Saltmarsh Trilogy is new 5E book?

[Havard]

Sailors!
Master Kate&Nathan revealed these preview pages are an updated version of U3 The Final Enemy, the last module of the Saltmarsh trilogy that you can already download on dmsguild as a bundle!

https://www.sageadvice.eu/2019/02/08/re ... g-dd-book/

Not sure how to interpret this post at Sageadvice. Is this the nautical book they were talking about? A 5E verison of the Saltmarsh Trilogy?

-Havard

[Dread Delgath]

Preview pages of the 5e version that they are working on, apparently.

The link to DM Guild is a bundle of the 1e version of U1-3.

[RobJN]

I'd be willing to bet they used an updated excerpt of the classic adventure for an appendix, perhaps to illustrate how to integrate Boats & Shite into your Forgotten Realms D&D campaign?

Although, given how Wizbro is so keen on selling us the same old modules (again), Saltmarsh or Slave Lords is probably due for shoehorning into the Realms upgrading.

[Havard]

Preview pages of the 5e version that they are working on, apparently.

The link to DM Guild is a bundle of the 1e version of U1-3.

Yeah, that's what I thought.

I'd be willing to bet they used an updated excerpt of the classic adventure for an appendix, perhaps to illustrate how to integrate Boats & Shite into your Forgotten Realms D&D campaign?

Although, given how Wizbro is so keen on selling us the same old modules (again), Saltmarsh or Slave Lords is probably due for shoehorning into the Realms upgrading.

Yes, I've expected them to make some kind of reboot of older adventures. Integrating the Boats & Shite material makes sense. It almost sounds like they are taking the Goodman Games route now?

-Havard

[Dread Delgath]

Please tell me that [Boats and Shite] will not be the name of the upcoming ...Ships & the Sea... book.

[shesheyan]

One of my favorite series. I might actually buy them.

[shades of eternity]

indeed.

This low level trilogy was one of my favorites in the game.

Looking forward to the stats for the wand of the squid.

[shesheyan]

Do we know when it will come out?

[timemrick]

I've never read or played U2 or U3, but I started off my college 2E campaign with U1, before going full homebrew adventures for the rest of it. I've considered trying to update U1 to another edition a few times, but if they're going to do it for me, I'll hold off. And hey, sea devils are a staple of the Freeport setting, so I'm sure I could find some use for the rest of the trilogy.

[Tim Baker]

On the latest episode of the Dragon Talk podcast, Greg Tito described the as-of-yet-unannounced upcoming book as an "adventure." You can hear this within the first 10 minutes of the episode.

Given the pages that we've seen, that isn't a big surprise. That doesn't mean it won't also have some new mechanics or player options, but it points in the direction of a book that is primarily an adventure.