Questions tagged [hoard-of-the-dragon-queen]
For questions about the adventure Hoard of the Dragon Queen (2014) published by Wizards of the Coast. Please keep your question's title spoiler-free and use spoiler blocks in the body.
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DMs: In Rise of Tiamat, what would the metallic dragons think about PCs actions in the Hatchery? [closed]
Spoilers for Rise of Tiamat and Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Beware!
In Rise of Tiamat the council score card and adjoining text discuss the different factions reaction to how the PCs acted in the ...
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How do I determine when Adventurer's League modules take place compared to the timeline of the main campaign?
I am running the Adventurer's League Module Raiders of the Twilight Marsh for family this coming weekend, but I am not especially familiar with the Tyranny of Dragons storyline. In order to avoid ...
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What is an orb of dragon's breath?
My players have just started Rise of Tiamat and are likely to encounter a Dragonsoul in their next session.
The Dragonsoul NPC in Rise of Tiamat has an Action called "Orb of Dragon's Breath" ...
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Seeking player-oriented summary of Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Much like in this question, my players have just finished Curse of Strahd and are about to embark on Rise of Tiamat.
Rise is the second part of a two-part series, and allows that the players may not ...
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Does Tiamat rule over lesser devils?
I am in a situation where the Cult of the Dragon is in direct conversation with a bearded devil that wishes to wreak havoc on their camp. (It's a long story that I'm happy to provide details with if ...
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What magic college could I have gone to before Hoard of the Dragon Queen?
I'm joining a running campaign of HotDQ where they just finished a chapter (I don't know which, but the DM says everyone's level 4) and I'm looking for a lore-friendly magic college to be part of. I'm ...
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How does the fire damage reduction on this character work?
In Hoard of the Dragon Queen, there is a character in chapter 7, section 2 that has the following property:
I'm unsure how to correctly parse this sentence. Is this supposed to be read as the first ...
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What is the correct damage for a Dragonclaw's Scimitar?
I purchased the roll20 version of Hoard of the Dragon Queen a while ago. It includes all the monsters needed for the campaign. The roll20 version of the Dragonclaw has two attacks included:
Scimitar: ...
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When is this character relevant in Rise of Tiamat?
In Hoard of the Dragon Queen, in chapter 8 area 12 in the Developments section it is stated that:
However looking through the Rise of Tiamat adventure,
Is this simply an inconsistency or did I ...
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In the Hoard of the Dragon Queen adventure, why does the cult follow this road?
This question contains spoilers about Hoard of the Dragon Queen.
I want to know why the Cult of the Dragon took the road they took, instead of a different road that seems more logical to me.
Is ...
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Can Captain Othelstan use Tiamat's Blessing of Retribution to regain health multiple times?
Captain Othelstan's stat block (HOTDQ, p. 89) describes this benefit:
Tiamat's Blessing of Retribution. When Othelstan takes damage that reduces him to 0 hit points, he immediately regains 20 hit ...
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How many arrows is an archer expected to fire by the end of the Tyranny of Dragons pair of adventures?
Tyranny of Dragons spans two supplements:
Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Rise of Tiamat
If an archer was expected to buy all of their arrows up front, what is a reasonable estimate of how many arrows ...
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Would it take an action or something similar to activate the blindsight property of a Dragon Mask?
In the Tyranny of Dragons campaigns, there are magic items called Dragon Masks.
They also appear in this supplement (p. 4).
In particular, I'm interested to know how this property works:
Dragon ...
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Would the spell Purify Food and Drink remove physical hazards like bone shards from otherwise normal food?
In a session of the Hoard of the Dragon Queen adventure, our characters were sitting down to a campsite meal provided by the chuck wagon. Being aware that they were being hunted/stalked, the cleric of ...
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The party killed this important NPC right away: now what? [closed]
My level 2 party of 5 killed
in Greenest. What do I do?
I have thought about just running it normally but that won't work, because they each got 3,000xp making them level 4. This majorly upsets the ...
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If I am hit after I am reduced to 0 HP during this duel in the Hoard of the Dragon Queen adventure, do I take 1 or 2 death save failures?
We're playing Hoard of the Dragon Queen. During the brutal first episode, there is a duel that can take place (p. 12; spoilers in the link).
When the player loses the duel, the other participant...
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How to balance a character that stole enemy pets?
Me and my players are running Hoard of the Dragon Queen and we just reached the dragon hatchery. One of my dragonborn players reached the Drake Nursery. Through some Animal Handling check, the ability ...
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How do I make a character green using a 4th level or higher spell?
I'm running Hoard of the Dragon Queen and the party has opted to travel as merchants instead of joining the party as guards. Since I was stressing that they were noticing that
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Blue Dragon Mask and Blue Dragon Sorcerer interaction
I am building a Tiefling Dragon Sorcerer for a one shot and the DM has told everybody to choose a legendary item. I am looking at the Dragon Masks from Hoard of the Dragon Queen.
I have chosen Blue ...
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Which chapters of HotDQ are important to the overall plot of Tyranny of Dragons?
My group just finished the Curse of Strahd campaign a few weeks ago, and now I would like to run Tyranny of Dragons.
My players are level 8, so I thought that would be perfect to start with Rise of ...
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What is the nature of Tiamat's imprisonment?
Background: In HotDQ, one of my PC's is a Tiefling who grew up orphaned and wandering the Nine Hells. (I find it a little farfetched, but I'm trying not to step on people's creativity unnecessarily.) ...
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Where are the giant lizards in this chapter of Hoard of the Dragon Queen?
Hoard of the Dragon Queen indicates that there are giant lizards
The table in question contains:
but no giant lizards. I skimmed the chapter a few times and couldn't find anything more on it.
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What good options are there for this version of a classic D&D moral quandary? [closed]
In Hoard of the Dragon Queen, Module 3, the players eventually come to room 10A.
My question is... what are the players' options for dealing with the contents of this room? Some possibilities come to ...
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Hoard of the Dragon Queen hatchery cave layout
I'm running Hoard of The Dragon Queen for some friends and have hit a bit of a roadblock in map building with the dragon hatchery. The map
While I can take a guess as to how I'm supposed to lay out ...
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What is a dragonclaw?
D&D 5e's Hoard of the Dragon Queen has a creature called a "dragonclaw." It's humanoid, and it can apparently be of higher rank than a typical cultist or kobold. However, I am not finding any ...
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During D&D 5e's different design iterations, were Assassins ever different?
I am running Hoard of the Dragon Queen for my players. I am currently preparing the next session and am reading "Episode 4: On the Road". The event No Room at the Inn (page 36) mentions an encounter ...
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When does Hoard of the Dragon Queen start?
One of my players is attempting to write journal entries as session summaries, and I was wondering what date (approximate is fine), Hoard of the Dragon Queen begins.
I know from my research that the ...
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How does Hazirawn work in Hoard of the Dragon Queen? [Spoilers]
NOTE: This question contains spoilers regarding Hoard of the Dragon Queen!
I'm about to finish up running a playthrough of Hoard of the Dragon Queen. One of my player's characters prefers greatswords, ...
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Who wears the purple robes?
Hoard of the Dragon Queen features a cult whose leaders wear purple robes, but even though the adventure presents that as an important character detail, I can’t figure out from the text which ...
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How to adjust Hoard of the Dragon Queen for a 1st-level party?
TL;DR: I've already 'cheated' a lot to help the group survive the first mission, and it seems like I'll have to cheat even more if they'll make it to the Keep. Did I do something wrong? What can I do ...
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What happens when I think like a dragon?
In the Hoard of the Dragon Queen adventure, there is a unique magic item (which will go unnamed to avoid spoilers) which among other things, says that the character who wears the magic item is able to ...
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