D&D 5E Quests From The Infinite Staircase

[Uni-the-Unicorn!]

That culture & religion was wiped out long ago, and the current Egyptians are a mix of Christians and Muslims now. And are the couple of people truly representive sample of modern Egyptians? I bet I could find Egyptians that don't find the original offensive if I tried.

Anyways please stop drawing me further in please, I wish to leave this discussion because I just get more frustrated.

Wow that is pretty offensive, yes please do leave.

 

[mamba]

I bet I could find Egyptians that don't find the original offensive if I tried.

and what does that prove? Nothing at all... It does not need to offend every single one to be offensive

 

[Riley]

I have never read or even skimmed the UK modules before, and...they are astonishing.

I am not sure how much it is that they updated them, or if they were originally way ahead of their time (probably...both?),

As a set, the UK modules are mostly better than the other TSR modules of the era. They tended to have a lot more flavor and storytelling to them (without too-obvious railroading), and a lot to do that wasn’t just fighting everything.

UK1 and When a Star Falls are a couple of my favorites; IMO B10 Night’s Dark Terror is the best of them. Eye of the Serpent and O2 Blade of Vengeance are on my nightstand tonight as I contemplate a campaign for my son.

 

[dave2008]

Consistent lore matters so that it makes sense, you change it willy nilly it loses coherence.

If that where true we wouldn't have the wonderful multitudes of real life mythologies. The mythologies of Greek, Roman, Norse, and most, if not all, mythologies and religions evolve over time. I think it only makes sense that our fantasy mythologies and religions should be similarly inconsistent. It makes them feel more real to me!

 

[Parmandur]

Interesting that Barrier Peaks actually has a sidebar that explains that this is a smaller, redesigned spaceship and that rheybadded the ship A.I., juat to ensure that nobody would miss thst it is a different Adventure fundamentally.

It is 4 Levels, instead of 6, woth 69 keyed locations. Much less empty space, but still a hefty dungeon crawl, and with the whole business about security cards intact.

 

[JEB]

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Interesting. So not only is this adventure already canonically distinct from the original (because different editions, 1e vs 2014 5e), but they added an extra layer of separation by making this an explicitly Forgotten Realms version of the adventure. (If modifiable.)

Seems easy enough for anyone bothered by the changes to treat this as an alternate-universe version of the original (because it is, twice over).

 

[Riley]

Interesting. So not only is this adventure already canonically distinct from the original (because different editions, 1e vs 2014 5e), but they added an extra layer of separation by making this an explicitly Forgotten Realms version of the adventure. (If modifiable.)

Seems easy enough for anyone bothered by the changes to treat this as an alternate-universe version of the original (because it is, twice over).

Or an alternate-alternate universe version, even. Pharaoh’s pyramid was already revised and set in the Forgotten Realms in the 1987 Desert of Desolation revision/compilation.

 

[JEB]

Or an alternate-alternate universe version, even. Pharaoh’s pyramid was already revised and set it the Forgotten Realms in 1987’s Desert of Desolation compilation.

Oh? That's a surprise, I think that makes this the first time 5e has thrown out and affirmatively replaced Realms-specific lore (as opposed to making retcons, or advancing the Realms timeline to accommodate changes, or so forth). Generally that treatment had been reserved for the other settings.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Question the Dracolisk is not a monster in this adventure Book, what's in it's place?

Should be in this room in Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Eye of the Serpent

I like that one, even though it's not highly rated. I like the general idea of using terrain as dungeon "walls". Although in 5e the proliferation of 1st level characters with flying or climbing speeds could make it tricky to pull off.