I have spent time with all the previous editions of D&D, let's do 5th today. And for that, I think I want to spend some time with 2015's Rage of Demons adventure Out of the Abyss.
Out of the Abyss
Hardcover. 256 pages. Full-color cover and interior art.
This adventure was produced by Green Ronin and sold by Wizards of the Coast and is the third adventure made for D&D 5 if I recall right. I bought this one largely because I wanted 5e stats for demons and some places in the Abyss as this book has that. I also was working on my Forgotten Realms campaign ideas, what would be come part of the Second Campagin.
The adventure is an interesting one. For characters 1 to 15. You start in the Underdark and end fighting demon lords in the Abyss itself. That's the least interesting thing about the adventure. We get the aforementioned demon lords and a lot NPCs and a cool new feature of demons, madness. Not only are most demons a little (or a lot) insane and this insanity is contagious.
We get some new monsters and some updated variants of older monsters. For our demon lords we get Baphomet, Demogorgon, Fraz-Urb'luu, Graz'zt, Juiblex, Orcus, Yeenoghu, and Zuggtmoy. Interestingly enough, no Lolth.
I found the adventure was a great introduction to the Underdark and to demons and, for me, a nice hook into the Forgotten Realms.
I might run it someday, but I have cut it up (not literally) and used pieces of it in other places now so it would need to be with a new group.
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