![]() It allows the adventure designers to draw from a variety of things making the adventuress more exciting and enables us to steer readersplayers in a number of directions as we expand both the books and other offerings. I tried to envision a variety of situations, races, and characters for Rex Draconis, just in the same way I did for my Dragonrealm saga. Going further about how this setting speaks to gaming, Richard shared, I think that a world fairly thoroughly mapped out offers a lot to RPGs. Knaak shared these thoughts, I certainly designed the setting to appeal to Dragonlance readers (myself being one) and thank them for their continuing love of it. ![]() However, Knaak is a clever writer and that was just window dressing to lure you in as, in the second book, the world starts revealing where its not the same (which I cant share because spoilers). In the first book, the tributes to DL were evident in the structure of the world. In fact, the most notable item not taken from th e Dragonlance menu are an abundance of dragons (though, between the name and some events in the first two books, theyre coming ). This series is Richards homage to the property he did so much work for.Ī world under three moons (really two and the remains of the third) with interfering gods, a single, god-like, but bumbling mage, druids, a race thats short in stature with innocent kleptomaniac tendencies, tinker gnomes, a draconian-like race (though with the powers turned up to eleven), and more. Recently, he debuted a new series with the first novella entitled Rex Draconis: Under the Dragon Moon from Hydra Publications. However, with that setting on hiatus as a novel series since 2010, Richard pursued other wor k s such as Dragonrealm, Warcraft, and Black City Saint. The Legend of Huma is one of the most widely-read Dragonlance novels and that book, along with its sequel, Kaz, The Minotaur, positioned Richard as the principle minotaur chronicler of Krynn. ![]() ![]() ![]() Knaak was one of the main Dragonlance novelists, producing 11 novels and even more shorter pieces throughout the history of the setting. This year is the 35 th anniversary of Dragonlance and an ideal time to shine the spotlight on the property However, it does not appear to be in the cards. ![]()
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