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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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 Posted - 02 Mar 2011 : 11:29:02
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I am 100% up to date on realms novels now. Finished Pools of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor yesterday.
I guess technically i'm not 100% up to date, because I won't be heading to the store till friday to see if the March release novel (Sandstorm) is available. Once it is, and I'm at the store, I'm buying it and reading it.
Now I need to work on being 100% up to date on realms gaming products, video games, online wizards stuff, and obsucre stuff. Working on the gaming products first. I have already read all 3.xE things (got them as they came out and read them) and of course the 4E (three items), but I'm doing pretty good on the 2E/1E stuff. A bit over halfway through The Savage Frontier, then I will hit the last box I have to go through (The North), take all my notes as I go (needed for my current campaign), and maybe I'll follow those with the Volo's Guides (which I have flipped through looking for specific information but have yet to read cover to cover). |
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Tyrant
Senior Scribe
USA
586 Posts |
Posted - 04 Mar 2011 : 21:50:42
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| I finished Depths of Madness yesterday and my order from Amazon that included Sandstorm showed up today (great timing), so I have started reading Sandstorm. |
Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
-The Sith Code
Teenage Sith zombies, Tulkh thought-how in the moons of Bogden had it all started? Every so often, the universe must just get bored and decide to really cut loose. -Star Wars: Red Harvest |
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 04 Mar 2011 : 22:07:15
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| Yeez! I feel like a small business owner whose first customer ever just walked through the door. I hope you find stuff in it to like, Tyrant! |
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Tyrant
Senior Scribe
USA
586 Posts |
Posted - 04 Mar 2011 : 23:08:07
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
Yeez! I feel like a small business owner whose first customer ever just walked through the door. I hope you find stuff in it to like, Tyrant!
I'm only about 30 pages in but I like what I have read. |
Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
-The Sith Code
Teenage Sith zombies, Tulkh thought-how in the moons of Bogden had it all started? Every so often, the universe must just get bored and decide to really cut loose. -Star Wars: Red Harvest |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 07 Mar 2011 : 14:05:25
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| Bought Sandstorm yesterday. I'll read it once I'm done re-reading the Return of the Archwizards. |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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Zimme
Learned Scribe
Denmark
209 Posts |
Posted - 08 Mar 2011 : 14:13:44
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| Just finished 'Gauntlgrym' by R.a Salvatore, and have started 'Sacrifice of the widow' by Lisa Smedman, two really good books, the first was good, but the one I just started is really good, its one of those books who can captivate me so I forget time and place. Thank god its a triology :) |
Sometimes I feel like Beshaba is sitting on my back, devoting her entire attention to me!
Rannek.
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 08 Mar 2011 : 14:42:58
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Originally posted by Zimme
Just finished 'Gauntlgrym' by R.a Salvatore, and have started 'Sacrifice of the widow' by Lisa Smedman, two really good books, the first was good, but the one I just started is really good, its one of those books who can captivate me so I forget time and place. Thank god its a triology :)
Just be careful you don't find some days of the week missing when you are done  |
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Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
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Zimme
Learned Scribe
Denmark
209 Posts |
Posted - 08 Mar 2011 : 16:50:44
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Im fairly confident my fiance would have a hizzy fit if I remain inactive for that long,.. or will she? ...better not test it  |
Sometimes I feel like Beshaba is sitting on my back, devoting her entire attention to me!
Rannek.
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Tyrant
Senior Scribe
USA
586 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2011 : 03:14:55
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
Yeez! I feel like a small business owner whose first customer ever just walked through the door. I hope you find stuff in it to like, Tyrant!
I just finished Sandstorm. I really liked it. I've only read a couple of other books in the general area of Calimport so it was nice to see a lot more of an area that I haven't read much about. Lots of material for a follow up (which I would personally like to see happen). An interesting turn of events regarding a Genasi ability I must've overlooked when I read through the Monster Manual. Also, I was surprised that ability didn't get used the way I thought it was heading. I also liked the numerous planar entities and their intrigues. I think this is the first (FR) book I book I have read with Effiti and Djinni. Some interesting characters (like Corvus, the first Kenku I can recall reading) as well.
Now to keep with the desert theme and read part 4 of the Prism Pentad (now that I finally it and part 5) and maybe part 5 before returning to Realms novels. |
Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
-The Sith Code
Teenage Sith zombies, Tulkh thought-how in the moons of Bogden had it all started? Every so often, the universe must just get bored and decide to really cut loose. -Star Wars: Red Harvest |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 09 Mar 2011 : 11:59:30
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Just be careful you don't find some days of the week missing when you are done
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Im fairly confident my fiance would have a hizzy fit if I remain inactive for that long,.. or will she? ...better not test it
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Yeah that's a risk I wouldn't take with my wife. |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 01:48:41
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Finished reading "Maiden of Pain".
Apart from the swamp part -which I still do not understand why it was put there- I think it was a pretty reasonable novel and it was about time to get more stuff on Loviatar.
This said, can anyone enlighten me on what the Church of Entropy is? I felt like having ended up in a different shared world setting. No clue what this is about...  |
"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 02:09:56
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Originally posted by skychrome
Finished reading "Maiden of Pain".
Apart from the swamp part -which I still do not understand why it was put there- I think it was a pretty reasonable novel and it was about time to get more stuff on Loviatar.
This said, can anyone enlighten me on what the Church of Entropy is? I felt like having ended up in a different shared world setting. No clue what this is about...
The Karanoks' worship of the sphere as Entropy has never truly been a divine and/or wondrous thing. Their fanaticism based on myths and legends ultimately lined up with Tiamat’s goals and she started granting spells in Entropy’s name early in the 1370's. That's pretty much it. |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 02:15:01
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Originally posted by The Sage
The Karanoks' worship of the sphere as Entropy has never truly been a divine and/or wondrous thing. Their fanaticism based on myths and legends ultimately lined up with Tiamat’s goals and she started granting spells in Entropy’s name early in the 1370's. That's pretty much it.
Thanks Sage, that's really interesting! Where can I get a good summary of Tiamat's goals in this context? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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vallon
Acolyte
USA
31 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 14:32:30
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greetings, Chris! I, too, have just bought a copy of Sandstorm. It's next on my to-read list after I finish Star of Cursrah by Clayton Emery. quote:
Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
Yeez! I feel like a small business owner whose first customer ever just walked through the door. I hope you find stuff in it to like, Tyrant!
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 15:52:24
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Originally posted by vallon
greetings, Chris! I, too, have just bought a copy of Sandstorm. It's next on my to-read list after I finish Star of Cursrah by Clayton Emery.
Hope you enjoy it, Vallon. The Emery is one of the books I read in my "read all things Calimshan" phase of research and I liked it--interesting structure. |
My Realms novel, Sandstorm, is now available for ordering. |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 20:02:46
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I just got an e-mail from Ed saying he'd finally tracked down a copy of Sandstorm. He raved about it, so now I'm in the hunt for a copy, too!
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 20:12:36
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Originally posted by The Hooded One
I just got an e-mail from Ed saying he'd finally tracked down a copy of Sandstorm. He raved about it, so now I'm in the hunt for a copy, too!
love,
THO
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BlackAce
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
360 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 20:51:06
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| Haven't bought a realms novel for several years, but if all this praise keeps up, Chris, I might just have to bite the bullet! |
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Thelonius
Senior Scribe
Spain
731 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 20:51:26
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| Just finished reading WotSQ volume one, and got to say I'm starting to be real fond of Pharaun Myzzrim |
"If you are to truly understand, then you will need the contrast, not adherence to a single ideal." - Kreia
"I THINK I JUST HAD ANOTHER NEAR-RINCEWIND EXPERIENCE"- Discworld's Death frustrated after Rincewind scapes his grasp... again.
"I am death, come for thee" - Nimbul, from Baldur's Gate I just before being badly spanked
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 10 Mar 2011 : 21:29:49
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Originally posted by BlackAce
Haven't bought a realms novel for several years, but if all this praise keeps up, Chris, I might just have to bite the bullet!
I hope you do, BlackAce, and if so I hope you enjoy enough to try out some of the other recent Realms offerings. There's been some good stuff in the last few years, I think. |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 11 Mar 2011 : 01:49:55
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| I'm about 2/3rds of the way through The Captive Flame. Absolutely fantastic read. Richard Lee Byers has been knocking them out of the park lately. Easily one of the top FR writers right now. He transitioned characters from a couple past series into this one and bridged the gap between pre and post spellplague FR and made it feel like the FR tyhe whoel way through. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 11 Mar 2011 : 09:06:50
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Originally posted by Thelonius
Just finished reading WotSQ volume one, and got to say I'm starting to be real fond of Pharaun Myzzrim
Many scribes do like him, including yours truly. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36996 Posts |
Posted - 11 Mar 2011 : 11:42:40
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Thelonius
Just finished reading WotSQ volume one, and got to say I'm starting to be real fond of Pharaun Myzzrim
Many scribes do like him, including yours truly.
Indeed. He was about the only thing from the entire series that I did like. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 11 Mar 2011 : 12:13:39
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Thelonius
Just finished reading WotSQ volume one, and got to say I'm starting to be real fond of Pharaun Myzzrim
Many scribes do like him, including yours truly.
You can count me among his fans  |
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Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 11 Mar 2011 : 12:15:02
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Originally posted by Christopher_Rowe
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Originally posted by BlackAce
Haven't bought a realms novel for several years, but if all this praise keeps up, Chris, I might just have to bite the bullet!
I hope you do, BlackAce, and if so I hope you enjoy enough to try out some of the other recent Realms offerings. There's been some good stuff in the last few years, I think.
Tis' true BlackAce. I can recommend the Ed Greenwood presents Waterdeep series as recent goodies, as well as the two first of The Chosen of Nendawen. |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 11 Mar 2011 : 15:03:22
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Thelonius
Just finished reading WotSQ volume one, and got to say I'm starting to be real fond of Pharaun Myzzrim
Many scribes do like him, including yours truly.
Indeed. He was about the only thing from the entire series that I did like.
Gromph had his moments too, though not nearly enough for me. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36996 Posts |
Posted - 11 Mar 2011 : 18:08:27
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Thelonius
Just finished reading WotSQ volume one, and got to say I'm starting to be real fond of Pharaun Myzzrim
Many scribes do like him, including yours truly.
Indeed. He was about the only thing from the entire series that I did like.
Gromph had his moments too, though not nearly enough for me.
I do like Gromph, but most of his coverage in the series was in the interminable spellbattle, and that just doesn't interest me. I know a lot of people loved that battle, but I'm not one of them.
What I really wanted to see Gromph do didn't happen. I'd say more, but I don't want to spoil anything for the folks that haven't completed the series yet. |
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Zimme
Learned Scribe
Denmark
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Posted - 11 Mar 2011 : 22:03:59
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Originally posted by Alisttair
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Thelonius
Just finished reading WotSQ volume one, and got to say I'm starting to be real fond of Pharaun Myzzrim
Many scribes do like him, including yours truly.
You can count me among his fans
Me too, along with Ryld Argith. Listening to you guys talk about 'Sandstorm', I reckon I better put it up on my 'to get' list for next month |
Sometimes I feel like Beshaba is sitting on my back, devoting her entire attention to me!
Rannek.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 12 Mar 2011 : 00:38:33
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I do like Gromph, but most of his coverage in the series was in the interminable spellbattle, and that just doesn't interest me. I know a lot of people loved that battle, but I'm not one of them.
I agree with that. Each and every time Gromph popped up in the books, I was hoping for some expansive coverage. But, really, he was just a supporting character.
He really does deserve a book on his own, however. |
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How up to date are you with reading FR novels?
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