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Note: I realized that I forgot to include the recommended levels for the prior chapters after the Great Wasteland. The Veil and the Flame and the Sunken City of Anan'Thul are intended for 5th or 6th level characters who should gain a level by the end of the respective chapters; the Enchanted...

Chapter 3: People of the Magocracy From Dragon #366, illustrated either by Anne Stokes or Wayne England Humans: In prior Ages, elves were the race most associated with the practice of arcane magic. There have always been human mages, although the predominance of Istar during the Age of...

Chapter 2: Society & Culture The Gardens of Eden by Guillermo Martínez Unlike the other official alternate timelines, the divergence point from conventional history happens much earlier, actually taking place 60 years before the Cataclysm via the appointment of Marwort the Illustrious as the...

Magocracy of Ansalon: Political High Magic Wizard King by Joe Russano Introduction The River of Time is not purely linear, its entirety running from a single beginning to end. It splits and forks, creating countless possible realities of unrealized futures. The Dragonlance Legends trilogy...

I don't think I'd want to drink something called "dragon's milk," especially since it comes from a non-mammalian creature. :(

Chapter 4 Note: Thanks to a helpful person on the Sands of Doom playtest Discord, I noticed that the earlier text about the Ankh of Life not being capable of resurrecting Aru or those with their divine blood is a bit of a plot hole. For as Lord Ammu also bears that blood, the Ankh shouldn't have...

This chapter is mostly exploration and combat with some potential non-combat roleplay elements. Anan’Thul was a particularly magnificent city in the Anubian Empire, serving as a hub for magical artisans constructing great works. While future scholars believed that it was the birthplace for the...

Tales of the Caliphate Nights is quite detailed, and it does introduce a number of non-combat minigames and subsystems to encourage alternative playstyles than violent dungeon-delving common to D20 fantasy. For example, there are rules for running court trials, debates, even rules-lite "framed...

This chapter also takes place in Al'Kirat, although is significantly shorter due to being virtually in one location. Master Zakaro is a wealthy businessman who hosts an exclusive auction of unique and expensive items every year at an event known as the Enchanted Gala. It is invitation-only, kept...

Content Warning: Grooming, Incest, Sexual Assault, Sexual Slavery. While not consisting of the majority of this post, they are major elements for both the background of this adventure and the main antagonist's motivation, and incorporates a significant amount of my ending thoughts. If any of...

Welcome to the sandbox! Literally! This open-ended chapter is balanced for 4-person parties levels 5 to 8, and details 18 landmarks throughout the region of Kirat. Not all locations are equally detailed, with some given brief writeups and others getting better detail with their own maps, events...

So I found out what's going on. Imgur has blocked access to UK visitors on their site earlier today. Sorry that this has happened for my British readers. This is also partly why I do my best to mention/link the source of images I use in order to give people a better mental image of my intended...

Thank you for letting me know. Just to see if it's a problem with Imgur in general, or this particular set of uploaded images, can you view the images in my other threads, such as this one? Or how about this one?

Phew, it took a while to make sure the stat blocks were in readable format, but I'm now done with the final chapter of Hourglass in the Sky! My Google Doc says that this project is 84 pages in its entirety, effectively the size of a full sourcebook! It was fun writing up this alternate...

Pestilence: Four Saurians of the Apocalypse by Ollie Titley Moonfallen are monsters that lived on Krynn's three moons. Starting with the death of Solinari, the destruction of these celestial bodies brought new horrors to the regions of Ansalon upon which they fell. Sealed ages ago and largely...

Chapter 7: Adversaries of the Final Years Cursebreaker Art Print by Brit K Caley on Etsy. Below are various new monsters and NPCs suitable for the Hourglass in the Sky timeline. They can also be reflavored for other timelines and settings without much work. Advocate of Chemosh is a...

Chapter 6: Gamemastering Krynnish Dark Fantasy Image taken from Darkest Dungeon While Hourglass in the Sky contains enough elements and setting lore to match the core themes of Dragonlance, there are certain aspects which require special attention. This chapter is dedicated towards focusing...

This chapter begins in one of two ways, but one thing that happens regardless of outcome is the massacre of Kunaten Keep's inhabitants by the Anubians. The PCs are intended to reach 5th level at the end of this chapter. The PCs receive the benefits of a Long Rest at the beginning of this...

The timeline only "begins" a countdown of days during Chapter 5, and that's only if using the experience point-based progression. If using milestone leveling, the Anubian army's advancement instead occurs at the Speed of Plot, or at certain experience levels. The artwork is pretty high quality...

Unlike other chapters, this one has no intended level-ups, and is designed for PCs for 4th level. It begins after the party earns a place on the Skylark, a state-of-the-art airship docked at Al'Kirat, providing them a scenic trip of 14 hours to Kunaten Keep alongside the scholar Rumbold...