Dragonlance D&D Game Blog

If you've been following along with the various game sessions and specifically the last Dragon Island session ( here ), then the start of this entry may seem a little jarring. Here's the real world story. In real life, one of the players, Eric (who played the kender thief Theo) was leaving town. He was starting law school out of state and would be leaving on a fixed date. I had planned for this adventure to be the capstone for the first campaign arc, and I was eager to wrap the adventure and the arc in the available time left. It seemed right that Eric, who had been a long time player (second only to Mike in seniority) should see the end of all the hard work they and their characters had put in to the game. Unfortunately, more real world events got in the way and I ended up not having the number of sessions that I thought I would. Still wanting to make this finale take place before Eric left for law school, I borrow the trope of the black-out time jump that would take the P...

After having gone to the city of Dun Eamon to resupply and rest, the party returned to the temple ruins to confront the demonic red dragon lurking below. The party cautiously crept though the same passages and hallways they previously explored. In short order they found themselves in the same open hallway where they first encountered the dragon. Initially it seemed as if the dragon may have left this lair. Exploring the far end of the passage, they found a door that was all but falling off it's ancient hinges and singed from various fires and covered in huge gaping gouges in the heavy wood. Peering inside, the floor seemed to be covered from wall to wall in coins, silver bars, gems and all manner of treasures. The appearance of what clearly looked like the dragon's horde put everyone on edge... the beast was still here somewhere. They didn't have long to ponder that question before the hall filled with the rushing air and flapping wings of a large red dragon. As it passed ...

As I mentioned in passing in the last game session ( "A Different Keep on the Borderlands - Part 4" ), in my version of Dragonlance , which I like to think of as Krynn 616 , there's more than just the gods of light, darkness, and balance in the celestial makeup. I've also included lesser beings, such as demons and devils . These lesser beings are very rarely hinted at in the novels; I'm only aware of one book, Lord Toede , which makes mention of devils. So in adding this new layer to the setting, I came up with a bit of history to explain how these new beings all fit in with the established history, which in this case dates all the way back to the Age of Starbirth . As part the All Saints War, there were many other beings fighting in this celestial war. At the end of the war, many of the lesser beings were NOT elevated to deities as they had hoped (or been promised). As a result they became the following: The Fallen. These beings comprise the warriors who fough...