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#1
zombiegleemax
Jan 06, 2004 22:51:46 I just picked up the new Dragonlance Campaign Setting hardcover a little while ago. I am a complete newbie to Dragonlance -- I don't think I've even read the novels. what shoudd I know about the setting before i cosndier doing anything with it? And there any written or unwritten laws to running a Dl campaignt hat are not int he book,b ut that breaking them means a campaign is no longer Dragonlance?

Also, how have the kender survived this long without every speices on Ansalon starting a crusade to exterminate the entire species out of sheer annoyance?
#2
zombiegleemax
Jan 06, 2004 22:55:23 They're feisty bastards. Didn't they kill Teode?
#3
daedavias_dup
Jan 06, 2004 22:58:34
Originally posted by Primus, the One and Prime
They're feisty bastards. Didn't they kill Teode?

Yeah, but the Abyss kicked him out so he is alive again.
#4
zombiegleemax
Jan 06, 2004 23:38:45 The best part about Dragonlance campaigns are the wealth of knowledge out there for you to draw upon to help make it an in depth campaign. The books, however, do leave lots of "wiggle room" to make your world of Krynn vastly different from anyone else's.
#5
zombiegleemax
Jan 06, 2004 23:48:38
Originally posted by Daedavias
Yeah, but the Abyss kicked him out so he is alive again.

You mean kender are so annoying they CAN"T DIE? That's just plain wrong. What do you have to do to get rid of them?
#6
zombiegleemax
Jan 06, 2004 23:51:12 No, no, Teode was a Hobgoblin. He died, they sent him back, now they don't want him so he's immortal. Kender die so often they're like crystal glasses in the home of a famous opra singer.
#7
zombiegleemax
Jan 08, 2004 9:13:52 The same reason the world of ansalon does not start a crusad aginst the hob goblins, ogres and other races who have an organisation, and Kender have a realm of ther own, as well as culture, other races trade with them, and work with them, but usualy kender are anoying as much as dwarfs are stuborn, and elfs are snobs. But they have ther place in the word. Like everithing else.
#8
zombiegleemax
Jan 08, 2004 9:40:31 imagine that kender breed like bunnys. there are so many that lots of them can die and they'll have a huge population :P plus, everyone loves kender. :D
#9
drachasor
Jan 08, 2004 12:32:06
Originally posted by lost_boy_84
imagine that kender breed like bunnys. there are so many that lots of them can die and they'll have a huge population :P plus, everyone loves kender. :D

Well, many do [love kender], and many find them annoying. However, even those that are the later sort (many Knights of Solomnia) would defend Kender against extinction. Elves would too. Typically the wiser leaders of such groups *do* like Kender...at least in theory (aka as long as there are no Kender in their homes)...but more than that, Kender are by no means an evil race and extinguishing a race is an evil act...two things that would help Kender. Additionally, Kender are quite resourceful and sneaky, and anyone going into their territory with thoughts of violence is in for quite a lesson in guerrilla warfare.

Oh, additionally anyone that decided to kill of all the Kender would probably have to deal with the Dwarves and some contingent of gnomes as well. The former listen to Reorx, and Reorx *loves* Kender and wouldn't let them die...the latter group would certainly have groups interested in the preservation of races, and I think the Kender get along with the Gnomes more than almost anyone else (Kender can *actually* appreciate gnomish inventions!)

On a side note, the Kingpriest did try to exterminate the Kender, I believe (or at least put them all in camps)....he was far from successful.

Lastly, most people don't try to kill of the kender since they seem so willing to be taken over....they let the Dragon Armies rule, largely without a fight, because they found them so interesting....of course, there were resistance groups (more as time went on) and the DA found it hard to get the Kender to do anything helpful, and hard to stop them from getting in the way. By the time invaders figure that out though...it is usually too late.

-Drachasor

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#1 zombiegleemax Jan 06, 2004 22:51:46	I just picked up the new Dragonlance Campaign Setting hardcover a little while ago. I am a complete newbie to Dragonlance -- I don't think I've even read the novels. what shoudd I know about the setting before i cosndier doing anything with it? And there any written or unwritten laws to running a Dl campaignt hat are not int he book,b ut that breaking them means a campaign is no longer Dragonlance? Also, how have the kender survived this long without every speices on Ansalon starting a crusade to exterminate the entire species out of sheer annoyance?
#2 zombiegleemax Jan 06, 2004 22:55:23	They're feisty bastards. Didn't they kill Teode?
#3 daedavias_dup Jan 06, 2004 22:58:34	Originally posted by Primus, the One and Prime They're feisty bastards. Didn't they kill Teode? Yeah, but the Abyss kicked him out so he is alive again.
#4 zombiegleemax Jan 06, 2004 23:38:45	The best part about Dragonlance campaigns are the wealth of knowledge out there for you to draw upon to help make it an in depth campaign. The books, however, do leave lots of "wiggle room" to make your world of Krynn vastly different from anyone else's.
#5 zombiegleemax Jan 06, 2004 23:48:38	Originally posted by Daedavias Yeah, but the Abyss kicked him out so he is alive again. You mean kender are so annoying they CAN"T DIE? That's just plain wrong. What do you have to do to get rid of them?
#6 zombiegleemax Jan 06, 2004 23:51:12	No, no, Teode was a Hobgoblin. He died, they sent him back, now they don't want him so he's immortal. Kender die so often they're like crystal glasses in the home of a famous opra singer.
#7 zombiegleemax Jan 08, 2004 9:13:52	The same reason the world of ansalon does not start a crusad aginst the hob goblins, ogres and other races who have an organisation, and Kender have a realm of ther own, as well as culture, other races trade with them, and work with them, but usualy kender are anoying as much as dwarfs are stuborn, and elfs are snobs. But they have ther place in the word. Like everithing else.
#8 zombiegleemax Jan 08, 2004 9:40:31	imagine that kender breed like bunnys. there are so many that lots of them can die and they'll have a huge population :P plus, everyone loves kender. :D
#9 drachasor Jan 08, 2004 12:32:06	Originally posted by lost_boy_84 imagine that kender breed like bunnys. there are so many that lots of them can die and they'll have a huge population :P plus, everyone loves kender. :D Well, many do [love kender], and many find them annoying. However, even those that are the later sort (many Knights of Solomnia) would defend Kender against extinction. Elves would too. Typically the wiser leaders of such groups do like Kender...at least in theory (aka as long as there are no Kender in their homes)...but more than that, Kender are by no means an evil race and extinguishing a race is an evil act...two things that would help Kender. Additionally, Kender are quite resourceful and sneaky, and anyone going into their territory with thoughts of violence is in for quite a lesson in guerrilla warfare. Oh, additionally anyone that decided to kill of all the Kender would probably have to deal with the Dwarves and some contingent of gnomes as well. The former listen to Reorx, and Reorx loves Kender and wouldn't let them die...the latter group would certainly have groups interested in the preservation of races, and I think the Kender get along with the Gnomes more than almost anyone else (Kender can actually appreciate gnomish inventions!) On a side note, the Kingpriest did try to exterminate the Kender, I believe (or at least put them all in camps)....he was far from successful. Lastly, most people don't try to kill of the kender since they seem so willing to be taken over....they let the Dragon Armies rule, largely without a fight, because they found them so interesting....of course, there were resistance groups (more as time went on) and the DA found it hard to get the Kender to do anything helpful, and hard to stop them from getting in the way. By the time invaders figure that out though...it is usually too late. -Drachasor