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It reminded us of the plot point format from Savage Worlds: the full adventures are the big draw, but the other ones provide connective tissue that can be filled in with bits and pieces from player backstories. There are also wandering monster tables suited for long sea adventures but there are also mini adventures waiting to be fleshed out in between the main adventures. Tables looking for cannon rules should seek them out on Dungeon Master’s Guild as there aren’t firearms in Greyhawk. Rules for ships and ship battles are collected here with minor tweaks from their appearance in Unearthed Arcana. There’s also a lot more going on in between the complete adventures collected in the volume. Of Ships and the Sea And Also Wandering Monsters Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh is more of a mystery investigation, Dunwater encourages diplomacy and roleplaying, and The Final Enemy offers a rousing final battle protecting Saltmarsh from a looming threat detailed in the earlier adventures. It’s easy to see why these adventures focus on elements outside of the typical dungeon crawl that D&D is most famous. The Saltmarsh Trilogy- The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh, Danger at Dunwater and The Final Enemy-have a well-deserved reputation as old-school fan favorites. It’s similar in this way to 2017’s Tales From the Yawning Portal but the sea focus focuses some better advice to thread these different adventures into a cohesive campaign.

The book draws adventures from Dungeons & Dragons‘s extensive history of modules.

#TALES FROM THE YAWNING PORTAL CHARACTER OPTIONS HOW TO#

Each adventure has a sidebar offering tips on how to set the game in other Dungeons & Dragons settings like the Forgotten Realms or Eberron, which is getting a full hardcover book of its own towards the end of the year. DMs with games set elsewhere don’t need to worry too much, though. Greyhawk is one of the oldest settings for the game and the area sketched out around the central fishing community is sketched out just enough to be able to set a campaign in the classic world.

We sat down with our copy of the book and bring you our favorite bits of treasure from its pages.įifth edition continues its slow and steady expansion away from the Forgotten Realms with the town of Saltmarsh, the central hub of the adventures in this book. This nautical themed collection of adventures has been highly anticipated since its announcement in February. Over the past few weeks, Wizards of the Coast has dropped a bunch of announcements for their upcoming D&D products, including the first book for 2019, Ghosts of Saltmarsh.