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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stormprince" data-source="post: 257799" data-attributes="member: 2046">Okay, granted I'm completely and utterly biased considering I work for Sovereign Press and we're working on the Dragonlance license currently, but I don't think the problem with Dragonlance stems from the "races," such as kender, or gully dwarves, or even the gnomes, dubbed the "Three Comic Relief Races of Krynn." The problem with Dragonlance is the perception that everything has to revolve around the novels, with no other room for maneuvering. I never had that problem when I played Dragonlance campaigns years ago... I never forced my players to follow the modules, heck, I didn't even use adventure modules for the adventures, but for background details. My players had a blast participating in a Krynn they had seen and loved from the novels, without feeling constrained to play the novels.Knowing that many people, however, dislike Dragonlance because they feel that it's only about playing the novels, and epic stories that seem to change the world every time, we're paying particular attention to reinforcing the fact that Dragonlance is much, much more than just the Heroes of the Lance.If I've noticed any one thing since starting to work for Sovereign Press, it's that people either LOVE Dragonlance, or HATE it-it seems to evoke extremely powerful emotions one way or the other, with few people truly in the middle. I actually think that's a good thing... if its a powerful enough setting that it sticks in your mind, that it evokes such strong feelings, then its been done well.Oh, and P.S., Margaret is one of the nicest people you could ever meet... and laying the blame for how you feel about Dragonlance upon her and Tracy I feel is a bit silly. A lot of people have put their own unique touches upon Dragonlance as a labor of love, and if nothing else, they at least deserve some respect for creating one of the most enduring fantasy worlds in our generation.Tell you what... a year from now, when the new Dragonlance Campaign Setting comes out, give it a look-see. Then, if you still don't like it, I'll gracefully concede the point that we can't please all the people, all the time. ;-)Sincerely,Christopher Coyle</blockquote>

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