Dragonlance Dragonlance Adventure & Prelude Details Revealed

Over on DND Beyond Amy Dallen and Eugenio Vargas discuss the beginning of Shadow of ther Dragon Queen and provide some advice on running it.

Running a Session Zero for Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

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This epic war story begins with an invitation to a friend's funeral and three optional prelude encounters that guide you into the world of Krynn. Amy Dallen is joined by Eugenio Vargas to share some details about how these opening preludes work and some advice on using them in your own D&D games.

There is also information on the three short 'prelude' adventures which introduce players to the world of Krynn:

• Eye in the Sky -- ideal for sorcerers, warlocks, wizards, or others seeking to become members of the Mages of High Sorcery.
• Broken Silence -- ideal for clerics, druids, paladins, and other characters with god-given powers.
• Scales of War -- ideal for any character and reveals the mysterious draconians.

The article discusses Session Zero for the campaign and outlines what to expect in a Dragonlance game -- war, death, refugees, and so on.

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[GMforPowergamers]

I mean we have Good black robes right?

i hope so

 

[Maxperson]

I mean we have Good black robes right?

Do we. Where is that shown?

 

[Scribe]

Do we. Where is that shown?

Last UA I thought.

 

[Scribe]

i hope so

Nothing says "Follower of the God of Evil Magic" like a Good aligned Wizard.

 

[Veltharis ap Rylix]

Do we. Where is that shown?

Don't think we have anything official showing what has ultimately made it into the book, but the first Krynn UA had loosened restrictions for the three Adept of High Sorcery feats (non-evil for White, non-good for Black, any alignment for Red) and the revised UA that came out after they officially announced the Dragonlance book removed them entirely.

Personally, I find detaching robe color from alignment to be a potentially interesting change, but then I've made it clear that I'm not really invested in strictly adhering to past Dragonlance canon.

 

[Maxperson]

Don't think we have anything official showing what has ultimately made it into the book, but the first Krynn UA had loosened restrictions for the three Adept of High Sorcery feats (non-evil for White, non-good for Black, any alignment for Red) and the revised UA that came out after they officially announced the Dragonlance book removed them entirely.

Personally, I find detaching robe color from alignment to be a potentially interesting change, but then I've made it clear that I'm not really invested in strictly adhering to past Dragonlance canon.

I hope that changes, but at least we won't see good black robes or evil white robes if it doesn't change.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Dragons, lances, and war do seem to be all that WotC 5e has gleaned from the setting.

Maybe you should judge when the book comes out.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Nothing says "Follower of the God of Evil Magic" like a Good aligned Wizard.

I'll take that over color coded alignemnts

 

[Maxperson]

Maybe you should judge when the book comes out.

Where's the fun in that!

 

[Scribe]

I'll take that over color coded alignemnts

At the cost of logical restriction and history?

I won't even buy the book if they allow it lol