D&D 5E Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen Trailer

WotC has released a trailer for December’s Shadow of the Dragon Queen, an adventure for character levels 1-10.

 

[Stormonu]

There’s also the point, if we’re sticking to canon that the campaign should never actually see a Dragonlance.

If there’s no long downtimes, yeah - other than ones found stored/frozen in ice like the original modules. If months pass as part of the campaign, Theros does start manufacturing them so they’d show up in the late part of the campaign, when the north & south resistance forces start linking up.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Where did it say PCs can play clerics and druids?

The WotC guy EXPLICITLY said PCs could be Clerics/Druids in the video.

In fact the general message was that the PCs could play any race/class in D&D, though we'll see what the actual suggestions are when it releases.

 

[Jiggawatts]

You consider things like The Wiz to be "repugnant"?

I don't see that as analogous. This is more like if they took the original 1939 Wizard of Oz film and edited it to make a bunch of changes then rereleased it as a the same product. I have no problem if someone wants to take Dragonlance and give tribute to it in a new product. Warcraft essentially did this from Warhammer and spawned an entire new large fantasy franchise. Homages are fine, cutting up the film is not.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

There is supposed to be a short intro adventure about the reintroduction of Clerics if one of the party is playing one.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I don't see that as analogous. This is more like if they took the original 1939 Wizard of Oz film and edited it to make a bunch of changes then rereleased it as a the same product. I have no problem if someone wants to take Dragonlance and give tribute to it in a new product. Warcraft essentially did this from Warhammer and spawned an entire new large fantasy franchise. Homages are fine, cutting up the film is not.

It's not the same as the original adventures/novels, it's taking place in an area the party there did not visit.

 

[Hussar]

If there’s no long downtimes, yeah - other than ones found stored/frozen in ice like the original modules. If months pass as part of the campaign, Theros does start manufacturing them so they’d show up in the late part of the campaign, when the north & south resistance forces start linking up.

Isn’t this supposed to start three uears before DL1? It was some time after DL 1 that they find the lances and then quite some time after that before production.

Unless this module covers about five years it should not have Dragonlances.

So nope. No Dragonlances in a Dragonlance campaign. Not if we follow canon.

 

[Jiggawatts]

There is supposed to be a short intro adventure about the reintroduction of Clerics if one of the party is playing one.

It will be interesting to see how deftly such is handled.

 

[Stormonu]

Isn’t this supposed to start three uears before DL1? It was some time after DL 1 that they find the lances and then quite some time after that before production.

Unless this module covers about five years it should not have Dragonlances.

So nope. No Dragonlances in a Dragonlance campaign. Not if we follow canon.

I’m pretty sure if they don’t outright change Theros manufacturing the lances some time during the adventure, the PCs will run across a old cache stored away somewhere from the first Dragon war, even if it’s a one-off item like the broken lance in Icewall or the one from Derkin’s tomb. We’ll see them in the adventure in some form.

 

[Fifth Element]

I don't see that as analogous. This is more like if they took the original 1939 Wizard of Oz film and edited it to make a bunch of changes then rereleased it as a the same product.

1. The 1939 Wizard of Oz is not "the original." There were at least two film adaptations of the story before it. Most people think of it as the original because it's the only one they're familiar with. Which fits into my overall point rather nicely.

2. Your description of the upcoming Dragonlance book is entirely incorrect. It's not being released as 'the same product', it's a completely different story than the original modules.

 

[Pentallion]

Finding a cache of ancient dragonlances, meh, I can live with it I suppose. Introducing clerics before Goldmoon or allowing dragonborn?
I'll be holding off on my purchase until I find out what's up.
Is this a product made by creatives with love and respect or just a money grab made by suits with no talent preying on nostalgia?