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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    Okay, if the text is inconsistent . . . why is it so important that Laurana is white rather than woodland brown? Heck, even if Laurana was consistently described as white, I'd be fine with an actress of color being cast in the role.
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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    Weiss and Hickman do not own or control Dragonlance. At all. The story, the characters, the world, the entire franchise is 100% owned by WotC. WotC does not need W&H's permission or approval for anything Dragonlance. Now, WotC realizes that involving W&H and having that be a positive, friendly...
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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    Well . . . if they include the "Lost Chronicles" and other disparate elements of the story. If the script writers start with the original trilogy, add the Lost Chronicles trilogy, add in elements from the original game modules, and other bits and pieces added on over the decades . . . the...
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    2024 D&D Core Rulebooks Off to "Strongest-Ever" Start for D&D Books

    Yes, but it's true. That every edition has outsold the one prior. You'd like more detail, but . . . does WotC owe us, the fans, specific numbers and breakdowns? I don't get the pushback on the investor and marketing speak in these types of threads. WotC is telling their investors the truth...
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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    Why pick nits? Wheel of Time is a beloved and important fantasy franchise. Is it bigger than Narnia, Harry Potter, or other series? Who cares about the ranking?
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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    I don't think that's what @Reynard meant. Yes, the books are still enjoyable! Otherwise, why adapt them? The books have problematic elements that don't hold up decades later, as does much of the fantasy written in the 80s and the D&D game itself. Mostly how the story deals with the various...
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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    Eh . . . I mean, certainly, some fans were upset with the changes made to the story. And that's fair. But a majority of fans? There aren't numbers on that sort of thing, but . . . I'm a fan of the books, and I loved the TV series, changes and all. Some of the changes I noticed, I didn't care...
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    D&D General What Are Dragonlance's Weis & Hickman, and Actor Manganiello Cooking Up?

    Did it though? Or did Wheel of Time alienate a LOUD portion of the fan base? The show certainly didn't perform well enough for Amazon to continue with it, sadly IMO. I was really enjoying it! I am hoping that this "news" means a live-action television adaptation of Chronicles, but . . . there...
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    D&D General How Much D&D Stuff Is There Anyway? Part 4: Novels

    Okay. Don't know what to tell you, but that's what I remember. Could have been the hardcover Monstrous Compendium or one of the appendices, but there were a couple of DragonDice entries, not many. If memory serves, it was just the lava and coral elves.
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    D&D General How Much D&D Stuff Is There Anyway? Part 4: Novels

    Well, actually . . . The setting for DragonDice was very D&D friendly, if not specifically called out as an official D&D setting. But . . . monster stat blocks for the various races/species were included in one of the Monstrous Compendium appendices, not sure which one . . .
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    AD&D 2E Can anyone give me a rundown on Red Steel and other obscure D&D settings not mentioned in this video?

    No problems! WEG Star Wars is an important and influential RPG . . . from decades ago. Us old timers might raise an eyebrow at your use of "obscure", but for not-old RPG fans, yeah, sure, it's obscure.
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    D&D General Where to start with Mystara?

    Actually, that is Bargle's first name, Bargle is his last name. The dark wizard Argle Bargle.
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    D&D General Where to start with Mystara?

    When your parents name you Bargle, you are probably going to grow up to be a villain.
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    AD&D 2E Can anyone give me a rundown on Red Steel and other obscure D&D settings not mentioned in this video?

    Council of Wyrms was originally released as a boxed set, then later re-released as a hardcover book. I'm fairly certain the content was mostly the same in both versions. The setting is a archipelago of islands populated by dragons and their servant peoples, including realms ruled by all the...
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    AD&D 2E Can anyone give me a rundown on Red Steel and other obscure D&D settings not mentioned in this video?

    Jakandor was three books; Jakandor Island of War, Jakandor Isle of Destiny, and Jakandor Land of Legend. Jakandor is a large island with two warring cultures, a culture of barbarian warriors and a culture of necromancers. The necromancers are interesting, because they aren't your garden-variety...
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    AD&D 2E Can anyone give me a rundown on Red Steel and other obscure D&D settings not mentioned in this video?

    Red Steel's "Savage Coast", like the "Known World" of the main Mystara setting, has a hodge-podge of nations loosely based on real-world cultures. That's either going to bug you or excite you . . . IMO, they are awkwardly placed next to each other without rhyme or reason, but some of the...
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    AD&D 2E Can anyone give me a rundown on Red Steel and other obscure D&D settings not mentioned in this video?

    Red Steel is a coastal setting, but didn't really involve ocean-going adventures . . . you could certainly do that, but it wasn't a focus of the setting. Jakandor and Council of Wyrms are island settings, but as with Red Steel, didn't have a focus on ocean-going adventure.
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    RPG CROWDFUNDING NEWS – Daggerheart, Curseborne, Shadow Scar, and more

    Is Curseborn part of the World of Darkness setting? Or the Chronicles of Darkness setting? Or it's own setting, but same genre?
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    D&D General Where to start with Mystara?

    There isn't a single world-book for the setting, but rather there was a series of regional sourcebooks, the "Gazeteer" series. This series is why Mystara fandom exists, IMO. They're not all solid hits, but overall the series is pretty good. The Gazeteers are all BECMI D&D...
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