To give the background, I'm a completely new DM running a DND campaign for a group of 5th and 6th graders at the school I teach at. We are going through Dragon's of Stormwreck Isle, but with player created characters instead of the ones included in the campaign.
2 of the kid's created dragonborn characters. One is white and one is gold. I thought I could add in a storyline where their dragonborn ancestry connects them to the ancient conflict between the chromatic and metallic dragons in the campaign. While not dragons, their dragonborn ancestry is connected to this.
Since it is a group of kids though, they don't really build character backgrounds well and will probably not make this connection themself. So it would need a lot of DM guidance for bringing it to life.
But I'm lacking in some inspiration for how to build this into their story. So I thought I'd see if some better world builders and storytellers have some ideas.
One thing that you could do during storm wreck isle is narrate how the blue dragon chooses to attack the gold dragonborn over the white dragonborn, and talk about how it specifically seems more predisposed to attack the chromatic dragonborn less. You could also narrate how the bronze dragon openly mistrusts the white dragonborn and is much more open and friendly with the gold dragonborn. Little things like that.
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He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones. Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
"You see a gigantic, monstrous praying mantis burst from out of the ground. It sprays a stream of acid from it's mouth at one soldier, dissolving him instantly, then it turns and chomps another soldier in half with it's- "
You could have Runara be pleased that the 'mortal dragonborn' can see past the differences of their ancestors and hope that the party members' co-operation will show this to Aidron.
As Sparkrender is trying to use Aidron as a catalyst for the ritual, do consider the fact Sparkrender himself could be a catalyst for the success of the ritual if the party ends up slaying him, whatever the ritual is actually trying to accomplish as "Awakening the spirits of the dragons lying underneath the island" is the only real description of what it would do.
(Own play-throughs, different parties: Two times out of three, the party wizard noticed that defeating Sparkrender completed the ritual and absorbed the lingering power of the Ritual. Decided Sparkrender was trying to fast-travel to adulthood and turned the wizard into a blue dragonborn.)
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To give the background, I'm a completely new DM running a DND campaign for a group of 5th and 6th graders at the school I teach at. We are going through Dragon's of Stormwreck Isle, but with player created characters instead of the ones included in the campaign.
2 of the kid's created dragonborn characters. One is white and one is gold. I thought I could add in a storyline where their dragonborn ancestry connects them to the ancient conflict between the chromatic and metallic dragons in the campaign. While not dragons, their dragonborn ancestry is connected to this.
Since it is a group of kids though, they don't really build character backgrounds well and will probably not make this connection themself. So it would need a lot of DM guidance for bringing it to life.
But I'm lacking in some inspiration for how to build this into their story. So I thought I'd see if some better world builders and storytellers have some ideas.
One thing that you could do during storm wreck isle is narrate how the blue dragon chooses to attack the gold dragonborn over the white dragonborn, and talk about how it specifically seems more predisposed to attack the chromatic dragonborn less. You could also narrate how the bronze dragon openly mistrusts the white dragonborn and is much more open and friendly with the gold dragonborn. Little things like that.
He doesn't have much besides the skin on his bones. Me: I'll take the skin on his bones, then.
"You see a gigantic, monstrous praying mantis burst from out of the ground. It sprays a stream of acid from it's mouth at one soldier, dissolving him instantly, then it turns and chomps another soldier in half with it's- "
"When are we gonna take a snack break?"
You could have Runara be pleased that the 'mortal dragonborn' can see past the differences of their ancestors and hope that the party members' co-operation will show this to Aidron.
As Sparkrender is trying to use Aidron as a catalyst for the ritual, do consider the fact Sparkrender himself could be a catalyst for the success of the ritual if the party ends up slaying him, whatever the ritual is actually trying to accomplish as "Awakening the spirits of the dragons lying underneath the island" is the only real description of what it would do.
(Own play-throughs, different parties: Two times out of three, the party wizard noticed that defeating Sparkrender completed the ritual and absorbed the lingering power of the Ritual. Decided Sparkrender was trying to fast-travel to adulthood and turned the wizard into a blue dragonborn.)