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| Artemas Entreri |
Posted - 10 Mar 2015 : 15:38:17
I have not read these 6 book series yet but have a quick question. Are these series like War of the Spider Queen where different authors contribute a single volume in a continuous storyline .... or are they just standalone novels clumped into a "series?"
Thanks in advance! |
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| Artemas Entreri |
Posted - 20 Mar 2015 : 02:44:53
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Originally posted by Blue
. I didn't even know there were different editions of D&D when I started reading way back when. :D
Same here. I started reading Realms books and playing AD&D 2E around the same time. Even when I read Realms books now I don't think of them as a certain edition. |
| Blue |
Posted - 20 Mar 2015 : 00:36:31
I actually read well before I played, and when I played it was after the release of 4th edition and with veterans of 3rd edition. I didn't even know there were different editions of D&D when I started reading way back when. :D |
| Artemas Entreri |
Posted - 19 Mar 2015 : 01:56:55
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Originally posted by Blue
I stayed away from the realms for a number of years and when I came back, all the 4E changes had happened almost 4 years previously. I didn't even find out about the 4E until I came to the end of Paul S. Kemp's Erevis Cale Trilogy, and it felt like a curveball out of nowhere. Now I'm exploring the huge back catalogue of stuff that exists.
I was in a similar situation and read a few Realms books a couple years ago. The 4E stuff isn't my favorite but I don't actively play D&D anymore so it doesn't bother me too much. |
| Blue |
Posted - 19 Mar 2015 : 01:24:12
Very true Artermas. I don't even aspoire to that, lofty objective. I am aimining only to read some of the stories I've never read before. :)
I stayed away from the realms for a number of years and when I came back, all the 4E changes had happened almost 4 years previously. I didn't even find out about the 4E until I came to the end of Paul S. Kemp's Erevis Cale Trilogy, and it felt like a curveball out of nowhere. Now I'm exploring the huge back catalogue of stuff that exists. |
| Artemas Entreri |
Posted - 18 Mar 2015 : 23:56:02
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Originally posted by Blue
Wizards of the coast actually sells them in 2 3 book omnibuses for a very reasonable price.
Buying a trade paperback omnibus works for some people, but not people like me who suffer from Realms OCD and the need to have a complete massmarket paperback collection. |
| Blue |
Posted - 18 Mar 2015 : 22:39:07
Wizards of the coast actually sells them in 2 3 book omnibuses for a very reasonable price. |
| Artemas Entreri |
Posted - 10 Mar 2015 : 20:56:25
Awesome, thanks everyone! I've found the City of the Dead Waterdeep book at my local used bookstore so it's good to know I can read it whenever I want if I don't own the others yet. |
| Tanthalas |
Posted - 10 Mar 2015 : 20:22:09
Yeah, the Waterdeep books are all stand alone stories that take place in Waterdeep. |
| sno4wy |
Posted - 10 Mar 2015 : 17:35:17
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Artemas Entreri
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
They are separate tales, told with the Sundering happening in the background. The are a couple of minor connections, but each story is -- at least in regards to the other five books -- standalone.
Thanks Wooly! Same for the Waterdeep series?
I believe those books are each standalone, but I cannot swear to it -- I mostly avoided Realms fiction during the 4E era.
I've read them and can confirm that they are. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 10 Mar 2015 : 16:58:14
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Originally posted by Artemas Entreri
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
They are separate tales, told with the Sundering happening in the background. The are a couple of minor connections, but each story is -- at least in regards to the other five books -- standalone.
Thanks Wooly! Same for the Waterdeep series?
I believe those books are each standalone, but I cannot swear to it -- I mostly avoided Realms fiction during the 4E era. |
| Artemas Entreri |
Posted - 10 Mar 2015 : 16:42:56
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
They are separate tales, told with the Sundering happening in the background. The are a couple of minor connections, but each story is -- at least in regards to the other five books -- standalone.
Thanks Wooly! Same for the Waterdeep series? |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 10 Mar 2015 : 16:01:37
They are separate tales, told with the Sundering happening in the background. The are a couple of minor connections, but each story is -- at least in regards to the other five books -- standalone. |
