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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[Micah Sweet]

Also loses a lot of its rationality in an explicitly polytheistic setting.

Since Ao exists in FR (and the Highgod in DL), I've never really seen either as truly polytheistic.

 

[Micah Sweet]

For the record, I support the idea of a group that hates the gods in DL and thinks all of them are evil for causing the Cataclysm. If such an organization was described in the new book, or any setting book, I think that would be pretty cool. Different points of view are great.

There's room in the setting for adding stuff like that without changing the existing lore.

 

[Velderan]

I would like to see more done with gods + followers other than Paladine, Takhisis and the 3 gods of magic. Many could not name more than a couple of others and describe them.

Agreed. If SotDQ does well enough and WotC is intent on sticking with the War of the Lance era, the minotaur would be interesting to see explored further in a sourcebook. They typically worship Sargonnas so that would be new largely fresh material to cover.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Agreed. If SotDQ does well enough and WotC is intent on sticking with the War of the Lance era, the minotaur would be interesting to see explored further in a sourcebook. They typically worship Sargonnas so that would be new largely fresh material to cover.

My favorite heritage in DL.

 

[Velderan]

My favorite heritage in DL.

I was disappointed minotaur didn't make it into SotDQ. You could argue they wouldn't fit in a Solamnic campaign in the early War of the Lance days, but then how do you explain elves being a presence? If I were running SotDQ and had a player ask to play a Krynnish minotaur, I'd just use the MP:MotM stats and let them explain why their character made it to Solamnia. They're sailors and Kalaman is a port so it wouldn't be that hard.

 

[Remathilis]

Adding Fuel to the fire

 

[Micah Sweet]

Adding Fuel to the fire

I see zero problem with any of this. In fact I posited upthread (I think it was this thread) the idea of multiple attempts to stave off the Cataclysm.

Setting done more or less right, surprisingly.

 

[Scribe]

I see zero problem with any of this. In fact I posited upthread (I think it was this thread) the idea of multiple attempts to stave off the Cataclysm.

Setting done more or less right, surprisingly.

Yep, just a shame they didnt have the sense to keep even the most minor of restrictions on the Orders, otherwise this is a slam dunk to me.

 

[DarkCrisis]

Adding Fuel to the fire

No one knows who the first new Paladine Cleric was. Nothing has been written about it! Not even chapters in a novel that was a best seller.

 

[Micah Sweet]

No one knows who the first new Paladine Cleric was. Nothing has been written about it! Not even chapters in a novel that was a best seller.

That part was pretty funny, but I assume it was an errant comment.