D&D 5E Tyranny of Dragons is Coming! - the next storyline

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

It'll be interesting to see how they roll this out. I was saying on an earlier thread that Wizards might be best served with doing a self-contained mega-adventure in lieu of a traditional Red Box.

I'd love to see a standalone "Tyranny of Dragons" boxed set available in the Walmart games aisle, with the core D&D Next rules and info on where to go if players want more D&D.

(I realize I am largely alone in this.)

Not at all. That'd be a great way to promote the game, whatever edition it might be.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Is it an adventure for 3e, or 4e or 5e? Is it a board game? Is it a video game? A novel/series? What is it? I can't make heads or tails of it.

Not a clue. I are bumfoozled.

 

[trancejeremy]

This basically sounds like Dragonlance 2.0, specifically, War of the Lance

That didn't have the big multimedia push, but it did have some computer games to do with the modules and novels, and eventually a boardgame, sorta (DL11).

 

[DaveMage]

I think it's a cool idea.

...Except the FR connection.

 

[Plaguescarred]

Is it an adventure for 3e, or 4e or 5e? Is it a board game? Is it a video game? A novel/series? What is it? I can't make heads or tails of it.

So far, adventure and video games, as per the USA Today article; butyou can expect more news on that in the future weeks...

"The next chapter for Dungeons & Dragons will spread across multiple modern platforms, including a new tabletop adventure, and similar experiences for console video game systems and mobile devices."

 

[Plaguescarred]

The USA Today article also say;

"Players will get to battle Tiamat -- who has appeared in D&D lore as a key villain since the mid-'70s -- for the first time in an official D&D adventure."

But this is inaccurate since 4E adventure path Scales of War ended with the PCs fighting Tiamat in Last Breath of Tiamat;

"The characters travel to Tiamat’s lair in the Caverns of Fiery Splendor, where they face Tiamat’s most loyal guardians, then the Dragon Queen herself in all her five-headed might. They aren’t fighting a reflection of Tiamat, an avatar of Tiamat, an aspect of Tiamat, or anything less daunting than the actual goddess at the zenith of her power."

And also the AD&D adventure The Throne of Bloodstone also has PC clashing with Tiamat;

"The combat arena is a huge empty cavern in which Tiamat and her consorts are resting. Neither side can be surprised; battle is instantly joined with the first initiative roll."

 

[GX.Sigma]

Is it an adventure for 3e, or 4e or 5e? Is it a board game? Is it a video game? A novel/series? What is it? I can't make heads or tails of it.

Remember the whole Neverwinter thing, and the whole Rise of the Underdark thing, and the whole Sundering thing? That.

 

[Jester David]

The USA Today article also say;

"Players will get to battle Tiamat -- who has appeared in D&D lore as a key villain since the mid-'70s -- for the first time in an official D&D adventure."

But this is inaccurate since 4E adventure path Scales of War ended with the PCs fighting Tiamat in Last Breath of Tiamat;

"The characters travel to Tiamat’s lair in the Caverns of Fiery Splendor, where they face Tiamat’s most loyal guardians, then the Dragon Queen herself in all her five-headed might. They aren’t fighting a reflection of Tiamat, an avatar of Tiamat, an aspect of Tiamat, or anything less daunting than the actual goddess at the zenith of her power."

Plus Red Hand of Doom for 3e and H4 for 1e.
The latter was even set in the Realms, so Tiamat is already established in the setting.

 

[Jester David]

I'll believe the multimedia bits when I see them. The eTools were delayed, DDI was late, Neverwinter was over eighteen months late. It's going to be hard to get it done in time.

The rest just sounds like the next season of Encounters. A little extra hype but not much more.

 

[Serendipity]

But this is inaccurate since 4E adventure path Scales of War ended with the PCs fighting Tiamat in Last Breath of Tiamat;;

Thank you - I knew there had to be *someone* else who remembered that, it having only been what, four years ago?