Alright everyone. Knights of Solamnia, grab your lances. We are off to fight Takhisis and her draconian armies, just in time to get home to the Inn of the Last Home and have some of Otik’s spiced potatoes. #dnd pic.twitter.com/wR7F7mrawB
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
We things to get out of the way:
1. This is a first look. I have not opened the books yet. We’ll see it together for the first time and I’ll highlight what seems cool to me. Like that big box does.
2. These review copies were provided by @Wizards_DnD.
3. I am excite. pic.twitter.com/BLXFwKCdH5
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Alright. Let’s start with the standard cover book. Here are the credits. The Dragonlance OGs are thanked. pic.twitter.com/t6Wtz6y4C1
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
This art is great. Much more evocative than I expected based on some preview art, of I’m being honest. pic.twitter.com/EGm3hwvf47
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Your Dragonlance table of contents. This is most certainly not a campaign setting book—but we knew this. pic.twitter.com/6pogMcAI8R
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Alright. The time period is the beginning of the war of the lance. If there’s just gonna be one DL product, then this is the right choice. There’s no other time period like the WotL period. IMHO. pic.twitter.com/dF0P4Qm3Xb
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
My man. pic.twitter.com/HHg18AXg2v
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
We’re in 351 AC. War rages. pic.twitter.com/DcFlVPoEMY
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
They go a little into life in Ansalon. Enough to get a game going. pic.twitter.com/P4Gn9VcsL3
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
The book highlights two organizations. You know the ones. pic.twitter.com/HN3hmuSusP
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Feats for both those orgs. pic.twitter.com/qoXeKBR25p
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
The world is left up to you, DMs! No mention of past products that can help fill gaps. 🤷♂️ pic.twitter.com/ugyAeZygj0
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Alright, the adventure starts like other 5e advs, a flowchart, pronunciation guides, etc. pic.twitter.com/EXxuTfXREq
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
So after gods, coins, languages and a bit of history, we get into characters. Nice art! pic.twitter.com/welQbgHQve
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Tons of elves.
Hey, quick joke for my spanish speaking friends…
¿Los Kagonestis cagarán mucho en el bosque?
I’ll show myself out. pic.twitter.com/IqFFTmhKZi
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Ahh. Here’s the door to non-Krynnian races. pic.twitter.com/mMHOUXTdM5
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Kender. Created mystically from gnomes. No thievery in the stat blocks. pic.twitter.com/evkXmFAGVc
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Regional maps are pretty. pic.twitter.com/oSKsWDue4J
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Oooh. Color battlemaps. pic.twitter.com/Y2ZsYM235n
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
This looks like a @schley piece. pic.twitter.com/EEHvpCrZWD
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022
Ooh. Handy chart for traveling rough terrain. pic.twitter.com/NSH6ALSMrH
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) November 19, 2022