| "The
Black Dragons" was a campaign set in Theeurth that lasted
from 1991 to 1997. It centered around the elite guard loyal
to the duke of Antiphia, a city in Tirgonia, near the edge of
civilization. Over time, they became embroiled in politics,
intrigue and war, and even saved the world.
The Black Dragons had it rough, and went up against some of the
toughest enemies Tirgonia had. Most of them never came back
from their adventures. As you can see below, that's why I
don't want to be a Black Dragon.
WHY I DON'T WANT TO BE A BLACK
DRAGON
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FATE
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CHARACTER
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OCCUPATION
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PLAYER
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Died in Azanārgud
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Agathon Hildreth
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Paladin
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Brian Ballard
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Alrek Laertes
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Paladin, Knight
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Chris Rupert
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Harland Spreakson
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Gladiator
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Sean Conlon
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Ivar Anson
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Wizard
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Mike Dobbs
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Merrick
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Thief
|
Chuck Lewis
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Serro Eskanto
|
Wizard
|
Scott Everett
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Died at the Battle of
Five Demons
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Hanson Halifax
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Paladin
|
Chuck Lewis
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Lodan
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Priest
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Mike Dobbs
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Rand McZeno
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Warrior
|
Brian Ballard
|
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Rune Eannskye
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Ranger, Knight
|
Halle Dunn
|
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Murdered by Otto van
Ewart and Lao Tai
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Galerage
|
Wizard
|
Halle Dunn
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Kel
|
Warrior
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Whitney Dunn
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Haldane Ivorson
|
Paladin
|
Chuck Lewis
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Murdered by Lao Tai
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Nightshade
|
Wizard
|
Chuck Lewis
|
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Murdered by His Wife
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Donal
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Priest
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Mike Dobbs
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Accidently Killed by
Balak Friendslayer
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Altanius Spetinas
|
Bard
|
Mike Dobbs
|
|
Falconhand
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Druid
|
Vivian Nolan
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Killed by Imperial
Guards
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Balak Friendslayer
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Wizard
|
Chris Rupert
|
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Killed by a Demon
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Barton Maddick
|
Wizard, Knight
|
Chris Rupert
|
|
Neblin Magebane
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Priest
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Mike Dobbs
|
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Killed by a Banshee
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Camaill
|
Gladiator
|
Nathan Borshelt
|
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Killed by a Horse
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Gladinus Gravius
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Warrior
|
Nathan Borshelt
|
|
Eaten by Trolls
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Keegan Forster
|
Warrior
|
Halle Dunn
|
|
Eaten by a Dinosaur
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Farouz
|
Wizard
|
Chris Rupert
|
|
Lost Souls to a Demon
|
Otto van Ewart
|
Warrior, Knight
|
Chris Rupert
|
|
Lao Tai
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Warrior, Knight
|
Mike Dobbs
|
|
Lost Soul to Evil
Artifact
|
Seralis
|
Wizard
|
Mike Dobbs
|
|
Lost in the Land of the
Dead
|
Lief Karlson
|
Warrior
|
Sean Joyner
|
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Disappeared Under
Mysterious Circumstances
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Corwyn
|
Ranger, Baron
|
Sean Joyner
|
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Goro the Foul
|
Wizard
|
Scott Stricklin
|
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Sagramore Stormcrown
|
Priest, Knight
|
Whitney Dunn
|
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Surbim Theosom
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Paladin, Knight
|
Scott Everett
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Vargus
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Ranger, Knight
|
Brian Ballard
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Achieved Immortality
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Caradoc
|
Warrior
|
Mike Dobbs
|
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Retired Safely
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Almaren
|
Priestess
|
Vivian Nolan
|
|
Druss
|
Priest
|
Mike Dobbs
|
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Gilmore
|
Wizard
|
Chuck Lewis
|
|
Hūn-Camé
|
Barbarian
|
Scott Everett
|
|
Im Hep
|
Thief
|
Sean Conlon
|
|
Mulligan
|
Pirate
|
Scott Stricklin
|
|
Killian Keer
|
Thief
|
Halle Dunn
|
|
Marcus
|
Ranger
|
Sean Joyner
|
Statistics:
Length of Campaign: Six
Years
Number of Players: 11
Number of Characters: 42
Number of Character Deaths or Reported Deaths: 33
(78.5%)
Number of Characters Killed out of combat:14
(33%)
Most Characters: Mike Dobbs (9)
Shortest-Lived Character: Lodan (Lodan Mark I) -
about two minutes
Longest-Lived Character: Sagramore (the whole six
years)
A
Great Epitaph
Sir Sagramore Stormcrown was
the Black Dragons' crusader. A priest of the war god Fargalann, he
was in the thick of every fight. Problem was, Sagramore (and his
player, my friend Whitney Dunn) had the worst luck imaginable. No
matter what, every time something really important rested on a
roll of the dice, Sagramore was sure to blow that roll. Hanging
over a pit of lava and have to make a Dexterity check? Bye, bye,
Sagramore. Facing your archnemesis in single combat before the
great conclave? Hello, excommunication.
Well, Sagramore hung in there
to the end, somehow surviving despite it all and fighting the good
fight. When at last he died, his surviving friends erected a
monument in front of his church with an epitaph that remembered
his frequent bouts of unconsciousness in the early stages of an
important fight:
"Here Lies Sir
Sagramore Stormcrown.
When the Chips Were Down, So Was He."
BLACK DRAGONS ART
Okay, so we're not artists. Still, that
doesn't prevent us from mocking ourselves with drawings. The
first piece was commissioned and the second is by a good friend of
mine during his visit from France. But the rest is there because
it makes us laugh to remember.
Click image to see full-sized picture
Julien Hermitte
Chris Rupert
Sean Joyner
Whitney Dunn
Sean Joyner
Whitney Dunn
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