Will always remember my first jaunt into Undermountain nearly 30 yrs ago. A romp through the sewers of Waterdeep in search of a cult of Myrkul eventually led to Undermountain. That same DM still runs our games and is amazing.
It has held on to me for 30 years too. It was the first major campaign that I ran as a DM. And like Halaster, I am forever bound to it. I am about to restart my Waterdeep / Undermountain campaign again for the (?) 5th or 6th time. So far, no one I know has made it to the bottom. I'm tempted one of these days to start a high-level campaign (PCs level 12-16 or higher) where the party begins the adventure on the lowest level and fight their way back to the surface - or find some other way out.
Most definitely Rokk... that is the main reason I own that book, for sure. I love Tales from the Yawning Portal! But, It's not that. The vibe I get nowadays, and I may be interpreting things wrong, but it seems that Dungeon Crawls were leaning toward "un-cool" in today's D&D. Back in my 1E days... we dungeon crawled. All the time. And it was awesome. If anyone can bring dungeons back to the forefront of D&D games, it is Chris Perkins. :)
@@WallyDM I get what you're saying. It's more about story and character nowadays. Dungeon crawling is old school uncool. I hope the can meld the two and make something awesome.
My players have been lost in Undermountain for over 20 years. Real time. Same group, many different characters as they die off and encounter new friends and frienemies.
That's funny stuff, Ive always had Durnan as Halaster they are one and the same (In my game back when I first got Ruins of undermoutain box set 1991), to ensure that Undermountain receives it's sacrifices.
Got the old 2nd ed AD&D box set and really enjoy it. Haven't really kept up with UM since though. One thing I was hoping the makers would touch on is the actual dungeon ecology in the literal sense. How do all these monsters and humanoids actually live down there? Where do they get food and supplies? How do they handle waste? How do their societies function and get along with their neighbors? I know many will say, "It's just a dungeon crawl, don't worry about it", but these sorts of questions always pick at my brain and not being able to answer them takes me out of the immersion. I want even my dungeons to make sense. Even if the answer is "magic" then okay, what kind of magic? Left unanswered it makes it feel more like just an arcade game played with books and dice and not a living world.
So forgive me if this is common knowledge but does anyone know why we haven’t seen Matt Sernett on lysk in ages? I love me some Chris Perkins but it was always the best when they were both on because they approached things in different ways. Chris knows the lore from a very story based perspective but Matt always approached it from a historical account in regards to dnd as a whole. They always played off each other really well, their combined knowledge always left me feeling like all of the blanks were filled in.
Will always remember my first jaunt into Undermountain nearly 30 yrs ago.
A romp through the sewers of Waterdeep in search of a cult of Myrkul eventually led to Undermountain. That same DM still runs our games and is amazing.
It has held on to me for 30 years too. It was the first major campaign that I ran as a DM. And like Halaster, I am forever bound to it. I am about to restart my Waterdeep / Undermountain campaign again for the (?) 5th or 6th time. So far, no one I know has made it to the bottom.
I'm tempted one of these days to start a high-level campaign (PCs level 12-16 or higher) where the party begins the adventure on the lowest level and fight their way back to the surface - or find some other way out.
When thieves backstabbed and you had to roll a high number to hit a low number lol. All those thACo charts and even more dead Gnomes...
@@TKFKU I still remember THAC0 stats. As a teen I had 2nd edition PHB memorized :) 5e players have no idea how easy they have it
Putting the "Dungeons" back into D&D? Exactly what this old DM wanted to see! Thank you, Chris Perkins!
Tales from the Yawning Portal has a grip of awesome dungeon crawls.
Most definitely Rokk... that is the main reason I own that book, for sure. I love Tales from the Yawning Portal! But, It's not that. The vibe I get nowadays, and I may be interpreting things wrong, but it seems that Dungeon Crawls were leaning toward "un-cool" in today's D&D. Back in my 1E days... we dungeon crawled. All the time. And it was awesome. If anyone can bring dungeons back to the forefront of D&D games, it is Chris Perkins. :)
@@WallyDM I get what you're saying. It's more about story and character nowadays. Dungeon crawling is old school uncool. I hope the can meld the two and make something awesome.
I've been DMing Undermountain adventures since the '90s. I'm glad to see it is still getting lots of love.
I could hear Chris Perkins talk about lore forever. I want to hear him talk about grayhawk world.
My players have been lost in Undermountain for over 20 years. Real time. Same group, many different characters as they die off and encounter new friends and frienemies.
That's funny stuff, Ive always had Durnan as Halaster they are one and the same (In my game back when I first got Ruins of undermoutain box set 1991), to ensure that Undermountain receives it's sacrifices.
The Shayamalan Twist!
Halister could have been connected to the magic tangle left by the dwoemer when the elves transported their city. This could be tying him to the place
Real excited for this adventure!
Got the old 2nd ed AD&D box set and really enjoy it. Haven't really kept up with UM since though. One thing I was hoping the makers would touch on is the actual dungeon ecology in the literal sense. How do all these monsters and humanoids actually live down there? Where do they get food and supplies? How do they handle waste? How do their societies function and get along with their neighbors?
I know many will say, "It's just a dungeon crawl, don't worry about it", but these sorts of questions always pick at my brain and not being able to answer them takes me out of the immersion. I want even my dungeons to make sense. Even if the answer is "magic" then okay, what kind of magic? Left unanswered it makes it feel more like just an arcade game played with books and dice and not a living world.
Isnt a lot of what you asked kinda up to your DM to fill in?
I could listen to Chris Perkins talk all day long.
So forgive me if this is common knowledge but does anyone know why we haven’t seen Matt Sernett on lysk in ages? I love me some Chris Perkins but it was always the best when they were both on because they approached things in different ways. Chris knows the lore from a very story based perspective but Matt always approached it from a historical account in regards to dnd as a whole. They always played off each other really well, their combined knowledge always left me feeling like all of the blanks were filled in.
Dming the Waterdeep Heist right now...we're loving it! Need the Mad Mage as a next chapter, when will it make the shelf in the hobby stores?
I believe end of November. :)
Hits shelves November 2nd in select hobby stores
Early November baby!!! So STOKED!
Current campaign, Halaster can die, but only if the undermountain locks on to someone else..... so don’t be too powerful
Can't bloody wait for this book!
Tito's shirt is amazing
So ToA was just a warm up
Chris Pumpkins!
I love Chris and Greg
DOTMM really should have been multiple books. While huge, compared to the true enormity of undermountain leaves the book feeling a bit anemic.
Since Hilather was from Imaskar, he should have been a Artificer.
His apprentice, Trobriand is an artificer of sorts.
A wizad did it!
Undermountainlazarus pit.