Dragons of Despair

I loved Dragonlance as a kid. Read all the thirteen novels that were translated cover to cover, time after time. Played Dragonstrike for hours. Didn't get first place in the regional contest because, as the examiner put it, "he wrote about some imaginary character instead of, say, Martin Eden" - I wrote about Raistlin Majere. 

Naturally, I wanted to try out the adventure that started it all.

So one day I asked the players, "Hey guys, wanna bring your characters from the Lamentation game to Krynn?" 

"Yeah, sure, this will be fun!" 

Little did they know. 

 

As everyone knows, life is too short for balance. However, throwing three 1st level characters into an adventure designed for six of 4th level could be a little bit too harsh even for me. 

So I offered to give their characters a couple levels before we start. 

And for that, I brought some of Zak's Random d100 Tables For Level-Upping. One for the Specialist , one for THE WIZARD!, and one for the dwarf who was made with LotFP's "race as class" rules, so I thought the Fighting Guy should be good for him. 

Dear Zak. The Magic-User's player thanks you every time they use their random level-up abilities to wreak havoc all across Krynn. I hope you're happy. 

So the party consisted of a dwarf fighter, a Qualinesti elf magic-user ("If I can be a wizard AND an elf, I want to be a wizard and an elf"), and a specialist who had dogs. The specialist decided to be a kender. 

 

By now, we all know that wearing shoes is not the thing
that really defines a kender. 

We kept the Lamentations rules and magic, for the most part (like letting the wizard keep his leather armour and rapier). 

One part that I deliberately changed was the alignment. 

It's our second session today. The players are beginning to suspect that something is wrong because they haven't found any treasure yet. 

I promised them they'll get to the dragon's treasury very soon. 

Little do they know. 

To be continued