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<blockquote data-quote="Zenon" data-source="post: 797783" data-attributes="member: 352">This is kind of a &quot;chicken &amp; the egg&quot; thing. IIRC, Weis and Hickman used what eventually became the modules to shape the DL story. I recall reading something about the player who ran Raistlin using a whispery voice which was incorperated into the novel.Either way, the modules exactly following the novels was a terrible idea. Imagine this:You and your friends read the DL novels and think &quot;Wow! Cool world! I want to play in it!&quot; so you run out and start picking up the modules. The DM breaks them open and begins and suddenly all the players are saying &quot;Wait a minute! This is right from the books! I know exactly what's going to happen! WTF???&quot;Imagine the new LotR game by Decipher. You've just see LotR:FotR with your friends and think &quot;Wow! Cool movie! I want to play in that world!&quot; so you buy the game, but it seems that the only thing you can play in it are 9 PC's called the Fellowship, the the adventure is exactly the same as the movie. How many people do you think that would turn off/disgust? (Edit: p.s - I know this is NOT how the new LotR actually is, this is simply a &quot;what if?&quot; example)What I meant by the utility of the wargame part of the DL modules being useful was that a DM could swipe it for rules in case of another was across Krynn.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zenon, post: 797783, member: 352"] This is kind of a "chicken & the egg" thing. IIRC, Weis and Hickman used what eventually became the modules to shape the DL story. I recall reading something about the player who ran Raistlin using a whispery voice which was incorperated into the novel. Either way, the modules exactly following the novels was a terrible idea. Imagine this: You and your friends read the DL novels and think "Wow! Cool world! I want to play in it!" so you run out and start picking up the modules. The DM breaks them open and begins and suddenly all the players are saying "Wait a minute! This is right from the books! I know exactly what's going to happen! WTF???" Imagine the new LotR game by Decipher. You've just see LotR:FotR with your friends and think "Wow! Cool movie! I want to play in that world!" so you buy the game, but it seems that the only thing you can play in it are 9 PC's called the Fellowship, the the adventure is exactly the same as the movie. How many people do you think that would turn off/disgust? (Edit: p.s - I know this is NOT how the new LotR actually is, this is simply a "what if?" example) What I meant by the utility of the wargame part of the DL modules being useful was that a DM could swipe it for rules in case of another was across Krynn. [/QUOTE]

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