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<blockquote data-quote="James Gasik" data-source="post: 8572482" data-attributes="member: 6877472">I'm trying to think of anything that happens in the original three books that would stand out in a D&amp;D setting.&nbsp; Many of the elements existed before Dragonlance, like a five headed dragon queen, a platinum dragon who took the form of a befuddled old man (usually with canaries in tow who were actually gold dragons), Death Knights, the Orbs of Dragonkind...So let's look at what was new.&nbsp; Dragonlances, minor artifacts tied to a mythical past age.&nbsp; Most of the Gods are new.&nbsp; Wizardry tied to the moons, a single magical society that dominates all arcane spellcasting on the planet, Tinker Gnomes.&nbsp; Kender.&nbsp; Walrus men (though if I remember, that part of the adventure was cut from the second book).&nbsp; A world where divine magic was just emerging (or re-emerging).&nbsp; Draconians as an artificial race made from the eggs of good Dragons.&nbsp; Flying castles seems to generic a concept to be really &quot;new&quot;.Yeah, I'm inclined to say that Dragonlance was just a regular D&amp;D campaign with a really good story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="James Gasik, post: 8572482, member: 6877472"] I'm trying to think of anything that happens in the original three books that would stand out in a D&D setting. Many of the elements existed before Dragonlance, like a five headed dragon queen, a platinum dragon who took the form of a befuddled old man (usually with canaries in tow who were actually gold dragons), Death Knights, the Orbs of Dragonkind... So let's look at what was new. Dragonlances, minor artifacts tied to a mythical past age. Most of the Gods are new. Wizardry tied to the moons, a single magical society that dominates all arcane spellcasting on the planet, Tinker Gnomes. Kender. Walrus men (though if I remember, that part of the adventure was cut from the second book). A world where divine magic was just emerging (or re-emerging). Draconians as an artificial race made from the eggs of good Dragons. Flying castles seems to generic a concept to be really "new". Yeah, I'm inclined to say that Dragonlance was just a regular D&D campaign with a really good story. [/QUOTE]

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