Dragonlance Campaign Setting: Buying?

[jonesy]

I'm definately going to get it. And everything Sovereign will publish for it.

 

[tetsujin28]

Die, kender, die.

 

[Li Shenron]

Could someone write a short description of the Dragonlance setting? I have never played it, and I would like to know what's special about it, what makes it different from Greyhawk, Forgotten Realms or Kingdoms of Kalamar: I don't think those 3 settings are THAT different after all, but if WotC is publishing another setting, I guess there is something new.

So give me reasons to buy this new CS book, which are not "crunchy bits" please, since I can find them in any book

 

[Latency]

I'm definately going to get it. And everything Sovereign will publish for it.

Same here I have always loved Dragonlance.

 

[NiTessine]

Bought it. Shoddy editing. No poster map. No proper map of the entire continent. Strange choices for crunch. Uninspiring art. Overall, a bit disappointing. 2/5.

 

[Olive]

Strange choices for crunch.

Like what?

 

[Mucknuggle]

I've already bought it and Age of Mortals. Planning to buy all the DL material.

 

[NiTessine]

Like what?

The Steel Legionnaire PrC is three levels, and strikes me as not so much weak as pointless. In my opinion, the feat selection was all too slim, with 13 feats, five of which can be just dropped into another D&D campaign, the rest being either specific to Krynn PC races or geared towards dragons. Magic item stats have been sprinkled liberally through the book for no obvious reason. At least there's a separate index for them.

I'm just curious why they didn't do it all the same way they did the FRCS...

 

[talinthas]

the Legion PrC is meant to be a gateway class to get into things like the Legion Scout, the Legion Mystic, and the Legion Sorceror, presented in Age of Mortals. Its basically a flavor PrC.

 

[tsadkiel]

Ultimately, no. I was seriously considering it for a while; though I'm not a huge Dragonlance fan, I absolutely love Taladas. But basically I'd be spending $40.00 on a handful of races, and that's not the best deal.