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[Stormprince]

I hope you'll aim higher than that--WotC is a pretty mediocre standard, as D20 products go. ;-)

Not *just* being a smartass--i think you'll manage it. Sovereign Stone has always been much better content (ideas and layout, at least) than the WotC books i've read, and the realistic artwork you're talking about is head-n-shoulders above the heavily-stylized art of D&D3E. (This despite the fact that i really can't stand Elmore dragons--too anthropmorphic for my taste. But everything else the 3 of them touch is golden.)

Well, we'll just put it at the fact that we are working our bloody hardest to ensure that our Dragonlance line is of the highest quality we can possibly make it. This is truly a labour of love, so we want to ensure that it has every possible chance...we really have poured ourselves into the books, particulary in completing the DLCS and Age of Mortals to make sure that they would be available in their full-color, hardbound glory by August

Christopher

 

[jonesy]

How are the maps going to be handled? As in, are we going to get giant foldout maps with the DLCS? Or in the age specific source books?

 

[talinthas]

No cool huge maps in the DLCS, but potentially a new atlas will be coming out.
This is from what margaret told me at the book signing.

 

[DragonLancer]

Currently I am using the Ansalon map from the Tales of the Lance 2nd ed box set, but its on its last legs. I was really hoping for a pullout 4th age map.

Any chance we can get something like that in a future product?

 

[Stormprince]

How are the maps going to be handled? As in, are we going to get giant foldout maps with the DLCS? Or in the age specific source books?

Okay, now here's the tricky part... we designed a map for inclusion in the DLCS, and the last we heard, there was supposed to be one...but to be perfectly honest, we haven't received our proofs yet, so we can't tell you for positive sure.

The map in the DLCS should reflect the current affairs of the world, and we did provide them with our desire to have a map that reflects both the 4th Age and the 5th Age, but if not we will probably include a 4th Age map with our War of the Lance companion.

Christopher

 

[DragonLancer]

The map in the DLCS should reflect the current affairs of the world, and we did provide them with our desire to have a map that reflects both the 4th Age and the 5th Age, but if not we will probably include a 4th Age map with our War of the Lance companion.

Christopher

Thats good news. Thanx.

 

[talinthas]

frankly, i dont care WHAT age the map is in, so long as it is as detailed as the totl map. That is hands down the best map ever made for DL.

 

[Stormprince]

frankly, i dont care WHAT age the map is in, so long as it is as detailed as the totl map. That is hands down the best map ever made for DL.

It's not quite that detailed...there's no random encounter locations and not every magical site is highlighted, but we tried to make sure that just about every place ever mentioned in novels or game products found its way on the map, with plenty of 'locations' that sound like interesting adventure locales: such as the Tower of Magius...

Christopher

 

[AmerginLiath]

As someone whose DL campaign is in its 7-8th real year and has progressed from 352 AC to now 38 SC, I'm REALY excited by this new campaign setting! (And a vote of praise for the old Elmore art -- the new stuff's nice, but its not quite the same...)

A few questions, if you don't mind more being asked...

1. How many books is Sovreign looking at doing a year? I imagine even DL fanboys like me might get empty poskets real quick if it keeps up. Is there an idea about how many books you're looking at in the current term (no need to give details, just an idea...)

2. Will the future HOLY ORDER OF THE STARS book contain D&DG-style info for the DL gods? At least can we expect more details than in the older books for RPing the gods and their agents in campaigns?

3. Are there places for druids and monks (my two favorite DL characters was a druid of Sirrion in the War of Chaos and a monk of Majere in the 5th age) in the new DL setting? Back in the day, those two were written out pretty much...

I'm sure they'll be more...

 

[Stormprince]

As someone whose DL campaign is in its 7-8th real year and has progressed from 352 AC to now 38 SC, I'm REALY excited by this new campaign setting! (And a vote of praise for the old Elmore art -- the new stuff's nice, but its not quite the same...)

A few questions, if you don't mind more being asked...

1. How many books is Sovreign looking at doing a year? I imagine even DL fanboys like me might get empty poskets real quick if it keeps up. Is there an idea about how many books you're looking at in the current term (no need to give details, just an idea...)

2. Will the future HOLY ORDER OF THE STARS book contain D&DG-style info for the DL gods? At least can we expect more details than in the older books for RPing the gods and their agents in campaigns?

3. Are there places for druids and monks (my two favorite DL characters was a druid of Sirrion in the War of Chaos and a monk of Majere in the 5th age) in the new DL setting? Back in the day, those two were written out pretty much...

I'm sure they'll be more...

Some of Elmore's new stuff is pretty awesome, at least in my opinion...just wait until you see what else he has in store

1. We're doing about 9 books/releases in a year...some big, some small...each year has a "theme." This year, it's the present Age...next year, it will focus quite a bit on the "War of the Lance" era...

2. Yep, the gods will be explored in great detail! I worked quite a bit on the gods, both in the DLCS and in the Age of Mortals, and there's a lot of gaps that desperately need to be filled, so the "other" gods are finally going to receive some in-depth coverage.

3. Yep, check out the DLCS!

Christopher