Midkemia d20

[jdrakeh]

Or, equally plausibly, that he played a relatively normal D&D game and then changed the way magic worked in the books because he didn't want to write about Vancian magic.

Well, I think that's actually less plausible, as the novels wouldn't then be based on his D&D campaign

 

[buzz]

I wouldn't be surprised if the early Midkemia crew were using things like the point-based casting system from the Arduin Grimoires.

That said, I don't see any reason why straight-up D&D wouldn't work for Midkemia, especially the current ruleset.

 

[takyris]

Well, I think that's actually less plausible, as the novels wouldn't then be based on his D&D campaign

Right, because changing from Vancian magic to something that's easier to explain and write in novel format pretty much torpedoes the narrative continuity. Glad we're on the same page.

 

[coyote6]

I remember reading something in the '90s that Feist's novels were in the setting they used for their D&D games, but the events of the books weren't drawn from the campaigns very much, if at all. IIRC, the campaigns were mostly set in a different area of the world -- amongst islands or somesuch.

Hmm, where's my Betrayal at Krondor map . . .

 

[Relique du Madde]

I remember reading something in the '90s that Feist's novels were in the setting they used for their D&D games, but the events of the books weren't drawn from the campaigns very much, if at all. IIRC, the campaigns were mostly set in a different area of the world -- amongst islands or somesuch.

Hmm, where's my Betrayal at Krondor map . . .

I heard that some of the character's were based on several SCA members in the Southern California area... but who knows if that is true or a rumor that started up during one of the wars at Estralia.