Dragonlance Campaign Setting (Dungeon & Dragons Roleplaying Game: Campaigns) [Hardcover]

Christopher Coyle (Author), Jamie Chambers (Author), Margaret Weis (Designer), Don Perrin (Designer)

Book Description

Series: Dungeon & Dragons Roleplaying Game: Campaigns | Publication Date: August 1, 2003

Sagas from the lands of Krynn are filled with valiant heroes destined to discover ancient secrets and vanquish terrible evils. Like those great champions, you will band together with brave companions to set forth on daring adventures. The tales of those bold deeds will become the newest legends in the world of Dragonlance.

From Solamnic Knights and Dragon Riders to kender, tinker gnomes, and draconians, the rich tapestry of the Dragonlance world comes alive in this campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. With historical content covering eras from the War of the Lance to the War of Souls, along with expanded rules for aerial combat, the Dragonlance Campaign Setting provides the charcter races, prestige classes, feats, spells, monsters, and maps you need to fully explore the world of Dragonlance.

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About the Author

Margaret Weis is the best-selling author of 15 Dragonlance novels, 11 of them co-written with Tracy Hickman.
Don Perrin is the author of the Dragonlance novel Theros Ironfeld and co-author of numerous novels with wife Margaret Weis.
Jamie Chamber's credits include the Sovereign Stone Campaign Sourcebook, Escape Into Darkness, and the Bestiary of Loerem.
Christopher Coyle worked on Bestiary of Loerem and Old Vinnengael: City of Sorrows d20 for Sovereign Press, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (August 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786930861
• ISBN-13: 978-0786930869
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book for a Great Setting, August 29, 2003

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Bret Sheeley "carteeg" (Shirley, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragonlance Campaign Setting (Dungeon & Dragons Roleplaying Game: Campaigns) (Hardcover)

I've been a fan of the Dragonlance Novels for a number of years now (well... 95% of them). I've also been running the original Dragonlance modules in a campaign for the past year. Until now, I've had to work with both my own 3rd edition convertions and unofficial materials I've found online. However with the return of the official campaign setting (designed for edition 3.5), my preparation for the RP sessions have gotten much easier.

The campaign book contains the history of the world of Krynn in its covers. Whether you're new to the world or if you are an old time DL gamer, the Campaign Setting has what you need to get started.

It has everything needed to play a Knight of Solamnia (of any order), a Knight of Neraka (of any order), or a Knight of the Legion of Steel. It also contains the information describing the full benefits of becoming a Wizard of High Sorcery, and shows how different the abilities of the three Robes are. A variety of races are available for play (including two of the Draconian types, Minotaurs, Gnomes, Kender, two Sea Elven races, etc...) along with good descriptions of each.

Although the book covers everything up to just after the end of the War of Souls novels, enough is here to let you run at any time in Krynn's history. Much more specific details for each era will be coming out in the upcoming years. I already have the 5th Age book, and it gives what I think of as additional 'required' information in order to play in those times. But the DLCS is what is needed to get the broad general overview which anyone (especially a newbie to the world) should become familiar with before diving into the details. But if you don't wish to get the additional books, don't worry. There is enough in here to get you going in order to develop your own Krynnish campaign.

In short, the book is well put together. The coverage of the pantheon is clear. The timeline explains clearly how things came about. The new classes I look forward to using. The prestige classes I'm already having fun with. And I'll stop there because I said 'in short'.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's about time!, August 30, 2003

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Joe Brand (Kennewick, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dragonlance Campaign Setting (Dungeon & Dragons Roleplaying Game: Campaigns) (Hardcover)

Finally! An updated campaign setting for the Dragonlance world. While this book does live up to expectations, it's not quite perfect. The organization of the book comes across as somewhat sporadic, and the information within isn't as detailed as, say, the Forgottem Realms campaign setting book.

With several source books already planned for release soon, I believe the Dragonlance setting will become even more popular. If you're a fan of Dragonlance, and not necessarily a gamer, I highly suggest picking up this book.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mainly for campaigns set during and after the War of Souls., August 2, 2004

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Daniel Savio - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dragonlance Campaign Setting (Dungeon & Dragons Roleplaying Game: Campaigns) (Hardcover)

This is a pretty good campaign setting.

Though not without a few errors here and there, it is better produced and edited than the "World Book of Ansalon" that came with the AD&D 2nd ed. "Tales of the Lance" set. The main things it seems to be missing are details of non-standard weapons and equipment (kender in particular), information on famous heroes and NPCs from before the Age of Mortals (no Heroes of the Lance or Dragon Highlords), details of many famous locations (Foghaven Vale, High Clerists Tower, Istar) and almost anything regarding the Dragon Orbs, the Device of Time Travelling, the Portals to the Abyss and several other key artifacts from the Age of Despair.

What it does have is enough to run fairly detailed adventures in the post War of Souls period and somewhat generalized campaigns in all the major time periods since the Cataclysm (or First Cataclysm for Age of Mortals folks). It is effective for updating older Dragonlance settings, modules and characters to 3rd edition or 3.5. What it lacks in detail of maps and NPCs it makes up for with sections allowing for PC Draconians and Knights of Neraka (or Takhisis) among others, as well as very detailed chronologies and geographical information.

I am running a game using both the old, out of print Dragonlance Classics reprints of the original DL module series AND this new campaign setting. I am finding this combination very effective for running the original campaign using v.3.5 rules. The Classics series and the original DL modules are all available from retailers such as NobleKnight.com and TitanGames.com. If you like modules the old ones definitely still stand up, but 3rd ed. has many significant changes. If you want to make your own campaign in the old period I recommend the Sovereign Press book coming out later this year (see next paragraph).

So once again I emphasize that this product is designed mainly for playing in or after the War of Souls period. It is also (currently; see below) the only good way to play in the Dragonlance setting using D&D 3 or 3.5. Hopefully the "War of the Lance" expansion (published by Sovereign Press, due out later this year) will solve many of the problems I have mentioned here. Ideally, it will give enough information to allow play in that period without purchasing this WotC Dragonlance campaign setting, but I wouldn't bet on it.