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I've not read them, but my friend mentioned the Dragonlance series as an example of "what not to do" when adapting a story from TTRPG to fiction, lol. It does sound interesting as a sort of "cultural phenomenon" meta-read, seeing how the story definitely pulls from a very particular and recognizable type of GM and party with an unexamined trope-y worldbuild, clearly built for the "nerd adolescent boy" market. (But yeah, even today so many fantasy products like to market themselves as inheritors of Tolkien while being only superficially similar!-- like, just because you have some fantasy races and a hero's journey does not make you Tolkien?). Honestly, the cultural aura around stories like Dragonlance and the kind of TTRPG play it is based on is part of what kept me away from TTRPGs and a lot of fantasy series not specifically written with women in mind for much of my life, lol. It easily veers into a boys' club of rather immature group dynamics, views on power, and sexual fantasies/mores and not something especially enjoyable to read or participate in as a young woman (or for most mature men, either!). Like the low-budget Saturday Morning Cartoon version of fantasy, lol.

I'm glad to see that "this is our totally epic super serious campaign" *two seconds later slapstick ensues* pattern of TTRPG is a pretty much universal thing 😂 Sometimes the dice do be like that.