The group having seen most of the upper levels of castle naerytar descend into the lower levels and closer to purpose of this. By anastasiasnyder ongoing updated mar 20, 2018 embed story share via email read new reading list. So i watched over the dragon but a month after he was captured by dragon hunters so i threw rocks at them and knocked them unconscious before freeing seralth. Description download dnd 5th ed hoardofthedragonqueen. Hoard of the dragon queen, episode i part 1, but that would be a form of colon cancer. Languages hoard of the dragon queen obsidian portal.
The map has received the following corrections, from top to bottom. The book is a quest for players, in which players head to the town of greenest, expecting it to be warm and welcoming, but its a bit too warm. Given its frontier character, i am thinking of placing it on the border near the estwilde, where raids would be fairly common. So my group is running hoard of the dragon queen in order to get acquainted with 5e, and we were having a lot of fun, and then we almost got murdered. The dragon queen is bills fourth novel and is the second book in his trilogy about korea, which includes daughters of the dragona comfort womans story and a planned third book. Roll20 brings penandpaper gameplay to your browser with features that save time and enhance your favorite parts of tabletop games. Its in flames, being attacked by the cult of the dragon. However, her life is turned upsidedown when her kingdom is besieged by vicious dragons and a wicked spell takes hold of her, transforming her into. The three previous chapters include greenest in flames, the bandit camp, and the dragon hatchery.
Im pretty excited to run my players through hoard of the dragon queen, but i was a little disappointed with the lack of 5 scale battle maps for the opening chapter. Running greenest in flames hoard of the dragon queen. The previous tale, the black mausoleum weighed in at just over three hundred in the mass market paperback, whereas dragon queen is twice that and a little more. Hoard of the dragon queen errata wizards of the coast. If youre planning on running hoard of the dragon queen and using miniatures, you might considering drawing the encounter locations in chapter 1 on a wet or dry erase battlemat. Here you will find tips and tricks for running your own version of this epic adventure.
In an audacious bid for power, the cult of the dragon, along with its dragon allies and the red wizards of thay, seek to bring tiamat from her prison in the nine hells to faerun. The dragon queen was a powerful depiction of the struggles of korea as a nation, long in the past and in current times. Hoard of the dragon queen by wizards of the coast a96060. To this end, they are sweeping from town to town, laying waste to all those who oppose.
Hoard of the dragon queen errata this document corrects and clarifies some text in the adventure hoard of the dragon queen. So where to place it best would be determined by the other locations. Part one of the rise of tiamat campaign, hoard of the dragon queen. Hoard of the dragon queen is the first of two books in the tyranny of dragons questline.
Princess aelwen leads a peaceful existence as the daughter of the high queen of the land of eveanor. Ive made the town affiliated with the caravan city scornubel, which is itself part of elturgard both are too far away to give aid to greenest obviously. He lives in minneapolis with his wife, whos been an innercity schoolteacher for thirtytwo years. Kera has been possessed by the evil queen liriels spirit, and aelwen has been gravely injured. While the intro states that the difficulty of the encounters can be adjusted for parties. Jan 28, 2015 ascendant campaigns can view previous versions of their pages, see what has changed and who did it, and even restore old versions. Background template hoard of the dragon queen tyranny. The changes appear in recent printings of the book, starting with the sixth printing. Amazon product listing hoard of the dragon supplement pdf. To this end, they are sweeping from town to town, laying waste to all those who oppose them and gathering a hoard of riches for their dread queen. If you plan to run hoard of the dragon queen with miniatures, here are a few suggestions on what you might use and how many youll need in chapter 1.
To this end, they are sweeping from town to town, laying waste to. Fight the war against draconic oppression in this adventure for the worlds greatest roleplaying game in an audacious bid for power the cult of the dragon, along with its dragon allies and the red wizards of thay, seek to bring tiamat from her prison in the nine hells to faerun. Before entering the faerunian pantheon, he was an elder draconic deity of good dragons, metallic dragons, wisdom, and enlightened justice justice tempered with mercy and punishment with forgiveness known by the name of xymor. Join kraxus quickblade the minotaur sorcerer, breena stonebridge the human fighter, fatima almahjalia the human ranger, sarl the slight a goliath bard, and thres cragsdaughter an elf barbarian as they combat the cult of the dragon. So a while back, when 5e just came out, a friend bought a copy of the hoard of the dragon queen campaign book. Background template hoard of the dragon queen tyranny of. When possible, the cults transforms powerful, willing evil dragons into dracoliches. Bahamut pronounced bahhahmut was the god of justice and a subservient deity to torm, god of law.
The southwestern region of the realms which would include baldurs gate, candlekeep, beregost, elturel, and most importantly greenest has a temperate climate. You can replace or augment some or all of the options in your chosen background with one or more of the elements given below. Hoard of the dragon queen and a second adventure, the rise of tiamat, pits players against tiamat publication history. The secret society known as the cult of the dragon has existed in the realms for over 400 years. Hoard of the dragon queen forgotten realms wiki fandom. In an audacious bid for power the cult of the dragon, along with its dragon allies and the red wizards of thay, seek to bring tiamat from her prison in the nine hells to faerun. I will post some thoughts later in the week about the challenges and opportunities posed when running a game online, but first i wanted to discuss how i approached the inaugural campaign for fifth edition dungeons. To make things easier, ive taken the map of greenest found in the adventure and overlaid a grid to use as a reference for drawing. This article continues our journey through the hoard of the dragon queen adventure module for the 5th edition of dungeons and dragons. In an audacious bid for power, the cult of the dragon, along with its dragon allies and. Weve taken up the task of running hoard of the dragon queen, and we have a bigger party than ever before. Starting hoard of the dragon queen last week i started to run hoard of the dragon queen for a new group of players online. Looked into fantasy grounds and discovered what a cash hole that is. To this end, they are sweeping from town to town, laying waste to all those who oppose them and.
I newbie gm will be running the 1st episode of hotdq for a party of 6. They were feathery, a trait unique among dragons, and a frost blue that faded into dazzling white. Prepping and running hoard of the dragon queen, the first part of tyranny of dragons took a bit of work on my part. It sat off to the side gathering dust while we completed a homebrew campaign, until, one day when rifling through his sourcebooks, we decided wed. The cults main activities include serving as an intelli. Aug 30, 2015 explore jonskinner42s board hoard of the dragon queen on. Players can create characters and participate in any adventure. The two harpers we meet, an elven bard and a halfelven monk, would fit in pretty well in the legion of steel. Along the sword coast it depicts neverwinter, leilon.
The dragon can then fly up to half its flying speed. Hoard of the dragon queen by wolfgang baur goodreads. Sep 14, 2014 starting hoard of the dragon queen last week i started to run hoard of the dragon queen for a new group of players online. Hoard of the dragon queen is an adventure module for the 5th edition of the dungeons. Diehard gamefan said that overall, horde for the dragon queen is a great corelease to go. Running greenest in flames hoard of the dragon queen, part. The map extends from the endless ice sea and the spine of the world in the north including icewind dale, mirabar, and luskan. Dec 08, 2016 weve taken up the task of running hoard of the dragon queen, and we have a bigger party than ever before. The hoard of the dragon queen online supplement has been released fight the war against draconic oppression in this adventure for the worlds greatest roleplaying game. Review of hoard of the dragon queen rpgnet d20 rpg game. How difficult have you found horde of the dragon queen. If your group is larger or smaller, you can adjust the adventures difficulty by reducing or increasing the number of enemies present in a given encounter. The picture is your dragon form 15 years later it was a stunning day, the temperature was fair, not one cloud graced the blue sky as a golden sun shined gently on your skin.
Im working on a few supplement maps that represent. I said keeping out some pieces like the dragon relic and how i was now the dragon queen. By wolfgang baur and steve winter wizards of the coast. Fight the war against draconic oppression in this adventure for the worlds greatest roleplaying game. Hoard of the dragon queen was released on august 14, 2014 as part of the fantasy storyline called tyranny of dragons, which launched alongside the new edition and is told through game supplements, video games, and other outlets. The primarily human membership seeks to elevate evil dragonkind to rule all of toril as its dominion. The best indication for what month it is when hoard of the dragon queen begins is the information provided regarding greenests mill. So hoard of the dragon queen is the first of the two adventures to have been released after 5e came out last year, but it is also sadly somewhat problematic in both its encounter design and unfortunately, its editing. Your eyes were closed as you dozed peacefully, wings outstretched below you comfortably. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. See more ideas about dungeon maps, fantasy map, tabletop rpg maps.
Like these previous articles, this article is packed with spoilers for this. First a bit of background info the first chapter of hoard of the dragon queen sees the party arriving in greenest in time to see the cult of the dragon and their allies attack the town. Thus far i have been a very big fan of the previous adventures intended for use with the playtest rules. Carried over to today, with americans negotiations, the message is conveyed in a most unusual way. In this story a strong dragon queen emerges, with wonderful ideals and many struggles to overcome adversity. It sat off to the side gathering dust while we completed a homebrew campaign, until, one day when rifling through his sourcebooks, we decided wed take the chance to run it. Each creature in that line must make a dc 19 dexterity saving throw, taking 66 12d10 lightning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. Running hoard of the dragon queen episode 1 rpg roll tables.
I was thinking i could stick to the milestone mechanic, combined with making some monsters a bit tougher say, out of the 8 kobolds, have 23 be winged kobolds, for example. Very minor hoard of the dragon queen spoilers ahead. After the conclusion of the playtest releases, murder in baldurs gate and legacy of the crystal shard were both great campaign settings. The dragon exhales lightning in a 90foot line that is 5 feet wide. Im working on a few supplement maps that represent generic spots in the first town. Monsters the section collects the stat blocks for those monsters referenced in the hoard of the dragon queen. After fighting our way into the keep, we take a short rest and receive the mission to take the secret exit and find a cultist to bring back for interrogation.
Factions of hoard of the dragon queenrise of tiamat good guys the harpers legion of steel pretty similar groups in ethos and outlook, though the legion of steel is more martial. Sep 16, 2017 so a while back, when 5e just came out, a friend bought a copy of the hoard of the dragon queen campaign book. This map was included in the hoard of the dragon queen adventure module and includes from the sword coast to anauroch in the east. Tyranny of dragons below is a background template that applies to any background that you select or create. How large shoudl the part played it once at a pick up my experience is its more cheap than hard. The fifth book in the dragon series by stephen deas, dragon queen is certainly value by weight of pages. Aug 08, 2014 the hoard of the dragon queen online supplement has been released. Hoard of the dragon queen, they should be 7th or 8th level and ready to continue with the rise of tiamat. Taking the spot as the first officially published dungeons and dragons 5th edition adventure excluding lost mines of phandelver included in the the dungeons and dragons starter set, hoard of the dragon queen has a lot of pressure on it. Locations in hoard of the dragon queen greenest could be any manor holding anywhere on ansalon. At long last, here is the complete set of all horde of the dragon queen encountercampaign maps in one bundle.