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       What is Dragonlance? 
       By: Dungeon Master Date: August 15, 2023, 1:58 am
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       Dragonlance is a series of High Fantasy novels and an
       accompanying Dungeons & Dragons setting, devised by
       husband-and-wife team Tracy Hickman and Laura Hickman, and
       popularized via novels by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.
       The concept of the Balance Between Good and Evil is a central
       theme of the setting, as the stories have shown similarly dire
       consequences when good and evil each spiral out of control.
       Another theme that's prevalent throughout the books is spiritual
       abandonment and discovery, This shows up even in the first
       novel, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, as the gods had abandoned the
       world some hundreds of years before after the first Cataclysm,
       and the protagonists must not only deal with the covert return
       of Takhisis, the Dark Queen of the evil gods, but also with the
       Seekers, who have invented false gods as a pretext to seize
       power.
       Notable for taking extreme D&D influences and making them work
       on their own. For example, the original "Heroes of the Lance"
       consisted of such a generic Tabletop RPG party that they could
       easily be renamed according to their character classes — if it
       weren't for the fact that each character is given a strong and
       distinct personality, detailed backstory, and oodles of
       Character Development (for most of them) throughout the series.
       Also notable for mixing stock Medieval European Fantasy with a
       Native American flavor (the Plainsmen, and a lot of the
       artwork), a bevy of unique and sometimes quirky races (Kender,
       Gully Dwarves, Draconians, and plenty of others), a unique magic
       system, and a greater focus on Dragons as the primal movers and
       shakers of world events.
       In the Planescape, Ravenloft, and Spelljammer settings, the
       Dragonlance setting is part of a larger universe that also
       includes the Forgotten Realms and Greyhawk.
       The Dragonlance world has turned into a major setting with many
       authors writing stories for it — in total, at the time of
       writing there are more than 200 novels comprising it, not
       including anthologies, manuals, and various other extras.
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       What is Dragonlance?  Dragonlance Saga Video
       By: Dungeon Master Date: August 27, 2023, 9:11 pm
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