Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk (Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Book)

Typically high-quality adventure from Wizards of the Coast. Well laid-out maps and clear instructions for the Dungeon Master. I particularly appreciate that all the monsters are bolded in the text, making it easy to scan for them when setting up the session. Lots of possible branching for the adventurers, so they don't feel they are just being pushed along a linear path. I'm the DM for my son and grandson (12) and the adventure is appropriate for his age and skill level. It would be easy to scale up the difficulty for more mature players.

The perfect addition to the starter set and Essential kits. Taking place in Phandelver off of the Swords Coast. This story adds an element of horror to the forgotten realms.

Trying to get most of 5e books before they are out of print and raise to crazy prices.

I have been on fence about getting this book. Honestly this is a great resource to have if you are running the Lost Mine of Phandelver from the Starter Set, or even if you're not chapters 1-4 will get you started. This module was designed using the 2014 ruleset, but it is compatible if you're using the newer ruleset books. This truly improves the Starter Set for me and I wish I had gotten this sooner, if I had we could have created new characters and not used the prefabs I feel that would have been more fun when starting. It also gives more options for the beginning of LMoP to the DM. If you're not new to being a DM you may not find them as helpful. After you complete the LMoP chapters 1-4 there's more, and things start to really amp up. Why the 4 star and not 5? Even though I really like what I see, in reality I just bought LMoP again with an expansion and no dice. Kinda like buying a GOTY edition of a game without the better looking cover art. Not saying it's not good, but maybe a thinner cheaper module without the LMoP attached could have been an option? Again great material... but a little redundant. Some changes at the beginning such as the psionic goblins, but they're not needed. Seriously... even if you add them you probably just shouldn't have. This is not for everyone, some may not like the lack of narrative but that helps me tie things in place personally. Somethings seem a little rough around the edges, and of you're using the 2024 ruleset your difficulty may vary. We stuck with the legacy ruleset (2014). I created handouts prior when using the Starter Set, but the book does come with a poster size detailed map.

I played LMoP with my family as a first time Dnd session and I was the DM (although not a very good one, but we managed) I was excited to see an expansion on the world as I also love to read the books in order to gain and understand exactly what the adventure is going to be introducing my players. For our first time learning experience, it was so much fun to see them all become invested in whatever was happening throughout their journey. Through their battles, and NPC interactions. I was a bit surprised to see the quiet one in the group open up in dialogue as a very outspoken and intimidating persona. If something ever became too advanced, I would improvise to keep the game entertaining for everyone. There were moment where they shocked me at how natural they were with role playing their characters which helped tie everything together as they journeyed further into the story. The best part about these adventure books is that you don't need to follow linearly if you can get creative. However, if you go that route, be prepared to improvise. It is sometimes best to know your players well enough to pique what interests them and maintain full engagement to the story. Some reviews express dissapointnent on this entry, but as long as we can manage to have fun, I think it does a fine job at expanding on the story for those of us that wanted more =) I cant wait to play it with them again using this entry =)

Great beginner adventure in D&D.

Came in perfect condition my boyfriend loves it!

Good book for 2023 Wizards of the coast. No AI art and the story is great, as someone who played the essentials kit and not the Lost mine of phandelver, the story is very basic and a little lazy to have been included in a new book. Otherwise it is a solid adventure ignoring the reprint or lost mine of phandelver, which is a lazy reprint.

Really fun adventure, especially for new DMs! I got it as a first time DM and my group loves it so far. There's of course some stuff to work on, but I can recommend it big time. Like the first encounter and the first dungeon. Really, don't TPK.

producto clásico, muy buena aventura y tiene unos buenos aditamentos que no me esperaba

Offre ai nuovi Dungeon Master e ai giocatori l’opportunità di immergersi nella loro prima vera avventura Horror di Dungeons & Dragons. Mantiene le amate missioni di “Lost Mine of Phandelver”, che si sviluppano in una nuovissima avventura con temi classici di D&D e una sfumatura di orrore. Presenta un bestiario con circa due dozzine di nuove creature che mettono in mostra la magia psionica, l’orrore del corpo e altro ancora. Fornisce un’appendice magica che include nuovi oggetti metamagici consumabili e magia dei duergar. Include una mappa poster a doppia faccia con la regione di Phandalin da un lato e la città di Phandalin insieme agli incontri chiave dell’avventura dall’altro.

I was playing though LMOP and looking for a place to go next when this was released. Great continuation for LMOP. My PCs seem to like it although we have not come near finishing it yet. My first time using milestone levelling but it is pretty much necessary (at least as far as we have progressed). As usual with any of the official D&D books the artwork and quality is amazing.

The start is a bit linear as it comes from an beginner box, and maybe too focused on combats / dungeon exploration. But the story then starts to branch and the campaign is overall very enjoyable