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

When starting a new adventure, it's a good idea to get on the same page as your party. Here's how to run a session zero for the upcoming Dragonlance adv...

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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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[Scribe]

I want a DL setting with less alignment ties to PCs and the balance thing to make a little more sense and not to feel like the good gods are doing evil (and the ability to play kender as written without ALSO being a jerk)

Then reskin what you already have, because thats what you are doing. Without Alignment, Gods, Restriction, and Kender what is it you are looking for that you dont have?

Heck, is this just another Monster Manual issue? If you dont want restrictions, drop them. Its your table, and you have other settings where Alignment is already minimalized.

 

[Tales and Chronicles]

It feels half-baked.

Wait 'til you find out the main currency of the setting is steel pieces!

DL bask in epicness and huge drama...but its far from tightly written piece of world building. The setting is tinted with the authors' vision of the world where the Gods are worshipped because they are Gods and that's that. Same with their idea of ''Balance''. Or the Mage Orders. Or the Kenders. They work because the authors said so; that's canon, even if it makes no real sense.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Then reskin what you already have, because thats what you are doing. Without Alignment, Gods, Restriction, and Kender what is it you are looking for that you dont have?

Heck, is this just another Monster Manual issue? If you dont want restrictions, drop them. Its your table, and you have other settings where Alignment is already minimalized.

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i can, the more I have to house rule the less I am intrested in the setting

 

[Micah Sweet]

yes, and the closer it gets the more likely i am to buy it... the new white robe hints it may be close enough

Glad WotC is catering to your needs then.

 

[Scribe]

i can, the more I have to house rule the less I am intrested in the setting

I hear you on that! Just one more book for me to ignore on the slow march to them ruining Planescape and me walking away for good.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

It feels half-baked.

that's the thing, some people like it that way and some are asking for the reimagined setting to just bake more in

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Glad WotC is catering to your needs then.

me too

 

[Micah Sweet]

that's the thing, some people like it that way and some are asking for the reimagined setting to just bake more in

But from a different kind of bread, it seems to me.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I hear you on that! Just one more book for me to ignore on the slow march to them ruining Planescape and me walking away for good.

i;m sorry. I am a BIG 4e fan so I can understand that going away from what you want kind of sucks... but since this is moving closer to what I want I can only feel so sorry,

 

[Scribe]

i;m sorry. I am a BIG 4e fan so I can understand that going away from what you want kind of sucks... but since this is moving closer to what I want I can only feel so sorry,

Its never good enough for folks to have what they want, they have to remove what some of us are looking forward to.

Yeah, I got you, no worries.