Tinker Gnome
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So who here likes Dragonlance? If so, what makes you like it? If not, why not?
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Sado
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I'm a sucker for nice cover art, which is why I picked up the Chronicles gift set. Big mistake. Should have just bought one book to check it out first. Instead I droppped $20+ on the set.
I quit reading the first book after a hundred pages. I found the main characters boring and stereotypical, and (this really annoys me) better at everything than secondary characters. And they seemed like they were working from a script. They didn't seem real to me (no, not even Raistlin). I particularly disliked the two barbarian people, Riverwind and Goldmoon, and that chick in the tavern.
I don't know much about the setting as a whole. All I read about was the area around Solace before I put the book up. So I don't know a lot about the background, just something about the gods disappearing long ago or something and there being no real clerics anymore.
I quit reading the first book after a hundred pages. I found the main characters boring and stereotypical, and (this really annoys me) better at everything than secondary characters. And they seemed like they were working from a script. They didn't seem real to me (no, not even Raistlin). I particularly disliked the two barbarian people, Riverwind and Goldmoon, and that chick in the tavern.
I don't know much about the setting as a whole. All I read about was the area around Solace before I put the book up. So I don't know a lot about the background, just something about the gods disappearing long ago or something and there being no real clerics anymore.
Chingerspy
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I really like DL. I've never played in the setting though. I would love to run a DL game someday. I have the new setting book and Age of Mortal. I will buy War of the Lance soon, maybe when Shining South hits the UK (next week?) but I will be at Gencon UK so maybe get it there.
I have read very little too, just Dragons of Autumn when I was younger. I guess the fact that none of my players back then were into DL is the reason I haven't had more experience with the setting. I liked the book though and own Tales, Chronicles and Legends which I plan on reading when I get some time (soooo much to read!). The characters are loveable ones alright!
I have read very little too, just Dragons of Autumn when I was younger. I guess the fact that none of my players back then were into DL is the reason I haven't had more experience with the setting. I liked the book though and own Tales, Chronicles and Legends which I plan on reading when I get some time (soooo much to read!). The characters are loveable ones alright!
Steel_Wind
Legend
In addition to being project lead at DLA (which has turned into a job on its own) I run a regular DL 3.5 PnP campaign. Current hi-tech campaign log for same is here.
I admit I was a little iffy initially on the quality of the DLCS and Age of Mortals. Sovereign Press has got much better as it has matured with the product line, however, and Bestiary of Krynn, Towers of High Sorcery and - most especially - the War of the Lance are excellent products.
In fact, I'd go so far and say that War of the Lance is the best gaming product I've ever purchased. It's excellent.
To top it off, DL Age of Mortals has its own epic campaign module series which has sold well at a time when adventures are selling poorly overall in the biz. (In fact,
Key of Destiny has sold out and is going into a second printing this fall). The series is continuing with parts 2 due out shortly 3 due out in late spring in 2005.
The quality of the writing is good; editing is improving, production values are very high and the approach to all of Sov Press' DL books is really damned decent. If you are a Greyhawk or Planescape fan, you've got to be more than a little envious on how well DragonLance is being supported under 3.5e.
There tends not to be too many DL DM posts on Enworld. Mostly, that's because the DL community has the
DragonLance forums , WotC's DL forum, DL3E and our own site at DLA to support DL fans - (and a host of other smaller sites as well).
There are a few of us here though
I admit I was a little iffy initially on the quality of the DLCS and Age of Mortals. Sovereign Press has got much better as it has matured with the product line, however, and Bestiary of Krynn, Towers of High Sorcery and - most especially - the War of the Lance are excellent products.
In fact, I'd go so far and say that War of the Lance is the best gaming product I've ever purchased. It's excellent.
To top it off, DL Age of Mortals has its own epic campaign module series which has sold well at a time when adventures are selling poorly overall in the biz. (In fact,
Key of Destiny has sold out and is going into a second printing this fall). The series is continuing with parts 2 due out shortly 3 due out in late spring in 2005.
The quality of the writing is good; editing is improving, production values are very high and the approach to all of Sov Press' DL books is really damned decent. If you are a Greyhawk or Planescape fan, you've got to be more than a little envious on how well DragonLance is being supported under 3.5e.
There tends not to be too many DL DM posts on Enworld. Mostly, that's because the DL community has the
DragonLance forums , WotC's DL forum, DL3E and our own site at DLA to support DL fans - (and a host of other smaller sites as well).
There are a few of us here though
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Steel_Wind
Legend
Sado said:
Dragons of Autumn Twilight was the first DL novel written. It is the weakest of the "core" DL books and was hampered by following the modules it was based on too closely. The authors were very much new at what they were doing.
They've written over 30 novels since then and are NY Times best selling authors. They improve
The series improves through the remainder of the Chronicles, and gets downright damned good in DragonLance Legends.
The other 140 DL novels and short stories are a matter of taste. Much of it is gaming fiction for the most part - so it's hit and miss. Marg Weis and Tracy Hickman's novels tend to be the best of the lot, though there are some other authors who have developed a following of sorts (Doug Niles being one of the better known ones).
If you judge DL solely by Dragons of Autumn Twilight, however, you are short-changing yourself and wasting your $20 gift set. Give it a try and persevere. It really *does* get better. There is a reason there are more DL fantasy books written than for any other fictional setting ever.
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Ranger REG
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The Roman-esque Minotaur League.Galeros said:
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I love Dragonlance, though I'm not that keen on the 5th age/Age of Mortals.
The chronicles were the first fantasy novels I ever read, and ultimately it was they that brought me into playing D&D (Dragonlance for the most part, oddly enough). I love the epic scale, and heroism, that really captures for me the spirit that every D&D game should have.
The chronicles were the first fantasy novels I ever read, and ultimately it was they that brought me into playing D&D (Dragonlance for the most part, oddly enough). I love the epic scale, and heroism, that really captures for me the spirit that every D&D game should have.
Back in the day, used to run a D&D campaign (2nd Ed) in Krynn using the DL modules and some of my own writing. It kinda all fizzled out when they switched to SAGA card based rules and "abandonded" D&D. My players had zero interest in playing card based rules.
I didn't really care for the 5th age stuff either. Some of the things that made Krynn interesting, such as the 3 moons of magic was cool, but they basically trashed that when they went to 5th age and dissolved that.
I realize that they have tried to come back to D&D roots, but I haven't purchased any of the recent 3rd edition DL stuff. Is there setting geared more to 4th age or 5th age?
I didn't really care for the 5th age stuff either. Some of the things that made Krynn interesting, such as the 3 moons of magic was cool, but they basically trashed that when they went to 5th age and dissolved that.
I realize that they have tried to come back to D&D roots, but I haven't purchased any of the recent 3rd edition DL stuff. Is there setting geared more to 4th age or 5th age?
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