There’s a good spread of dungeon types as well, from the introductory / classic dungeon crawl of The Sunless Citadel, to the fun house dungeon that makes no sense but provides a great mental challenge of White Plume Mountain, to the killer dungeons of Dead in Thay and the Tomb of Horrors that test your mettle like no other. I would have liked a quick reference chart for recommended level and party size for each adventure, but the Introduction and each individual adventure have fairly easy to scan summaries for this info. The book’s Introduction even mentions this as a possibility, starting with The Sunless Citadel and wrapping (if they can survive that is, muah ha ha ha!) with the legendary Tomb of Horrors. TFTYP is not meant as a campaign, however each adventure represents a certain range of levels so they could be played in succession if a DM wanted to put in a little extra work to connect them. Tomb of Horrors: “Only high level characters stand a chance of coming back alive”.The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan: 5th level.Pretty much every level range is represented in TFTYP:
The adventures receiving a 5E update span 36 years, ranging from 1978’s Tomb of Horrors to 2014’s Dead in Thay and with minor exceptions are essentially the same adventure as the original but 5E ready.Īll new artwork accompanies each adventure and, nostalgia for previous artwork aside, looks great and is in keeping with the fantastic art direction of all of the 5E products to date. Which leads yours truly to speculate: with an entrance into one of the largest and most well known dungeons in D&D history now featured in a D&D 5th Edition product, can a 5th Edition version of Undermountain be far behind? Whether a physical book or a digital product via the DMs Guild, I would be very surprised if we didn’t see something official from D&D regarding Undermountain sooner rather than later. Adventuring parties and thrill seekers can pay Durnan to be lowered into Undermountain and back up again (paid in advance). The “yawning portal” that is the inn’s namesake is literally a well (which used to be an old wizard’s tower, now sunk) smack dab in the middle of the Yawning Portal’s main room and said well leading to a level of the Undermountain megadungeon. Durnan is equally happy to take your gold for a pint of ale or to send you down his well…