Wanderlust Review

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About Wanderlust

The second exciting installment in the Dragonlance saga Meetings Sextet—from husband and wife team Steve Winter and Mary Kirchoff

One spring day Tasslehoff Burrfoot comes to Solace, accidentally pockets a copper bracelet, and (forcibly) makes the acquaintance of Tanis Half-Elven and dwarf Flint Fireforge. It’s a simple tale—except that the fate of the entire race of Dargonesti sea elves hangs in the balance.

How does this piece of kender-coveted jewelry lead the companions and a sea elf princess to ally with the phaethons, creatures with wings of flame? The answer lies with a mysterious mage, a broker of souls, who knows the bracelet's secret and has a hideous plan to rule the Black Robes . . .

Review

Intro

Welcome to another DragonLance Saga review episode. It is Misham, Yurthgreen the 11th. My name is Adam and today I am going to give you my review of Wanderlust by Mary Kirchoff and Steve Winter. I would like to take a moment and thank the DLSaga members, and invite you to consider becoming a member by visiting the link in the description below. You can even pick up Dragonlance gaming materials using my affiliate links. This is my perspective only, and if you have any thoughts or disagree with mine, I invite you to share them in YouTube chat.

Wanderlust is set up with the familiar tale of Tasslehoff handling a bracelet from Flint, but then expands on it dramatically. The entire first hundred pages is devoted to this fiasco, and while on the surface that may sound boring or dull, it is anything but that. We have to remember that Tas and Flint are the comic relief duo of the Innfellows, so I was laughing out loud when Tas asked if Tanis was an overgrown Kender with his not quite elven or human ears, and Flint busting his gut at the thought. So we start with an out of context wizard dying and making a deal with Hiddukel to bring him souls and in return earn power. Then we jump to solace and its festival.

Flint was commissioned by a mysterious woman named Selana. She wanted Flint to craft a copper bracelet inset with jewels, and Flint, not wanting to waste time on a cheap metal like copper asked for an absurd amount as a fee, and she paid it. So Flint has it in a special display case waiting for her to arrive at his booth to pick it up during the festival. Everyone who sees it wants to buy it, but Flint insists its not for sale, Then Tasslehoff shows up, and just grabs it as Flint walks away. When Flint returns and finds it missing, he starts searching the crowd and sees Tas with it on his wrist. Flint shouts for the guards, and Tas insists he put it on his wrist just to remind him to return it to Flint. Tanis shows up and calms the whole situation down, having Tas return the Bracelet, and they all go to the Inn of the Last Home for some ale and to look at Tas’ maps.

Flint and Tanis will be leaving for Qualinesti soon, but Tas said he wanted to go, so they changed it to Abanasinia. So they begin looking at maps, drinking a lot, joking and laughing together. At last call, they all realize they are drunk. Flint and Tanis stumble back to their room, and Tas realizes the bracelet is in his hands, so he pockets it, planning on giving it back to Flint in the morning. Everyone has a hangover the next morning and Flint loses his mind at not being able to find the bracelet,