Dragonlance Dragons Of Eternity By Margaret Weis And Tracy Hickman Coming August 6, 2024

[Reynard]

I don't think the image is AI generated (and am frankly a little exhausted with folks making those claims) I just think it's poorly done. The faces in particular are atrocious, but the composition in general falls flat.

Hire Elmore back.

 

[mamba]

Almost as if they were the work of completely different artists...

or of one artist who is better at scenery than faces… at least the guy is consistent, had the same issue with his previous covers

 

[Paul Farquhar]

or of one artist who is better at scenery than faces… at least the guy is consistent, had the same issue with his previous covers

I've been looking at his portfolio, and his buildings can be a bit weird too. Scenic backdrops he can do.

 

[mamba]

I've been looking at his portfolio, and his buildings can be a bit weird too. Scenic backdrops he can do.

yep, just looked at his artstation account, it’s predominantly scenery, so that tracks

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Besides, as of SotDQ, sorcerers already are in WotC Dragonlance. The don’t need to do anything with the fiction to make it happen.

Sorcerers have been in DL since the Dragonlance SAGA game technically, although it is not the same as the 5E Sorcerer. The 3.5 supplements had to use the default 3.5 Sorcerer with some tweaks to the flavor (DL Sorcerers are not Bloodline based, but learn their magic like Wizards). I have no idea what the Sorcerer in SOTDQ is like because I do not have that book.

 

[Zardnaar]

Sorcerers have been in DL since the Dragonlance SAGA game technically, although it is not the same as the 5E Sorcerer. The 3.5 supplements had to use the default 3.5 Sorcerer with some tweaks to the flavor (DL Sorcerers are not Bloodline based, but learn their magic like Wizards). I have no idea what the Sorcerer in SOTDQ is like because I do not have that book.

Sorceress can fit in most words that allow wizards imho.

Things like Darksun makes no sense to have PHB Dragon Sorcerers.

Athasian sorcerers are fine imho. Similar thing with Warlocks. It's not they can't fit on Athas it's the phb ones aren't a great fit.

It's not bad because they're bad wrong fun and new it's how new stuff is integrated into existing settings that will annoy people.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

As excited as I am to see the conclusion of the trilogy (the second books was a big glow-up), that cover is not great. Tanis' stare is terrifying, Kitiara's pose is unnatural, and Destina is giving me a "what did you do" look. The background, at least, looks good.

 

[Reynard]

So despite being a huge DL fan, reading everything from W&H up to and including the War of Souls, the previews from the first book in this trilogy really left me cold. I thought the writing was just bad.

So, sell me on this trilogy.

 

[Zardnaar]

So despite being a huge DL fan, reading everything from W&H up to and including the War of Souls, the previews from the first book in this trilogy really left me cold. I thought the writing was just bad.

So, sell me on this trilogy.

Damn. I couldn't finish War of Souls so Dragons of Sumner Flame was the last novel I enjoyed. Seemed to be an organic conclusion as well.

 

[Snapdragyn]

I was utterly bored by the first book. Bored enough that I actually rated it 2 stars on Goodreads (I never rate things). Bored enough that I wrote a review (I never write reviews). [Link to review - I hope that's ok? https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4941611721 ]

I've seen a couple of comments on this thread that the 2nd book was really good. So... sell a skeptic on it? If you want. shrug

Damn. I couldn't finish War of Souls so Dragons of Sumner Flame was the last novel I enjoyed. Seemed to be an organic conclusion as well.

Honestly, that was the best trilogy of the series. It wasn't without its uneven portions, but there were some BIG events that really landed well!