D&D books?

[Jagatai_Khan]

Yes, we all know that most D&D books are crap, and there are darn few of any quality. That out of the way, I have a question:

Has any D&D author written about druids, and/or heavily nature-mystic oriented rangers? That seems to be missing in the repetoire. The books, at least from scanning the shelves, all seem to be about a conflict in a particular city, or if they revolve around a character, that character is almost always a wizard.

So, are there any books written about the wilderness, druids, the forst, etc?

[beryl]

I'll admit they're not the best stories but "crap" I'll leave for "The World of Darkness" books.

I do remember the Dragonlance:Kith Kanaan stuff was pretty foresty. :D

[Ottmeister X]

Weis & Hickman. That's all you need to know. Read the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy and the Dragonlance Legends trilogy. You won't find better D&D books than these. Highly recommended.

[Solaris]

All I can think of is the Cleric Quintet by R.A. Salvatore. The lead character is a priest of Deneir, but along with that is some interesting stuff about supporting characters who are a monk, and a druid, respectively. Don't want to spoil it, but the five book series is definitely a different kind of character than is usually written about. Someone published all five books into a single trade paperback a while back; and that book *is* titled The Cleric Quintet.

[Jagatai_Khan]

Weis & Hickman. That's all you need to know. Read the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy and the Dragonlance Legends trilogy. You won't find better D&D books than these. Highly recommended.

*gag* Ugh. No, no, no. Those suck *royally*. Those are the first books I tried to read and I absolutely, utterly hated them. As far as I'm concerned they weren't worth the calories it took to burn for me to extend my arm and pick them up off the library shelf.

[Shellhead]

Andre Norton wrote a bad D&D book back in the late 70's, and I think that there was a ranger in that group. It was called "Quag Keep" or something like that. I'm pretty sure that it took place in the world of Greyhawk.

[mgs]

So, are there any books written about the wilderness, druids, the forst, etc?
like shell said, I think the greyhawk adventure books may have come closest. gary g. wrote some of them, and though I don't think they fixed on druids and stuff, some of them had those characters in them. then, there was the one character who was a barbarian who was from the wilderness, complete with wolf pet/buddy.

one name, Chet, comes to mind as one of the druid characters in one of the books. they were some pretty cool books, imo. :)

[Gonzogoose]

*gag* Ugh. No, no, no. Those suck *royally*. Those are the first books I tried to read and I absolutely, utterly hated them. As far as I'm concerned they weren't worth the calories it took to burn for me to extend my arm and pick them up off the library shelf.

The Dragonlance Trilogy is my favorite trilogy to date. I don't know how you couldn't like it.

[Chiasm]

The series written by Gary Gygax started out in the D&D verse before a huge falling out between GG and the company that ran D&D. He continued to write the same characters and the series went on for six or seven book if memory serves. GG improved greatly as a writer as the series went on so if you can stand the first few book you'll get to like it.

And the reason I mention this is because one of the main recurring characters in the book was a Druid.

Greyhawk Adventures Series of Novels (before the split with TSR)
o Saga of Old City (1985)
o Artifact of Evil (1986)

Gord the Rogue Adventures (after the split)
o Sea of Death (1987)
o Night Arrant (1987) – a collection of short stories
o City of Hawks (1987)
o Come Endless Darkness (1988)
o Dance of Demons (1988)

[JeffreyWKramer]

The Dragonlance Trilogy is my favorite trilogy to date. I don't know how you couldn't like it.

Maybe because it's horribly written?

For DnD fiction, it's probably pretty good, but that's sort of like saying that isn't too bad a person compared to most murderers.