Back when Fifth Edition first launched I order the Horde of the Dragon Queen (HDQ) with the intention of running it and then plunging straight into the Rise of Tiamat but life kind of got in the way. We moved, the little boy started day care, I got a new job, my old gaming group could never get together regularly because we're all adults now and time is a jerk that likes to punch your 'wants' right in the gonads. Still, I don't like missing out on things that I've wanted to do that are within my power to accomplish; so I ordered the Rise of Tiamat (RoT)and the accompanying DM Screen for my birthday.
I've already been making notes on the first part of the two adventures to run for the group. HDQ seems to be a pretty fun start, what with the attack on the town and all that, so I'm really looking forward to running it. I know there are some issues with the module (see Horde of the Dragon Queen [5e] from tenfootpole.org for more) but there's nothing there that I find really all that big of a deal because I tend to adjust adventures towards the tastes of my players and their individual play styles so I wasn't going to run it exactly as written from the get go.
Maybe I'm a little too excited because I decided to make a cover for it that I'll be using for the campaign. I could have gone with the traditional look of Tiamat in her Dragon form that graces the cover of RoT but that's kind of been done a lot in our hobby recently with her appearances in Fourth and now Fifth. So instead I decided to in a direction that makes me kind of excited to see where it goes. A bit of trash talk; a bit of a wild woman on the cover; a whole lot of the way that I play in how it comes across.
What do you think?
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I have been playing through HotDQ (in two separate groups) and it has it ups and downs, but it remains fun and interesting.
ReplyDeleteI like it...but perhaps have her sucking on a skullonastick lolly pop. No? Too much?
ReplyDeletesecond to the last line "than" should be "then"
ReplyDeleteIf the party is badass enough to defeat Tiamat what then?
ReplyDeleteWhat I am thinking is Tiamat is such a legendary creature that questing against her should be near suicide. Her death world altering, and the characters forever changed. I have not read the Horde of the Dragon Queen book, but I'm curious how the book addresses the defeat of a creature like Tiamat.