Practical Guide to Dragons

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Well, much to my surprise, this was published in September, and there's not a peep about it I can find online, not even a review on Amazon.

As a fluff-lover (but not a fluffer), I'm curious how good this is and if anyone's picked it up. Obviously, the market is different than for the Draconomicon, but I'm wondering how much overlap there is in the content, if any. Dragons hating sweet flavors is a new one on me, and ironically the sort of thing I can use in a game.

 

[DM_Jeff]

I didn't know it was out either. It was a product information page on WotC's site.

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dlnovel/957437200

And WotC's booth had tons of little flyers pimping it at GenCon. It's a Dragonlance book, with no game material, IIRC from the flyer. It's a kender's views on all the WotC dragons (and related iconic artwork) in the world of Dragonlance.

Otherwise I never saw it in any bookstore or game shop for a perusal.

-DM Jeff

 

[takasi]

This page has a few previews:

http://ww2.wizards.com/Books/Mirrorstone/Article.aspx?doc=mirrorspot_PGDfunstuff

Do Dragonlance black dragons look different than traditional D&D black dragons?

 

[airwalkrr]

I got it for my little sister for Christmas because she likes Dragons. I did not actually realize WotC made it when I did until I was looking at it later. It seems kinda cool to me, but marketed towards children.

 

[JustKim]

It's not strictly for children. It's whimsically written and has a lot of pictures (mostly new), but it has a lot of the information you can find in books like Draconomicon. It's well put together, attractive and inexpensive. I'm looking forward to the next one, and I think together they'd make very cool props to show players the kinds of things their characters may have heard about famous D&D creatures.

As for Dragonlance, I really had no idea it was supposed to be a Dragonlance product until I noticed the word "kender" on the back and inside front cover. There is really nothing other than that which identifies it as a Dragonlance product. It's completely setting-inspecific.