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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 119626" data-attributes="member: 1">The original Chronicles/Legends were the first TSR-published books I ever read; other than those, I didn't like any of the DL books. None of them 'felt' right.&nbsp; Then again, I dislike 99.9999% of all of the old TSR/current WotC published novels.&nbsp; I think that, for me, a new version has to cover things that previous versions have not.&nbsp; It has to do justice to the 'legends'of the series - the Raistlin thing, the Finstandantilus thing etc.&nbsp; None of this 'Here's Raistlin at the end of the Chronicles - 20th level' nonsense.&nbsp; I want to know what Raistlin's stats were at the height of his powers; same with other major NPCs.&nbsp; Foar me, DL was always about the characters - yet the game books never did justice to them.&nbsp; Lord Soth was not the same as i the books - even close - and neither were half the heroes/villains of the world.The best thing about the series, for me, was the cool high-powered yet not Forgotten-Realmsy stuff.&nbsp; Master of Past &amp; Present?&nbsp; It sounds cool in the books - translate that to the various game interpretations, and you just get a flat, apatheitic, uninspiring paragraph or so. As for periods of play - I'm not interested in the 5th Age stuff, but I realise that others are.&nbsp; I think that every Age should be dealt with in detail.Most importantly - the whole thing should capture that 'Dragonslancy' atmosphere present in Weiss &amp; Hickman's original offerings, but lacking later.&nbsp; It should not feel like FR or GH.&nbsp; It's got a lot of colour, history, poetry etc., and this should be used to full advantage.&nbsp; Heh - perhaps a leaf form the Cthulhu d20 special edition should be adopted - include a CD in the book with various classic DL musical pieces on it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 119626, member: 1"] The original Chronicles/Legends were the first TSR-published books I ever read; other than those, I didn't like any of the DL books. None of them 'felt' right. Then again, I dislike 99.9999% of all of the old TSR/current WotC published novels. I think that, for me, a new version has to cover things that previous versions have not. It has to do justice to the 'legends'of the series - the Raistlin thing, the Finstandantilus thing etc. None of this 'Here's Raistlin at the end of the Chronicles - 20th level' nonsense. I want to know what Raistlin's stats were at the height of his powers; same with other major NPCs. Foar me, DL was always about the characters - yet the game books never did justice to them. Lord Soth was not the same as i the books - even close - and neither were half the heroes/villains of the world. The best thing about the series, for me, was the cool high-powered yet not Forgotten-Realmsy stuff. Master of Past & Present? It sounds cool in the books - translate that to the various game interpretations, and you just get a flat, apatheitic, uninspiring paragraph or so. As for periods of play - I'm not interested in the 5th Age stuff, but I realise that others are. I think that every Age should be dealt with in detail. Most importantly - the whole thing should capture that 'Dragonslancy' atmosphere present in Weiss & Hickman's original offerings, but lacking later. It should not feel like FR or GH. It's got a lot of colour, history, poetry etc., and this should be used to full advantage. Heh - perhaps a leaf form the Cthulhu d20 special edition should be adopted - include a CD in the book with various classic DL musical pieces on it. :) [/QUOTE]

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