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2.0 out of 5 stars
A disappointment, Mar 11 2004
This review is from: Dragonlance Campaign Setting (Hardcover)
Perhaps I am bias because when I was young I read the original three Dragonlance novels, but I find this edition of the Dragonlance campaign setting to be very disappointing. I have seen the AD&D 2e boxed set of Dragonlance, and it was very fascinating.
However, I think that the main reason for my disappointment is that the authors felt it necessary to include the novels written in the Dragonlance world that occurred after the 2nd Edition boxed set, which gives the world of Krynn a very different flavor from its previous incarnation. I suppose I feel alienated because of this, but there are other reasons.
The basic classes are redefined, edited, or left out in this book, which is both good and bad. Some new basic classes are added for flavor, some of which seem redundant since other basic classes essentially do the same thing. There are prestige classes that could have been modeled better in terms of mechanical progression (3 progressive classes for an Order of Knights seems silly). The writing style failed to make the material interesting, as well as trying too hard to cover many novels in a short space of text.
For these reasons, I cannot possibly recommend the purchase of this book unless you're a D&D collector or a diehard Dragonlance fan.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Not Really Worth it..., July 10 2004
This review is from: Dragonlance Campaign Setting (Hardcover)
I love Dragonlance...let me say that first and formost. However, I think they forgot a few things in this book. Some of the dwarven and elven histories are changed and you aren't really given enough info on alot of other races and classes of Krynn. Minotaurs are included under the ogre heading and thier history is very limited. I think Margaret could have done a much better job if she had broke the book down in order to actually give the players more information. If you already have D & D Monsters Manual and the Players Handbook, this book isn't even needed to play in Dragonlance.
I caried my book back for a refund..
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4.0 out of 5 stars
very good, Feb 10 2004
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This review is from: Dragonlance Campaign Setting (Hardcover)
This book is great, it provides all sorts of cool stuff about the dragonlance campaign. New monsters, new races, new classes, new prestige classes, new spells, everything. However, its art is mostly terrible, theres only about 3 good pictures in the book. But if you are looking for a campaign setting, this one is very good.
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