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<blockquote data-quote="Geron Raveneye" data-source="post: 120312" data-attributes="member: 2268">Nice questionFirst thing is that the DL books were the first stuff I read in english outside of your typical 9th grade english class literature&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />&nbsp; That it was fantasy, and had something to do with D&amp;D was a big added bonus.The real fascination was that Krynn wasn´t trying for a Tolkienesque feel, for a change. The races and cultures had their very own, in-the-story reasons for behaving and existing. The concept of religions and magical orders of different alignment not beating their brains out on sight because they recognize a need for balance...Kender not being the typical halflings, and some other humanoids being the main focus of attention than bloody ORCS. The whole setting tasted of traditions, histories, and a thought-out line of creation, something you couldn´t have said about Mystara at that time (sorry, I love it still, but it was patchwork&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />&nbsp; ). It was just a real big change..and I loved it...and love it still&nbsp; <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="Geron Raveneye, post: 120312, member: 2268"] [b]Nice question[/b] First thing is that the DL books were the first stuff I read in english outside of your typical 9th grade english class literature :P That it was fantasy, and had something to do with D&D was a big added bonus. The real fascination was that Krynn [i]wasn´t[/i] trying for a Tolkienesque feel, for a change. The races and cultures had their very own, in-the-story reasons for behaving and existing. The concept of religions and magical orders of different alignment [b]not[/b] beating their brains out on sight because they recognize a need for balance...Kender [b]not[/b] being the typical halflings, and some other humanoids being the main focus of attention than bloody ORCS. The whole setting tasted of traditions, histories, and a thought-out line of creation, something you couldn´t have said about Mystara at that time (sorry, I love it still, but it was patchwork :D ). It was just a real big change..and I loved it...and love it still :) [/QUOTE]

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