The overarching storyline is that factions of Tiamat’s followers are coming together to bring Tiamat into the world which will unleash draconic devastation across the world of Toril. Tyranny of Dragons is set in Faerun, the primary continent in the legendary Forgotten Realms campaign setting (fans of the classic video game Baldur’s Gate will recognize the area known as the Sword Coast). Now five years later, Wizards of the Coast revisits these two original adventures by combining them into a single book, Tyranny of Dragons, matching the current size and wrapping them in a beautiful limited edition cover that matches those found on later products. Additionally, each new book features a second limited edition cover that through local gaming stores. This year’s Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus came out at 256 pages, advanced characters from 1-13 and had a suggested retail price of just under $30 USD while still maintaining the high production values found in those first books. Since then, WotC has gained their own confidence as well as the confidence of their customers and built on this basic model, doubling the amount of material in a single product.
Again, D&D Team followed the same model with a second digital supplement to keep page count and entry cost down.īoth adventures were met with high praise and became the first campaign for many of the fledgling D&D players that flocked to this new, successful edition of the oldest modern roleplaying game. The Rise of Tiamat picked up where the first story left off and would take player characters to level 15 and build to a climactic battle with Tiamat herself. Shortly thereafter, a second mini-campaign continued the story. The cautious audience appreciated this attention to entry cost and found a high-quality adventure focused on the iconic chromatic dragons and their evil god – Tiamat, the Dragon Queen.
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To keep the page count under 100 pages and thus keeping the entry cost just under USD, a free digital supplement was made available containing any monster or NPC stats required that were in the full Monster Manual. This mini-campaign could be completely played with just the Basic Rules found on the Dungeons & Dragons website. Rather than the 30-50 page modules designed for a small range of character levels, Hoard of the Dragon Queen came out at 97 pages and would allow for characters to advance from 1st to 7th level. The new adventure would follow a different model than those of previous editions. When the time came for the first published adventure material, WotC looked to the veteran adventure module writers at Kobold Press to help write something memorable. Instead, this edition leaned on digital media for supplemental material and even a freely available Basic Rules set. With lessons learned from the previous edition, this new edition started out slowly with the core rulebooks (Player’s Handbook, Dungeonmaster’s Guide, and Monster Manual) rather than springboard in a large body of supplements.
In 2014, after a very extensive playtest period, Wizards of the Coast (WotC) released the Fifth Edition of Dungeons & Dragons. Celebrating the Fifth Year of Dungeons & Dragons’ Fifth Edition A Long Time Ago… Join us as we revisit the Forgotten Realms and review the fifth anniversary edition of Tyranny of Dragons, the compilation of Hoard of the Dragon Queen and The Rise of Tiamat.
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