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                 SiriusBlack 
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                       Posted - 09 Aug 2004 :  14:25:48
                        
                        
                 
                        
                      
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                       Posted - 09 Aug 2004 :  16:47:26
                        
                 
                        
                      
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                       quote: Originally posted by The Sage
 
 quote: Originally posted by Bakra
  I don't think I would buy this one...due to the fact funds are limited and I noticed that there is book dealing with artic conditions.  Frostburn will get my money.
 
  I'll be purchasing this tome, if only because of the gnome-fanatic that resides within me... 
 
 
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                        I hope Candlekeep continues to be the friendly forum of fellow Realms-lovers that it has always been, as we all go through this together. If you don’t want to move to the “new” Realms, that doesn’t mean there’s anything wrong with either you or the “old” Realms. Goodness knows Candlekeep, and the hearts of its scribes, are both big enough to accommodate both. If we want them to be. (Strikes dramatic pose, raises sword to gleam in the sunset, and hopes breeches won’t fall down.) Enough for now. The Realms lives! I have spoken! Ale and light wines half price, served by a smiling Storm Silverhand fetchingly clad in thigh-high boots and naught else! Ahem . . So saith Ed. <snip> love to all, THO
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                 The Sage 
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                       Posted - 11 Aug 2004 :  14:07:35
                        
                 
                        
                      
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                       quote: Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
 
 quote: Originally posted by The Sage
 
 quote: Originally posted by Wooly Rupert I'll agree with that... Most of my gaming dollars go to the Forgotten Realms or BattleTech, so there's not much left over for the generic D&D stuff.
  I'll be experiencing that particular problem shortly (as I'm sure you will be also)... especially with the multitude of CBT tomes due for release in the coming months... 
 
 
  
  Yeah... I *just* got my hands on Mercs Revised yesterday! Of course, I'm not going to jump on all of the new books...
 
  Do you mind if I email you privately to discuss this particular tome, Wooly?
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                 Wooly Rupert 
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                       Posted - 11 Aug 2004 :  16:13:33
                        
                 
                        
                      
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                       quote: Originally posted by The Sage
 
 quote: Originally posted by Wooly Rupert Yeah... I *just* got my hands on Mercs Revised yesterday! Of course, I'm not going to jump on all of the new books...
 
  Do you mind if I email you privately to discuss this particular tome, Wooly?
 
 
  
  You can, but keep in mind I'm on a Realms-reading kick right now, so all I've read of it is the Wolf's Dragoons entry. | 
                     
                    
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                 The Wanderer 
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                       Posted - 11 Aug 2004 :  16:37:00
                        
                        
                 
                        
                      
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                       Speaking of the excerpt....
  In the dwarven gods section the state that the allies of the Chaotic Neutral god Hanseath are Green Slaad and Death Slaad... 
  Does this really go with a dwarven deity or is this some type of misprint? Slaadi are not the most pleaseant of creatures. | 
                     
                    
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                 SiriusBlack 
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                       Posted - 16 Aug 2004 :  13:53:54
                        
                        
                 
                        
                      
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                 Kuje 
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                       Posted - 16 Aug 2004 :  17:35:38
                        
                 
                        
                      
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                       For those who said they were not going to by this book, well there is some nice stuff in it that can be used even in FR, even if it isn't FR specific.
  Off the top of my head, since I haven't really read through all of it yet, since I only glanced at it yesterday before my game.
  Naming charts for gnomes, dwarves, and that other race. (Yes if you have Dwarves Deep it also has name charts for well Dwarves, but that's a old sourcebook. :)) 100 plot hooks. The last two chapters of the book also have some good info on magic and equipment and some fluff on adventuring, etc...... | 
                     
                    
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                       Posted - 18 Aug 2004 :  16:27:08
                        
                 
                        
                      
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                       quote: Originally posted by Anubis Does this really go with a dwarven deity or is this some type of misprint? Slaadi are not the most pleaseant of creatures.
 
  They're also regularly not what most people expect. Remember, the slaadi embody the purest notion of chaos... it's not entirely outside the realm of possibility for them to choose to worship an unlikely deity... and this is only respective of the slaadi types that we know exist.
  Slaadi are fickle in their moral outlook -- if it would serve their ultimate aims, the slaadi would just as likely worship the Spawning Stone as a deity-like figure (in fact, some do). The overall aspect to remember here, is that when it comes to the slaadi... everything is possible.
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