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[grechaart]

The reference of my character in the world of Dragonlance, for which I have been playing in the same campaign for almost 4 years! My first and favorite girl!

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[thegaminggang]

#Dragonlance DnD

[endrae]

Naeem Veranius, a knight of the Rose - Dragonlance

Things are starting to escalate in the campaign and I feel like my man is in a need of an armor very soon, so thus finally got this done. I meant to make the design more toned down but it seems Naeem is just way too extra for that, and this is what I ended up with after trying different options

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #dnd character #dnd art #dragonlance #Dragonlance Shadow of the Dragon Queen #endrae art #doodle #naeem veranius

[oldschoolfrp]

The Silvanesti elves isolate themselves from the world and dismiss most outsiders as inferior (George Barr, AD&D supplement Dragonlance Adventures, TSR, 1987)

#D&D #Dungeons & Dragons #George Barr #elf #Dragonlance #Krynn #Dragonlance Adventures #elves #Silvanesti #wizard #mage #magic user #runes #AD&D #orb #skulls #skull #wizard's library #dnd #Dungeons and Dragons #TSR #1980s

[dicegrimorium]

Greetings!

Walks through the forest are always full of possibilities and adventure. In their never-ending quest to be the best of the best, the party of adventurers comes across a set of streams.

Stopping to take a sip of the clear, blue waters, the party lowers their defenses for just a fraction of a moment. The rustling of leaves surprises them and they're ready to spring into action.

But nothing comes out. They wait and then they wait some more, readying their weapons and looking around the wilderness for another sign of an ambush. They feel the cool wind on their cheeks, and a deadly silence makes itself present. Still nothing.

Paranoia starts to settle in the minds of our heroes, and they desperately try to find something, anything that might prove them right in their fears.

Is someone or something really stalking our heroes? Or is an evil curse starting to take hold of their minds? A curse that might've been cast a long time ago. Are they starting to see things that aren't really there?

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[akreon]

Illustration I had a pleasure to create for Dungeons & Dragons - Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen.

#dragon #dragonlance #dnd #dungeons & dragons

[olgadrebas]

A couple more artworks I did for Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen, and a WIP shot. Loved painting that old lady. Dangerous grandmas ftw!

#dnd art #dnd artist #dnd artwork #dragonlance #dnd 5e #dnd 5e character #Dungeons and Dragons #shadow of the dragon queen #krynn #ttrpg illustration #dwarf #mage #warlock #wizard #dwarf lady #dwarven

[astoriachef]

#dragonlance #krynn #ansalon #dnd #d&d

[catulhu333]

Bahamut and Tiamat were aspects of Io/Asgorath in early 2nd edition of AD&D lore?

...as well being the two key archetypes influencing all dragons, and in 1st edition of AD&D, the only gods of dragons?

2014/2015 "Rage of Dragons" miniatures of Tiamat and Bahamut

Wile changes to Bahamut and Tiamat (and deific dragon lore in general) in 5th edition (were Bahamut and Tiamat are the supreme, and only real draconic gods), and to a degree 4th edition (were Bahamut and Tiamat were 2 halves of Io), were controversial; these changes are actually based on far older lore, that was changed mid 2nd edition, with 1992's Monster Mythology and further on.

In 1st edition of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Bahamut and Tiamat were the only dragon gods, with worship by dragons being split between them, as seen in 1984 article "Dragons and their deities" in Dragon #86: "Evil dragons worship Tiamat, and good dragons worship Bahamut. That is, for all practical purposes, the extent of common knowledge about the way dragons worship their deities."

The divinity of of two was first outright affirmed in 1980 in "Leomund's Tiny Hut: Rearranging and Redefining the Mighty Dragon" in Dragon #38; with Tiamat kinda earlier in the original 1978's Monster Manual, were she was presented among the Lords of Nine.

Miniatures of Bahamut (or as named in the catalog the Platinum Dragon) and Tiamat (or as named in the catalog the Spectral Dragon), from Grenadier Models 1990 catalogue, originally from the 1989 Dragon of the Month II line from 1989. Special thanks @oldschoolfrp, thanks to who I know of this lines existence. Their original post here. I recommend checking them out.

Paladine and Takhisis from Dragonlance, also debuting in 1984, were often identified with Bahamut (Paladine) and Tiamat (Takhisis). It's rather ambiguous though - the creator of both, Jeff Grubb believing this, but writers of Dragonlance novels, and main architects of the setting, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (who basically gave them personality and story), believing them as similar, but separate characters/deities.

Official publications either suggested a connection, or stated them to be the same (as well as Bahamut and Tiamat gaining traits of Paladine and Takhisis, like being siblings, and in past, lovers), with 5th edition (with 2021's Fizban's Treasury of Dragons), stating them to be the same.

Constellations of Krynn, in the center Takhisis (left) and Paladine (right) opposing each other, the Gilean' constellation between them. From 1984's "DL5: Dragons of Mystery".

Still, Paladine on Krynn (the world Dragonlance is set in) is/was the leader of the Gods of Good, and Takhisis is/was the leader of the Gods of Evil, and were among the most powerful deities of the setting, equaled only by their brother Gilean and second only to the High God and Chaos.

According to 1989's "Player's Guide to Dragonlance, the two together created the first dragons: "Paladine is Father of Good and Master of Law. During the Age of Dreams, Paladine led the gods in creation. Paladine and Takhisis, Queen of Darkness, infused the raw fury of chaos with form and purpose, creating the first material beings— dragons. Takhisis, jealous the first creations were not entirely hers, corrupted the chromatic dragons to evil. Paladine replaced his fallen children with the good, metallic dragons, but Takhisis’s act began the rift between good and evil."

This origin of dragons on Krynn evolved overtime though, with some changes, but I won't elaborate on this here.

1990's Draconomicon

The draconic pantheon was first expanded with 1990's Draconomicon, though oddly, Bahamat and Tiamat are not among the list of Draconic deities, at least seemingly.

The book instead presents Bahamut and Tiamat instead as seemingly archetypal forms of all dragons (even indeed, the twin Platonic forms of all dragons), even their gods, all of whom (with one exception) are their "pale reflections": " And here the conversation must turn to dragons, for in these species the diffusion theory seems to be the only suitable explanation for their wide-spread existence. Dragons are the only creatures for which there exist archetypal forms. In dragonkind, these forms are Bahamut, the Platinum Dragon, and Tiamat, the Chromatic Dragon. All of the core species of dragonkind the good aligned metallic dragons and the evil-aligned chromatic dragons (ignoring for a moment those fringe species like crystal dragons) seem to be pale reflections of their archetypal forms, displaying some but not all of that archetypes characteristics. For example, a red dragon possesses some but not all of the characteristics attributed to Tiamat, while a gold dragon possesses some but not all of the characteristics attributed to Bahamut. Indulging in mathematical language for a moment, each species of dragon seems to be a subset of properties belonging to one or other of the archetypes. Or, conversely, each archetype seems to possess a superset of the properties possessed by the appropriate class of dragonkind. Some sages truly believe this observation to be representative of the truth of the matter. According to this theory, the very existence of the two archetypal forms Bahamut and Tiamat is responsible for the existence of dragons throughout the multiverse. In metaphorical language, dragons are the shadows that the archetypes cast across the planes. As shadows are, in a sense, subsets of the creatures casting them as they must be, since shadows are two-dimensional so are the shadows of the dragon archetypes subsets of those archetypes characteristics and powers."

Two of the dragon gods, Lendys and Tamara, as Platinum Dragons, seem to be even closer to the archetype of Bahamut, both being platinum dragons themselves, but still lesser than him.

In the same book, there is also mentioned the oldest and highest draconic god, Asgorath the World-Shaper, later identified with Io. Asgorath is stated to to be creator of dragons, and the universe (in the sense of seemingly all existence), at least according to dragons.

But, the myth in the same sourcebook (as found in-universe in the Book of the World, a written down red dragon myth, suggests Asgorath is Tiamat: "It is easy to speculate, based on this myth. The plural inflection of the word breath might be taken as implying multiple heads; the Thorass word for renegade is bahmat. It seems almost too close a correlation can Asgorath be Tiamat and the Renegade be Bahamut?"

This is further alluded in Asgorath's description: "Thus, reds believe that Asgorath is Chaotic Evil as implied in the Book of the World mentioned at the beginning of the chapter while bronzes believe Asgorath is Lawful Good."

Suggesting that like red dragons see/perceive Asgorath as Tiamat, Bronze (and other good dragons) would see the World-Shaper as Bahamut. And that the two "archetypal dragons" are themselves seemingly aspects/parts/avatars of Asgorath. Which is further suggested together with Bahamut's description in Draconomicon: "Sages continue to debate the true nature of Bahamut. Is he the archetype of all good dragonkind, the ideal of which all other dragons are merely shadows? Is he an avatar of a greater deity?"

This is quite obviously an inspiration for Io being split in ancient times into Bahamut and Tiamat in 4th edition/Nerath lore. As well as in "Fizban's Treasury of Dragons", presenting Bahamut and Tiamat as the origin of all dragons, and their forms, it even also using allusions to platonic forms, and shadows of higher reality. As well as Bahamut and Tiamat creating the original universe (that split into the multiverse), like Asgorath was stated to.

Io was first introduced in 1992's Monster Mythology, if very probably taking inspiration from Asgorath (with whom he is directly identified in the book), as well as perhaps Krynn's High God. Io is also stated there to be believed by dragons to be their creator, and of all of existence. As well repeating Platonic and Gnostic ideas from Draconomicon about the world being a shadow of a higher, truer reality: "We Dragon-sages make a distinction between the Two Voids; the First Void, wherein only Io had existence, and the Shadow Void, where Io's willingly shed blood created the potential for existence and creation to come into being. Most non-dragon races only know of the Shadow Void, and they do not know of the earlier time outside time when only the Ninefold Dragon existed."

Monster Mythology though, makes Bahamut and Tiamat somewhat lesser in status, making them Lesser Gods, though only Io (as a Greater God) and Chronepsis (an Intermediate God) are above them, the other two gods (Faluzure and Aesterinian), being on the same level of power. Still though, it is a visible downgrade from their grand role in Draconomicon, and of their counterparts (Paladine and Takhisis) on Krynn. Monster Mythology is also the the first to make Bahamut and Tiamat explicitly siblings and "intended mates".

1998's "Cult of the Dragon" sourcebook, combined the draconic pantheons mentioned described in Draconomicon and Monster Mythology, often identifying/conflating some deities between the two (notably Asgorath and Io, though that was done before). Though this also resulted in a seeming further downgrade in status of Bahamut and Tiamat, them being still Lesser Gods (and Bahamut identified with Xymor, made as possible child of Lendys and Tamara), while including multiple Intermediate Gods (Astilabor, Garyx, Kereska, Lendys, Null as the Guardian of the Lost/Chronepsis, Tamara and Zorquan).

#bahamut #tiamat #dnd #advanced #dungeons & dragons #theory #dragonlance #forgotten realms #draconomicon

[dwoodledip]

Can’t believe Dragonlance has me creating a wizard 😩

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[drmapzo]

Hello, everyone!

Your players have spent countless nights figuring out the reason behind the grizzly murders in town. After a thorough investigation they have come to the conclusion that a group of werewolves is behind it all!

They manage to track one of them to a cave nearby. The battle is now on as the players will have to infiltrate the werewolf lair and prevent more senseless deaths.

The creature tokens for this map are an Animated Blood, a Fierce Werewolf and a Zombie Wolf. Emerald tier gets the Fierce Werewolf while Diamond tier gets all three. In addition, Sapphire tier gets extra creature token variants.

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[grechaart]

Raistlin and Iolanthe 💔

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[vetersseveraart]

Скетчики персонажей Dragonlance - Рейстлина, Стурма, Эльханы.

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[endrae]

On the subject of dnd characters, yet again. The latest campaign we started was Dragonlance. So here's my character for the said campaign: Naeem, knight of the order of rose and paladin following Paladine. When he is certainly the oldest group member regarding physical age, the mental age is one thing altogether lol

I still should design his armored version, but here's him with his "casual" clothes aka out of armor look

#dnd #dungeons and dragons #dragonlance #dnd character #dnd charcter art #endrae art #naeem veranius

[oldschoolfrp]

Knight of the Black Rose -- Clyde Caldwell cover art for James Lowder's 1991 novel that transports Lord Soth from Dragonlance's Krynn to Ravenloft's Demiplane of Dread

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[dicegrimorium]

Greetings!

There has been many reported robberies in the countryside, a group of bandits has been stealing all sorts of goods from wagons, travelers and everyone who is unfortunate enough to go through those dangerous roads outside the city.

And through a series of events that shall not be discussed here, the traveling party of heroes has learned of the location where the bandits have made their hideout.

Inside a cave, abandoned for years, there's a building with rotten floorboards and a foul stench of mold. Nobody remembers its original purpose, but now it serves as a place where the aforementioned bandits store their stolen goods, come to rest and otherwise have a good time amongst themselves.

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