Dragonlance Covers (Warning - Big Images)

[Stormprince]

Okay, next questions!

1. Will there be Regional feats ala Forgotten Realms?

Nope, instead of creating a thousand and one "brand new" feats, we've created some very specific Dragonlance feats, ones very specific to the races and characters of Krynn

2. Prestige Class for archers? Elven archers?

Not in the first two products, the DLCS or the AoM. There are quite a few prestige classes, but there are also rules on how to make the prestige classes in the Dungeon Master's Guide and other products fit in Krynn.

3. I'm just starting to read the War of Souls trilogy. Will this actually spoil some of the events in the Age of Mortals mega-adventure? If I were to play through the adventure, and want maximum enjoyment, would you recommend I wait till after I've played through it to read War of Souls?

No, not at all! The Age of Mortals mega-adventure is tied into the AoM Companion, which is set six-months after the events of the War of Souls! So, definitely enjoy the novels!!!

Christopher Coyle

 

[Stormprince]

Thanks for the info Stormprince, I had no interest in the upcoming DL books until I read this thread.

Awesome!

I know that there many people out there that feel that the time for Dragonlance has long since passed. Some people never liked Dragonlance to begin with.

Well, I like to think of this as a completely revitalized Dragonlance, one that's undergone an incredible neo-genesis. (Man, I've always wanted to use that in a sentence!)

Is Dragonlance for everybody? Well, as much as I might like to think so, it would be foolish to beleive that one can please all of the people all of the time. (Although even that won't keep me from trying ) But, Dragonlance is about to celebrate it's 20th anniversary, which should say something!

Christopher Coyle

 

[Kai Lord]

The other three are product mock-up covers for distributors, we are waiting for the artwork on them. One of them will definitely be a brand new Elmore, one of them will be a brand new Easley, and the third... we'll announce at a later date

I'm guessing Easley will get the Bestiary, and hopefully Elmore will do the DM's screen, leaving the three epic Age of Mortals mega-adventures to Matt Stawicki.

Stawicki has redone both the Chronicles and the Legends trilogies, as well as being the vision of the War of Souls. He is the current look of Dragonlance. For an adventure trilogy, it would only seem right that Stawicki's talent grace the covers, giving his distinct vision to the trials which the players will face.

EDIT: And just for further clarification, there will be two DL hardcover sourcebooks released in August, correct? The Dragonlance Campaign Setting Sourcebook (not pictured in this thread but I believe the cover will have a Stawicki painting of Laurana riding a gold dragon), plus the Age of Mortals Companion Sourcebook?

 

[Drakron]

Well my interess in using DragonLance will only happen if DragonLance stands out without the use of the novel line.

Reason is simple, I do not belive I sould buy and read novels to understand the playing world as presented in the game books or the future development of the world.

I belive that DragonLance setting suffered from just that, the world was always being changed because the novels keep the timeline making rather large jumps into the future and any development in DragonLance only happened because the novels did something (and usually something "world altering) and that end up making the setting more a "companion product" to the novel line that a stand alone product leading to players to move into other settings.

Also I would like that the world remains consistent, I dislike re-writting the world history without some very good reasons and I dislike even more contradicting events on books, if supplement says "x happened y years ago" it sould remain "x happened y years ago" and if some some reason it have to be change then it sould also be explained why it was changed.

 

[Ruvion]

Originally posted by Stormprince
One of the events at the end of the War of Souls Campaign trilogy of adventures will have a MAJOR impact on the world, it will influence the novels, giving the players the sense that their actions are truly changing the world, without having to play out the roles dictated by pregenerated characters.

Just a thought...

...on what this MAJOR impact may be...
...
...
SPOILER
...
...
...
...
...
...
SPOILER (concerning the War of Souls trilogy)
...
...
...
...
...
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...could it be the birth of a new dark god of ultimate badness à la tradition of Takhisis? This world seems to lack a god of all consuming darkness and evil (namely the head of the evil gods) after the events of the War of Souls trilogy...it is simply crying out for a replacement.

Then again, the world is lacking a god of goodness (but then Dragon Lance was a world that had the forces of Evil always on brink of consuming the forces of good)...

 

[Stormprince]

I'm guessing Easley will get the Bestiary, and hopefully Elmore will do the DM's screen, leaving the three epic Age of Mortals mega-adventures to Matt Stawicki.

Stawicki has redone both the Chronicles and the Legends trilogies, as well as being the vision of the War of Souls. He is the current look of Dragonlance. For an adventure trilogy, it would only seem right that Stawicki's talent grace the covers, giving his distinct vision to the trials which the players will face.

EDIT: And just for further clarification, there will be two DL hardcover sourcebooks released in August, correct? The Dragonlance Campaign Setting Sourcebook (not pictured in this thread but I believe the cover will have a Stawicki painting of Laurana riding a gold dragon), plus the Age of Mortals Companion Sourcebook?

I'm not gonna say yet who's doing what, you'll just hafta wait for that one

And yes, both the DLCS from WotC, and the Age of Mortals Companion, from Sovereign Press, will be released at the same time

Christopher Coyle

 

[Stormprince]

Well my interess in using DragonLance will only happen if DragonLance stands out without the use of the novel line.

Reason is simple, I do not belive I sould buy and read novels to understand the playing world as presented in the game books or the future development of the world.

I belive that DragonLance setting suffered from just that, the world was always being changed because the novels keep the timeline making rather large jumps into the future and any development in DragonLance only happened because the novels did something (and usually something "world altering) and that end up making the setting more a "companion product" to the novel line that a stand alone product leading to players to move into other settings.

Also I would like that the world remains consistent, I dislike re-writting the world history without some very good reasons and I dislike even more contradicting events on books, if supplement says "x happened y years ago" it sould remain "x happened y years ago" and if some some reason it have to be change then it sould also be explained why it was changed.

Well, we're trying to move forward in a completely new and different direction. We can't make the novels stop, nor would we want to. But, instead of one trying to completely dictate the direction the other takes, we're trying to work in tandem to ensure that things move much more smoothly, without any more abrupt jumps forward in time.

Christopher Coyle

 

[Stormprince]

Just a thought...

...on what this MAJOR impact may be...
...
...
SPOILER
...
...
...
...
...
...
SPOILER (concerning the War of Souls trilogy)
...
...
...
...
...
...
...could it be the birth of a new dark god of ultimate badness à la tradition of Takhisis? This world seems to lack a god of all consuming darkness and evil (namely the head of the evil gods) after the events of the War of Souls trilogy...it is simply crying out for a replacement.

Then again, the world is lacking a god of goodness (but then Dragon Lance was a world that had the forces of Evil always on brink of consuming the forces of good)...

You'll just have to wait until the third adventure comes out to see what's going on No spoilers! *bwahahahahahahahahahas!*

Christopher Coyle

 

[Kai Lord]

Another question I meant to ask, will DL have level caps? The original DL rules under 1E prohibited advancement beyond 18th level. Will the new DL support Epic Level play?

 

[TalonComics]

6. Will Wayne Reynolds be doing any of the interior art for the Bestiary?

*hrms* We haven't started gathering artists for the Bestiary yet, but soon, I'll be choosing artists for the book!

On to the next questions

Christopher Coyle

Hey Christopher! What llustration style are you guys going to be looking for? Full color, gray scale or B&W illustrations?

~D