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<blockquote data-quote="Chris Knapp" data-source="post: 5319237" data-attributes="member: 65116">To me, the original Dragonlance era (End of the Age of Despair aka. War of the Lance) wasn't so much metaplot as it was a shared experience between novels and D&amp;D. Both (ideally) concluded the same with the war over and the heroes victorious. I agree that everyone pretty much knew what was going to happen if you didn't #v&lt;k up the final encounter.My frustration with DL's metaplot occurred after the original campaign arc: Chaos War, War of Souls, Second Cataclysm, Dragon Overlords, etc. and the SAGA rules system.After that, it was a painful trip through 3E as MWP &amp; Co reacted to each new novel that itself attempted to clean up the previous mess and either removed a god (or two) added a new one, killed off big baddies and finally left fans with a relatively stable gaming playground.So for me, lack of support for DL as a published campaign setting means the metaplot train has taken a break for a bit and leaves fans with a bit of breathing room. Now I can finally finish my own personal campaign arc without worry of a metaplot arriving next month that either makes me either alter my worlds reality or pretend it X doesn't exist. I, for one, let out a sigh of relief that DL wasn't selected last year when Dark Sun and DL seemed to be the front runners of the next setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Chris Knapp, post: 5319237, member: 65116"] To me, the original Dragonlance era (End of the Age of Despair aka. War of the Lance) wasn't so much metaplot as it was a shared experience between novels and D&D. Both (ideally) concluded the same with the war over and the heroes victorious. I agree that everyone pretty much knew what was going to happen if you didn't #v<k up the final encounter. My frustration with DL's metaplot occurred after the original campaign arc: Chaos War, War of Souls, Second Cataclysm, Dragon Overlords, etc. and the SAGA rules system. After that, it was a painful trip through 3E as MWP & Co reacted to each new novel that itself attempted to clean up the previous mess and either removed a god (or two) added a new one, killed off big baddies and finally left fans with a relatively stable gaming playground. So for me, lack of support for DL as a published campaign setting means the metaplot train has taken a break for a bit and leaves fans with a bit of breathing room. Now I can finally finish my own personal campaign arc without worry of a metaplot arriving next month that either makes me either alter my worlds reality or pretend it X doesn't exist. I, for one, let out a sigh of relief that DL wasn't selected last year when Dark Sun and DL seemed to be the front runners of the next setting. [/QUOTE]

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