It's been some time since I looked at it, and I never read the full level 1-30 campaign, but it's about the cosmological war between Tiamat/chromatics and Bahamut/metallics as they were split from the single dragon god. It ends with the party hunting down Tiamat in a giant dungeon complex and taking down a bunch of ancient dragons (one of each color) and also solving puzzles.
D&D 5E Red Hand of Doom + Rise of Tiamat + Scales of War
It's been some time since I looked at it, and I never read the full level 1-30 campaign, but it's about the cosmological war between Tiamat/chromatics and Bahamut/metallics as they were split from the single dragon god. It ends with the party hunting down Tiamat in a giant dungeon complex and taking down a bunch of ancient dragons (one of each color) and also solving puzzles.
I found that Sunless Citadel was a pretty good prequel adventure for Red Hand of Doom.
The Citadel became a lost temple of Tiamat and the kobolds were very junior members of the Red Hand who had been sent there to reclaim it (mostly to get them out of the way, since the Hand leaders didn't rate them much).
The Citadel became a lost temple of Tiamat and the kobolds were very junior members of the Red Hand who had been sent there to reclaim it (mostly to get them out of the way, since the Hand leaders didn't rate them much).
dave2008
Legend
I did something similar with 14 hr marathon adventure with my group back in 4e, but just the epic part at the end. The one thing I would have changed was that i would not have had them fight an aspect of Tiamat and then fight Tiamat later. If you plan on, or think your group will want to, challenge Tiamat i would leave that battle for the end. Have them defeat an exarch (an ancient red perhaps) or something to stop her summoning and then fight her later. Or if they don't stop the summon - well, that's how the cookie crumbles.
dave2008
Legend
Tiamat kills Bahamut, the PCs resurrect Bahamut and defeat Tiamat's armies, Bahamut sends the PCs to her domain in the midst of her forces abandoning her and while she is preoccupied trying to prevent that. The PCs must defeat 5 ancient dragons (brood mothers) scattered throughout her dungeon lair to gain access to her throne room and then battle her on a floating island with a nasty fall/trap if your knocked off.
jimmytheccomic
First Post
Yeah, I'm going back and forth on that- I was thinking there could be a value to it, since the aspect will be weaker thanks to whatever victory points they get. So they can tussle with a weak Tiamat, then fight here for real later on. It may be more climactic to just do the one fight, though.
jimmytheccomic
First Post
Ooh, that is a good idea, but I may end up running the Ashardalon arc in it's entirety sometime. I'm thinking I'll fill in the early levels with things to do in the town, to try to endear some NPCs to the players and raise the stakes of the army invasion.
dave2008
Legend
I think so. I didn't ask my players, but it definitely felt less climatic to me. I even went to the effort to redesign Tiamat (you really had to beef up 4e epic monsters to fight 6 lvl 30 players at full strength) for the final and it still felt a bit anti-climactic to me.
jimmytheccomic
First Post
There is that old Dragon magazine article that gets into the Spawn of Tiamat, maybe fighting her children in the Fane is a good way to go.
I've run Palace of the Red Pasha, and I can vouch for it as an interesting and well-written adventure.
http://www.dmsguild.com/product/180659/DMs-Kit-Palace-of-the-Red-Pasha
dave2008
Legend
That always works. However, it might be interesting to go a different route. Now that Bel has been removed as the Lord of the 1st, maybe he and Tiamat are working together to reclaim Avernus. Perhaps Bel is the one trying to summon her to Faerun to gain additional power to reclaim Avernus together? Something like that might work. You could have a boss fight with Bel and if the summoning fails fight Tiamat later.
