With so many cultures, nations, and languages, it can be difficult to know what day and month is referenced for a given holiday or event. Let’s take a closer look at the Dragonlance calendar. Buy the Dragonlance Campaign Setting sourcebook: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/produ...
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0:51 Hours
1:13 Days
1:23 Months
1:36 Moons
3:17 January
3:59 February
4:42 March
6:13 April
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7:35 June
8:49 July
9:47 August
10:20 September
11:30 October
11:58 November
12:27 December
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Transcript
We have a lot to cover, so let’s dive into the Dragonlance Calendar!
Intro
Welcome to another DragonLance Saga episode. My name is Adam and today we are going to talk about the Dragonlance Calendar. 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 Dragonlance Campaign Setting, Holy Orders of the Stars, and The History of Dragonlance sourcebooks, in addition to Dwarves of Krynn and Time of the Dragon Boxed Sets, and Otherlands game accessory for this information. If I leave anything out or misspeak, please leave a comment below!
Discussion
Time in Dragonlance is tracked much the same way as we track it. Each day contains twenty-four hours, named famously after the Palanthan system. Each hour references the watch the city guard dispatches. The minutes are counted up to the thirty minute mark and references as falling. The second half of the hour is called rising. Each week contains seven days, with four weeks to a month, and twelve month’s to a year. Understandably each major culture references the days of the week, and the months in their own vernacular. For simplicity, I will be referencing each as our western world references them, though I traditionally use Solamnic when introducing my shows or referencing dates on this channel.
I would be remiss not to mention the moons of Krynn. While this knowledge is germain to the Wizards of High Sorcery, as they are influenced by the moons, their gods of sorcery, other cultures reference them for the passing of time and highlighting of seasons in the year. Solinari, the silver moon, circles Krynn in thirty-six standard days, with nine days per quarter. Lunitari, the red moon, circles Krynn in twenty-eight days with seven days per quarter. And Nuitari, the black moon, circles Krynn in eight standard days, with two days per quarter. This means tracking the moons is an active requirement, and can be challenging. The moons pass counterclockwise across the sky with the full moon at High Sanction, the last Quarter at Waning, the New Moon at Low Sanction, and First Quarter at Waxing. I randomly generated the position of the three moons by rolling an eighteen on a twenty sided dice and referencing the Moon Tracking Chart found in the Dragonlance Campaign Setting sourcebook.
I have built out a single calendar year for referencing the various months in. Every major phase of the three moons are represented for simplicity, as are the holidays. I used the nineteen, eighty-four Common Era calendar to represent the year three-hundred and fifty-one Alt Cataclius, as that is the year the Dragonlance Intellectual Property, or IP was created, forty years ago, and the beginning of the War of the Lance. While some of these holidays may have begun after this year, we’re going to just roll with it. So let’s get into it shall we? I am only giving the briefest of explanations about each holiday, as there is a lot to go over. I have covered many of them in my Holidays of Krynn episode as well.
December 31-Jan 1 is Year Day or Mark Day. The people of many nations stop their toils and share gifts to celebrate the blessings of the past year and make promises for the new. Jan 3 is Dark Day. Takhisis’ clergy spend this day contemplating wicked old plots and consider their role in the church's hierarchy. January 15 is Sea Queen’s Share. This repeats every nine months when Solinari is at High Sanction. On this day the Zeboite’s, sacrifice most of their wealth to the Sea Queen. Jan 18 is Night of the Mantis. Majere’s clerics spend the time chanting, meditating and reconnecting with Majere. February 9-13 is Harnkeggerfest...
5 авг 2024
