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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[Micah Sweet]

Yeah but if we dont say the word, it allows people to make up whatever justifications and definitions they want. Which they can already do (see Monster Manual example) but you know, they need more than being told they can do it...

Clearly it needs to be in bigger letters.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

In my experience, non-evil PCs with those jobs exist because the player likes the mechanics, and being evil tends to mess with the party dynamic, so people "go along".

Of course, it doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes a player has something to prove. The old, "there is too such a thing as a good necromancer" thing. Even then, liking the mechanics and maintaining a stable party play a big role.

and again I see nothing here that rings even a little true in my experence... warlocks getting power from devil/demon but being good are a thing for 3 editions.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I assume you use milestone xp, so individual PC contributions don't matter?

I don't use milestone... we just all get xp for everything we do

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Clearly it needs to be in bigger letters.

I mean if the picture looking dark is enough for you I guess we don't NEED the word evil... so we can both be happy we get that flavor text and that picture and no alignment stuff and you can read it how you like and i can read it as I do

 

[Micah Sweet]

and again I see nothing here that rings even a little true in my experence... warlocks getting power from devil/demon but being good are a thing for 3 editions.

Its a possible PC origin. But I still find most stories in practice a little lacking. But then, I don't believe in warlocks or ckerics keeping their powers if they go against their patron.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I don't use milestone... we just all get xp for everything we do

So how do you get the same xp as someone who works harder? Its simple math.

 

[Remathilis]

True, but why wear all the trappings? You need a pretty...interesting story to be an infernal warlock with an imp familiar who's not evil. A player can play what they want, but certain job descriptions really lend themselves to dark behavior.

I'm not arguing that you're going to be the King of Fluffy Bunnies, but you can certainly play said character as a Neutral, and maybe even a tormented Good with the right story. (A warlock looking to break his infernal contract while a literal shoulder devil tempts him with evil ideas).

If the black order is about as flexible, I'll be satisfied.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Its a possible PC origin. But I still find most stories in practice a little lacking. But then, I don't believe in warlocks or ckerics keeping their powers if they go against their patron.

and I see "I will take this power and use it to stop you" is an amazing story

 

[Remathilis]

In my experience, non-evil PCs with those jobs exist because the player likes the mechanics, and being evil tends to mess with the party dynamic, so people "go along".

Of course, it doesn't have to be that way. Sometimes a player has something to prove. The old, "there is too such a thing as a good necromancer" thing. Even then, liking the mechanics and maintaining a stable party play a big role.

Or sometimes people want to play edgelords but also want to still be accepted in the party.

I say this as someone who likes tieflings, dhampirs, warlocks, necromancers, and other spooky beotchs.

 

[Micah Sweet]

Or sometimes people want to play edgelords but also want to still be accepted in the party.

I say this as someone who likes tieflings, dhampirs, warlocks, necromancers, and other spooky beotchs.

That's what I mean. If they were being honest about their character, they would be evil. You can see be evil and work with others. Evil doesn't equal stupid.