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

But probably not for either printing out uploading to roll20 on a scale that works with minis. Not well, anyway.
 

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Whizbang Dustyboots

Gnometown Hero
All of the modules that have gotten the OAR treatment are available in (legal) PDF, too, from DMs Guild and DriveThruRPG. The maps are identical and it's not hard to use the PDFs to print off maps and illustration booklets there. (New material, of course, from the OAR isn't available that way.)

And Dyson Logos has remade a number of these maps, which are available on his site. He's recently chopped down the Barrier Peaks dungeon levels to be smaller and more manageable for a modern audience. To my knowledge, he hasn't touched the Lost City, Castle Amber or anything from T1-4, but that may well change. (It might be worth becoming one of his Patreon supporters to suggest it.)
 


Lidgar

Gongfarmer
Given how deeply this module is steeped in Greyhawk lore...I wonder how much these two volumes will touch on/expand on Iuz, Zugg, Lloth, Verbobonc, Scarlet Brotherhood, etc? There's some pretty iconic locations and NPC's associated with this module.

In my opinion, handing Greyhawk over to Goodman for some updating might not be a bad thing...
 

Parmandur

Book-Friend
Given how deeply this module is steeped in Greyhawk lore...I wonder how much these two volumes will touch on/expand on Iuz, Zugg, Lloth, Verbobonc, Scarlet Brotherhood, etc? There's some pretty iconic locations and NPC's associated with this module.

In my opinion, handing Greyhawk over to Goodman for some updating might not be a bad thing...

Based on Ghosts of Saltmarsh, WotC has their own plans there.
 



Scottius

Adventurer
I saw this on the video Goodman Games posted during their recent online Con and jumped up out of my chair I was so excited. I've got all the OAR releases so far and am already eagerly awaiting The Lost City & Castle Amber. I hope they keep on putting these out because I'm loving them. I'm already running Keep on the Borderlands for a group now.

Given how deeply this module is steeped in Greyhawk lore...I wonder how much these two volumes will touch on/expand on Iuz, Zugg, Lloth, Verbobonc, Scarlet Brotherhood, etc? There's some pretty iconic locations and NPC's associated with this module.

In my opinion, handing Greyhawk over to Goodman for some updating might not be a bad thing...

I would lose my mind if Goodman Games got to do more with Greyhawk. It's criminally underused by WOTC currently and GG would without a doubt give it a great treatment.
 

Weiley31

Legend
I saw this on the video Goodman Games posted during their recent online Con and jumped up out of my chair I was so excited. I've got all the OAR releases so far and am already eagerly awaiting The Lost City & Castle Amber. I hope they keep on putting these out because I'm loving them. I'm already running Keep on the Borderlands for a group now.



I would lose my mind if Goodman Games got to do more with Greyhawk. It's criminally underused by WOTC currently and GG would without a doubt give it a great treatment.
I want them to do the D1-D4 modules.
 


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