Romance Adventure Seeds

Romance is integral to the Dragonlance Setting. It’s often too on the nose, contrived, or uncomfortable for players to role-play, but when it works, it’s great fun! Let’s explore a few romance adventure seeds. Buy DL5 Dragons of Mystery: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/16890/dl5-dragons-of-mystery-1e?affiliate_id=50797  

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Time Stamps:

* 0:00 Intro

* 2:17 Unrequited Love

* 4:50 Love Worlds Apart

* 6:46 Discovered Love

* 8:52 Outro

Transcript

Cold Open

Love comes in many forms, not all of which are familiar.

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about romance adventure seeds for Dragonlance. I would like to take a moment and thank the DLSaga members, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate links. I am referencing the long line of romance greats from novels to films. If I miss a genre element that you enjoy, please leave a comment below!

Discussion

Dragonlance has always been steeped in romance. It’s a core aspect to the series. From the love triangle between Tanthalas Half-Elven and Lauralanthalasa Kanan and Kitiara Uth Matar, to Caramon Majere and Tika Waylan. We have cross species love with Huma and the Silver Dragon, and Gilthanas and Dargent. We even saw a touch of friendly love between Bupu and Raistlin Majere. But love is not alway a mutually received emotion. There is a reason for all of the heartbreak songs and poetry in our various cultures after all. Love is a drug that can lift you up, or tear you apart, and romance, the celebration or chasing of that love can be just as rewarding or destructive. Since we just passed yet another Valentine's Day, let’s take a look at a few adventure seeds that begin with love, but perhaps not in the way one might expect.

But first, allow me to present a  bit of a disclaimer. I am a romantic at heart, and I do not kink shame. Whatever anyone does in the privacy of their own homes is their business, so long as it’s between consenting adults. This being a set of fantasy role-playing adventure seeds, I am going to have to request the same level of tolerance from you. For while your characters may not understand or accept interspecies love, in a fantasy game, it seems to be inevitable that it will come up, so let’s embrace it in the spirit in which it's intended. 

This first adventure seed I like to refer to as unrequited love. And while the idea of having romantic feelings for someone who does not return them is an act as old as time, I think we can do it one better. The heroes overhear Constable Hixen muttering disbelief under his breath while he is drinking in the middle of the day at the Steel Tankard Tavern in Haven. This is odd behavior for the constable. Upon inquiry the heroes either overhear his mutterings or they ask  him and receive the tale. Apparently Mini Lowen reported her fiance Baslen Frethers missing.