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

Dragonlance

Dragonlance is a shared universe created by Laura and Tracy Hickman, and expanded by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis under the direction of TSR, Inc. into a series of popular fantasy novels. The Hickmans conceived Dragonlance while driving in their car on the way to TSR for a job application...

 campaign setting

Campaign setting

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 for the first edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

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 role-playing game

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Contents

Dragonlance Adventures describes the world of Krynn

Krynn

Krynn is the fictional world of the Dragonlance novels, co-written by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. It has also been used in many other books, set in the Dragonlance universe. It is also used as the main setting in the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing...

, with info on the Knight of Solamnia (as a character class

Character class (Dungeons & Dragons)

A character class is a fundamental part of the identity and nature of characters in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. A character's capabilities, strengths, and weaknesses are largely defined by his or her chosen class; choosing a class is one of the first steps a player takes in order to...

), tinker gnomes and their devices, wizards and the Towers of High Sorcery, the gods and races of Krynn, monsters and dragons, history, magic items

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, and characters from the Dragonlance novels.

Dragonlance Adventures detailed the races, places, and history of the fictional world of Krynn

Krynn

Krynn is the fictional world of the Dragonlance novels, co-written by Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis. It has also been used in many other books, set in the Dragonlance universe. It is also used as the main setting in the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing...

. The book includes details on having tinker-gnome and kender

Kender

Kender are a type of fantasy race first developed for the Dragonlance campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game published by TSR Inc. in 1984. The first kender character was created by Harold Johnson as a playable character in a series of role-playing adventures...

 playable characters, information on creatures unique to the Dragonlance setting such as draconians, the background of various factions of the world, and the details on the gods of Krynn.

Publication history

Dragonlance Adventures was written by Tracy Hickman

Tracy Hickman

Tracy Raye Hickman is a best-selling fantasy author, best known for his work on Dragonlance as a game designer and co-author with Margaret Weis, while he worked for TSR...

 and Margaret Weis

Margaret Weis

Margaret Edith Weis is a fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in fantastic worlds.-Early life:Margaret Weis was born in 1948 in Independence, Missouri, and later attended...

, with cover art by Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley

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 and interior illustrations by George Barr

George Barr (artist)

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, and was published by TSR in 1987 as a 128-page hardcover. This book was published in the same format as other Dungeons & Dragons manuals

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of its time.