Dragonlance Unlocked on D&D Beyond: Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen!

A couple of weeks earlier than the December 6th street date for the hardcover, Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen has been unlocked in digital format over on D&D Beyond for early access. If you have purchased a SotDQ bundle you can redeem your code at this link. If not, you can pre-order now:

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[dave2008]

Go to your purchase email and get your code to unlock it early.

Yikes - I am terrible with saving emails. Hopefully I can find it!

 

[Demetrios1453]

Yikes - I am terrible with saving emails. Hopefully I can find it!

Same here, luckily I only purchased it last week, so my email was easy to find, thankfully.

 

[Demetrios1453]

Verminaard is already in Abanasinia, leaving Kansaldi to attack Kalaman, which does indicate this is later in 351 AC.

And to clarify this a bit, this means that this adventure is contemporaneous with Dragons of Autumn Twilight, so, if you were one of the ones worried about it, Goldmoon can still be the first true cleric, although the characters in this adventure are at the same time or shortly afterwards.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

Ah, so the Lunar Sorcery schools from the preview did have a misprint.

Full Moon. Abjuration and divination spells

New Moon. Enchantment and necromancy spells

Crescent Moon. Illusion and transmutation spells

Also, the High Sorcery feats are pretty neat - you get one extra spell and a free daily spell slot to cast it for each you take (1st level for the first one, and 2nd level for whichever of the second group you choose). They definitely steer you towards certain schools, mirroring the Lunar Sorcery subclass - Black Robes to necromancy and enchantment, Red Robes to illusion and transmutation, and White Robes to abjuration and divination - although you're not forced that way if you don't want to. Also, while there aren't any strict alignments for them, the descriptions of both the Orders and the gods they follow very strongly indicate the alignments that each group has...

Edit. Actually, it's a cantrip and two 1st level spells that you get for free with the first feat (and each can be cast for free once a day). Very nice.

wait I just realized... can you take multi feats for the robes? can rastline take the red robe feat at level 4 and the black robe at level 8 and have BOTH?

 

[overgeeked]

And to clarify this a bit, this means that this adventure is contemporaneous with Dragons of Autumn Twilight, so, if you were one of the ones worried about it, Goldmoon can still be the first true cleric, although the characters in this adventure are at the same time or shortly afterwards.

Weird. I thought the lead designer said this was months or years before the first book in one of the video interviews.

 

[Demetrios1453]

wait I just realized... can you take multi feats for the robes? can rastline take the red robe feat at level 4 and the black robe at level 8 and have BOTH?

No, the first level feat requires you to choose one of the moons only, and the prerequisite for the 4th level feat states which moon you have chosen. There's some wiggle room with the 1st level one, though, they probably should do an errata clarification that it can only be taken once.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

And to clarify this a bit, this means that this adventure is contemporaneous with Dragons of Autumn Twilight, so, if you were one of the ones worried about it, Goldmoon can still be the first true cleric, although the characters in this adventure are at the same time or shortly afterwards.

it also means you can ignore her and say your PCs are first if you want... and if you want years later can even argue who got it first

 

[Demetrios1453]

Weird. I thought the lead designer said this was months or years before the first book in one of tge video interviews.

Not sure where he got that, it's pretty clear from the timeline in the book (which gives dates) that it's later in 351 AC.

 

[dave2008]

Same here, luckily I only purchased it last week, so my email was easy to find, thankfully.

I can't find it I guess I will reach out to the support team?

 

[Demetrios1453]

Heh, at the very end, after the party is victorious, they receive a mysterious letter, obviously from Kitiara (it's sealed in blue wax), that states the writer will be watching them and that the Dragon Queen will still be victorious.