Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen | Episode 1: Prelude to War | Dungeons & Dragons Actual Play

[@PrMultivers]

A great campaign begins here, may the algorithm bless this video!

[@randomequinox]

And may you continue to bless us with your imaginative and timely memes!

[@robinsearles5771]

I'm about 5 minutes in, and I'll be binge-watching all of this. They're the third word in D&D, but literally in the first word of Dragonlance. I'm so excited to listen to this adventure!!!!!!

[@thiccboicory9964]

Love the 1 on 1 with each player before they become a party made them all feel special

[@randomequinox]

Oh wow, I don't know where to start! Kelly, your excitement and enthusiasm is just pouring out with every word and gesture! Christine, you totally brought out how Kelara is sweet, innocent and completely over her head! Chris, loving how kind and dutiful Godfrey is! Robin, I was convinced Rizira was a kender from the first time I saw her and the first time she spoke (and 'found' something). Kal, Aurontiros is so clever and mischievous! And Jen, I can't get over how you brought out-of-the-box Mage-like thinking to Hazeal! If this is what Episode 1 was like, I can't wait to see how the rest of the campaign will unfold!

[@DorkTales]

[@Grymreefer]

new sub , i played the original modules for dragonlance . i served my players spiced potatoes and ale when they went to the inn , it was so fun . playing by candlelight really set the mood .

[@TheArcaneHeathen]

Rizira is 100% on point with their kenderness I love it

[@DorkTales]

She was very delighted when I told her your comment!~

[@TheArcaneHeathen]

I haven't the pleasure of seeing a kender played since second edition many moons ago and all I can say is bravo

[@scottmefford6917]

Christine's cosplays are always incredible. But I must say Kal is pulling a close second in this one.

[@Draakhart_961]

Usually before I run a module (yet to happen due to ongoing campaigns) I tend to look for a group doing play on VOD. I am so glad to have found a group that seems to fit the general stride I like to hit in games, and particularly this module, as it's the most solid of the ones I one, at least RAW. Will be watching with great interest throughout, and what would you know, I have 3 more episodes already to check out. I thought the idea of using Levna like this (or generally, any of that list of characters) to aid in the prelude to be great! Awesome way of introducing these people and establishing a connection for later, if need be.

[@diamondjack75]

What an Amazing First Episode and Kelly is a Spectacular DM! I can't wait for the next installment!!!!

[@tammymartin7253]

good gravy. This is wonderful. I know a smidge about the setting because it was my sister's favorite set of books when we were younger. Kelly you had no reason for the gitters, it was wonderful. The first scene with Kelara getting her magic was so beautiful. The pacing of it all was just great. Christine, I just adore the wideeyed sweetness of Kelara . It is so perfect. Chris, Godfrey is such a juxtaposition from Dorlan it makes me want to stand and applaud you. Robin, Rizira is the perfect kinder. Her "finding" things is perfect. I look forward to seeing her grown. Kal, your make-up was flipping awesome . Aurontiros is clever and I look forward to more. Jen, I am so glad Kelly got you to come play DnD. Hazeal and her hammer are super fun and not what is expected from a mage. You go girl. Keep it up to you all. I am exited for more. I will try to catch some live broadcasts, but will always watch here as well. 💜💜

[@ladylilyanna797]

I'm so glad Kelara came together so well! I've been agonizing over her voice for weeks

[@neo_kal]

Thank you for the kind comments! Can't wait to see what happens next!

[@BryonAutry]

Great session guys! You killed it! So happy to see my fave D&D setting being played all over the internet, now! I'm setting up to run this adventure sometime in the near future after my Ravnica game concludes and those players are able to start anew. I am definitely using the original Death Throws for the Draconians (instead of the 5E versions) though. I feel like players having a chance to lose their weapon for a few minutes in battle is probably harsh enough without adding petrifying gas to the mix. lol

[@Reoh0z]

Off to a great start, such a talented group of people!

[@inevra4053]

The Dragonlance books were my CHILDHOOD. 20 years later, I finally got into DnD and I need, NEEEEEED to play in this setting 😭

[@QQVincent]

What a great start! I especially love how innocent Kelara is and her intro! Can't wait to see more!

[@DorkTales]

Thanks! I think it's magical how she manages to keep that going.

[@vedametheny4163]

great group and hope to see more

[@jdguitarist]

I share the same excitement and passion about Dragonlance that you described, Kelly. Your story is similar to mine. I read the novels in high school, 20+ years ago. I instantly pre ordered the campaign setting for 5e when it was available. Side note, your story/campaign introduction was pretty epic! Well done!

[@Trazelta]

I am not familiar with the Dragonlance setting, but this first episode was soooo goood! Characters were fantastic and can already feel the hooks of the story pull me in! Really looking forward to seeing how his unfolds!

[@MrZonehawk]

Dragonlance is great but don't ever have a love interest. One or both of you are toast!

[@nichalosavery4365]

I am the "forever DM" of my group and I often run my own campaigns, but once I found Dragonlance I fell in love and decided to listen to it being ran before I ran it as research. I wasn't expecting to thoroughly enjoy listening to a game that I have already read, but this game has been well run and I have thoroughly enjoyed it

[@DorkTales]

Thank you Nichalos! That means a lot to hear. I'm glad you're enjoying it and I hope your own campaign goes well!

[@TheJukeboxGamer_]

I’ve just found your amazing channel and am super excited with this campaign and everyone involved I’ve still got a lot to catch up on which means great binge watching. Thanks to you guys I’ve also discovered and began to read the Dragonlance books. Thank you to everyone for producing such great videos you’ve definitely got a sub from me 👍

[@colins6496]

Amazing first episode. I'm not aquinted with Dragonlance, this was a great introduction!

[@sabersloth7109]

Watching live was so fun! And I don't think I managed to say then so I'll say now, goosebumps for Kelara's prelude, that was just so cool to see!!! Loving Rizira, that energy, the finding things, mmm yes! Hazeal and that hammer! yes! yes! yes! Can't wait to see more! Aurontiros had me smiling, his cleverness, and....self preservation, lol. and Godfrey! Oh! Godfrey, kind and good. I can't wait to see what happens next I'm like all of the hype! (I even set an alarm for Wednesdays!)

[@DorkTales]

We can't wait to play more! And to see you there!

[@kathyevans3251]

It's off to a fantastic start.

[@DorkTales]

Thanks!

[@Hiddenmonkey10]

Started Wild Beyond the Witchlight with my group, but due to medical issues, two of my party members may not be able to play for a while, so I'm definitely going to be learning this module! It looks incredible!!!

[@thiccboicory9964]

My players finished wild beyond the witchlight and wanted to keep playing there characters so we moved them to kyrnn. Now they are working on finding the the temples I made that hold the remaining dragon lances I changed the lances to fit the players weapon choices. But still gives them the extra damage to the beast😅. They are having so much fun messing with all the races leaders in the capital meeting about the upcoming war 😂😂 note to all dms never ever let your party be involved in a meeting with lots of important npcs my God they have thrown me so many curve balls. Worth it for all the laughs

[@PindaroPena]

Kelara’s intro was fabulous!! Kiddos to the DM!!

[@ladylilyanna797]

Christine/Kelara here - I really enjoyed it! to was so spooky epic. glad to hear you enjoyed it too!

[@PindaroPena]

@@ladylilyanna797 your personification of kelara was great!! 👏🏻

[@mikebaxter9535]

I am not very versed in Dragon Lance, but that was very cool. I am looking forward to what happens from here.

[@pantheman6139]

I normally don’t comment on dnd videos, but this campaign is dope!!

[@shawnperry3533]

I love it just got my hard copy today planning on running the game in the new year. Ps I love all the costumes.

[@Somajsibere]

2:45:39 - invisible cup

[@Reoh0z]

Just drinking infinity, nothing to see here!

[@neo_kal]

Just a little prestidigitation nothing to see here

[@cmett62]

Rizira thinks she’s Rocket…… but in my Descent into Avernus Campaign we have a character playing a home-brew race called a Rashura which is a small raccoon person…. She’s a rogue and plans to multiclass artificer and she has a war forge sidekick….. so basically rocket and groot😂

[@talkingwithadam812]

This is the first video that pops up when you put in 'dragonlance actual play' Yall are even all dressed up?! This is gunna be good.

[@DorkTales]

We try!

[@domiuskatsias]

I'm so excited to see Jen play D&D after watching her in so much more. she was one of the first to welcome me to the discord lol. Here's hoping this video surpasses Witchlight because Dragonlance is just fantastic. I'm as excited as Kelly and Chris, ( and now Kai!) were to hop back into the world of Krynn. Kai also really matched his makeup well to the art of his character, for the first time to Dorktales, I'm impressed! i wonder if he had to get any pointers from Christa or the rest of the crew?

[@TheAkiliDaniels]

Aww! Thank you

[@neo_kal]

Hey thanks for the kind words! I tried to match the makeup to the character art as closely as possible, so I appreciate you noticing the attention to detail. I didn't receive any makeup pointers from Christa but I would gladly be her apprentice!

[@domiuskatsias]

@Neo Kal well you did a mighty fine job new Dorktales friend :) congrats. I wish my puttingnon makeup looked nearly as good lol

[@FallenDestinyStudios]

Absolutely loved the episode! I'm very excited about the setting coming back and looking forward to the Dork Tales interpretation. Thank you for being so inclusive and aware of social structures. I love that you relate your pronouns at the beginning. It's awesome to be able to understand your cast a bit better.

[@caileancampbell7498]

I love that Dragonlance is in 5e and that so many people are either getting back into it or just discovering it. So please understand, my criticisms are for WotC, not Dork Tales. And one of my criticisms is divine magic. This module is supposed to place before the events of Dragons of an Autumn's Twilight. Yet they've given divine magic to clerics, completely negating Goldmoon and Riverwind. They've introduced the dragonlance, completely negating the Companions finding it with the help of the Gully Dwarves. To me at least, it feels like the writers of Shadow of the Dragonqueen never read the novels. I am enjoying the show and look forward to the next episode. Unfortunately, due to my work schedule, I can only watch it on KZbin.

[@TheAkiliDaniels]

It's actually supposed to take place AFTER Dragons of Autumn Twilight and just as the story heads into Dragons of Winter Night ^_^

[@caileancampbell7498]

In the year 351 is when Dragons of an Autumn's Twilight took place. Solomnia fell in the year 349. If WotC had explained in the book that the events took place during the book Dragonsof a Winter's Night, that'd be great. But Sturm and Loralanthis would already be there trying to rally the remnants of the Knights. The metalic dragons would also have been re-introducd. On side note, Kelly, I loved that you reverted Draconian death throws back. That's one of the few things I loved about the old modules was the danger of defeating the foe was always something that made the players pause.

[@stefanjentoft8107]

Am I the only one that kept thinking that Hazeal was the Sorcerer's Apprentice and hearing the music in my mind?

[@TheAkiliDaniels]

Maybe, maybe not, but I definitely can't unhear it now XD - Jen/Hazeal

[@MrZonehawk]

Yep Robin is my favorite in this game. Also do you folks show the characters stats anywhere?

[@piouyou5697]

Wine surely ain't mead but this campaign is gonna be fire

[@PrMultivers]

It will! And Tedega you just won yourself a custom item for our next game ^^

[@vedametheny4163]

can`t wait to see the bards squares off

[@danielwhite8148]

Love it 😀

[@arandolph846]

Are you doing the whole dragonlance adventure, an abbreviated version, or just the beginning? I don't imagine the whole adventure fitting into 0-3 episodes, but I could be wrong or misunderstanding what you described yourselves as doing.

[@ladylilyanna797]

we're doing the whole module!

[@DorkTales]

The entire module and chapter-by-chapter advice videos on how we ran it! We're doing giveaways for sessions 0-3 though, which might have created some confusion.

[@arthurmartin7626]

Thank God I need something else other than the current critical roll campaign to watch. Love the 1st episode

[@vedametheny4163]

nice game

[@belist2]

I'm 32 this year. Dragonlance was my introduction to fantasy as a child. Dragonlance brought me to this stream and during the break Kelly says their watcher count is less than 100. That is a travesty. You are all too good to not have more viewers. Can I have permission to share links to your VOD?

[@davidmorgan6951]

Wow how does the elf have a passive perception of 20 at 1st level?

[@TheAkiliDaniels]

I think he has the Observant feat? Which is +5, plus proficiency (2), plus probably a wisdom modifier of +3 = 10 + the 10 you start with for passive perception

[@neo_kal]

@@TheAkiliDaniels is 100% correct Kelly and I wanted to emphasize that mystical perception that high fantasy often attributes to elves.

[@mateusds909]

A few weeks late. You all look fabulous!

[@laughingpanda4395]

Starting this campaign in a month or so. Looking for some inspiration and I'm always curious how other DMs interpret the material. Kinda harsh to destroy level 1 pcs weapons on the first combat and still keep the burst damage as the draconians die. I think I'll stick to the RAW on this one. Keeping one or the other per the draconian stat block. Still, well done and I'm excited to watch more.

[@batou8847]

My DM (PrMultivers) says he'll gives the haste spell to someone in our party if I don't comment this video. It's not going to happen. (This player has speed issues ... help) Thank you all for these videos

[@PrMultivers]

Sungye will have a Potion of Speed, realizes that burning an entire turn to run 300ft is useless on a 50 by 50 battlemap, and learn that teleportation is the true way! Or that true Speed was the friends we made along the way!

[@BlackDowry]

My players collectively decided that Ispin owed them $5.

[@DorkTales]

Not about $3.50?

[@kaimetsu1]

PrMultivers is my DM and promise me haste spell at will if I comment on this video Thanks you Dork Tales!

[@PrMultivers]

I never specified it would be the Hast spell! But yeah... That will be a potion of Speed XD

[@robertswisher6311]

No Hoopak for the Kender?

[@DorkTales]

She gets one!

[@shakostarsun]

Weird petrification scenario. The draconians explode into dust and debris when petrified.

[@Mario.1997]

Is it just me getting burning bush vibs?

[@talscorner3696]

BLUUUUUUE! FLAAAAAAME!

[@MrZonehawk]

Kal "Why am i wearing a red shirt?

[@Zr0din]

I have not seen anyone ACTUALLY play the boardgame so I hope you folks have a set up to show that.

[@shakostarsun]

20 passive perception?? Wow.

[@sirwilliam4128]

I hate being a purist. Every time I hear y’all say [mɪʃɪkɔl̩] or [mɪʃikɔl̩] it’s like nails on a chalkboard. I blame Lucy Lawless, aka Xena Warrior Princess. She said [mɪʃʌkɔl̩] first.

[@DorkTales]

Honest query, but how would you say it? I'm wondering if some of the inflected emphasis is due to our location as mostly Canadian stream on the west coast.

[@sirwilliam4128]

@@DorkTales The only reason I pronounce it (mih-shock-kle) [mɪʃʌkɔl̩] like (American English) sparkle ✨ is because Lucy Lawless pronounced it that way when she did the voice acting for Bright Moon in the animated movie for Dragon Lance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight; and, because I speak American English it takes particular circumstances to induce me to pronounce “i” as an European “i” [i]. Typically, American English words only pronounce “i” as [i] or (ee) as in tea ☕️ at the end of a word. The exception of course being assimilated words from another language.

[@sirwilliam4128]

@@DorkTales please 🙏🏼 don’t hate me for being a purist. No one is perfect.

[@jamescagley6248]

Great story. I've played the module. Attempting to watch these folks do it, but the "my pronouns are..." is really about to turn me away, by the 4 minute mark. I'll just skip past that. DEI inspires a sense of entitlement and lowering of personal and professional standards.

[@DorkTales]

I'm always puzzled why what amounts to less than fifteen seconds of being welcome to our LGBTQ+ cast and viewers is so distressing next to the literal hours of lovingly created professional grade content. Agree to disagree on matters of diversity, equity, and inclusion. It's a better party when everyone is invited. Regardless, enjoy the show. It's a dammed fine one.

[@pelmen1294]

Whats this pronoun stuff about:?

[@DorkTales]

Thanks for asking! The Dork Tales team (in addition to our loved ones and community) is full of LGBTQ+ individuals and we strive to make this the most welcoming and inclusive channel possible. However, if pronoun use isn't your thing, don't worry: it takes up about 10 seconds per episode which are followed by hours of great gaming content!

[@Azrealophion]

The need to announce pronouns is were I stop watching.

[@DorkTales]

Hey, we're not for everyone! We support our friends and loved ones in the LGBTQ+ community. While we wish you did too, we're not forcing you to do anything. However, a quick warning: if you take exception to things like pronouns, you might not love the two guys kissing on page 61.

[@christophertrost8017]

What a horrible start! GM Sins in the first half hour: 1) Slow, cold start. 2) Most players are sitting around doing nothing while the GM does a solo game with just one player. 3) The GM is telling players what their characters feel (emotionally). 4) The GM asked for a perception check when the player wasn't looking for anything. Poor Christine sat there for over 2 hours with nothing to do. She looked soooo bored!

[@DorkTales]

Be sure to mention that there's a loud bell sound with each sin. We have to make sure we're leaning into the Cinema Sins formula.

[@tyrlant2189]

Thus sucks lol

[@DorkTales]

Hail and forsooth, my dude

[@DorkTales]

Liketh and subscribeth and smasheth thine bell

[@ryanbarlow1982]

Too many long pauses. Makes it almost unbearable. DM doesn’t have to do “DM narrator speak” so much, just slows everything down

[@DorkTales]

I imagine your games are much faster. Thanks for the feedback.

[@ryanbarlow1982]

@@DorkTales Im sure it will pick up. Probably just first game jitters

[@DorkTales]

@@ryanbarlow1982 Oh, it absolutely will. Heck, it does after the halfway point. Taking on a game set in a world that I love as much as Dragonlance is quite a lot of pressure. Hope you stick with us and the show!

[@ryanbarlow1982]

@@DorkTales I will! Im starting my own dragonlance game in January. Listening to yours for inspo : )

[@neo_kal]

I thoroughly enjoy Kelly's "DM narrator speak." It keeps the tone of the game in-character and keeps me interested in the story!