The New D&D Adventure Is - Tomb of Annihilation!

Tomb of Annihilation is in the Forgotten Realms set in the Lost Continent of Chult - Away from the Sword Coast (the hosts of the live stream are very interested with undead dinosaurs). Acererak is, as many predicted, the source of this plotline as the Archlich is more or less "eating" resurrection magic from the rest of the Forgotten Realms and causing a zombie apocalypse. Pendleton Ward from Adventure Time is a creative consultant on this adventure.

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[darjr]

It is a great campaign and really uses the Lore of Chult wonderfully.

 

[Jawsh Murdock]

I'm not sure Acererak being a lich instead of a demilich is really equivalent to Elminster being a 14 year old girl.

I actually enjoy Elminster's turn as the girl Elmara in the book, "Making of a Mage." That's good stuff. I thought Acererak was listed as a demilich . If he's been demoted, so to speak, that would be odd.

 

[Shasarak]

I don't want to derail this thread with anything political, but the classic "cannibalistic natives killing and eating the explorers" isn't the most flattering depiction of dark-skinned tribesmen out there.

Sure, so just take out the "cannibalistic" part.

If we really want to get offended then I am not sure that making them the big dumb dark-skinned tribesmen that all got turned into zombies cause they are so dumb is any better.

 

[pukunui]

Duly noted. I'm trying to chose my words carefully. I don't believe I've give anything away that's not already been released. My main points are to encourage folks to give it a fair chance. It's great campaign.

Be that as it may, we're not supposed to say *anything* about specific products.

That's more in line with demons, which need to be summoned. Devils have been presented as being able to leave more freely in order to make deals.

You might want to reread the 5e lore on demons and devils. To whit, there is this from page 67 of the 5e MM: "Devils are confined to the Lower Planes, but they can travel beyond those planes by means of portals or powerful summoning magic." The DMG also makes it clear that there are no portals connecting to Hells 2-9, so any devils wanting to escape via portals will have to find their way to Avernus.

On the flip side, the entries on demons and the Abyss say nothing about them being "confined".

It is a great campaign and really uses the Lore of Chult wonderfully.

Are you a playtester as well?

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Devils and Demons have always been able to freely travel the lower planes pretty well however.

 

[jrowland]

I actually enjoy Elminster's turn as the girl Elmara in the book, "Making of a Mage." That's good stuff. I thought Acererak was listed as a demilich . If he's been demoted, so to speak, that would be odd.

While Demilich is a progression after lich, a lich is more powerful. My guess is the "hard mode" version discussed is basically how Acerak returns to lichdom from demilichdom.

in other words:

 

[pukunui]

The description of the DMG cover illo calls him an "archlich", whatever that is. Could be something new and/or unique.

 

[Shasarak]

I thought Acererak was listed as a demilich . If he's been demoted, so to speak, that would be odd.

You are right, I also thought he was a demilich.

Which just makes me wonder why they did not place the Lich and Undead adventure path in Thay where you have a Lich and a lot of Undead already.

 

[Duan'duliir]

The description of the DMG cover illo calls him an "archlich", whatever that is. Could be something new and/or unique.

Well, he can't be an archlich - they're good guys! I suppose the team forgot about these guys when they wrote that description, and they just meant a more powerful lich.

 

[Demetrios1453]

You are right, I also thought he was a demilich.

Which just makes me wonder why they did not place the Lich and Undead adventure path in Thay where you have a Lich and a lot of Undead already.

As the old commercial and subsequent meme says, "Why not both?"

A Thay adventure would probably pick up on the old sword and sorcery vibes with an evil magocracy that is very likely unoverthrowable no matter what minor victories the heroes may achieve, something quite different than a Chult "jungles and dinosaurs" adventure. The fact that both might have a loch as the ultimate big bad would be more coincidence than anything (and the lack of variety in potential D&D big bads).

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