Dragonlance Campaign Setting: Buying?

jonesy · Aug 21, 2003

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

tetsujin28 · Aug 21, 2003

Die, kender, die.

Li Shenron · Aug 21, 2003

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 · Aug 21, 2003

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

Same here I have always loved Dragonlance.

NiTessine · Aug 21, 2003

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 · Aug 21, 2003

NiTessine said:
Strange choices for crunch.

Like what?

Mucknuggle · Aug 22, 2003

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

NiTessine · Aug 22, 2003

Olive said:
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 · Aug 22, 2003

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 · Aug 22, 2003

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.