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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8411318" data-attributes="member: 7032025"><p>Same sort of experience for me. The DM was not that railroady (but the modules were), but he insisted that we roleplay the characters as in the novels, which we were not allowed to read, so it was a bit complicated...</p><p></p><p>Moreover, honestly, the modules are really poorly designed. The dungeons are enormous and lack variety, the monsters are almost always the same, and encounters are very badly designed (the black dragon at the end of the first module is sure to kill multiple party members, there is no reason for him not to do so).</p><p></p><p>After that, the mandatory switching of characters, some of which were not as interesting or balanced (I loved Laurana and was happy to play her, but technically she could not do anything properly), to follow the arbitrary path of the novels, was indeed extremely railroady and not that interesting.</p><p></p><p>What made DL stand off at the time was certainly not the adventure design, it was the fact that it was one of the first huge Adventure Path, sustained by an overall very cool and mysterious story, great characters, and above all incredible art.</p><p></p><p>And after the War of the Lance, honestly, the setting is not that interesting, which is why I don't understand why it's still such a favourite. Is it really from people who have played through it ? Or people who read the huge production of books (most of them really badly written, honestly) ? Anyway, I can't relate to the appeal, can some of the fans explain why it's such a good setting for them ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8411318, member: 7032025"] Same sort of experience for me. The DM was not that railroady (but the modules were), but he insisted that we roleplay the characters as in the novels, which we were not allowed to read, so it was a bit complicated... Moreover, honestly, the modules are really poorly designed. The dungeons are enormous and lack variety, the monsters are almost always the same, and encounters are very badly designed (the black dragon at the end of the first module is sure to kill multiple party members, there is no reason for him not to do so). After that, the mandatory switching of characters, some of which were not as interesting or balanced (I loved Laurana and was happy to play her, but technically she could not do anything properly), to follow the arbitrary path of the novels, was indeed extremely railroady and not that interesting. What made DL stand off at the time was certainly not the adventure design, it was the fact that it was one of the first huge Adventure Path, sustained by an overall very cool and mysterious story, great characters, and above all incredible art. And after the War of the Lance, honestly, the setting is not that interesting, which is why I don't understand why it's still such a favourite. Is it really from people who have played through it ? Or people who read the huge production of books (most of them really badly written, honestly) ? Anyway, I can't relate to the appeal, can some of the fans explain why it's such a good setting for them ? [/QUOTE]
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