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Buzzcutter
Acolyte
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 Posted - 26 Aug 2012 : 04:37:46
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I was hoping I could get some recommendations for new reading. I like reading about racially diverse groups/companions with strong priest/cleric characters. I've read the cleric quintet, and some of the priest series. Was wondering if the haunted lands trilogy is worthy. Doesnt even have to be a FR novel, any setting will be appreciated. Thanks!
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 26 Aug 2012 : 04:48:36
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Well. You could hunt up the old priest series.
Lady of Poison
Mistress of the Night
Maiden of Pain
Queen of the Depths
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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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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 26 Aug 2012 : 06:52:49
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Haunted Lands is good, though I don't know how racially diverse it is.
The Year of Rogue Dragons has a strong cleric and is fairly diverse.
Starlight and Shadows is a drow and a human, one of them a cleric, who is sought by competing deities.
Twilight War has very strong priests, but is not so diverse.
War of the Spider Queen and Lady Penitent are all drow but have a lot of strong priestesses. In WotSQ, the clerics do a lot of fighting, without being able to cast memorized spells.
Hmm, it seems most of the noteworthy priests in the realms are drow. |
"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 26 Aug 2012 : 11:06:36
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The Brotherhood of the Griffon series has some strong, notable priests, too. One of the main protagonists is a priest of Kossuth, and another one, of Amaunator. |
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Buzzcutter
Acolyte
16 Posts |
Posted - 26 Aug 2012 : 12:46:13
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| Thanx, much appreciated! |
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Clad In Shadows
Learned Scribe
Canada
158 Posts |
Posted - 27 Aug 2012 : 19:43:10
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Not Realms, but check out The Coldfire Trilogy by CS Friedman. Technically, it's sci-fi, as it takes place in the future on another planet, but it's essentially fantasy.
It contains a priest as well as the founder of said church who has made a pact with demons(?) and has fallen from grace. Sort of a fallen priest/paladin type character. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 27 Aug 2012 : 20:20:58
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Agreed. There are many elements in that series which are essentially D&D. |
Every beginning has an end. |
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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
826 Posts |
Posted - 27 Aug 2012 : 20:30:58
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The Erevis Cale trilogy boasts a main cast of:
A Halfling Thief/Rogue/Priest of Brandobaris
A Human Chosen of Mask who is a combination Rogue/Priest and becomes a shade.
Another Human chosen of mask Assasin who over the course of the trilogy becomes a Divine Champion(Kind of a Dark Paladin)
A Tiefling Psioniscist/Ranger who passes for human.
The antagonists consist of a Human Shadow adept and 4 Slaadi(Who wear various forms, most notably the half Drow Azrrim) and a 10000+ year Old Githvyrik (Who is a god awfully epic powerful wizard/Psioniscist) |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 28 Aug 2012 : 14:46:24
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There's a priestess of Mystra named Anorrweyn Evensong in Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor by Carrie Bebris. She's not a part of the adventuring party, but she played an important role in their mission.
The Empyrean Odyssey by Thomas Reid also features some priests. [Just don't ask me what I think about that series, or rather, about the second book, The Fractured Sky.] |
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ErinMEvans
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
294 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2012 : 18:07:26
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I'm never sure if I ought to be banging on about my own books. But Brimstone Angels features a party of two humans, two tieflings, and a dragonborn--including a priest of Selune and an wayward acolyte of Torm (and various devils and things in the periphery). The priest(s) are also important characters in the sequel, Lesser Evils (which is out in December).
Realms of the Dead also had a fair number of stories featuring priests. I especially liked Jaleigh Johnson's story, The Bone Bird, which has a priest of Chauntea as a main character. (Plus, there's a short story that ties into The Haunted Lands by RLB)
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2012 : 20:11:36
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I'll gladly pimp Erin's work. It's good stuff. 
I'm not sure if it's what you're after, but my Shadowbane series (the third of which is coming out in a week or so) is all about faith, particularly that of the dead god Helm. My hero is basically Helm's last/only paladin.
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Erik Scott de Bie
'Tis easier to destroy than to create.
Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars" |
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