Table of Contents
Chapter One: Roguish Roles   Defining Roles   Using Roles   Lower-Class Roles     The Barmaid     The "Loyal Servant"     The Street Performer     The Street Urchin   Middle-Class Roles     The Guild Thief       Sidebar: Thief Guilds     The Merchant     The River Pirate   Upper-Class Roles     The Ambassador     The Fop     The "Staunch Supporter"   Other Roles     The Bard       Sidebar: The Bard College     The Con Artist     The Displaced Noble     The Handler     The Healer     The Legionnaire Scout     The Qualinesti Rebel     The Spellfilch     The Thug   False Roles		Chapter Two: A Land Defiant   Creating Intrigue   Underground Ansalon     Map: Land of Defiance Chapter Three: Optional Rules   Gully Dwarves as a Hero Race   False Demeanors   Hidden Agendas   Putting It All Together Chapter Four: Northern Ergoth   Geography   Empire of Ergoth     Ergoth Proper     Actal Province     Ogaral Province     Sikk'et Hull Province       Sidebar: Ergoth's Gods   Hylo (Kenderhome) Appendix   Roles Quich Reference Hidden Agenda Sheet

Credits Editor: Sue Weinlein Cook Proofreader: Cerrie A. Bebris Creative Director: Harold Johnson Typographer: Angelika Lokotz Cover Illustrator: Jeff Easley Map Illustrator: James A. Crabtree Graphic Designer: Shan Ren Cartohrapher: Rob Lazzaretti Interior Illustrators: Jason Burrows and Storn A. Cook Graphic Coordinators: S. Daniele, Paul Hanchette, and Dawn Murin Special Thanks To: Duane Maxwell and Steven Brown for their good ideas; Mike Oldfield for The Songs of Distant Earth, to which much of Heroes of Defiance was written; and John Maddox Roberts and Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, whose novels provided this book with descriptive quotes to begin eaxh chapter. Author's Foreword: Generally, when we think of the DRAGONLANCE Saga, we see in our mind's eye vast armies clashing while dragons wheel overhead. But actually, very few escapades of the Heroes of the Lance involved open confrontation. By and large, their early adven- tures were tales of survival through stealth. The famous, grand battles came much later and most cases emerged amid great loss, such as the death of heroes like Sturm Brightblade, Tanis Half-Elven, and Steel Brightblade. Some say a heroic end is worth the example it sets for others, but more pragmatic individuals believe it's better to live to fight another day. This sourcebook is about the latter group. It is about heroes who consider personal glory - even personal honor - far less important than surviving to see the struggle end in victory for their side. Their belief in their cause is as strong as that of knights boldly bearing the crest of their lords into battle. These heroes just have dif- ferent priorities: survival for themselves, their loved ones, and their people. This is a book about spies, freedom fighters, and even dark-cloaked assassins, the Saga's unsung heroes and villains. As Narrators and players, you can use Cloak and Dagger to build a DRAGONLANCE: FIFTH AGE campaign with a different flavor. Chapter One spotlights new roles, from street urchins to displaced nobility. In Chapter Two, you learn how to create an intrigue-laced campaign, as well as glimpse the array of underground and resistance activity sweeping Ansalon. Chapter Three offers new rules for creating roguish heroes who keep secrets from even trusted comrades, as well as optional guidelines for playing one of the most downtrodden races ever to skulk or thieve: the gully dwarves. Finally, Chapter Four discusses Northern Ergoth, a land whose ancient history ties it to the bards and rogues of the world; this is the first time this island has been treated in detail anywhere. Suggested Reading To create fantasy adventures full of intrigue and duplicity for your FIFTH AGE campaign, you can draw from a variety of DRAGONLANCE novels, such as: - Dark Heart by Tina Daniell (Meetings sextet Vol. 3). - Murder in Tarsis by John Maddox Roberts. - Lord Toede by Jeff Grubb (Villains series Vol. 5). - The Dark Queen by Michael and Teri Williams (Villains series Vol. 6). - The Reign of lstar, an anthology (Tales series Vol. 4). Also, for those with Usenet access through online service providers, the newsgroup alt.fan.dragonlance provides an Internet forum to exchange ideas about the Saga.

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