Dragonlance Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen shows up in the wild!

[pukunui]

I think it's time to accept that the target market for this book isn't diehard / longtime DL fans. It's more for casual fans, who may only be familiar with the Chronicles trilogy, and new players, who know nothing about Krynn. It's an introduction to the setting via an adventure that focuses on the theme of war.

 

[Weiley31]

The 3e book also had a lot more races in it, including ogres, half-ogres, idra, minotaurs, centaurs, and both baaz and kapak draconians.

If someone who only has the 5e book wants to play a big tough strong race, they're outta luck unless the DM allows for a non-native race. And a lot of people like playing big tough strong races.

Unless there's a section that points them at MPMM for minotaurs and centaurs goliaths (reskinned as ogres) and tells them to reskin dragonborn, of course. But other 5e books have been pretty good so far at keeping all the available options in either the setting book or the PHB, not telling people they have to use a third book in order to play the setting properly.

You could also refluff the Firbolg as Ogre Mages.

 

[Reynard]

You can make an assumption. AD&D modules used to do that all the time.

Yeah, that's not a point in their favor. There's a reason there are very few beloved 2E adventures.

 

[Morrus]

There's a reason there are very few beloved 2E adventures.

What?

 

[Reynard]

Spoiler

Soth is a Death Knight so he is guaranteed to survive the adventure as he can only truly die if he repents and tries to atone, which he won’t do unless the DM wants to make Wild changes

"Guarantee." Lol.

 

[darjr]

I think it's time to accept that the target market for this book isn't diehard / longtime DL fans. It's more for casual fans, who may only be familiar with the Chronicles trilogy, and new players, who know nothing about Krynn. It's an introduction to the setting via an adventure that focuses on the theme of war.

A dear friend of mine who wouldn’t stop talking about Dragonlance since the first book was published and has probably mentioned it occasionally ever since, would disagree

 

[darjr]

What?

Yea, they were not received well by quite a lot of folks.

Also big big chunks of the OSR would point at them as being the BEGINNING OF THE END of old school play.

 

[pukunui]

A dear friend of mine who wouldn’t stop talking about Dragonlance since the first book was published and has probably mentioned it occasionally ever since, would disagree

It is possible to enjoy something for which you are not the target market.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

Yeah, that's not a point in their favor. There's a reason there are very few beloved 2E adventures.

The DL ones which featured Soth were 1e, and had many assumptions.

 

[darjr]

It is possible to enjoy something for which you are not the target market.

Well, I’m just going to have to say he absolutely is part of the target market, and unfortunately just leave it at that.