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#1 edgelett May 05, 2004 23:42:35	I know Weis & Hickman met while they were both working at TSR, and the dragonlance campaign setting & books then began. My question is, out of interest, which came first??? was it a campaign setting based on the Dragonlance Chronicles, or a series of books based on adventures their characters had??
#2 Nived May 06, 2004 0:04:40	Tracy Hickman was hired by TSR and came up with the setting while driving to Wisconsin from Utah with his wife as the story goes. http://www.trhickman.com/dlance.html \ Straight from the horse's mouth.
#3 zombiegleemax May 06, 2004 0:19:12	Yes....the games came first......the books second, the books were I believe a support product for the setting that really took off, becoming a main product.
#4 Dragonhelm May 06, 2004 0:40:55	Just for the record, the egg came before the chicken. It's true! You see, dinosaurs layed eggs, and they were around long before chickens... ;)
#5 zombiegleemax May 06, 2004 0:57:28	Originally posted by Dragonhelm Just for the record, the egg came before the chicken. It's true! You see, dinosaurs layed eggs, and they were around long before chickens... ;) What!!! You mean Poultrasaurus, the most fearsome (and tasty) predator of the early Triassic period isn't real. Man, that museum guy is gonna get it!
#6 zombiegleemax May 06, 2004 20:14:19	Originally posted by Kalthasian Talanward What!!! You mean Poultrasaurus, the most fearsome (and tasty) predator of the early Triassic period isn't real. Man, that museum guy is gonna get it! Enough of your kender tales;)
#7 Dragonhelm May 06, 2004 21:07:15	Originally posted by Kalthasian Talanward What!!! You mean Poultrasaurus, the most fearsome (and tasty) predator of the early Triassic period isn't real. Man, that museum guy is gonna get it! Poultrasaurus - Finger lickin' good.
#8 zombiegleemax May 07, 2004 1:00:12	Originally posted by Dragonhelm Poultrasaurus - Finger lickin' good. Available now at CFC - Cretaceous Fried Chicken
#9 zombiegleemax May 07, 2004 4:40:22	Originally posted by Dragonhelm Just for the record, the egg came before the chicken. It's true! You see, dinosaurs layed eggs, and they were around long before chickens... ;) actually...the chickern can be somekind of animel that evolved for some reason...!!!
#10 brimstone May 07, 2004 9:25:40	Originally posted by Dragonhelm You see, dinosaurs layed eggs, and they were around long before chickens... ;) Fine then...we'll take this back to square one. Which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg?
#11 cam_banks May 07, 2004 9:31:30	Originally posted by Brimstone Fine then...we'll take this back to square one. Which came first, the chicken or the chicken egg? And which came first, the dinosaur or the dinosaur egg? Why is this thread still going? Cheers, Cam
#12 valharic May 07, 2004 11:33:35	mmmmmmm......eggs (DOH!) Back on the subject. I believe I read somewhere that some of the events in the novel actually came from W&H playing the modules with their friends. I think one example they sighted was Tas playing the Wicker Dragon god.
#13 zombiegleemax May 07, 2004 16:12:44	Originally posted by Cam Banks And which came first, the dinosaur or the dinosaur egg? Why is this thread still going? Cheers, Cam the dinosaur egg....but the first creture of all, probebly wasnt born from an egg..like ameba or something that divide himself into 2 parts...
#14 nuke May 08, 2004 7:31:33	The idea of the novels were for support for the modules. Interestingly, not knowing how successful the novels would be, that is what caused a push for such an abrupt and finite ending for Dragons of Autumn Twilight. They wanted to make sure that the novel could stand alone in case they weren't sucessful. Hence the rather large gap between the 1st and 2nd novels. Obviously the novels were successful, and the trilogy was completed. But if they weren't, the modules would have still been released. And pretty much all of the character's developements, traits, were discovered by playing the 1st modules. Raistlin frail, raspy voice. Caramon and his bunny shadow puppets, etc.
#15 cam_banks May 08, 2004 8:55:05	Originally posted by Nuke And pretty much all of the character's developements, traits, were discovered by playing the 1st modules. Raistlin frail, raspy voice. Caramon and his bunny shadow puppets, etc. It was from a single session of playing the first module, actually. Tracy ran the game, but it wasn't a campaign or an extended playtest or anything along those lines. Folks get the impression that Dragons of Autumn Twilight was almost a transcription of a campaign run by the writers, but it wasn't. Cheers, Cam