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Age of Mortals

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#1
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 9:38:43 Is the Age of Mortals book necessary to play in a DL campaign. I havn't got the DLCS or AoM yet but I intend to get DLCS today or tomorrow. What does AoM give that DLCS doesnt? Any help would be appreciated....don't want to throw away all that money. Thanks.
Tas
#2
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 11:56:02 AoM features more PrCs, spells, feats, monster templates. It also goes into detail on where the gods of Krynn stand in the Fifth Age and it describes some of the cities as they are in the Fifth Age...all this is very handy but not necessary to run a campaign in the Fifth Age...
#3
randpc
Nov 08, 2003 13:51:52 Not even remotely, the DLCS alone is completely adequate.

In goes into much heavier detail on the evnts of the 5'th age on the major characters, providing stats for some of them.
Gives a few feats/spells, though none are particularly interesting IMHO.
Suggestions, a few rules for how to play in pretty much any time during the 5'th age.
One extra core class, and race along with a few PrC.

Outside of the Legion Of Steel PrC's, and the geography chapter I've personally found little of use in the AOM.
#4
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 14:14:02 I havn't read DL in a few years (currently reading chronicles thru WoS again) so refresh my memory please....5th age/Age of Mortals is post WoS, correct? Thanks
Tas
#5
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 14:23:16 Wrong...after the Chaos War the gods left Krynn (or did they? ;)) and this became the start of the Fifth Age...an age where mortals were left to fend for themselves...hence the name Age of Mortals. The Chaos War started 50 years after the War of the Lance (383 AC). The War of Souls didn´t happen until 26 years after the Chaos War (419 AC)...(reads his own post and frowns) does this make any sense?!
#6
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 15:05:22 Ah, but Post War of Souls is still the 5th age, so the fifth age hasn't ended.
#7
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 15:10:02 So then what age is after the WpS?
Tas
#8
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 15:11:06 Wos, not Wps. I'm not exactly an expert typist.
Tas
#9
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 15:12:16
Ah, but Post War of Souls is still the 5th age, so the fifth age hasn't ended.

My bad, I need to read my carefully.
Tas
#10
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 15:13:36 It's still the 5th age. Even thoguh the gods are back, Mortals still are learning how to trusst in their gods again. Palin says at the end of Vanished Moon that it's still an Age of Mortals.
#11
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 15:27:53 There can't be a sixth age, probably, since at the end of DoSF, Tahkisis' impersonation of Fizban says something to the sort of "[...] Last age [...] and probably the best [...]"
#12
zombiegleemax
Nov 08, 2003 15:39:37
Originally posted by Tasslehoff the Great
So then what age is after the WpS?
Tas

still the Fifth Age. By your question I thought you meant whether the Fifth Age STARTED post WoS...oh well 48 hours without sleep does weird things to one´s mind...goodnight fellow Dragonlance freaks! :D
#13
Dragonhelm
Nov 09, 2003 9:21:17 Whether Age of Mortals is necessary or not really is up to the individual. I find that it adds a ton of info on the world of Krynn, and covers the self-named time period quite well.

Most of the information is era-specific, but there are things you can use in any era. For example, it includes two new races (half-kender and tarmak), a mariner base class, and some prestige classes that could work in any era as well (master ambassador, nomad shaman, and war mage).
#14
zombiegleemax
Nov 09, 2003 18:02:51 It is a great book, and everyone that is aDL fan should have it on their book shelves.
#15
zombiegleemax
Nov 09, 2003 19:38:25 Wow... DL peer pressure...

Anyway, I'd like to add that so far, the only thing I've used it for is the map of Sanction, and got a few ideas from the God stuff int he back. And I wiped my hands on it when they were covered in chicken fat, but that was an accident.

Since my game is based very much in Sanction, the map has been incredibly useful, and since my players are being mostly elves, the post WoS stuff on elves has been good too.

Character stats are always interesting, but never necessary, especially the dead characters. They just seem to be there to fill up space, and are much easier to create than geography bits. Talking geography, how come there are whole chunks of the map that haven't been at all named, let alone detailed in the new book? I'm thinking of Lemish in particular, but there are some others I can't remember. When a friend, Tom, asked about what had happened in Lemish since the War of the Lance, I said 'Where?', and he pulled out a Tales of the Lance, pointed it out, and I had to hang my head in shame and say I'd never heard of it. And then it wasn't in the sourcebook. I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LEMISH!!!

So. Um. Yeah. Prestige classes. Etc. Go, prestige! Woop. Etc.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 9:38:43	Is the Age of Mortals book necessary to play in a DL campaign. I havn't got the DLCS or AoM yet but I intend to get DLCS today or tomorrow. What does AoM give that DLCS doesnt? Any help would be appreciated....don't want to throw away all that money. Thanks. Tas
#2 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 11:56:02	AoM features more PrCs, spells, feats, monster templates. It also goes into detail on where the gods of Krynn stand in the Fifth Age and it describes some of the cities as they are in the Fifth Age...all this is very handy but not necessary to run a campaign in the Fifth Age...
#3 randpc Nov 08, 2003 13:51:52	Not even remotely, the DLCS alone is completely adequate. In goes into much heavier detail on the evnts of the 5'th age on the major characters, providing stats for some of them. Gives a few feats/spells, though none are particularly interesting IMHO. Suggestions, a few rules for how to play in pretty much any time during the 5'th age. One extra core class, and race along with a few PrC. Outside of the Legion Of Steel PrC's, and the geography chapter I've personally found little of use in the AOM.
#4 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 14:14:02	I havn't read DL in a few years (currently reading chronicles thru WoS again) so refresh my memory please....5th age/Age of Mortals is post WoS, correct? Thanks Tas
#5 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 14:23:16	Wrong...after the Chaos War the gods left Krynn (or did they? ;)) and this became the start of the Fifth Age...an age where mortals were left to fend for themselves...hence the name Age of Mortals. The Chaos War started 50 years after the War of the Lance (383 AC). The War of Souls didn´t happen until 26 years after the Chaos War (419 AC)...(reads his own post and frowns) does this make any sense?!
#6 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 15:05:22	Ah, but Post War of Souls is still the 5th age, so the fifth age hasn't ended.
#7 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 15:10:02	So then what age is after the WpS? Tas
#8 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 15:11:06	Wos, not Wps. I'm not exactly an expert typist. Tas
#9 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 15:12:16	Ah, but Post War of Souls is still the 5th age, so the fifth age hasn't ended. My bad, I need to read my carefully. Tas
#10 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 15:13:36	It's still the 5th age. Even thoguh the gods are back, Mortals still are learning how to trusst in their gods again. Palin says at the end of Vanished Moon that it's still an Age of Mortals.
#11 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 15:27:53	There can't be a sixth age, probably, since at the end of DoSF, Tahkisis' impersonation of Fizban says something to the sort of "[...] Last age [...] and probably the best [...]"
#12 zombiegleemax Nov 08, 2003 15:39:37	Originally posted by Tasslehoff the Great So then what age is after the WpS? Tas still the Fifth Age. By your question I thought you meant whether the Fifth Age STARTED post WoS...oh well 48 hours without sleep does weird things to one´s mind...goodnight fellow Dragonlance freaks! :D
#13 Dragonhelm Nov 09, 2003 9:21:17	Whether Age of Mortals is necessary or not really is up to the individual. I find that it adds a ton of info on the world of Krynn, and covers the self-named time period quite well. Most of the information is era-specific, but there are things you can use in any era. For example, it includes two new races (half-kender and tarmak), a mariner base class, and some prestige classes that could work in any era as well (master ambassador, nomad shaman, and war mage).
#14 zombiegleemax Nov 09, 2003 18:02:51	It is a great book, and everyone that is aDL fan should have it on their book shelves.
#15 zombiegleemax Nov 09, 2003 19:38:25	Wow... DL peer pressure... Anyway, I'd like to add that so far, the only thing I've used it for is the map of Sanction, and got a few ideas from the God stuff int he back. And I wiped my hands on it when they were covered in chicken fat, but that was an accident. Since my game is based very much in Sanction, the map has been incredibly useful, and since my players are being mostly elves, the post WoS stuff on elves has been good too. Character stats are always interesting, but never necessary, especially the dead characters. They just seem to be there to fill up space, and are much easier to create than geography bits. Talking geography, how come there are whole chunks of the map that haven't been at all named, let alone detailed in the new book? I'm thinking of Lemish in particular, but there are some others I can't remember. When a friend, Tom, asked about what had happened in Lemish since the War of the Lance, I said 'Where?', and he pulled out a Tales of the Lance, pointed it out, and I had to hang my head in shame and say I'd never heard of it. And then it wasn't in the sourcebook. I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LEMISH!!! So. Um. Yeah. Prestige classes. Etc. Go, prestige! Woop. Etc.