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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Gryph" data-source="post: 5730682" data-attributes="member: 98071">Frankly, I would caution against doing this. TSR created a series of modules based on the DragonLance trilogy. They are near universally held up as the the model for what not to do with a campaign. Trying to do a campaign based on a playthrough of the main storyline of a book and from the pov of the main characters is simply a railroad. You can't really let the players interact with the fiction in a meaningful way unless they can change the ending and the journey. That being said, there have been a lot of good campaigns run in the settings of good books. It's been a while since I read the Belgariad but I remember it being a fairly large world that could easily support a lot of other stories as well. Campaigns set in the world could be a real pleasure for you and your players. No reason not to meet and interact with the storyline characters. Maybe they can take part in Ce'Nedra's army or crew a ship in Anheg's fleet. Plenty of room to be in the story but depart from its specifics without invalidating the canon. On the other hand, if you have a group of players that are psyched to play Silk, Garion and company, then go for it.  If you do go that route there are couple practical points to consider. Towards the end of the series when Silk, Belgarath and Garion go off on their own is going to present a logistically challenge to you if you have more than 3 players. Also, there is a pretty big power discrepancy between the three sorcerors and the rest of the main characters, I would address that with your players up front and be sure that the players of the supporting characters are good with being in those roles. However you decide to go forward, good luck with your game. Those were favorite books of mine when they came out.</blockquote>

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