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| Herr Doktor |
Posted - 04 Mar 2004 : 15:27:45
I've yet to run across a mage in any Realms novel or short story I've read that has a familiar. I'm surprised, seeing as almost every one of these stories is filled to the brim with archmages and the like.
Were familiars never intended to be a part of the Realms? Or is this just a coincidence? |
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| Xander Fang |
Posted - 10 Mar 2004 : 14:58:51
In pool of darkness the mage Eviane had a familiar called Gamaliel who was a giant cat that could shape change into a human barbarian, and the other female mage whose name i cant even think of has a magical horse. Also there a few other stories where the main character walks by and interacts with others that have familiars, like in "The lost library of Cormanthyr'" and the Moonshaes trilogies. |
| Zelg of Cyric |
Posted - 10 Mar 2004 : 14:03:15
quote:
Originally posted by VEDSICA
Mother you are thinking of Druzil,an imp,who is the familiar of the mage in The Cleric Quintet.Tho I don't remember the mage's name.
That wizard would be Alibaster Bonaduce of Castle Trinity. |
| Winterfox |
Posted - 10 Mar 2004 : 09:55:15
quote:
Originally posted by Bookwyrm
Thanks for the beige-colored text. I've been wanting people to use that for spoilers, but haven't yet had an opportunity to mention it.
Is there anyway to script some kind of "spoiler tag"? I've seen it on another board; all you need to type is "[ spoiler ]text[ /spoiler ]" (without the spaces). The text that shows up is something like this:
quote:
Text in white.
Instead of "quote:", it's labeled "spoiler:". |
| R0GUE |
Posted - 10 Mar 2004 : 07:02:09
In Realms of Shadow there was a story with a homonculus familiar. |
| Bookwyrm |
Posted - 08 Mar 2004 : 17:58:56
Thanks for the beige-colored text. I've been wanting people to use that for spoilers, but haven't yet had an opportunity to mention it. |
| Thomas M. Reid |
Posted - 07 Mar 2004 : 16:02:53
There's a short story in Realms of Mystery that involves a familiar. However, telling you which story it is will potentially spoil the mystery, so I'm going to put it below in a spoiler.
HIGHLIGHT BELOW TO SEE SPOILER
Dave Gross
END SPOILER
Thomas |
| Lina |
Posted - 06 Mar 2004 : 01:27:19
I think you need to dig a little deeper Herr Doktor. That or branch out your reading a little. |
| mother1219 |
Posted - 04 Mar 2004 : 21:48:42
Quoted from VEDSICA
quote:
Mother you are thinking of Druzil,an imp,who is the familiar of the mage in The Cleric Quintet.Tho I don't remember the mage's name.
I am indeed. |
| Lord Rad |
Posted - 04 Mar 2004 : 21:09:06
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
There's a wizard with a familiar in Rich Baker's novel City of Ravens, I believe. He read a brilliantly written, gloriously funny passage involving this duo at last year's GenCon.
My villain in The Shattered Mask has a demon servant that attends him and does his bidding. That qualifies as a familiar according to the definition you'll find in various reference works on witchcraft, diabolism, and all that. But the entity in my story isn't the standard rat, toad, pseudo-dragon, or what have you provided for by the rules of D&D.
Uncanny! I have JUST read the very chapter which features this..... and I can never forgive Richad Baker for doing what he did   |
| VEDSICA |
Posted - 04 Mar 2004 : 20:00:53
Mother you are thinking of Druzil,an imp,who is the familiar of the mage in The Cleric Quintet.Tho I don't remember the mage's name. |
| Richard Lee Byers |
Posted - 04 Mar 2004 : 19:03:49
There's a wizard with a familiar in Rich Baker's novel City of Ravens, I believe. He read a brilliantly written, gloriously funny passage involving this duo at last year's GenCon.
My villain in The Shattered Mask has a demon servant that attends him and does his bidding. That qualifies as a familiar according to the definition you'll find in various reference works on witchcraft, diabolism, and all that. But the entity in my story isn't the standard rat, toad, pseudo-dragon, or what have you provided for by the rules of D&D. |
| SiriusBlack |
Posted - 04 Mar 2004 : 17:04:55
quote:
Originally posted by Teflon
His name was Kyorli and he is perhaps the most fantastic rat of all time.
Yes, Gromph owes him a big hunk of cheese. |
| Teflon |
Posted - 04 Mar 2004 : 16:42:21
His name was Kyorli and he is perhaps the most fantastic rat of all time.
Brief Spoiler~
How many rats you know can save you from an imprisonment spell!! |
| mother1219 |
Posted - 04 Mar 2004 : 16:21:23
There is a mage with a familiar in the following novels/short stories that I know of (I'm sure there's more):
-In book 1, maybe 2 (possibly in the entire series, I am not sure as I have not yet finished it) of the Cleric Quintet by Salvatore
-In a short story in Realms of Shadow (anthology of short stories). I'm afraid I don't remember the author, but it's a fantastic story, I highly recommend it. The main character is a judge of sorts who is tied quite strongly to his familiar.
-And, the most famous example I can think of, Gromph Baenre and his rat (whose name eludes me at the moment).
Those are just off the top of my head. I'm certain there's more. |
