So... I noticed that there's a pair of White Dragons with the same name in SKT and DoIP, with the one in SKT being an adult and the one in DoIP being young. Does anyone know why Cryovain is in both of these adventures? Is Cryovain just a generic name for White Dragons or is there a connection (either the young one being the adult's kid or them somehow being the same)?
I was wondering this too. Just picked up my copy of DoIP and was reading up to see if he was already an established character and to know how to roleplay him when I found this out. Apparently he also has a mate Isendraug. What's especially confusing is that as best I can tell, SKT predates DoIP in the timeline by about 5 years. I'm going to go on the assumption that the Cryovain of DoIP is the offspring of Cryovain and Isendraug though there is nothing I can find to support this.
Yeah I saw it too! I think I'll discribe Cryovain as a recuperating adult white dragon in DoiP. He'll have a huge scar on his back from being hit by one of the frost giants' great axes, and maybe some pierced scales on the front too. If my PC's then later encounter Isendraug with the frost giants in SKT, they might link the two or come to know it by talking with her.
Chris Perkins had a hand in writing both adventures and I suspect the name is just to give a bit of a hook to allow DMs to combine the two adventures if they wanted to do so. It's not necessarily the same dragon, just a cool (pun intended) name for a white dragon. However, if we did want to put it to a timeline, 5e does not have a strict timeline except for the D&D team's internal use, which they said they will not reveal. I'd personally place DoIP after Lost Mine of Phandelver but before STK.
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So... I noticed that there's a pair of White Dragons with the same name in SKT and DoIP, with the one in SKT being an adult and the one in DoIP being young. Does anyone know why Cryovain is in both of these adventures? Is Cryovain just a generic name for White Dragons or is there a connection (either the young one being the adult's kid or them somehow being the same)?
I was wondering this too. Just picked up my copy of DoIP and was reading up to see if he was already an established character and to know how to roleplay him when I found this out. Apparently he also has a mate Isendraug. What's especially confusing is that as best I can tell, SKT predates DoIP in the timeline by about 5 years. I'm going to go on the assumption that the Cryovain of DoIP is the offspring of Cryovain and Isendraug though there is nothing I can find to support this.
Yeah I saw it too! I think I'll discribe Cryovain as a recuperating adult white dragon in DoiP. He'll have a huge scar on his back from being hit by one of the frost giants' great axes, and maybe some pierced scales on the front too. If my PC's then later encounter Isendraug with the frost giants in SKT, they might link the two or come to know it by talking with her.
Chris Perkins had a hand in writing both adventures and I suspect the name is just to give a bit of a hook to allow DMs to combine the two adventures if they wanted to do so. It's not necessarily the same dragon, just a cool (pun intended) name for a white dragon. However, if we did want to put it to a timeline, 5e does not have a strict timeline except for the D&D team's internal use, which they said they will not reveal. I'd personally place DoIP after Lost Mine of Phandelver but before STK.
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Player. Currently playing as Aidan Xistsrith, half-elf wild mage | Finnegan "Finn" Chance, human trickster cleric
Formerly. Onitot, half-elf monk (3.5e) | James Morgan, human battle master | Faelon, half-elf hunter | Gorstag, half-orc moon druid