Here are some of the awesome Easter eggs that fans will find in 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale.
Here there be dragons! The upcoming LEGO set for the Dungeons & Dragons 50th anniversary has finally been revealed. Towering at nearly half a metre tall, 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale captures the sense of adventure that makes the roleplaying game so iconic. A mighty dragon is attacking the fortress and only a brave party can stand against this ferocious foe, all while dodging a beholder and a displacer beast!
Blocks, the monthly LEGO magazine, is rolling the dice and casting a detection spell to find some of the best references…
Is that a panther with two tails?
While it might look like a panther, it’s actually a displacer beast. These are monsters that use their tentacles to produce an illusion of an identical copy, making them harder to defeat if you lose track of the original and have to fight both. They can also bend light in order to turn invisible. It’s a great addition to this set and adds yet more storytelling.
Beware the gelatinous cube
The gelatinous cube was the first teaser for 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale and it looks absolutely brilliant. These are transparent cubes of gelatinous matter that can digest organic matter (hence the skeleton inside) and they are one of the most recognisable D&D monsters thanks to Disney’s Onward and Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves.
Red versus green
In the original submission the dragon was green but the final version of 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale features a red dragon instead. Red dragons are fiercely protective of their territory and are the ultimate hoarders of anything they deem valuable – gold or otherwise. It’s likely the colour was changed as red is more striking and matches the D&D logo, but also because green dragons spew poisonous gas and not fire, which would have been tricky to portray in LEGO bricks.
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Shrine to Tiamat
Within the tower is what appears to be a shrine to the five-headed dragon goddess Tiamat. She embodies all the strengths of evil dragon kind because in the Dungeons & Dragons world there are also good dragons. While her depictions usually focus on a different coloured dragon head for each of the primary colours (red, blue, green, black, and white), using the NINJAGO dragon elements does look very effective.
A party of minifigures
To play D&D you need a party of heroes with varied skills and abilities in order to traverse the realms of Faerûn. 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tal comes with an exciting array of characters, including a dragonborn bard! Remember those good dragon mentioned above? Well the dragonborn are one of those and the new moulded head element looks absolutely amazing. There’s also an elf wizard and what appears to be a dwarf cleric.
If you are excited to go on a LEGO Dungeons & Dragons adventure then you can pick up 21348 Dungeons & Dragons: Red Dragon’s Tale on April 1 when it arrives at LEGO.com. There is so much lore attached to this set and it promises to be filled with references from across Faerûn, not to mention it will have its own one-shot campaign for fans to play.