WotC Dragonlance: Everything You Need For Shadow of the Dragon Queen

WotC has shared a video explaining the Dragonlance setting, and what to expect when it is released in December.

World at War: Introduces war as a genre of play to fifth edition Dungeons & Dragons.

Dragonlance: Introduces the Dragonlance setting with a focus on the War of the Lance and an overview of what players and DMs need to run adventures during this world spanning conflict.

Heroes of War: Provides character creation rules highlighting core elements of the Dragonlance setting, including the kender race and new backgrounds for the Knight of Solamnia and Mage of High Sorcery magic-users. Also introduces the Lunar Sorcery sorcerer subclass with new spells that bind your character to Krynn's three mystical moons and imbues you with lunar magic.

Villains: Pits heroes against the infamous death knight Lord Soth and his army of draconians.

Notes --

• 224 page hardcover adventure
• D&D's setting for war
• Set in eastern Solamnia
• War is represented by context -- it's not goblins attacking the village, but evil forces; refugees, rumours
• You can play anything from D&D - clerics included, although many classic D&D elements have been forgotten
• Introductory scenarios bring you up to speed on the world so no prior research needed

 

[FrozenNorth]

Look at the story. He says, "This guy WAS good, THEN he did lots of evil stuff in the name of good." That = an evil Kingpriest. Plain and simple. Construing what he was saying as "Good people can twist things and do lots of evil things to lots of people if they believe they are good and still remain good." is in error.

It does when the Kingpriest is destroying balance.

You mean that the balance between Good and Evil is being destroyed because the Evil Kingpriest doing evil things? Seems like you need more good in that case.

Also, seems to me that in that telling, the Evil gods would be reluctant to destroy the world. After all, their side is winning.

Your telling just isn’t consistent with the moral that Paladine is trying to teach.

 

[Maxperson]

okay, so the king priest was super evil (in the end) and the good gods balance those scales by doing an evil act then leaving?

The good gods didn't do it. They tried to save the world and stop the cataclysm.

 

[mamba]

I thought it was only a few hundred... I may be mistaken but still long since dead, and out of memory of any human

the fact that neither of you know tells me just how interested in DL you actually are

 

[GMforPowergamers]

the fact that neither of you know tells me just how interested in DL you actually are

oh man... yeah I can't remember the date of 1 of a dozen campaign worlds I liked for details... that speaks volums' especially whne I haven't had a DL game since 2e

 

[Maxperson]

You mean that the balance between Good and Evil is being destroyed because the Evil Kingpriest doing evil things? Seems like you need more good in that case.

The kingpriest and his legions of villainous power were concentrated there. They had to be taken out or everything to keep the balance.

Also, seems to me that in that telling, the Evil gods would be reluctant to destroy the world. After all, their side is winning.

The world wasn't destroyed and the balance had to be preserved. Ao, sorry, the High God demanded it and to not obey is to basically be destroyed. Evil could plot to destroy the balance so long as they never succeeded.

Your telling just isn’t consistent with the moral that Paladine is trying to teach.

They aren't Paladine's morals. The Cataclysm is entirely the High God's fault, and he's not said to be good.

 

[FrozenNorth]

the fact that neither of you know tells me just how interested in DL you actually are

Pointless gatekeeping! Bingo! I called it!

 

[Faolyn]

So show me a D&D book/game that doesn't have murder, theft, kidnapping, extortion, blackmail, assault, battery, etc. If you think buying a book condones the morality depicted in it, then you don't have a playable D&D game.

Most of the time, the bad guys are actively being evil and the PCs are trying to stop them. IME, games where the PCs are expected to do terrible things but are still considered to be morally good are either parodies, grimdark games (which themselves are often considered a parody), or are considered to be generally to be badly-done. In D&D, at least, people who have a Good alignment aren't supposed to be committing murder, theft, kidnapping, etc. They're supposed to fight against evil beings who are being actively evil and to find non-evil ways to deal with beings who can be redeemed, and they're supposed to show mercy. Going by the actual alignment rules, a whole lotta PCs really should have their alignments changed to neutral or evil--its just that most tables don't bother.

 

[Maxperson]

Pointless gatekeeping! Bingo! I called it!

I was close. I still needed "This game is not for you then, you need to play a different game if you want to do that." ::sigh::

 

[mamba]

oh man... yeah I can't remember the date of 1 of a dozen campaign worlds I liked for details... that speaks volums' especially whne I haven't had a DL game since 2e

I don't care. If you remember so little about a setting, then maybe do not start arguing about stuff you have no idea of, never knew or misremember. Yet here you are.

 

[mamba]

Pointless gatekeeping! Bingo! I called it!

No, it is more about the fact that you know so little that it is a waste of time engaging you about details you know nothing about.

Call that gatekeeping if it makes you feel better, but I also do not discuss the shape of the Earth with a Flat-Earther, it's a waste of everyone's time.

I am not stopping you from discussing it (that to me would be gatekeeping), I am simply not interested in being part of your discussion.