''Dragon Magic'' is an

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published by TSR in 1989 for the ''

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, specifically the ''

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'' campaign setting.

Plot summary

''Dragon Magic'' is a

adventure scenario where the

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s journey to a cloud city, get sent to

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's moon of Lunitari, and will need to stop the killing the Celestial Dragon of Neutrality.

Publication history

The popularity of the ''Dragonlance'' campaign setting, fuelled by the ''Dragonlance'' line of novels by

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and

Margaret Weis Margaret Edith Weis (; born March 16, 1948) is an American fantasy and science fiction author, of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the ''Dragonlance'' role-playing game (RPG) world. She is ...

, resulted in the publication of sixteen modules in the original DL series for ''

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'' between 1984 and 1988. When TSR released the second edition of ''AD&D'' in 1989, the ''Dragonlance'' campaign was updated as well with the release of the three DLE modules written by Rick Swan. DLE2 ''Dragon Magic'', the second in the series, was a 64-page booklet with a large color map and an outer folder, and cover art by

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Reception

In the September–October 1989 edition of ''

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'' (Issue 9), Mike Jarvis thought there was nothing ground-breaking about the novel, commenting that it was "hardly setting new standards for fantasy adventures." However, he did feel "it is an enjoyable enough romp through the planes." He complimented the presentation of the module, but wondered why new monsters were not illustrated. He also was disappointed that players were expected to use pre-generated characters rather than their own

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. Jarvis gave the module an average rating of 3 out of 5, saying, "While not indispensable, you could do far worse if you are looking for a couple of evenings' adventure."

References

Dragonlance adventures Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1989 {{Dragonlance-stub