Thank you for watching today's Dragonlance Setting video. What do you think about the Dragonstones and Dragon Orbs? Have you ever used them in your games? Leave a comment below.
People like to say that the "Dragonlance Chronicles" was DND's "Lord of the Rings." The Orbs are pretty close to not only the Palantari Seeing Stones, but also the Rings of Power themselves: they offer great power, but can screw you over if your will is too weak. Still, at least someone can master the Orbs without being mastered by them and reduced to a Wraith. The Orbs are a pretty cool idea. I was confused at first but then I realized the beauty of them. Being able to summon your enemy to a battlefield/death trap of your choice is a pretty handy tool. And the fact that they can also through other dragonkin for a loop is pretty handy, especially during the War of the Lance when Draconians became a thing.
We never played directly in Dragonlance but our DMs were usually cool and let us play with these properties in whatever campaign. We usually played a generic Faerun but you could be a kender or whatever
Just when I thought I had a good grasp on the arcane history of the 'DragonLance' mythology... (after 30+ years of playing D&D within the DL campaign world and reading many, many DL books)... you go and show me how little I actually know. For that, you owe me a beer or two...
Pretty sure Raistlin could have not won without the orb - but he didn't get that orb by chance. He is a very calculated person and has been searching for specific items such as Fistandantilus' spellbooks, the orb, the bloodstone etc. Raistlin's true power lies not in his phenomonal understanding of magic but in his intelligence and willpower.
the orb of dragonkind could be made into a super weapon a device built into a building that powers it up when ready to fire it causes all draconic life forms in the area to go into a blind rage attacking everything in sight even draconians and good and evil dragons also go into a blind rage
Raistlin had his dragon orb on him when he went back in time to battle Fistandantalis? I didn't remember that. So two of the same orbs were in close proximity during the cataclysm? One on Raistlin the other being saved by Lorac. . . interesting.
love your content!!! question: traps their souls?? like, what…you take it near any number of dragons whose color corresponds to the stone, say a magic word or something…and it kills all those dragons, like, within a certain radius or something?
@@DLSaga alright my bad, had to check myself They're actually very vague about it, it's full color is never mentioned but its said to have a faint red mist among a myriad of other colors one single time so my bad. I guess I've just thought it was blue for almost 20 years, there was a lot of blue in the second book so I must've put it on the orb when they only vaguely describe it beyond its name 'Dragonorb'. It doesn't help that the revamped 2000s cover art has it be greenish white which also wasn't right; with the reader repeatedly being told Lorac's orb was green
Thank you for watching today's Dragonlance Setting video. What do you think about the Dragonstones and Dragon Orbs? Have you ever used them in your games? Leave a comment below.
I love this channel. I feel like it's all Dragonlance fans, too. Hell yeah
That's what it's all about!
yea we are all fans here
People like to say that the "Dragonlance Chronicles" was DND's "Lord of the Rings." The Orbs are pretty close to not only the Palantari Seeing Stones, but also the Rings of Power themselves: they offer great power, but can screw you over if your will is too weak. Still, at least someone can master the Orbs without being mastered by them and reduced to a Wraith.
The Orbs are a pretty cool idea. I was confused at first but then I realized the beauty of them. Being able to summon your enemy to a battlefield/death trap of your choice is a pretty handy tool. And the fact that they can also through other dragonkin for a loop is pretty handy, especially during the War of the Lance when Draconians became a thing.
Yea I really dig em
We never played directly in Dragonlance but our DMs were usually cool and let us play with these properties in whatever campaign. We usually played a generic Faerun but you could be a kender or whatever
That's cool of your DM.
Just when I thought I had a good grasp on the arcane history of the 'DragonLance' mythology... (after 30+ years of playing D&D within the DL campaign world and reading many, many DL books)... you go and show me how little I actually know. For that, you owe me a beer or two...
Lol I make my own, so you are welcome to share it.
@@DLSaga You make your own beer?... Or your own mythology? ...(Don't say 'Yes')
@@librapaladin81 lol my own beer.
Very well done. The orbs can do a lot that is so rarely talked about.
Oh yea. I didn't even touch on all their powers.
Pretty sure Raistlin could have not won without the orb - but he didn't get that orb by chance. He is a very calculated person and has been searching for specific items such as Fistandantilus' spellbooks, the orb, the bloodstone etc. Raistlin's true power lies not in his phenomonal understanding of magic but in his intelligence and willpower.
Indeed he is!
the orb of dragonkind could be made into a super weapon a device built into a building that powers it up when ready to fire it causes all draconic life forms in the area to go into a blind rage attacking everything in sight even draconians and good and evil dragons also go into a blind rage
Yea you can make it fit your campaign in any way you like.
Thanks for all the great detail
It's my pleasure!
Thanks for this. I think I'm going to include some dragons n orbs in my game.
Nice! Each edition has stats for them.
Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately?) this was one item that my group never came across in our travels in Krynn.
Probably fortunately, lol. It seems like it could have great ability to derail a DM
Raistlin had his dragon orb on him when he went back in time to battle Fistandantalis? I didn't remember that. So two of the same orbs were in close proximity during the cataclysm? One on Raistlin the other being saved by Lorac. . . interesting.
Yea, it wasn't destroyed until the Drawrfgate Wars when Raistlin tried to use it in Zhaman.
@@DLSaga Huh, It has been a long time. It might be worth going back & reading again.
love your content!!!
question: traps their souls??
like, what…you take it near any number of dragons whose color corresponds to the stone, say a magic word or something…and it kills all those dragons, like, within a certain radius or something?
Not exactly. It is portrayed as almost hypnotizing them so the orb wielder can kill or control them.
Wait the one in the High Clerist Tower was blue not red; in the books at least
Was it changed to red in the comics or something?
I’ll have to relook. I referenced the sourcebooks mentioned.
@@DLSaga alright my bad, had to check myself
They're actually very vague about it, it's full color is never mentioned but its said to have a faint red mist among a myriad of other colors one single time so my bad. I guess I've just thought it was blue for almost 20 years, there was a lot of blue in the second book so I must've put it on the orb when they only vaguely describe it beyond its name 'Dragonorb'.
It doesn't help that the revamped 2000s cover art has it be greenish white which also wasn't right; with the reader repeatedly being told Lorac's orb was green