Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen AMA

[Reynard]

It is fascinating to me that people still care about the timeline of events, especially relative to Goldmoon. It doesn't seem relevant to the events of this adventure in any way, so why the concern?

 

[Velderan]

Something worth noting because it's been discussed in multiple threads at this point: I don't feel like there's actually been a shift in how the different colored robes are organized. While it's true there isn't a mechanical requirement to be an evil alignment to take the "Adept of the Black Robes" feat, the book clearly says you follow Nuitari and he is listed under the Gods of Evil section as being the god of evil magic. That naturally should weed out good or neutral aligned characters from following an evil god. Solinari and Lunitari are described similarly, so personally I think the impression that the feats were some huge departure from the previous presentation is a bit inaccurate.

Edit: Also worth mentioning there isn't a mechanical requirement to be good aligned to take the Squire of Solamnia feat, so there's that too.

 

[Velderan]

It is fascinating to me that people still care about the timeline of events, especially relative to Goldmoon. It doesn't seem relevant to the events of this adventure in any way, so why the concern?

Yep, the book is vague enough that it can literally be whatever each table wants. YMMV, but skimming through the book I'm pretty impressed with the job WotC did in trying their best to respect the source material while bringing things mechanically up to date with the PHB and not excluding more than they absolutely had to.

 

[dave2008]

It is fascinating to me that people still care about the timeline of events, especially relative to Goldmoon. It doesn't seem relevant to the events of this adventure in any way, so why the concern?

I understand what people are concerned about, it is just not something that concerns me. I don't really care to much about the lore from the novels. The game and its lore takes precedence to me.

 

[Reynard]

I understand what people are concerned about, it is just not something that concerns me. I don't really care to much about the lore from the novels. The game and its lore takes precedence to me.

Yeah, once a setting, any setting, hits the table I consider everything canon tenuous at best. Even settings I really care about, like Middle Earth, are subject to change if it makes for a better game. And when you are talking about something like DL, which is a corporate owned shared world in the first place, demanding fidelity to lore is even less reasonable IMO.

EDITTED for thumbs

 

[Reynard]

@MonsterEnvy Are there any examples of good or neutral Draconian NPCs in the adventure?

 

[overgeeked]

It is fascinating to me that people still care about the timeline of events, especially relative to Goldmoon. It doesn't seem relevant to the events of this adventure in any way, so why the concern?

In my case it’s because I view myself as a visitor. I don’t have a history of Dragonlance fandom. I don’t know the lore. I don’t mind changing things a bit here and there, but I‘d rather make those choices intentionally from a place of knowledge rather than accidentally from ignorance. Plus, I don’t want to step on long-time fans’ toes if they happen to sit at my table. Moving the start of the module to keep the lore intact is trivial. So, better to do that than blunder into a problem.

 

[ko6ux]

How have the backgrounds feats / changed since the second UA?

 

[overgeeked]

Yeah, once a setting, any setting, hits the table I consider everything canon tenuous at best. Even settings I really care about, like Middle Earth, are subject to change if it makes for a better game. And when you are talking about something like DL, which is a corporate owned shared world in the first place, demanding fidelity to lore is even less reasonable IMO.

EDITTED for thumbs

I have the opposite opinion but for the same reason. I think playing within the boundaries of the lore often makes for a better game. It’s the lore that defines this place as Dragonlance and it’s the lore that separates it from Dark Sun or Middle Earth. Chuck enough of the lore and the settings become indistinguishable. I like dealing with the adversity and challenge of the setting. That’s what makes a given setting fun. Having no clerics in Dragonlance before a certain point and playing before that point makes for a fun challenge to overcome.

 

[Maxperson]

It is fascinating to me that people still care about the timeline of events, especially relative to Goldmoon. It doesn't seem relevant to the events of this adventure in any way, so why the concern?

Because it's still part of the world as a whole. The adventure doesn't exist in a white room. It exists as part of the world of Krynn which includes the Goldmoon timeline.