Questions tagged [dragonlance]
For questions about the Dragonlance campaign setting created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR into a series of fantasy novels. Dragonlance was originally created for AD&D and later used in several related series of novels, and eventually officially adapted to D&D 3rd edition. It is set on the world of Krynn.
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Do dragons that act in opposition to their species alignment experience physical changes that reflect it?
To clarify there are Chromatic Dragons which are always evil and Metallic Dragons which are always good but lets assume that a silver dragon started acting evil. Would the silver dragon have their ...
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Are there any mechanical implications of the laws imposed by the gods of magic in Dragonlance setting?
During the Second Dragon War, three elven mages unleashed the incommensurable and deep magic power of Krynn for fighting dragons and their armies. This led to victory, but also to immense destruction ...
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Is the moons' influence on spellcasting balanced for a Dragonlance campaign?
I am about to DM Shadow of the Dragon Queen and I have almost finished reading the manual, to get the general idea of the adventure. To be honest, I feel that the setting depicted here does not feel ...
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Who is pictured on the cover of Dragonlance Adventures?
Who are the characters depicted on the cover of the Dragonlance Adventures hardcover?
The painting was done by Jeff Easley, and I'm pretty sure it's depicting Tanis taking the crown from Emperor ...
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In Dragonlance, what color is goblin blood?
In the Dragonlance setting of D&D, what color is goblin blood?
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Dragon Rider PRC question (DragonLance Campaign Setting)
Dragon Rider PRC (DragonLance)
Does the the bonus hit dice your dragon gains also apply to his age and/or size going up as well? IE: say a 17HD copper dragon (Large, Young Adult) get to apply his 8 ...
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To increase its power, can one dragon cannibalize another dragon?
In the Dragonlance novel Dawning of a New Age, a dragon kills another dragon and consumes the dead dragon's essence to become more powerful. Is this process supported mechanically in D&D 3.5e?
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Who owns the Dragonlance intellectual property?
This answer states that Margaret Weis "owns" Dragonlance, and that she "won the rights to Dragonlance in a court battle." Is this accurate? I could not find any details of such a court battle, or ...
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Who is the High God?
Spelljammer indicates Krynn (world of the Dragonlance setting) exists in a shared universe with the rest of D&D.
Krynnspace is a crystal sphere containing the world Krynn
Astinous (Krynn’s most ...
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In the Dragonlance setting, what is the Cataclysm?
It appears the event is central to the Dragonlance setting as it informs the calendar; early years appear annotated “pre-Cataclysm” (PC). Example year 5000PC.
What is the cataclysm, how did it come to ...
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Is there any published material regarding the Dragonlance campaign setting in D&D 5th edition?
I'm thinking of running a game using the Dragonlance setting (Krynn) but, at the same time, using the 5th edition system.
Has any material been published that includes information on Dragonlance in ...
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Materials for a post War of the Lance campaign
Soon we will be starting a DragonLance campaign, and we have settled on the post War of Lance, around a year after the official end of the war. The problem I have is that there are barely any ...
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What is the name of this book with an adventure on the backside?
I'm trying to find a book again that I had decades ago. It was a book for the Dragonlance setting. It had a map on the backside with the city, the inn from the first novel, and the surrounding area. ...
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Does the Dragonlance setting feature angels, demons and planes?
Years past I read the novels and many setting books for Dragonlance. I never stumbled upon any of these but as I got asked by one player:
Does Krynn feature any angels or demons or devils?
And hand ...
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As of 5E, is Fistandantalus dead?
The Sword Coast Adventurers Guide lists "the deathless wizard Fistadantalus" as a possible candidate for the Undying (an alternative patron for the warlock class) yet the Dragonlance wiki ...
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What is the title of this Dragonlance Adventure partly set on one of Krynn's moons?
I read a description of this in a pamphlet describing the various D&D settings that came out in 1998. But I no longer remember the title.
The module in question was a Dragonlance adventure, and ...
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What's a good build for a goliath sniper in Dragonlance?
I'm new to dnd-3.5e, and I'd like my PC to be a goliath sniper. I'd like to optimize my PC for dealing damage at long range. Spotting things far away and being able to hide I assume are kind of ...
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Where can I find a list of all Domains available?
I am working on making a Mystic in a 3.5e campaign and at first level you get to select a domain. Does anyone know where I can find a full list of every domain available to a Mystic? We are using ...
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Are the 3.5e Dragonlance books third party or official works?
When 3rd edition rolled around, Wizards of the Coast handed the maintenance of the Dragonlance setting to Sovereign Press, the printing company owned by Dragonlance co-founder Margaret Weis. They ...
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How can I outfit the Caves of Chaos to fit contextually with the Dragonlance setting? [closed]
I have been tasked with running The Keep on the Borderlands adventure module. Although it is normally set in Greyhawk, I’m interested in placing the adventure in a Dragonlance campaign setting, in the ...
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Are there different planes of existence in Dragonlance?
Throughout editions, there has been the astral plane as well as other planes. Which planes are in the Dragonlance setting?
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What are domains in dragonlance?
I’m starting to look at other settings than Forgotten Realms and am interested to know how domains function in the Dragonlance fiction. I saw this question and it mentions Dragonlance domains and its ...
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Do minotaurs from Dragonlance eat human flesh?
Do minotaurs from Dragonlance eat human flesh? I am interested in running one from that setting who ended up in a different realm (through Spelljammer shenanigans) and I was wondering what their views ...
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What Book was the Kender god detailed in?
In which book for 3.5e DnD was the god of the kender described?
obviously it is in one of the Dragonlance books.
I remember reading somewhere the kender god was a really chill dude who wanted ...
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How should one properly roleplay a Kender?
For my first campaign ever, we are playing 2E DragonLance. I, not content with my usual lot, chose to play a female kender handler. The first playsession went well, but reading up on kenders (from ...
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What resources would be needed to play a 2e Dragonlance campaign?
I've started playing D&D again (5e). It inspired me to look at my old gaming books and I got nostalgic for AD&D 2e. I started to reread the PHB and remembered the fun I had with Dragonlance. ...
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Krynnspace two-way gold / steel arbitrage
This question reminded me of an old issue that came up in a campaign: is there any in-universe reason that the players, armed with a Spelljamming ship, couldn't make ludicrous amounts of money ...
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How old does a Dragonlance kender have to be, to be an "adult"?
I haven't been able to find any information on this. How old does a kender have to be, to be considered as much of an "adult" as their kind ever gets?
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In the Dragonlance setting, can a dragon recognize that a player character is a wizard?
In the Dragonlance setting, can a dragon recognize that a player character is a wizard, if they are a 2nd-level wizard trying to hide that fact?
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Is the ascent to godhood of this character from Dragonlance Legends in the rules?
Reading the Dragonlance Legends trilogy,
However, since Dragonlance also was a series of D&D supplements as well as its own game, this sparked one thought:
Is this inside the rules as presented ...
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Can you use a Spelljammer ship to get to Krynn?
Following on from this (can-you-use-a-spelljammer-ship-to-get-to-ravenloft) question, I seem to remember that Krynn is similarly impossible to get to, mainly for plot reasons since no character on ...
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Could Tasslehoff Burrfoot have stolen a belt buckle without anyone noticing? [closed]
My uncle had Tasslehoff Burrfoot steal my freind's belt buckle and replace it with string before he could notice. Was this actually reasonably possible for him? What are Tasslehoff Burrfoot's stats?
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Why didn't Takhisis get Soth returned from Ravenloft during his long stint?
Does it imply that the Dark Powers are more powerful than Takhisis?
If so, then why didn't they nab Takhisis herself?
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What happens to a priest travelling from one world to another in the Prime Material Plane?
I'm working on a planeswalking campaign where the group will be travelling through several different worlds in the Prime Material Plane (i.e. from Toril to Krynn).
I'm using the AD&D Planescape ...
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How many dragons exist in Dragonlance, post War of the Lance? (e.g. 360 AC)
How many dragons of any color do you expect to exist:
in the Dragonlance setting
post War of the Lance (360 AC)
in Ansalon (not interested in Taladas, etc.)
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If a race grants "spellcasting as a 1st level sorcerer" would a prestige class that advances spellcasting classes advance these spells? [duplicate]
The racial ability in question is from the Dragonspawn.
"All spawn gain the ability to cast spells as 1st-level Sorcerers. If the base creature already possessed levels in Sorcerer, then the ...
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How can I improve damage for a 2e rogue? (Particularly a Kender handler)
I'm roleplaying a 2nd Ed. Dragonlance Kender Handler. I had no experience in roleplaying, and kender sounded like a great opportunity to do fun stuff. In particular, my hiding / sneaking stats are ...
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Is there a Beloved of Chemosh template anywhere?
For a while, I am looking for this template, but failed to find one (even unofficial). In a long time ago, Sean Everette posts to a message aobut this template in ...
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