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Official Game

Accessory

N EW B EGINNINGS

Table of Contents

Introduction ................................... 3

Chapter One: Creating Characters .................. 4

Chapter Two: Tips for Beginning Players .............. 9

Chapter Three: Tips on Role Playing ................ 12

Chapter Four: What Would You Do? ............... 15

Chapter Five: A First Adventure ................... 25

Character Sheet ................................ 31

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I NTRODUCTION

Welcome to a challenging new realm of fantasy

adventuring on the continent of Taladas in the

DRAGONLANCE ® campaign world of Krynn!

New Beginnings is specially designed to help

new players of the AD&D ® 2nd Edition game begin

campaign play in Taladas. However, even experi-

enced Dungeon Masters should realize that start-

ing any new campaign, especially with beginning

players, is a challenging task indeed.

The players must assimilate a great deal of mate-

rial in a relatively short period of time, and unless

that material is presented in a clear, organized

fashion, new players may become discouraged.

Using New Beginnings, DMs will find they can get

new players started quicker, and with far less frus-

tration than would otherwise be the case.

Experienced players and DMs should find that

this module can still be quite helpful as they move

their campaigns from other settings into Taladas,

where many things, including some game rules,

are different from the established norm.

One without the aid of the DM to help them create

a Taladas campaign character. The character must

be approved by their DM for use in his or her

game, however. New players should use Chapter

One along with the DM to help them in the proc-

ess of creating Taladas campaign characters.

Chapter Two outlines many helpful tips for be-

ginning players. These include suggestions about

how to make gaming sessions more fun for every-

one involved. The chapter covers advice on such

important topics as equipping the character, gath-

ering information, and group tactics. Players may

read this information for themselves, or DMs can

share it with new players in an informal way.

Chapter Three helps new players “round out”

their newly created character, by adding distinc-

tive personality traits and personal goals for the

character, and stresses the importance of good

role playing. Like Chapter Two, it may be read by

the players alone or discussed by a group.

Chapter Four presents a series of “What Would

You Do?” encounters for individual characters

within each character class. These encounters

present typical situations that might normally con-

front a first level character on the continent of Tala-

das. Players decide what their character would do

in each situation, and determine the outcome.

Suggested courses of action and answers to rele-

vant rules questions are printed in boxes so players

can see how their own solutions measure up to

those of more experienced players (and how well

they conform to the rules of the game).

Chapter Four also contains an interesting “dry

run” encounter for an entire party. This is designed

to let players see how their different characters can

interact to solve common problems and overcome

common obstacles.

Lastly, Chapter Five contains a short capsule ad-

venture that the DM can use to launch his or her

Taladas campaign. The adventure has been de-

signed so that the players can encounter many of

the differing races, cultures, and religions that

make Taladas unique and challenging.

H OW T O U SE T HIS

M ODULE

Because New Beginnings helps players begin

campaign play on the newly-described continent

of Taladas, it is assumed that readers of this mate-

rial already own the Time of the Dragons boxed set

which contains the Taladas campaign setting itself.

Players who don’t have the boxed set will need to

hook up with a group adventuring in the Taladas

setting in order to use this module.

Further, this module uses the AD&D 2nd Edition

game rules. Players should have access to the

AD&D 2nd Edition Players’ Handbook, and DMs

should have a copy of the AD&D 2nd Edition

Dungeon Master’s Guide. Finally, it is recom-

mended, although not necessary, that the DM have

access to the DRAGONLANCE Adventures hard-

cover book.

Most of the material in this module is for use by

both players and DMs. All of the text except that in

the final chapter may be read by players and DMs

alike. The text in the final chapter, and the maps

marked “DM’s Map” are for the DM only.

New Beginnings is divided into five chapters.

Chapter One helps new players to create a charac-

ter for campaign play in the Taladas setting. It in-

cludes a step-by-step review of the character

creation process, tips on choosing character races

and classes for a Taladas campaign, and a new

character sheet. Permission is granted for players

to photocopy the new character sheet for personal

use only. Experienced players may use Chapter

A BBREVIATIONS

Throughout this book, standard abbreviations

are used without further explanation. For exam-

ple, “AC” means armor class, “hp” stands for hit

points, and so on. All references to existing source

materials are to the AD&D 2nd Edition books.

Common abbreviations used are:

PHB = Player’s Handbook

DMG = Dungeon Master’s Guide

RBT = The Rule Book to Taladas

GBT = The Guide Book to Taladas

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