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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 1339716" data-attributes="member: 5868">I decided to give Dragonlance another try when the War of the Souls Trilogy was published.  I'd enjoyed some of the original Weis & Hickman writing, but I'd been frustrated with the excessive railroading in the original module series, and so hadn't messed with DL since DL5 was published.My reaction to the first book of "War of Souls": "What?  They've blown the world up how many times since Chronicles?  And we're still using the same tired old plot devices?"Needless to say, it didn't leave a good taste in my mouth, or desire to pick up more DL material.  Reviews of the DLCS have been good enough that I'm still tempted to pick it up for my collection, though -- IMO, a campaign setting is what the DM and players make of it, regardless of what the source material is, or what the tie-ins are.  You can have a good or bad campaign in any setting, with virtually any focus -- if you're willing to make the effort.  Unfortunately, the quality of tie-in material has discouraged me from making the effort, since it's just easier to stick to those settings I know better and have had better luck with.  Even though I know I shouldn't judge the campaign setting by the other material, it's hard not to, sometimes.</blockquote>