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I wonder who the heir is. Is Strahd being replaced?

I guess it can be tough when you're a writer-for-hire and your boss gives you a brief on a new direction for the setting and you don't like it. I guess you have to try to make the best of the situation. I didn't mind Dragons of Summer Flame. I felt Dragonlance needed to be injected with some new...

Weis & Hickman were the ones who came up with the events of Dragons of Summer Flame. I wonder why they would want to snuff it out as never happening. Do they regret writing that novel?

I thought some kind of psion because of their affinity with crystals and telekinesis.

Everyone deserves to succeed. I have no interest in 2024 D&D but I hope it succeeds and people have fun with it. DC20 wouldn't exist without D&D but I hope it succeeds, too.

How easy is it to use Starfinder for another setting, like Greyhawk in the far future? Or is the Pactworlds setting pretty baked in?

Is this one set in the Realms or Greyhawk?

I never played Tunnels & Trolls. Is it a roleplaying classic that you'd be remiss not to try at least once in your lifetime? What is the best edition to pick up for the quintessential experience?

I'm just content to wait till 6th Edition. (Couldn't see that on the list...) In the meantime, I'll just use my 2014 books.

The changes after Dragons of Summer Flame were kind of goofy and I didn’t like them either. But I loved D&D and Dragonlance so still kept up with what was going on in the novels and game supplements - even though I didn’t play Saga Edition. But then War of the Souls came along as an attempt to...

Did you read any of these novels, though? Many of them were very well written and let other authors really shine.

I don't think it's a new edition in the same way 3.5 and 4.5 (Essentials) weren't new editions. Don't worry, I think we'll definitely know it when a new edition (6th edition) comes out.

Yes, the Dragonlance Destinies trilogy is finished. Just got my copy of book 3. I miss the 3E-era Age of Mortals novels. They were well coordinated and took the setting forward.

How crunchy are the rules? What type of characters can you play? It's interesting to see it is written by Dominic Covey, author of Darwin's World.

How baked in is the setting? Could you pick up the game just for the mechanics and run it with a more generic fantasy world like Greyhawk or Forgotten Realms?