1) Do the Campaign setting and subsequent source books capture the epic feel of DL in the way that every event no matter how small matters on a grander scale? (beyond what the DM should be conjuring up what I mean to ask is if the DM is the foundation do the books create a good support structure?)
2) Magic beyond spellcasting power, such as Magical Items and higly magical monsters always seemed rare, do the campaign setting books reflect this?
3) Are the Ages of Despair and Might (Pre and Post Cataclysm) sufficiantly covered to facilitate a good campaign?
4 is it possible to adventure in Krynn because maybe it was the Eic scope of the first 2 trilogies but Anasalon always seemed so small? (This is probably me having grown up since the last time I even cracked open a DL book.)
I await any advice or opinions, please forgive the bad spelling it is 2 am and I have been awake for the last 21 hours.
PS Ohh and are there nifty abilities and PRC's for the WIzards of High Sorcery?
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Seemed the best way to get a feel for the setting.
The books that have come after I have not even bothered to read because I could not fathom how Krynn could be the same place I knew and loved after the Chronicles detailed so beautifully the efforts of the true gods to return the races to their grace after the actions of the King Priest.
You should get your hands on the Kingpriest trilogy. It's one of the best DL series and Chris Pierson really knows Dragonlance through and through.
1) Do the Campaign setting and subsequent source books capture the epic feel of DL in the way that every event no matter how small matters on a grander scale? (beyond what the DM should be conjuring up what I mean to ask is if the DM is the foundation do the books create a good support structure?)
The DLCS is the worst of the new books, and it's just about good enough. The rest are beyond outstanding (especially War of the Lance).
2) Magic beyond spellcasting power, such as Magical Items and higly magical monsters always seemed rare, do the campaign setting books reflect this?
Hmm. Are you sure we're talking about the same world? The Dragonlance I know has always been loaded full of magical items and monsters. Practically every story has had many of one or both.
3) Are the Ages of Despair and Might (Pre and Post Cataclysm) sufficiantly covered to facilitate a good campaign?
Not yet.
4 is it possible to adventure in Krynn because maybe it was the Eic scope of the first 2 trilogies but Anasalon always seemed so small? (This is probably me having grown up since the last time I even cracked open a DL book.)
I think it's big enough. To me Europe is huge and Ansalon is about that size.
PS Ohh and are there nifty abilities and PRC's for the WIzards of High Sorcery?
Towers of High Sorcery is what you need.
There isn't a lot of campaign material for pre-Cataclysm other than general history or what's in the Kingpriest trilogy of novels. The War of the Lance is superbly covered in the sourcebook of the same name.
I'm totally with you on the "don't like DL past the Chronicles" era. I've read DoSF and beyond and it isn't my cup of tea. That's why we play in the years immediately following the WotL.
As for the scale of Ansalon, we use house rules that limit the use of teleportation or other quick-travel spells in order to require the PCs to physically travel around. For example, we require the use of teleportals in conjunction with the teleport spells to enable magical travel over long distances.
About the Wizards of High Sorcery, they get a cool PrC in the DLCS, six(I think) in ToHS, and one in AoM.
Oh and Ferratus-I'm only on these boards.