''Dragonlance Adventures'' is a 128-page hardcover book for the

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for the first edition of the ''Advanced

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''Dragonlance Adventures'' is a supplement which details the history,

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, gods and races, monsters, and

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of Krynn. ''Dragonlance Adventures'' provides information for a Dungeon Master running adventures in Krynn, including how to create characters for the setting or import them from other campaigns. The book encourages players to create characters who adventure during or after the

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, or in the distant past before the Cataclysm. Options for player characters include the Knights of Solamnia, kender, gnomes, and

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. The book introduces changes for magic-users which were later intended to be made in the second edition of ''AD&D'', as well as a new

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system similar to that of the ''AD&D'' game revision. Three pantheons of gods (good, evil, and neutral) are detailed, including the philosophies and structures, history, game statistics, godly Sphere of Influence, special powers granted to followers, and additional spells each god's follower gains over and above his daily allotments. Creatures native to Krynn are described, including the draconians, gully dwarves, shadowpeople, dreamwraiths, spectral minions, and

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. The Timeline of Krynn covers the major events of the world's past, from its creation through the War of the Lance, and details on the major personalities of the world's history are given along with game statistics.

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''Dragonlance Adventures'' was written by

Tracy Hickman Tracy Raye Hickman (born November 26, 1955) is an American fantasy author and designer of games and virtual reality (VR) experiences. He co-authored the original ''Dragonlance'' novels with Margaret Weis as well as numerous other books. He also ...

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 f ...

, with cover art by

Jeff Easley Jeff Easley (born 1954) is an oil painter who creates fantasy Work of art, artwork for role-playing games, comics, and magazines, as well as non-fantasy commercial art. Early life Easley was born in Nicholasville, Kentucky in 1954. He spent time ...

and interior illustrations by George Barr, and was published by TSR in 1987 as a 128-page hardcover. ''Dragonlance Adventures'' was written in response to the desire of fans for all the background for the

game world in one book. This book was published in the same format as other ''Dungeons & Dragons'' manuals of its time.

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