#Dragonlance Saga

[moonsofkrynn]

😭 Dalamar cares so much about all of his friends and they so rarely can see that side of him for what it is! He asked about Tasslehoff and Destina first! Tasslehoff is his tiny troublemaker friend and Dalamar can empathize with Destina and I am just a puddle of tears over here. =')

#dalamar the dark #dalamar argent #dragons of deceit #dragons of deceit spoilers #dragonlance saga #dragonlance

[legionofmyth]

Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen

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#d&d 5e #d&d dragonlance setting #dragonlance 5e #dragonlance saga #dragonlance shadow of the dragon queen #dragonlance shadow of the dragon queen dnd #dungeons & dragons #Dungeons and Dragons #shadow of the dragon queen #Wizards of the Coast #world of dragonlance #world of krynn

[patrizio-ag]

https://davventura.altervista.org/approfondimento-il-realismo-in-dragonlance/ La bella #saga di #Dragonlance vale molto di più di un’etichettatura di “#letteratura per ragazzi” o per appassionati di settore. È stata senza dubbio alcuno un successo #editoriale della #narrativa #Fantasy classica nel quale i suoi autori hanno introdotto elementi di assoluta originalità, così il risultato è qualcosa di molto superiore a una semplice “narrativa d’evasione” https://www.instagram.com/p/CmqvuxAoJXM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#saga #dragonlance #letteratura #editoriale #narrativa #fantasy

[vintagerpg]

Right off a semi-non-sequitor strategy game, DL12: Dragons of Faith (1986) gets right into…another mass combat heavy scenario. Hooray. Again, there is a ton of stuff in the package — the module and its folder, a sheet of little tarot cards, die-cut chits for the Battlesystem bits, another big ol’ map. Borderline decadent product design, tbh.

The digression of DL11 aside, this picks up directly from the action of DL10. I don’t honestly know what novel we are mirroring at this point — my recollection of Spring Dawning is spotty, and these modules have never really reflected the novels with any great care. At least part of the action here is still in the tail end of Winter Night. There is a ton of stuff in here that isn’t in the books, for sure. I don’t remember Spring Dawning well, but I am SURE there wasn’t a gigantic underwater battle in it. Conversely, I am pretty sure there are character moments in the novels that aren’t reflected in the module, but I’ve already come to terms with that since Sturm is potentially still alive at the tabletop. At any rate, the game is structured like the previous installments — narrative heavy, with players really navigating a series of events more than a dungeon, city or wilderness. The formula does feel like it has become rather refined at this point (it better be, with nearly 60 events in the chain!) even if I don’t really love how it is brought to bear, if that makes sense.

The little tarot deck is interesting. In a way, it is a regurgitation from I6: Ravenloft: they get drawn and tell the players about specific things that are going on in the game. It’s…OK? I don’t feel like, thematically, they fit very well, but what do I know? They are used in the subsequent modules and, like, become the basis of a whole new game with SAGA System in the late ‘90s (which powered the Dragonlance Fifth Age game and a Marvel Super Heroes game).

#roleplaying game #tabletop rpg #dungeons & dragons #rpg #d&d #ttrpg #Dragonlance #DL12 #Dragons Of Glory

[dndhistory]

426. Gary Gygax - Saga of Old City (1985)

The first novel set in Greyhawk (well, nominally the second as Andre Norton's Quag Keep already had scenes set in the city of Greyhawk, although it predated the official TSR novels), this would be one of only two official TSR Greyhawk novels written by Gygax. There would be a follow up, Artifact of Evil, in early 1986, but with Gygax exit from the company that year it would be the end of the official TSR Greyhawk novels starring Gord, the Rogue. It wouldn't be the end of the story though, as Gygax would continue to write Gord, the Rogue and publish these novels in his new label, New Infinities. These would consist of three more volumes in 1987 and two more in 1988. 

Greyhawk as an official TSR setting would survive Gygax's exit as would novels set in that world. Rose Estes would pick up on the world and write six more novels after Gygax's exit up to 1989. Then the world would be pretty much dead in terms of fiction up until the 2000 when a couple more novels, adapting adventure modules, mostly, would come out. It would never reach close to the level of popularity of the novels set in Dragonlance or the Forgotten Realms. 

In terms of story Saga of Old City is a good introduction to the Gord character, you follow him from being a young orphan abused by a relative who got saddled with him, and then see him take on an Oliver Twist twist, by becoming a beggar under the control of a Fagin-like Beggarmaster. Later on, freed from beggar bondage Gord develops his thieving skills and eventually becomes a kind of mercenary/adventurer by the time the novel ends. A bildungsroman set in a fantasy world, it isn't that great at characterizing Greyhawk as a setting and it often feels too indebted to Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser to be its own thing. Shockingly enough for an official TSR novel it also has plenty of profanity and amoral actions by the "heroes", something that would eventually disappear with the institution of a more stringent official TSR "code of ethics" in the early 90s. A pity. 

#adnd #dnd #ttrpg #ad&d #d&d #dnd art #dungeons and dragons #dungeons & dragons #gary gygax #greyhawk

[general-kalani]

New commission post, this time gifs! Prices can be negotiated but I'm thinking temporarily $5/two gifs.

Icon commission post here

Can be in AUD or USD but if you want to negotiate with any of the options below, lmk! Paypal here (yes only paypal atm for payment options, sorry!)

This is an ever growing list and if you ask for a specific movie/show/game/etc I'll do my best to get my hands on it.

Options under cut for what can be chosen:

ANCIENT ANIMALS

Dinosaur (2000)

The Land Before Time (1988 movie)

Walking with Monsters

Walking with Dinosaurs

Walking with Beasts

Walking with Cavemen

Walking with Dinosaurs special - Ballad of Big Al

Chased by Dinosaurs (episodes 1 & 2)

Sea Monsters (episodes 1, 2 & 3)

Prehistoric Planet

Planet Dinosaur

Dinosaur Planet

Primeval

Prehistoric Park

MOVIES

The Hunt for Red October

The Mist

Alien Planet

Dog Soldiers

Dragonlance Dragons of Autumn Twilight

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Wing Commander (1999 movie)

SHOWS

Babylon 5

Battletech Cartoon

Bitten

D&D Cartoon

Stargate SG-1

Transformers: Beast Machines

Transformers: Beast Wars

Transformers G1

Transformers the Movie

Transformers Prime

Voltron Vehicle Force

Vox Machina (season 1 only atm)

ANIME - LEIJIVERSE

Cosmo Warrior Zero

Galaxy Express

Gun Frontier

Harlock Saga - The Ring of the Nibelung

Interstellar 5555

Queen Emeraldas

Queen Millennia (might not be high quality)

Space Pirate Captain Harlock

Space Pirate Captain Herlock: Outside Legend - The Endless Odyssey

SSX Endless Orbit

Arcadia of my Youth

Space Pirate Captain Harlock (2013 movie)

Space Pirate Captain Harlock: Riddle of the Arcadia

ANIME - IRRESPONSIBLE CAPTAIN TYLOR

Irresponsible Captain Tylor TV series

Irresponsible Captain Tylor OVA series

ANIME - LEGEND OF THE GALACTIC HEROES (original series only)

Legend of the Galactic Heroes series

Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Golden Wings

Legend of the Galactic Heroes - My Conquest is the Sea of Stars

Legend of the Galactic Heroes - Overture to a New War

Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden

ANIME - MACROSS

Macross 7

Macross Delta

Macross Frontier

Macross Plus

Macross Zero

Robotech

SDF Macross

ANIME - REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA

Revolutionary Girl Utena tv series

Revolutionary Girl Utena movie

ANIME - SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO/STAR BLAZERS (original series and reboot)

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (Reboot)

Space Battleship Yamato 2199 - Odyssey of the Celestial Ark

Space Battleship Yamato 2202 (Reboot)

Space Battleship Yamato 2205 (Reboot)

Space Battleship Yamato I (OS)

Space Battleship Yamato II (OS)

Space Battleship Yamato III (OS)

Arrivederci Yamato

Be Forever Yamato

Final Yamato

Space Battleship Yamato (2013 movie)

Uchuu Senkan Yamato (1977 recap movie)

Yamato - The New Voyage

Yamato: Resurrection

GAMES - FAR CRY (only games I own, sorry!)

Far Cry 3 (Can be modded for Jason in Vaas' place)

Far Cry 4

Far Cry 5 (Can be heavily modded)

Far Cry: New Dawn

Far Cry 6

GAMES - STAR WARS

KOTOR (I and II)

SWTOR

Star Wars: The Force Unleased (I and II)

Star Wars: Rebellion

Star Wars: Republic Commando

Star Wars: Starfighter

Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (Classic)

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Star Wars: Jedi Knight series (Dark Forces I and II, Mysteries of the Sith, Jedi Academy, Jedi Outcast)

GAMES - BORDERLANDS

Borderlands (GOTY and GOTY Enhanced)

Borderlands the Pre-Sequel

Borderlands 2

Borderlands 3

Tiny Tina's Wonderlands

GAMES - MISCELLANEOUS

Aliens: Colonial Marines

Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3

Dead Island (Definitive Edition, can be modded to get rid of lens flares and more)

Dead Island Riptide (Definitive Edition)

Generation Zero

Left 4 Dead 2

Iron Harvest

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion (Can be specific matches, races, etc)

State of Decay (I and II)

Strange Brigade

#{ out of the empire } ~ ooc #the general speaks #commissions open #commissions #long post #the hunt for red october #dead island #borderlands #babylon 5 #primeval #stargate #far cry #i'm not gonna tag anymore but hey what's the chances this gets ignored again yk whkajdhja

[phynoma]

Oh hi!

I'm Phyn! I write things. I'm not going to get into a bunch of identity stuff, but I'm queer, I'm an adult, and I like writing queer adult stuff. Mostly horror (see: queer) and absurdity (see: the world)

I have degrees in english, theology, and more theology, which just means I have a bunch of experience doing critical thinking and analysis of storytelling, and enough imposter syndrome that I don't know how to put that on a resume.

FANDOMS!

If you're already following me it's probably for Pillars of Eternity, TMA, or LOTR/Silmarillion. I cycle through hyperfixations every few years. It's still TMA/TMAGP right now. You can find my TMAGP sideblog here, where I just collect art.

Other things I like: Fallen London, everything by Pia Foxhall/not_poignant, re:dracula, SILT VERSES, Rivers of London, Murderbot, Critical Role, Saga, Wicked+Divine, anything by Neil Gaiman, I Am in Eskew, norse myths, egyptian myths, jewish myths, the dragonlance books (don't judge me they were foundational), pretty much everything Mike Flanagan makes, and much much more

WRITING!

I'm on ao3 as Phynoma! What do I write? Well. I write in-depth explorations of characters placed in harrowing situations which draw out the very inmost parts of their vulnerabilities and--

Smut. I write smut, okay?

Almost all of these fics are explicit and PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD mind the tags, I am *very* careful with my tagging for good reason!!!!

HERE YA GO, YA FILTHY ANIMALS!

The Magnus Archives:

I mentioned this is my current fixation, right?

an extant form of life: pollen fic! You could say, maybe, that the Consuming AU uses pollen tropes, but I'm counting this as my first-ever pollen fic. Jon/Tim, Jon/Martin, maybe Jon/Tim/Martin, we'll see if Sasha gets thrown in there. Ongoing.

Hey, Jude: A hurt/comfort fic about what happened after Jon shook Jude Perry's hand. Jon & Georgie & the kindness of strangers (not those strangers) Oneshot.

The Consuming AU: My pride and joy. My baby. I started this halfway through listening to TMA the first time and finished the original fic in about two months in time for the Rusty Quill Big Bang of 2023. Canon is basically the same, with the addition of "what if there was a Entity of Hunger, (fear of) Intimacy, and Codependence?" Also Jon is turning into a succubus. Main fic is complete at a little over 100k words. Sometimes I add one-shots to the series.

~Incredible bookbinding done by @bluejayblueskies HERE ~Art of human-looking Rhia (by me) HERE and commission of eldritch angel Rhia by @isbergillustration HERE ~Commission of Naadia by @dcartcorner HERE

Kittens & Kink AU: Fluffy Somewhere Else one-shots. Cat play. Mostly nonsexual kink. Oliver/Jon/Martin. Ongoing, until I get bored of it, basically.

Pillars of Eternity:

The In-Between Series: A series of fics following the relationship of Watcher Mirad and Aloth Corfiser, ten years or so after the events of Deadfire. The world of Eora is ripe for a new cataclysm, and these two elves are trying to finally have the relationship they've been dancing around for two decades. Ongoing, on hiatus as my hyperfixation is elsewhere. I do plan to finish it, though.

Moments: same universe and characters as above, focusing more on events that happen in canon-- ie, during gameplay. Complete.

Faetales:

Mat & Kal: Fae AU: You know how sometimes you keep writing characters and put them through a blender so many times that they just become something completely new? That's this AU. Mateo and Makalo are two ancient fae beings trapped in the human world during the events of The Ice Plague (by not_poignant) who become bound by each others' lives and deaths. They hate each other, they love each other, they're in weird psychosexual sadistic codependency with each other. They're a cat-person and a snake-person. I'm not a furry but I like some of their ideas, okay? Series complete.

See commissioned art of Mat & Kal by @shojoshark HERE

The Silmarillion:

Mistakes Were Made: Imma be real, this is just straight up torture porn. Sauron is punished by Morgoth after the loss of the Silmaril to Beren & Luthien. Basically, I was annoyed by all the fluffy Angbang fics I was reading and wanted to depict them in all their horrifying, codependent glory. Complete.

Cost of Surrender: I read a really good fic about what it took for Mairon to grovel/debase himself to Eonwe to gain his freedom and I took it a bit further. Complete.

Good Omens:

the beautiful and the fitting: pretty sure the title of this is a quote from St. Augustine, too. I almost didn't include this one because I don't even remember what it's about. Fluffy sex times with nonsexual beings, I think. I started writing it because Good Omens is one of my favorite books, but tbh the fandom for the show exhausts me and I don't know if I'll come back to this. Abandoned, probably.

#writing masterpost #fic list #about me #phyn writes #sorry to all the folks I tagged I just want you to be loved #on the off chance anyone actually reads this #long post #pinned post

[another-rpg-sideblog]

The continent of Ansalon, home of the DragonLance saga.

(Link to interactive map)

#rpg #dungeons and dragons #dnd #maps #krynn #campaign settings #dragonlance

[ungodly-amounts-of-godly-trauma]

minor bracket contestants

32 of them! see all the teams, the contestants, and the fandoms below. i likely won't be including who's in the teams in the polls due to character limits, but the fandoms will be there. if you want to suggest better team names, my askbox is open!

x-laws (shaman king) consists of lyserg diethel and iron maiden jeanne

every eliotrope (dofus and wakfu)

team savior (savior) consists of seyeon, wohn, and juyi

raistlin majere (dragonlance)

marie korbel (skullgirls)

hitori uzune (hatoful boyfriend)

team blaseball (blaseball) consists of jaylen hotdogfingers, parker macmillan, and also every single blaseball character!

team dragon quest (dragon quest 9) consists of everyone especially the unnamed protagonist

owen carvour (spies are forever)

fai flourite (tsubasa reservoir)

artorin damara (the hands of the emperor)

tanya von degurechaff (the saga of tanya the evil)

dio (virtue’s last reward)

nimay (queer dungeoneers)

mark heathcliff (the mandela catalogue)

renarin kholin (the stormlight archives)

the sanshuu middle school hero club (yuuki yuuna is a hero & washio sumi is a hero) consists of yuuki yuuna, tougou mimori, inubouzaki fuu, inubouzaki itsuki, and miyoshi karin

tsubaki kasugano (mirai nikki/future diary)

neku sakuraba (the world ends with you)

team abc’s lost (abc’s lost) consists of richard alpert, benjamin linus, and john locke

mad rat (mad rat dead)

velvet crowe (tales of berseria)

doomguy (doom series)

maelgwyn (friends at the table)

guren squad (owari no seraph) consists of ichinose guren, hiiragi shinya, goshi norito, juujou mito, hanayori sayuri, and yukimi shigure

sinbad (magi: the labyrinth)

cale henituse (lout of the count’s family/trash oh the count’s family)

elder kevin price (the book of mormon musical)

merle highchurch (the adventure zone)

team oc (brain) consists of salty, thorax, arden chimestock, and vandium! if you created any of these four, respond to this post letting me know so i can easily keep track

the sinners (limbus company)

harry watling (inside man)

#masterpost #(un)godly trauma #minor masterpost #minor bracket

[zaphffayrkunialofphinsfable]

my inspirations for my Worldbuilding project Heritage (if you have any suggestions, please comment/ask/reblog!)

Adventure Time, Akira, Aliens, Alternative History Iceberg by AlternateHistoryHub, Amphibia, Apex Legends, Atlas Shrugged, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Back To The Future, Berserk, Blade Runner, Blood Meridian, Borderlands, Breaking Bad, Chainsaw Man, Chaos Walking Trilogy, Clarence, Classic Horror Movies Verse, Conan The Barbarian, Conspiracy Theory Iceberg by Wendigoon, Coraline, Cowboy Bebop, Creepypasta, Cryptids, Cyberpunk, DC, Dead Poets Society, Dead Space, Demon Slayer, Destiny, Discworld, Doctor Who, Donnie Darko, Doom, Dragon Age, Dragonlance, Dune, Eberron, Elric, Escape From New York, Exandria, Fall Out, Forgotten Realms, Frostpunk, Game Of Thrones, Gods And Demons Wiki Fandom, Good Omens, Gorillaz, Gravity Falls, Greyhawk, Grzybjek OC’S, Harry Potter Timeline Up Until Marauders, Hellboy, Helluva Boss, His Dark Materials, Horizon, Hyperion, Hyrule, I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream, Image Universe, Inside Job, Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, Kingverse, Kipo And The Age Of The Wonderbeasts, Life Is Strange, Local 58, Love And Monsters, Lovecraft Mythos, Love Death + Robots, Madmax, Magic The Gathering, Marvel, Mass Effect, Maze Runner, Men In Black, Merlin, Middle Earth, Monstergarden, Monsterverse, Mortal Engines, Multiverse Tales PopCross Studios, Mystara, Mystery Flesh National Park, Nimona, Nowhere On Air, Olivers Antics irl OC’s, Osemanverse, Outlaw Star, Overwatch, Owl House, Oxenfree, Planet Of The Apes, Power Puff Girls, Preacher, Predator, Punk Rock Jesus, Radiant Citadel, Ravenloft, Resident Evil, Rick And Morty, Runeterra, Sandman Slim, Schoolbus Graveyard, Scooby Doo, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, SCP, She Ra, Skyrim, Snowpiercer, Solar Opposites, South Park Band AU, Spelljammer, Star Trek, Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil, Star Wars Canon & Legends (Sequel Trilogy = Star Wars - How To Kill A Franchise by The Closer Look), Stranger Things, Sunflowers And Lavender, Sweet Tooth, Tales From The Loop, Tank Girl, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Backrooms, The Blooming Dead, The Boys (only show), The Breakfast Club, The Creator, The Crow, The Dark Crystal, The Hunger Games, The Lands Between, The Last Kingdom, The Last Of Us, The Magnus Archives, The Matrix, The Monument Mythos, The Road, The Sandman, The Squidder, The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys, The Umbrella Academy, The Walking Dead, The Yaetuan Sagas, Threads, Toastchild OC’s, Transmetropolitan, V For Vendetta, Warhammer 40k, Warhammer AoS, War Of The World’s, Willow, Witcher, Y The Last Man

#Heritage #worldbuilding #world #heritage #tumblr writers #writers on tumblr #writers and poets #writerscommunity #ao3 writer #writer things #creative writing #writers block #writing #writeblr #adventure time #akira #aliens #alternate history #amphibia #apex legends #atlas shrugged #avatar the last airbender #back to the future #berserk #blade runner #blood meridian #cormac mccarthy #Stephen king #borderlands #breaking bad

[glitchy-npc]

G and U for the ask game! :)

G - Have you ever had an OTP? If so, do you remember your first one? Who was in it?

I play fast and loose with ships but the first one I was really ride or die for was Rei/Makoto from Sailor Moon. They're not even one of the more popular ships like like Ami/Makoto or Rei/Minako but 12yr old me thought they should kiss and they were right and always will be.

U - Three favorite characters from three different fandoms, and why they’re your favorites.

(gonna pick different characters that the last ask)

Raistlin Majere - Dragonlance Saga. This OG probably first started my love of asshole characters. Characters who are fiercely ambitious and hurt because they've been hurt, who trust only themselves because even tho the people who love them try how can you be sure and....omg wait that's just Tegan. hmm. My subconscious must have pulled a fast one there.

Gideon Nav - The Locked Tomb Series. You ever feel like a character was designed just for you? There's nothing I don't love about her from her muscles, her silly personality (despite the horrors) and her terrible, terrible (I approve tho) taste in women. I still haven't gotten around to the second book I can't read.

Ifan Ben-Mezd - Divinity Original Sin 2. The voice. I mean he's a great characters with a lot of good qualities but that voice. 100/10.

Thanks for the ask!

#ask meme #dragonlance #fhr #tlt #dos2

[moonsofkrynn]

Lately, I've been reading any and all Dragonlance books I can get my hands on, and most recently finished The Second Generation. Having only now started Dragons of Deceit, I was tickled by the apparent difference in the book when it comes to Justarius's opinion on our good friend Dalamar—the dark elf mage that dated his daughter, Jenna.

Take a look at this excerpt of "The Sacrifice", from page 293 of The Second Generation:

If Justarius had sent them, he would have told her first, and she’d had no word from him in months, ever since their last quarrel. He strongly disapproved of her lover.

Compared with page 116 of Dragon of Deceit:

And although Justarius was a Red Robe, a follower of Lunitari, daughter of the god Gilean, and Dalamar was a Black Robe, follower of Nuitari, son of the goddess Takhisis, the two were friends.

...While I understand that these books were published decades apart...It is way more entertaining to pretend that Justarius's issue with his daughter's partner had nothing to do with the normal reasons Dalamar is maligned—Justarius just wants his friend back!

Jenna, please lend your poor father his study buddy back, he misses him!

#Dragons of Deceit #The Second Generation #Dragonlance #Dragonlance The Second Generation #Dragonlance Saga #Dalamar the Dark #Dalamar Argent #Justarius of the Red Robes #Lady Jenna of the Red Robes #Dragonlance meta #Dragonlance analysis #Bein' silly #Dragons of Deceit spoilers #Liveblog

[kckramer]

Of Deities and Fantasy

So I’ve been simmering a new project that ties into my Camp NaNoWriMo project from last year (Signet of the Sea King), but inspired by stuff like the Volsunga Saga and Heimskringla. So it would be in a very different geographic and chronological time than SSK, but some elements would cross over.

And I want it to have that sort of mythic feel barely remembered from the edge of history where deities and humans interacted, clashed, and engaged.

But like- how do people make deities in fantasy? I generally don’t do a ton with them in my fantasy projects, since I focus on smaller things. But I’ve been reading some of the Dragonlance novels and the 5e War of the Lance guidebook. Its whole thing is what happens when gods and mortals find themselves clashing and people have basically come back from the dead multiple times.

What do y’all think? Thematically and tonally, this story is going to be more grim and perilous and wild, I think, with a strong sense of wyrd, revenge, honor, and hope. So lots of value shifting. What’s been useful for your worldbuilding when it comes to deities? I’m a bit stumped and it feels like this is a foundational concept for the story.

#writing advice #worldbuilding #writeblr #signet of the sea king #fantasy writing

[doombladez]

10 Fandoms/10 Characters/10 Tags

Tagged by: @pikachugirltits

1. The First Law trilogy - Sand dan Glokta

2. Dead Space - Isaac Clarke

3. The Magnus Archives - Oliver Banks

4. Berserk - Guts

5. The Stormlight Archive - Renarin Kholin

6. Bloodborne - Eileen the Crow

7. Dragonlance - Tanis Half-Elven

8. Resident Evil - Jill Valentine

9. The Dark Tower - Susannah Dean

10. The Green Bone Saga - Kaul Hilo

Tagging: @flavoracle @zerobotic @reddurcs @thesnacken @rhysthereblogged @bace-jeleren @praxis23 @drendarmorevo @bisexualdisasterzone @dieingrose

[redrascal1]

What has happened to our happy endings?

It's one of the things I loved about SW. The characters went through hell, but it all worked out in the end.

I'm a depressant. I've earlier mentioned Raistlin Majere, the most memorable character in the Dragonlance games/novels. Much as I loved those books, I had to put them aside eventually because the endings were so...depressing.

And now I've had to walk away from SW for the same reason.

If ever a character deserved a happy ending...it was Ben Solo. Instead, this was given, along with everything else, to Rey PALPATINE.

Some SW fans, much to my surprise - and I admit, my disappointment - are fine with this. They are happy to say goodbye to the Skywalkers and move on with new characters. I would have been okay with that too...

......if Ben had gotten his happy ending.

It would have been great if he had redeemed himself by destroying Palpatine, and started a new life - even better with Rey. I would have been happy for the Skywalker Saga to have ended there and future films being about new characters.

But, to end it how they did...I'm sorry. I can't accept it, and never will.

A lot of fans of Ben and reylo have said DLF have turned SW into a horror story.

For what? Just to promote a tiresome 'women rock' agenda? Leia rocked. Padme rocked.

Rey is a bore. And TROS made her extremely unlikeable. She came across as callous, supercilious and arrogant.

But the real 'horror' was making her a Palpatine.

That is not a happy ending.

I miss happy endings.

[dndhistory]

412. Douglas Niles - DL9: Dragons of Deceit (1985)

Not to be confused with the Margaret Weis/Tracy Hickman Dragonlance novel of the same name that came out in 2022 and has nothing in common with this, except for the Krynn setting, DL9: Dragons of Deceit is the grand finale to the Second Book of the Dragonlance saga. Again this does not mean that it exactly corresponds to the ending of the second volume of the Chronicles, because it really doesn't, the majority of the events in this module are not really present in the novelization which ends around the finale of DL8: Dragons of War with the great battle at High Clerist Tower (and the death of Strum).

So, in this module, the party, directed by Silvara/Silvart (the name keeps changing, confusingly), now revealed as D'Argent the Silver Dragon, are led to the city of Sanction in the heart of the Dark Queen Takhisis empire, in order to be able to release the good dragons of the oath not to fight the evil dragons they were forced into. By the end of the module and setting up the third volume of the adventure, the metallic dragons should now be firmly on the side of the party and the real Dragon war can start.

With some cool sections specifically dedicated to D'Argent and to the Solamnic Knight Lord Gunthar, with their backstory to be read by the players (or DM) who will control these important NPCs, it also has some great interior art by Diana Magnuson (as well as the classic Larry Elmore cover). As always full of goodies, such as diagrams for the dragon lances and saddles and so on, it's clearly AD&D's premium adventure��module series of its day.  

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