History TabletopGame / OutOfTheAbyss

* MilesGloriosus: Karazikar the Beholder [[AGodAmI considers itself a god]], acts supremely arrogant, and has a slave named Shedrak of the Eyes that feeds into this perception. However, the players need the beholder's central eye for a ritual to stop the demon lords, so they need to "convince" him to part with it Should his HP get low enough, Karazikar will attempt to flee and leave his slave to die at the party's hands, as Karazikar has never faced an actual threat to his power before.

** Stool the myconid is one of the few members of his kind to escape corruption from the Fetid Wedding between Juiblex and Zuggtmoy. This enables Stool to not only staysane, but he can be very helpful by [[TranslatorBuddy using his spores to give the equivalent of the Comprehend Languages spell]].

** Gromph Baenre, the archmage who tried to summon the demon lords in the first place, ends up getting a spanner thrown into his works by [[spoiler:Lolth, the drow goddess. Gromph only wanted to summon one in an effort to bind the demon to his will. Vizeran [=DeVir=] calls that move a [[TooDumbToLive dumb enough decision by itself]], but Lolth's interference summons all of the demon lords for the sake of causing more chaos. As to what happened to Gromph, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse his fate is left ambiguous]]]].

** While in the library of Gravenhollow, characters can receive visions of things happening in the past, present, and future. One possibility is to scry Lolth, who is none too pleased with being watched. Thankfully, the magic of the ancient library prevents any damage from her retribution, though anyone who sees the vision needs to make a saving throw or [[SanitySlippage gain a level of madness]].

* RandomEffectSpell: The effects from the Maze Engine are all over the place. They can range from really good (like a permanent +2 increase to any ability score) to really bad (like causing the adventurers to TimeTravel all the way back to the beginning of the adventure and do it all over again).

** Stool the myconid is one of the few members of his kind to escape corruption from the Fetid Wedding between Juiblex and Zuggtmoy. This enables Stool to not only not be insane, but he can be very helpful by [[TranslatorBuddy using his spores to give the equivalent of the Comprehend Languages spell]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The players start out with ten other fellow captives, and each settlement has its own assortment of fascinating individuals, some of which may join the party during their travels. Cranked UpToEleven during the return trip to the Underdark, where the party's expeditionary force can number as high as ''twenty-four'' without counting player characters and their retinue.

* ShoutOut: the chapter 3 section "Slouching Toward Sloobludop" is likely an allusion to the Joan Didion essay "Slouching Towards Bethlehem", about the social fragmentation and upheavals in 1967 San Francisco, and is itself a reference to the poem "Literature/TheSecondComing" by Creator/WilliamButlerYeats

* GreyAndGrayMorality: The situation with Themberchaud, the red dragon in Gracklstugh. He is a sapient creature unknowingly enslaved by a society that uses him as a living furnace to help them forge the city's weapons and armor. He is also an unrepentant in his evil, and would not hesitate to slaughter the entire city or bring it under his heel, if he wasn't so indifferent towards the duergar as a whole.

* GreatEscape: The first challenge player characters face. And at level 1, [[DungeonBypass fireballs and other high-powered magic tricks]] aren't yet available, so they need to get creative.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The situation with Themberchaud, the red dragon in Gracklstugh. He is a sapient creature unknowingly enslaved by a society that uses him as a living furnace to help them forge the city's weapons and armor. He is also an unrepentantly evil creature that would not hesitate to slaughter the entire city or bring it under his heel, if he wasn't so indifferent towards the duergar as a whole.
* HeroicSacrifice: Zigzagged. Vizeran [=DeVir=] suggests that the last thing needed for his ritual to stop the demon lords and seal them back in the Abyss is the life of an innocent person. He may or may not be telling the truth; it's hinted that this might be a SecretTestOfCharacter to see how far the adventurers are willing to go to save the world. [[spoiler:The implication from the text is that Vizeran is lying about needing a sacrifice for the ritual to work, but the DM of a campaign is encouraged to make it be true if they want to see what the players will do.]]
* LetsYouAndHimFight: Demons despise non-fiends, but they're not too fond of each other either, making this a possible tactic when they're encountered. [[spoiler: This is also the ultimate plan to get rid of the demon lords and their minions; force them into the same area and let them kill each other off until one remains, then have the adventurers finish it off.]]

* SanityBall:
** While the madness pervading the Underdark is making most characters overly paranoid, ravenous, or greedy, certain characters have been altered in such a way to make them ''less'' crazy.

''Out of the Abyss'' is an adventure module for the fifth edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', released on September 15, 2015. It was part of a multi-media storyline called ''Rage of Demons'', which includes supplementary books by Creator/RASalvatore and a video game called ''VideoGame/SwordCoastLegends''. The adventure itself is seen as a SpiritualSuccessor to the classic D-series of modules, part of the famous ''[[TabletopGame/QueenOfTheSpiders Queen Of The Spiders]]'' series.

''Out of the Abyss'' is an adventure module for the fifth edition of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', released on September 15, 2015. It was part of a multi-media initiative called ''Rage of Demons'', with supplementary books by Creator/RASalvatore and a video game called ''VideoGame/SwordCoastLegends''. The adventure itself is seen as a SpiritualSuccessor to the classic D-series of modules, part of the famous ''[[TabletopGame/QueenOfTheSpiders Queen Of The Spiders]]'' series.

The adventure starts out in [[YouAllMeetInACell a prison at a drow outpost in the Underdark]]. But escaping their captors is merely the first trial that the adventurers must face. Demons now roam the northern Underdark, spreading their madness as they go and twisting the land to suit their whims. Pursued by both the drow and hungry fiends, can the adventurers escape to the surface with their sanity intact?

->''[[TheStinger DISCLAIMER:]] Before you take on [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils demon lords]], consult a physician. Do not [[LiquidCourage drink alcohol while taking on demon lords.]] Taking alcohol and demon lords may [[AlcoholInducedIdiocy increase your risk of death.]] Other [[SideEffectsInclude side effects may include]] [[{{Hallucinations}} hallucinations]], [[UnstoppableRage mindless rage]], [[VillainousGlutton gluttony]], [[{{Greed}} greed]], [[TheParanoiac paranoia]], [[IRejectYourReality self-delusion]], bestial urges, [[StrawNihilist nihilism]], [[TheHedonist hedonism]], [[AGodAmI megalomania]], a [[DarkMessiah messiah complex]], [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalism]], [[SplitPersonality multiple personalities]], and [[AxCrazy homicidal psychosis.]]''