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Rollable tokens for shape-shifting creatures.

Over 70 NPC monster sheets with draggable tokens, vision, and separate player handouts.

23 named NPC character sheets with matching tokens (16 w/ pics & handouts).

20 tokens for all potential caravan travelers in episodes four and five (though no pics/handouts).

6 5-ft original battle maps by Roll20 (town, camp, forest, swamp and day/night road).

2 non-gridded maps (Greenest town and Raider Camp).

3 20-ft battle maps (1 location) with 5-ft subdivisions (Dynamic Lighting).

2 10-ft battle maps with 5-ft subdivisions (Dynamic Lighting).

7 5-ft battle maps (4 locations) with Dynamic Lighting (for Roll20 subscribers).

The following content is included in the $29.95 Hoard of the Dragon Queen module: Since you can purchase the modules separately I’ll be reviewing them one at a time, then give my overall thoughts of the entire campaign at the end. While the original adventure may be the earliest, and roughest of the 5E campaigns, Roll20 has steadily been refining their D&D 5e adaptation process, adding in lots of welcome bonus features to “Tyranny of Dragons” such as rollable loot tables, a Council Scorecard, and extra random battle maps. The Roll20 package offers both modules together for the normal campaign price, or you can purchase each one separately. While it tells a fun story of both dungeons and dragons, it’s very linear and railroady, with few overly large maps that don’t look very good on a virtual tabletop.īoth modules draw from classic D&D scenarios and monsters and use lots of fun locations, from a flying Cloud Giant castle to a White Dragon lair in the middle of the Sea of Moving Ice, culminating in the dark dragon goddess being summoned to Faerun.

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“ Lost Mine of Phandelver” was designed as a the first intro starter adventure, whereas “Tyranny of Dragons” had to evoke a full campaign.

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The Monster Manual wouldn’t even be released until several months after RoT the Dungeon Master’s Guide and even Player’s Handbook not until after HotDQ. Some of the rules weren’t quite solidified yet. Still, his omission seems like a pretty glaring oversight when considering the other Wyrmspeakers have at least one chapter devoted to them.“Tyranny of Dragons” was the name of the first two campaign books released for Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition back in 2014: “Hoard of the Dragon Queen” and “The Rise of Tiamat.”Īs the first official campaign story published for 5E, “Tyranny of Dragons” is a bit rough around the edges. According to his bio on Wizards of the Coast's website, he has connections to an NPC met in Hoard of the Dragon Queen and the Red Wizards of Thay, a notorious group working with the Cult.

This is another area where DMs could easily come up with something for him to be doing, whether within an existing event or as a unique side-quest. However, while four of them play roles between the two books, one (the Blue Wyrmspeaker named Galvan) is barely mentioned. That's not the book's only missed opportunity, though. The adventure establishes that there are five Wyrmspeakers, leaders of the Cult of the Dragon who each possess a dragon mask representing one of Tiamat's chromatic dragon heads. For one, despite both books being named for the Dragon Queen, Tiamat herself barely plays a role in the adventure. This makes sense in terms of the story itself, but it may also be a letdown for those hoping for more from this epic villain.

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