In the end, though, it is probably just as well not much more is made of Greyhawk here. Almost as if it is just there to give the volume a “cool” name and not much else. The tantalizing promise of adventure in Undermountain is never paid off and ultimately the whole Yawning Portal aspect feels loosely tacked on with no real purpose. It is a shame the Yawning Portal tavern and Undermountain don’t see more use and integration. By removing the non-Greyhawk adventures, room could be had to expand things. The majority of adventures are set there and it would have been easy enough to make this a sort of mini-setting book for the game by focusing on Greyhawk and fleshing out the world. In many ways, it is still a shame that the book, like its namesake tavern, is not focused on the Greyhawk setting itself. I’ve done what I believe to be the best I can in those regards.Īll that remains now is to consider Tales From the Yawning Portal as a whole and sum up my thoughts about it in the light of a thorough read through and critique. Whether I have been successful at those goals is up to the reader to determine. I attempted to do this by showing them at least one solid way to evaluate published adventures, determine the adventure’s suitability for their group of players, and adjust those adventures as necessary for play at their table. When I started the series, I took as my goals a desire to provide some help and support for new Dungeon Masters just beginning their forays in the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Over the course of the ten articles in this series, I’ve covered all seven of the adventures included in this book, some with detailed, room by room, commentary and others with a more traditional review-style approach. The time has come to put an end to Fiddleback vs.
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