AD&D – DL3 Dragons of Hope Actual Play, Session 2

Join DLSaga and players with their second actual play session of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dragonlance Official Game Adventure DL3 Dragons of Hope by Tracy Hickman. This is the third adventure set in Dragonlance, and the third of four adventures that makes up the first Dragonlance Chronicles novel Dragons of Autumn Twilight. You can buy DL3 Dragons of Hope here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com//product/16882/dl3-dragons-of-hope-1e?affiliate_id=50797 

Cast of Characters

  • Tanis | 7th Level Half-Elf Fighter | Sam
  • Tasslehoff Burrfoot | 6th Level Kender Thief | Brad
  • Caramon | 8th Level Human Fighter | Sharaeish
  • Raistlin | 5th Level Human Magic-User | James
  • Goldmoon | 7th Level Human Cleric | Kim
  • Riverwind | 7th Level Human Ranger | Chad
  • Sturm Brightblade | 8th Level Human Fighter | Jon
  • Flint Fireforge | 6th Level Dwarf Fighter | Howard

Game Setup

Last time on DL3 Dragons of Hope: As the heroes flee Pax Tharkas, trying to catch up to the refugees, who have fled in the chaos and ransacking the area for wagons, provisions and blankets, the heroes are ambushed by Baz Draconians. They dispatch them only to hear more screams coming from the north. As the heroes flee the unexplored canyons in the dark snowstorm they are set upon by more Baaz. They turn to cover the refugees’ flight and defeat this group and after another dozen minutes, even more Baaz assault them. One ends up getting away as the heroes flee south and finally catch up with the 800+ refugees who are huddling on the main road in the dark. Having traveled well into the night, exposed to the elements, the heroes know they need to get them off the road and to safety. They have no idea how long it will take the dragonarmy to clear the path in Pax Tharkas. They lead them a handful of miles into the dark of night, nearly until dawn where the refugees make camp. The heroes are invited to meet the newly formed council of Freedom, composed of some familiar and unfamiliar faces alike. Laurana offers to be the liaison between the Council and the heroes. Goldmoon has a vision and gifts Elistan the Disks of Mishakal, and they all bury the first fallen refugees from attrition.

About DL3 Dragons of Hope

The Dragonlance saga continues!

You have freed 800 refugees from the depths of Pax Tharkas, but now the armies of the dragon highmaster Verminaard pursue you through the wilderness. There is only one hope for you: Find the gates to Thorbardin, the ancient kingdom of the mountain dwarves, sealed long ago in the Dwarfgate War. The problem is that nobody knows where it is, or if it still exists!

Through the snow-covered Kharolis Mountains, across the Dergoth Plain, haunted by the ghosts of ancient armies, and to the incredible mountain known as Skullcap, you search for the answer that will save the refugees of Pax Tharkas—and yourself!

“Dragons of Hope” is the exciting third part of the First Book of Dragonlance, an epic quest through the world of Krynn, threatened by the domination of the inhuman draconians. This adventure can be played as part of a separate adventure, or as part of the great quest that spans the entire Dragonlance story.

An adventure for characters level 6th-8th. Written by Tracy Hickman.

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