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<blockquote data-quote="TheBlueKnight" data-source="post: 6936543" data-attributes="member: 6776579"><p>So <strong>Volo's Guide to Monsters</strong> releases in Wizard's Play stores tomorrow (Nov 4, 2016) and today (Nov. 3) Amazon delivered my copy of <strong>Dungeonology.</strong> It's "written by" Volo with forward by Elminster (tucked into an envelope inside the front cover. Overall the book looks pretty fun. It purports to be a beginner's guide to dungeon delving giving a precursory discussion on basic classes, races, equipment, party order, treasure, monsters, villains etc... It also has a large fold-out map of the Sword Coast in the middle.</p><p></p><p>To me, it very much seems like a book to share with family and friends to pique their interest in D&D. So far I like it!</p><p></p><p>Now for the possible spoilers of D&D future...</p><p></p><p>Tucked into the back of the book is another book(let) titled <strong>Volo's Guide to the Forgotten Realms</strong>. It covers basic descriptions of various locales in the Realms and lands beyond. It has discussions on the Cult of the Dragon (Tyranny of Dragons), the cults of Elemental Evil, and Demons of the Underdark (Rage of Demons).</p><p></p><p>It then discusses various cities of the Sword Coast. Next, blurbs on Gauntlgrym, Luskan, Thay, The Tomb of Horrors (I'll come back to this) and Undermountain. Then a section on the Underdark; a few of its cities and monsters. The next section is "Realms Beyond" and discusses Evermeet, Chult, Kara-Tur and Zakhara. The final section, "Worlds Beyond", discusses Cosmology, Greyhawk, Barovia (mentioning you can be transported there via mists on <em>any</em> world) and Sigil.</p><p></p><p>I haven't read every word of the booklet but a tidbit under the Tomb of Horrors caught my eye. Volo claims to have heard rumors that Acererak and the Tomb have appeared on Faerûn. Then later in the section on Greyhawk it ends explaining that Acererak and the Tomb of Horrors are originally from Greyhawk but that Acererak is "well known" in Faerûn, suggesting that "the boundries between the two worlds may somehow be breaking down." There is even a section on Acererak in <strong>Dungeonology</strong>.</p><p></p><p>I'll be the first to admit that I am rather new to the lore of D&D's various settings, but this is new, right? Does this mean that Wizards is planning a Tomb of Horrors revisit for an upcoming adventure? Or are they just trolling us? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> It seems like they are going out of their way to place the tomb into the Forgotten Realms. My feeling is they wouldn't do this without a purpose.</p><p></p><p>Thoughts? Please feel free to educate me!</p><p></p><p><strong>Edit:</strong> There are some photos of the book in post #4 below.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheBlueKnight, post: 6936543, member: 6776579"] So [B]Volo's Guide to Monsters[/B] releases in Wizard's Play stores tomorrow (Nov 4, 2016) and today (Nov. 3) Amazon delivered my copy of [B]Dungeonology.[/B] It's "written by" Volo with forward by Elminster (tucked into an envelope inside the front cover. Overall the book looks pretty fun. It purports to be a beginner's guide to dungeon delving giving a precursory discussion on basic classes, races, equipment, party order, treasure, monsters, villains etc... It also has a large fold-out map of the Sword Coast in the middle. To me, it very much seems like a book to share with family and friends to pique their interest in D&D. So far I like it! Now for the possible spoilers of D&D future... Tucked into the back of the book is another book(let) titled [B]Volo's Guide to the Forgotten Realms[/B]. It covers basic descriptions of various locales in the Realms and lands beyond. It has discussions on the Cult of the Dragon (Tyranny of Dragons), the cults of Elemental Evil, and Demons of the Underdark (Rage of Demons). It then discusses various cities of the Sword Coast. Next, blurbs on Gauntlgrym, Luskan, Thay, The Tomb of Horrors (I'll come back to this) and Undermountain. Then a section on the Underdark; a few of its cities and monsters. The next section is "Realms Beyond" and discusses Evermeet, Chult, Kara-Tur and Zakhara. The final section, "Worlds Beyond", discusses Cosmology, Greyhawk, Barovia (mentioning you can be transported there via mists on [I]any[/I] world) and Sigil. I haven't read every word of the booklet but a tidbit under the Tomb of Horrors caught my eye. Volo claims to have heard rumors that Acererak and the Tomb have appeared on Faerûn. Then later in the section on Greyhawk it ends explaining that Acererak and the Tomb of Horrors are originally from Greyhawk but that Acererak is "well known" in Faerûn, suggesting that "the boundries between the two worlds may somehow be breaking down." There is even a section on Acererak in [B]Dungeonology[/B]. I'll be the first to admit that I am rather new to the lore of D&D's various settings, but this is new, right? Does this mean that Wizards is planning a Tomb of Horrors revisit for an upcoming adventure? Or are they just trolling us? ;) It seems like they are going out of their way to place the tomb into the Forgotten Realms. My feeling is they wouldn't do this without a purpose. Thoughts? Please feel free to educate me! [B]Edit:[/B] There are some photos of the book in post #4 below. [/QUOTE]
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