D&D 5E Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen Trailer

WotC has released a trailer for December’s Shadow of the Dragon Queen, an adventure for character levels 1-10.

 

[DarkCrisis]

"World ending" has also been used when one's life gets turned upside down. For example, the sinking of Atlantis would be a world-ending event for them, even if the survivors later managed to make a new life for themselves elsewhere. Krynn's upending and the plagues, forced migrations, wars, population decimation and environmental upheaval would have certainly seemed to anyone going through it to be the end of their world. We're coming into Krynn after its had time to recover and stabilize and the population no longer thinks that the world is coming to an end.

It does make me wonder if they're going to go with the Steel currency, or drop it to just use good ol' D&D's gold system.

True but it happens a few hundred years ago. The "world was ending" in the months years, maybe decades after but by the time of The War of the Lance the world is doing more or less fine. The new normal is well established. (until Takhisis decides to get involved).

 

[Stormonu]

True but it happens a few hundred years ago. The "world was ending" in the months years, maybe decades after but by the time of The War of the Lance the world is doing more or less fine. The new normal is well established. (until Takhisis decides to get involved).

That just means the monikers of "World Ending" stuck from the days of the Cataclysm, when those going through it thought it was the end of the world.

 

[Fifth Element]

What a repugnant word when used in conjunction with an already codified body of work. (I mean the act of doing such, not your utilization of it in this conversation good sir).

You consider things like The Wiz to be "repugnant"?

 

[darjr]

You consider things like The Wiz to be "repugnant"?

@Jiggawatts or The Magnificent Seven?

 

[Demetrios1453]

You consider things like The Wiz to be "repugnant"?

Heck, The Wiz (and Wicked), are secondarily derivative, as they derive much from the movie, which is derivative of the original novel...

 

[Greenstone.Walker]

The Cataclysm would leave massive scars on societies. Much of the distrust of others, the hatred of the Knights, the forgotten empires, the abandoned peoples, etc are due to the world ending.

That distust and hatred is why the Cataclysm happened in the first place. That the distrust and hatred have got worse is because the peoples of Krynn learnt exactly the wrong lessons from the Cataclysm. I also think that the gods also have some blame in this, depsite what Fizban says.

The War of the Lance and the actions of the Heroes of the Lance are massive opportunities for the nations to learn the right lessons.

 

[Teemu]

I’m glad that this isn’t going past level 10. After running two campaigns to the end of tier 3, and even a bit into tier 4, I’m good with high level 5e. The game isn’t at its best past tier 2. 5e shines from levels 5 to 10, maybe to 12.

 

[Pentallion]

So, this adventure occurs before Goldmoon finds the Blue Crystal Staff and yet PCs can play clerics and druids...is there any sort of in world logic given for how that is even feasible?

Where did it say PCs can play clerics and druids?

 

[Hussar]

There’s also the point, if we’re sticking to canon that the campaign should never actually see a Dragonlance.

 

[LuisCarlos17f]

You can allow your own house rules, for example in Krynn for age of despair primal magic worked normally, and godless divine spellcasters were possible, but only 1st level spells, or using special places, rituals or sacred relics. The order of the seekers have "discovered" the mysticism path time ago, but this was their almost secret.