A fantastic companion not just to Shadow of the Dragon Queen but of the many other Dragonlance resources on DMsGuild. I had never heard of Splinterverse before this product, but they did a great job reaching out to the various online Dragonlance communities in the leadup to this product, definitely have me interested in more of their stuff.
The art is gorgeous and the presentation is very clean. I noticed that right away. This is a professional product. As for the material? The races/species were solid, they offered some interesting and unique creatures from Krynn, and I really appreciated the racial feats. Incredibly underutalised, so it was nice to see the options. The classes were well thought out, balanced as far as I could tell, and interesting. Best part is they are wholly Dragonlance centric, lots of deep cuts and interesting choices to be had, and they also fit very well in other settings. And there are so many of them! Standouts are the Fewmaster and the Plague Cleric. Theres not just good alignment in here, but evil and neutral too for classes. It's a nice change of pace. The blurbs of the lore and the explanations show the group really loves the setting and honoured it as much as they could.
The backgrounds and the feats to offer a lot, and give the players and DMs far more options to really become engrossed and embedded in the world of Krynn. I would be remiss to even remotely run a campaign in Krynn going forward without the use of these. The spells are awesome, I always appreciate more to add to a caster repertoire. The magic items are great, but the standout are the legacy items! What a rad concept, and so well executed! I will absolutely be using these all over.
The monsters are a great selection with some awesome abilities, can't complain there at all. The art for them too is fantastic. You get a great sense of what they are and what they can do. The adventures are cleanly presented and look easy enough to drop into any camp, and I REALLY appreciate the adventure hooks. They spell them out in very keen and interesting ways that just sparked all sorts of ideas even at just a glance. And they have plenty of them!
And this book from all the other DMsGuild and Official WOTC material for Krynn may have the most comprehensive and complete guides to the deities of the setting without having to go back to older edition DL books. It's very appreciated and the ideas of piety and understanding the gods are all very clear and concise.
The tome is an excellent addition to not just Dragonlance material, but all of 5e. For those worried with crossover with Nexus' Tasslehoff's Pouches, don't be. They are wholly complimentary with almost little to no crossover. It's a great enough book I am even willing to overlook the oddities in it for Dragonlance like the tiefling in there (Though very well drawn). ;)
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