The Dark Queen by Michael and Teri Williams (Villains series Vol. Lord Toede by Jeff Grubb (Villains series Vol.
Suggested Reading To create fantasy adventures full of intrigue and duplicity for your FIFTH AGE, campaign, you can draw from a variety of DRAGONLANCE novels, such as: Dark Heart by Tina Daniell (Meetings sextet Vol. Finally, Chapter Four discusses Northern Ergoth, a land whose ancient history ties it to the bards and rogues of the world this is the first time this island has been treated in detail anywhere. Chapter Three offers new rules for creating roguish heroes who keep secrets from even trusted comrades, as well as optional guidelines for playing one of the most downtrodden races ever to skulk or thieve: the gully dwarves.
Chapter One spotlights new roles, from street urchins to displaced nobility In Chapter Two, you learn how to create an intrigue-laced campaign, as well as glimpse the array of underground and resistance activity sweeping Ansalon. As Narrators and players, you can use Cloak and Dagger to build a DRAGONLANCE: FIFTH AGE campaign with a different flavor. This is a book about spies, freedom fighters, and even dark-cloaked assassins, the Sagas unsung heroes and villains. These heroes just have different priorities: survival for themselves, their loved ones, and their people. Their belief in their cause is as strong as that of knights boldly bearing the crest of their lords into battle. It is about heroes who consider personal glory-even personal honorfar less important than surviving to see the struggle end in victory for their side.
This sourcebook is about the latter group.
Some say a heroic end is worth the example it sets for others, but more pragmatic individuals believe its better to live to fight another day. The famous, grand battles came much later and most cases emerged amid great loss, such as the death of heroes like Sturm Brightblade, Tanis Half-Elven, and Steel Brightblade. By and large, their early adventures were tales of survival through stealth. But actually, very few escapades of the Heroes of the Lance involved open confrontation. Permission granted to photocopy or print this product for personal use.Īuthors foreword Generally, when we think of the DRAGONLANCE® Sage, we see in our minds eye vast armies clashing while dragons wheel overhead. Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of TSR, Inc. This material is protected under the copyright laws of the United States of America. Distributed to the toy and hobby trade by regional distributors. Distributed in the United Kingdom by TSR Ltd. and in Canada by Random House of Canada, Ltd. Distributed to the book trade in the United States by Random House, Inc. All TSR characters, character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks owned by TSR, Inc. F IFTH A GE and S AGA are trademarks owned by TSR, Inc. 9517XXX1501ĭRAGONLANCE and the TSR logo are registered trademarks owned by TSR, Inc.
120 Church End Cherry Hinton Cambridge CB1 3LB United Kingdom Daniele, Paul Hanchette, and Dawn Murin Special Thanks To Duane Maxwell and Steven Brown for their good ideas Mike Oldfield for The Songs of Distant Earth, to which much of Heroes of Defiance was written and John Maddox Roberts and Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, whose novels provided this book with descriptive quotes to begin each chapter. Crabtree Graphic Designer Shan Ren Cartographer Rob Lazzaretti Interior Illustrators Jason Burrows and Storn A. Bebris Creative Director Harold Johns on Typographer Angelika Lokotz Cover Illustrator Jeff Easley Map Illustrator James A. CLOAK AND DAGGER Ansalons Heroes of Defianceīy Steve Miller Editor Sue Weinlein Cook Proofreader Carrie A.