large and high quality, so digitizing for personal use is simple enough.
 

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