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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
 Posted - 06 Oct 2008 : 14:48:29
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*GLEE*
Amazon informed me that Pirate King shipped yesterday afternoon from St. Paul. So I *should* have the book in my hands this evening after work. 
And should have it finished by tomorrow. 
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I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Edited by - Ashe Ravenheart on 21 Oct 2008 19:20:18
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Drow Kvive Asharm
Acolyte
Canada
3 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2008 : 15:01:04
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| I got my copy on Friday. Read the first couple of chapters. Not too bad so far. |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2008 : 16:57:23
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| I got mine on Friday also. I think I'll read it as soon as I'm done Blackstaff Tower. |
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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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
826 Posts |
Posted - 06 Oct 2008 : 22:35:03
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It came out a week ago in Halifax Canada. I have posted a few Spoiler full reviews on Salvatore's site, and on Lavender eyes.
I rate it 2.5 out of 5. I was disappointed in it.
But Ill leave the spoilers in those other reviews I did.
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Lady Fellshot
Senior Scribe
USA
379 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2008 : 06:42:00
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Really, you should link that :)
One wonders when Drizzt's angst will end.
*remembers the Orc King prologue*
Never mind, I suppose it doesn't.
As for Jarlaxle, I think I'll just keep reading the AU fics that stalwartly ignore everything after Servant of the Shard. I've been feeling like I need to ignore canon a lot recently. Oh well...  |
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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
826 Posts |
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Kamuraki
Seeker
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2008 : 21:22:34
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At least Drizzt has loosened up as far as sex goes. Nice to see he's pulled his scimitars out of his... ahem, I mean to say he's far less repressive of his desires. Which I think is more healthy for him. He's an ELF for God's sake. They're all incredibly attractive, and almost every novel about elves I've read says that elves love showing off that everything around them wants to have sex with them.
On another note, CURSE YOU R.A. SALVATORE!!! Now I feel guilty for choosing to watch the debate tonight instead of finishing your novel. :( |
"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3737 Posts |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3286 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2008 : 23:34:55
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quote:
Originally posted by Dagnirion
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Originally posted by Firestorm
http://lavendereyes.rivkashome.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=XForum&file=viewthread&tid=7921
Here ya go:P
-Wow...
-Yeah thats an understatement. So when was/is the official release date for this novel?
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"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3737 Posts |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3286 Posts |
Posted - 08 Oct 2008 : 03:57:42
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quote:
Originally posted by Dagnirion
-It was today.
-Cool. Thanks.
BRIMSTONE |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader
USA
3737 Posts |
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hawkytom
Seeker
USA
82 Posts |
Posted - 08 Oct 2008 : 04:57:44
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quote:
Originally posted by Dagnirion
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
-Cool. Thanks.
BRIMSTONE
-And, in a half-hour or so, it would have been yesterday...And, today would be my birthday!
Heya, congrats! :) My birthday is Oct 9th, heh. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 08 Oct 2008 : 14:23:49
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| I skimmed a few pages of this book in the store last night. Have to admit, I don't feel any great desire to read it. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3563 Posts |
Posted - 08 Oct 2008 : 14:48:38
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quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I skimmed a few pages of this book in the store last night. Have to admit, I don't feel any great desire to read it.
Just took a quick glance at my bookshelf.......looks like I have to read it by the count of all the D books I see. |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 08 Oct 2008 : 18:16:13
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| Got mine in the mail yesterday. I will read it as soon as I am done with Neversfall. |
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He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3286 Posts |
Posted - 08 Oct 2008 : 18:26:12
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quote:
Originally posted by Dagnirion
quote:
Originally posted by Brimstone
-Cool. Thanks.
BRIMSTONE
-And, in a half-hour or so, it would have been yesterday...And, today would be my birthday!
-Happy day dude!
BRIMSTONE |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 05:27:41
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Reading it now... sigh... is this pre or post Spellplague? I really can't tell as I'm not recognizing any Realms element in this book...  |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 15:51:59
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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight
Reading it now... sigh... is this pre or post Spellplague? I really can't tell as I'm not recognizing any Realms element in this book...
It's pre-Spellplague. I still feel no great hurry to read it though. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
1618 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2008 : 21:54:27
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quote:
Originally posted by The Red Walker
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I skimmed a few pages of this book in the store last night. Have to admit, I don't feel any great desire to read it.
Just took a quick glance at my bookshelf.......looks like I have to read it by the count of all the D books I see.
I am with you. I have an entire row filled with RA Salvatore novels |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 16:57:02
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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight
Reading it now... sigh... is this pre or post Spellplague? I really can't tell as I'm not recognizing any Realms element in this book...
Just figured it out. The treaty with Obould was signed in 1372 and, Catti-brie mentioned that it's "been four years". So, it's set in 1376. Pre-Sellplague, but after Vhaerun's death (going by GHotR).
Having not read Lady Penitent, what year does Eilistraee die? Trying to figure out if this is after the 'redemption' of the drow. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 18:43:02
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| Sigh.. I put down Pirate King two nights ago and haven't picked it back up since... hmmm.... back to my unfinished Blackstaff, methinks... |
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Hawkins
Great Reader
USA
2131 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 20:12:27
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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight
Sigh.. I put down Pirate King two nights ago and haven't picked it back up since... hmmm.... back to my unfinished Blackstaff, methinks...
One might ask why you put down Blackstaff to begin with... |
Errant d20 Designer - My Blog (last updated January 06, 2016)
One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
* My character sheets (PFRPG, 3.5, and AE versions; not viewable in Internet Explorer)
* Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Reference Document (PFRPG OGL Rules)
* The Hypertext d20 SRD (3.5 OGL Rules)
* 3.5 D&D Archives
My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Purple Dragon Knight
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1796 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 20:21:15
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Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
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Originally posted by Purple Dragon Knight
Sigh.. I put down Pirate King two nights ago and haven't picked it back up since... hmmm.... back to my unfinished Blackstaff, methinks...
One might ask why you put down Blackstaff to begin with...
Oh, that was just due to the interruptions of our six month old daughter... |
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Charles Phipps
Master of Realmslore
1419 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2008 : 20:54:10
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I just finished the book;
I must say that I rather liked the book. R.A. Salvatore did a very good job of establishing the slow transformation of the "innocent" Realms of 3rd Edition into the much more ambigious 4E Realms where so much well intentioned heroism is going to go off in odd directions. |
My Blog: http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/
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Drow Kvive Asharm
Acolyte
Canada
3 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2008 : 08:03:40
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| I just finished the book as well. Although I was a bit dissapointed at first, I forced myself to read it through and surprisingly I ended up liking it in the end! I agree with Charles about the transformation of 3rd Edition to 4E. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2008 : 13:54:37
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Okay, work (and other things) suck, so I just finished it last night.
As always, I enjoyed the book. Seeing how much characters have changed and how they are nostalgic for the way things 'used to be' was very nice. But it got me thinking and, I believe RAS may be ending the Drizzt stories with The Ghost King. It's my personal opinion and not based on anything I have heard. (Although I'm really kicking myself for missing his book signing last week...)
Even if he is asked to continue to write Drizzt in the 4E Realms, I'm not sure I'd want to read it. Half of what I love about the novels is the secondary characters. And most, if not all, will be dead in the new Realms. I think it's a parallel to Michael Stackpole and Battletech. I adore all the Michael Stackpole novels, EXCEPT those set after the time jump. He had come back into the fold after the time jump to 'bridge the gap' for the old-time Battletech enthusiasts to say 'Hey, it's still Battletech! See, I've got a story for it!'. But the new novels fell flat, in my opinion, and judging from the upcoming 'restart' of their novel line, I don't think they did well financially either. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36779 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2008 : 15:56:16
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quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Just an aside, do you also like RAS and Tom Clancy?
I'm a big fan of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan stuff, though there were some things in The Teeth of the Tiger that bugged me (like, how did Kealty manage to become Prez?). And everything in Rainbow Six was just a little too neatly tied together. |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3240 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2008 : 16:25:39
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| Same here... The older stuff is definitely better. What appeals to me about RAS, Stackpole and Clancy is the attention to detail for the smallest things. The way RAS describes Drizzt's fights, Stackpole spending a chapter on how an assassination occurs (with tangents to all the after-effect) and how Clancy can start with minor stuff and show how it all inter-relates to create the 'big picture'. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
Ashe's Character Sheet
Alphabetized Index of Realms NPCs |
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The Pirate King (Spoilers within)
