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ElaineCunningham
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Posted - 09 Aug 2012 :  14:06:16  Show Profile  Visit ElaineCunningham's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Aulduron

I can't help but notice you didn't address any possible returns of either of the aforementioned characters to print.



It is gratifying to know that reading comprehension is not a lost art.

Seriously, now, I don't have anything new to report.
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe

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Posted - 09 Aug 2012 :  19:06:44  Show Profile Send Aulduron a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Now, if I could just punctuate, I might be able to write my own books.

"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"

-Procopio Septus
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phranctoast
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Posted - 10 Aug 2012 :  17:15:54  Show Profile Send phranctoast a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ElaineCunningham

[quote]
Seriously, now, I don't have anything new to report.



How does the process work? Do you suggest what you'd like to write about and WOTC obliges or is it closer to the opposite?

Currently reading: Spider and Stone by Jaleigh Johnson: Sequel to Mistshore
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coach
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Posted - 03 Sep 2012 :  20:32:02  Show Profile Send coach a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

I'm skipping this one. Not just because of the ebook format, or the fact that I've avoided most post-Spellplague fiction, but also because I find it rather unlikely that the main character and his worst enemy both somehow manage to survive the timejump.

I wasn't hugely fond of the original book, either.



why would they NOT survive?

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The Red Walker
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Posted - 03 Sep 2012 :  21:39:50  Show Profile Send The Red Walker a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by coach

quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

I'm skipping this one. Not just because of the ebook format, or the fact that I've avoided most post-Spellplague fiction, but also because I find it rather unlikely that the main character and his worst enemy both somehow manage to survive the timejump.

I wasn't hugely fond of the original book, either.



why would they NOT survive?



Humans, around thirty years old....100+ year time difference in first novel to this one. When both characters miraculously survive, it makes some people scratch their heads.

Not me though, I'm just playing devils advocate....loved the first book and will read this one at some point.

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John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 03 Sep 2012 :  22:56:21  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by The Red Walker

quote:
Originally posted by coach

quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

I'm skipping this one. Not just because of the ebook format, or the fact that I've avoided most post-Spellplague fiction, but also because I find it rather unlikely that the main character and his worst enemy both somehow manage to survive the timejump.

I wasn't hugely fond of the original book, either.



why would they NOT survive?



Humans, around thirty years old....100+ year time difference in first novel to this one. When both characters miraculously survive, it makes some people scratch their heads.


That's exactly it, for me.

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The Sage
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Posted - 04 Sep 2012 :  02:10:49  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
There is always the elixirs of youth/potions of longevity route, but, as Ed has said:-

"I'd say potions of longevity, elixirs of youth, and similar magical means of extending normal lifespan would be rare, highly-sought-after treasures. Real ones are likely to be well guarded ("in depth," including false potions [probably poisons] nearby for would-be thieves to be led to, instead), and NEVER offered for sale in shops (alchemists and powerful wizards may peddle a single potion, discreetly, to a wealthy buyer approached on a one-to-one basis, usually passing off the potion as "discovered among the treasures of Archwizard X after his unfortunate demise at the hands of Y").

That does not mean longevity magic is unknown to the very wealthy, who often hire wizards to help them cheat death, or among powerful mages who try to devise their own life-extending or -renewing magics. You are right in supposing that at a certain power level its pursuit (and the results, however efficacious or otherwise) becomes common."

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Dennis
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Posted - 05 Sep 2012 :  05:25:36  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Plus, the chaotic magic that spread upon the outbreak of the Spellplague granted immortality, or extended lifespan, to random individuals.

Every beginning has an end.
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Simon Phoenix
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Posted - 01 Dec 2012 :  01:54:46  Show Profile Send Simon Phoenix a Private Message  Reply with Quote
*******spoiler**********

Jack survived by being encysted into the mythal stone because a member of the local wizards school foresaw a great catastrophe as a result of the wild magic and jack (spellplague). Raven's Bluff was supposed to explode in wildfire during the spellplague, but since Jack was the main conduit/release valve for the mythal, that never came to pass.

I liked the book, but I thought it ended suddenly. I'm curious as all hell about Myrkyssa Jelan, need more info about her.
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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 01 Dec 2012 :  06:08:27  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Simon Phoenix

*******spoiler**********

Jack survived by being encysted into the mythal stone because a member of the local wizards school foresaw a great catastrophe as a result of the wild magic and jack (spellplague). Raven's Bluff was supposed to explode in wildfire during the spellplague, but since Jack was the main conduit/release valve for the mythal, that never came to pass.

I liked the book, but I thought it ended suddenly. I'm curious as all hell about Myrkyssa Jelan, need more info about her.



Mythal stone? What, does Raven's Bluff have a mythal now?

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Simon Phoenix
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Posted - 01 Dec 2012 :  10:02:54  Show Profile Send Simon Phoenix a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Raven's Bluff is built atop the old dwarves city of Sarbreen, which in turn was built above the ruin of an ancient drow city. The drow attempted to create thier own version of a mythal, but they were unable to duplicate the high elven magic and were only partially successful. This is why wild magic leaks out and manifests itself in random people living in Raven's Bluff.
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