From Fargabs to Boilerdraks, Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen introduces some new gear. And these are Dragonlance’s greatest new gadgets.

Dragonlance may appear to be a stolid, stodgy fantasy world. It’s dyed within the wool fantasy that takes place in “castle times, England” with towering spires of magic and good, evil, and neutrality precise tangible forces on the planet. And but, for all that, Krynn has all the time had its roots in just a bit little bit of pulpy, steampunk-y ingenuity. After all, that is the world that launched Tinker Gnomes to D&D.

From their properties on Mount Nevermind, they experiment with specialised magic, science, and an entire lot of clockwork. And in Shadow of the Dragon Queen, the fruits of their labor generally is a lifesaver, since tinker gnomes are chargeable for a few of Dragonlance’s greatest new gadgets. And sure, Dragonlances are included within the guide, however they’re not new. They first appeared in Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons, and are unchanged on this guide. So, you gained’t discover them on the listing of Dragonlance’s greatest new gadgets.

Fargab

A backpack-sized system, all the time created with a bonded pair. These mechanical contraptions enable communication over a protracted distance, utilizing a wierd power referred to as “radio waves.” Each fargab has been tuned to a particular frequency, and when carrying one, you need to use an motion to talk a brief message of twenty-five phrases or much less to a different creature carrying the matching fargab, as long as they’re inside 18 miles.

The unusual magic of “radio waves” appears to require no recharging at daybreak, you’ll be able to simply limitlessly talk as much as 18 miles distance so long as you will have the motion and the matched fargab to do it.

Narycrash

Another “backpack-sized device.” The tinker gnomes who provide you with this should have a fascination with wearable gadgets. Backpacks specifically. But the narycrash holds a balloon-based parachute. If you plummet whereas carrying it, you need to use your response to deploy the balloons, which quickly inflate and gradual your descent to 60 toes per spherical. At least till you might be ten toes from the bottom, then there’s a few twenty-five % probability the balloons deflate and also you fall usually the remainder of the best way.

Boilerdrak

Boilerdraks are a step up from backpacks. These are wagon-sized gadgets, and the system is a unfastened time period. Really they’re extra like huge dragon-shaped siege engines. Though they require slightly extra effort than the everyday catapult does, they’re intimidating as could be. A boilerdrak, as soon as lit, aimed, and fired, can expel a 60-foot cone of flames, dealing 5d10 hearth harm to anybody who fails a save within the space.

But, they do are inclined to explode. There’s a 5% probability with each use {that a} boilderdrak will explode in a fiery blast, dealing its harm to anybody caught inside 30 toes of the exploding siege engine. But hey, how typically do you roll a 1?

Gnomeflinger

A private favourite. The gnomeflinger is a particular catapult designed to hurl creatures as an alternative of projectiles. It’s exhausting to say which got here first, the narycrash or the gnomeflinger, however the one happened shortly after the opposite.

Gnomeflingers can be utilized to quickly deploy particular forces on the battlefield, catapulting and airdropping them as much as 300 toes away from their start line. Just take care to not crash. Run into somebody or one thing, and also you’ll take 1d6 bludgeoning harm for each ten toes you’ve traveled.

Kagonesti Forest Shroud

Finally, the Kagonesti Forest Shroud is Dragonlance’s reply to the cloak of elvenkind. This particular cloak is manufactured from autumnal leaves, and like its elvenkind counterpart, grants you a bonus on Stealth checks. Though not like the cloak of elvenkind, this bonus extends to any use of the Stealth ability, not simply checks to cover.

And on high of that, you need to use a bonus motion to take a misty step, teleporting as much as 30 toes away. But it will get higher, as a result of not solely do you teleport, however you will have benefit on the following assault roll you make earlier than the tip of your flip.

These gadgets and some others await in Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen.

Bell of Lost Souls Staff Writer and DM, J.R. covers RPGs of all stripes and occasionally eats sandwiches. You can ask him about both at [email protected]

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