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<blockquote data-quote="Magister Ludorum" data-source="post: 8327281" data-attributes="member: 6862253"><p>I'm not generally a fan of restricting player options. The original DL did not write out any of the original PC races from the PHB with the exception of the half-orc. </p><p></p><p>I don't want to yuck on anyone's yum, nor to thread crap, so I won't go into detail on my feelings for the setting or the novels.</p><p></p><p>I will say that I enjoyed the 5e version of the War of the Lance that we just finished this year. We built our own characters and backstories. The kids were not familiar with the story, but my brother and law and I were.</p><p></p><p>He and I built identical twin characters. He was a white robe wizard and I was a seeker who was actually the first to discover the secret of true clerical magic when he attuned to the rod we retrieved from goldmoon's dead body. (She was killed by hobgoblins). Riverwind stayed with our party for a while, until he left to take the message of the gods' return to his people.</p><p></p><p>My daughter played a good friend of ours who both Kitara's old lover and a solamnic knight.</p><p></p><p>My older son played an elf who was Laurana's older brother. He was a warlock of the Red Moon (using the archfey mechanics).</p><p></p><p>My younger son played a kender who was also a friend of ours from our youth.</p><p></p><p>We met at the Inn in Solace at the beginning of the story and explained what we'd been doing over the past five years (during which we had went to 3rd level while off-camera).</p><p></p><p>We ended up recreating the original story in our own way.</p><p></p><p>Our GM had to do some heavy rewriting to keep us from being trapped on the choo-choo train.</p><p></p><p>I remember a memorable scene where I engaged in a sermon-off with an NPC seeker who didn't convert to the worship of the returned gods.</p><p></p><p>I bring this tale to point out that despite my feelings on the chronicle, I have had some enjoyable sessions playing it (from 3rd to 18th level).</p><p></p><p>I still think the setting would be improved by finding a way to make modern character options fit the feel of DL instead of simply banning them. Recreating the same setting with only those options allowed in the original would be a mistake in IMNSHO. I am allergic to nostalgia.</p><p></p><p>I sincerely doubt that Wizards will produce the Dragonlance that so many of the posters here are hankering for. There is little evidence that they will produce something that leaves out a sizeable portion of the PHB. (This goes for the Dark Sun thread as well). I would love to see a DL product that emphasizes faith, loyalty and honor. I would love to see a DL product that emphasized using session zero to build a party that had interconnections of love and friendship. I would love to see a DL product that provides support for and discussion of large scale battles (preferably focusing on PCs as commandos who execute special missions that support the troops as opposed to wargaming out mass battles).</p><p></p><p>There are many things that a DL setting book could do.</p><p></p><p>If it's just a recreation of the same exact setting that was published decades ago, with the same exact character options. I don't see it happening. New subclasses for DL, yes; removing everything from the PHB that didn't exist in 1e, no.</p><p></p><p>Just my NSHO, YMMV.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Magister Ludorum, post: 8327281, member: 6862253"] I'm not generally a fan of restricting player options. The original DL did not write out any of the original PC races from the PHB with the exception of the half-orc. I don't want to yuck on anyone's yum, nor to thread crap, so I won't go into detail on my feelings for the setting or the novels. I will say that I enjoyed the 5e version of the War of the Lance that we just finished this year. We built our own characters and backstories. The kids were not familiar with the story, but my brother and law and I were. He and I built identical twin characters. He was a white robe wizard and I was a seeker who was actually the first to discover the secret of true clerical magic when he attuned to the rod we retrieved from goldmoon's dead body. (She was killed by hobgoblins). Riverwind stayed with our party for a while, until he left to take the message of the gods' return to his people. My daughter played a good friend of ours who both Kitara's old lover and a solamnic knight. My older son played an elf who was Laurana's older brother. He was a warlock of the Red Moon (using the archfey mechanics). My younger son played a kender who was also a friend of ours from our youth. We met at the Inn in Solace at the beginning of the story and explained what we'd been doing over the past five years (during which we had went to 3rd level while off-camera). We ended up recreating the original story in our own way. Our GM had to do some heavy rewriting to keep us from being trapped on the choo-choo train. I remember a memorable scene where I engaged in a sermon-off with an NPC seeker who didn't convert to the worship of the returned gods. I bring this tale to point out that despite my feelings on the chronicle, I have had some enjoyable sessions playing it (from 3rd to 18th level). I still think the setting would be improved by finding a way to make modern character options fit the feel of DL instead of simply banning them. Recreating the same setting with only those options allowed in the original would be a mistake in IMNSHO. I am allergic to nostalgia. I sincerely doubt that Wizards will produce the Dragonlance that so many of the posters here are hankering for. There is little evidence that they will produce something that leaves out a sizeable portion of the PHB. (This goes for the Dark Sun thread as well). I would love to see a DL product that emphasizes faith, loyalty and honor. I would love to see a DL product that emphasized using session zero to build a party that had interconnections of love and friendship. I would love to see a DL product that provides support for and discussion of large scale battles (preferably focusing on PCs as commandos who execute special missions that support the troops as opposed to wargaming out mass battles). There are many things that a DL setting book could do. If it's just a recreation of the same exact setting that was published decades ago, with the same exact character options. I don't see it happening. New subclasses for DL, yes; removing everything from the PHB that didn't exist in 1e, no. Just my NSHO, YMMV. [/QUOTE]
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