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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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 Posted - 10 Sep 2012 : 10:26:26
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Originally posted by Richard Lee Byers
People who dig wizards should also check out the Harry Dresden novels by Jim Butcher, the novel The Phoenix and the Mirror by Avram Davidson, and A Wizard of Earthsea and its sequels by Ursula K. LeGuin.
Ooh, the Dresden Files, good call. Harry is definitely my favorite wizard, and I'm eagerly looking forward to Cold Days. I'm also eagerly looking forward to when we find out more about Mac, because that guy simply isn't a vanilla mortal. 
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TBeholder
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 11 Sep 2012 : 14:42:39
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Well, as a semidivine entity, in "Demipower or Magibabble?" he's about halfway between.  |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 11 Sep 2012 : 21:32:09
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| Dresden, or Cugel the Clever, Drusas Achamian, Iskaral Pust |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 12 Sep 2012 : 01:15:22
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| Berlgareth is a longtime favorite of mine ...and how could I forget Dresden, I love those books. Harry Dresden is the reason I switched to eBooks. Once I read the first, I had to read them all. |
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Kno
Senior Scribe
452 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2012 : 13:35:17
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| hard to tell - Dumbledore was gay, Elminster perv, Gandalf celibate |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3085 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2012 : 21:18:25
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Kno
hard to tell - Dumbledore was gay, Elminster perv, Gandalf celibate
And what does any of that have to do with anything?
Probably nothing other than showing that Kno is a bitter reader |
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1797 Posts |
Posted - 13 Sep 2012 : 00:10:05
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| Cugel the Clever was a mage? It's been decades since I read the stories about him, but I don't remember that. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31701 Posts |
Posted - 13 Sep 2012 : 02:14:03
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Originally posted by Entreri3478
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Kno
hard to tell - Dumbledore was gay, Elminster perv, Gandalf celibate
And what does any of that have to do with anything?
Probably nothing other than showing that Kno is a bitter reader
Okay, we really don't need to go down that path.
Let's try to remain courteous and civil, eh, and move on? |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
1591 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2012 : 17:20:21
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| I really liked the character of Jonathan Strange. A perfect ,English gentleman of a wizard. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
32397 Posts |
Posted - 14 Sep 2012 : 17:39:48
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Originally posted by Thauranil
I really liked the character of Jonathan Strange. A perfect ,English gentleman of a wizard.
I quite enjoyed that one, myself. |
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore
India
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Posted - 15 Sep 2012 : 15:12:30
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Thauranil
I really liked the character of Jonathan Strange. A perfect ,English gentleman of a wizard.
I quite enjoyed that one, myself.
Yes its quite a pity that there were no more books written in that series or another other by Ms. Susanna Clarke.
I for one would love to read more of her alternative Britain with its rediscovered rich history of magic. |
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Drustan Dwnhaedan
Learned Scribe
USA
324 Posts |
Posted - 04 Sep 2013 : 08:00:26
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| Elminster got my vote, if only for the fact that The Simbul wasn't an option. (Why isn't she on the list?) |
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charger_ss24
Learned Scribe
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - 04 Sep 2013 : 17:46:35
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Originally posted by Drustan Dwnhaedan
Elminster got my vote, if only for the fact that The Simbul wasn't an option. (Why isn't she on the list?)
I too, voted Elminster and his eversmoking pipe. Only because Robillard wasn't on the list. That guy is a bad ass. |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2013 : 04:50:05
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Elminster received my vote...although I must admit that even after all these years of fantasy reading I still cannot get through LotR. I watched the movies though! Ha.
As for Dumbledore, you could combine him and all the other Potter Mythos wizards and pit them against Elminster and maybe you would have a fight on your hands....I would very much like to see that eradication.
I thought Harry Potter books were OK, don't get me wrong |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2013 : 23:31:01
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| I feel Dumbledore is the better character, but let's not stand on ceremony here. We know the best wizard is Jace. Always bet on Jace. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
32397 Posts |
Posted - 05 Sep 2013 : 23:39:19
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Originally posted by Entromancer
I feel Dumbledore is the better character, but let's not stand on ceremony here. We know the best wizard is Jace. Always bet on Jace.
I have no idea who Jace is. |
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Ayrik
Great Reader
Canada
6855 Posts |
Posted - 06 Sep 2013 : 01:35:19
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Rincewind. Absolutely no contest, although technically he's a "wizzard".
Although Merlin was certainly the most accomplished, in my mind, given his legendary abilities to consistently work great magics on our own no-magic-or-low-magic world. The other guys all got it easy in that regard. Being a fiend-sired half-immortal is just a bonus.
And the Wizard of Oz certainly had a good gig going, too bad he was ultimately revealed as a bombastic incompetent.
I've always been inexplicably fascinated by the mythology of the Telchines. But most people've never heard of 'em. |
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Drustan Dwnhaedan
Learned Scribe
USA
324 Posts |
Posted - 06 Sep 2013 : 05:25:48
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Originally posted by Ayrik
Rincewind. Absolutely no contest, although technically he's a "wizzard".
Although Merlin was certainly the most accomplished, in my mind, given his legendary abilities to consistently work great magics on our own no-magic-or-low-magic world. The other guys all got it easy in that regard. Being a fiend-sired half-immortal is just a bonus.
And the Wizard of Oz certainly had a good gig going, too bad he was ultimately revealed as a bombastic incompetent.
I've always been inexplicably fascinated by the mythology of the Telchines. But most people've never heard of 'em.
Dang, I can't believe I completely forgot about Rincewind! He should definitely be on the list!
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
32397 Posts |
Posted - 06 Sep 2013 : 05:53:02
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Originally posted by Ayrik
Rincewind. Absolutely no contest, although technically he's a "wizzard".
Although Merlin was certainly the most accomplished, in my mind, given his legendary abilities to consistently work great magics on our own no-magic-or-low-magic world. The other guys all got it easy in that regard. Being a fiend-sired half-immortal is just a bonus.
It's possible that our world isn't low magic -- it could be that knowledge of how to access it has been lost or suppressed.
There's plenty of magic and things that go bump in the night in the Dresden Files books, for example -- but even some of the people that have seen Harry in action don't believe he's doing magic. |
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe
USA
388 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2013 : 00:41:31
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Entromancer
I feel Dumbledore is the better character, but let's not stand on ceremony here. We know the best wizard is Jace. Always bet on Jace.
I have no idea who Jace is.
Jace the Mind Sculptor, a planeswalking telepath from the Magic: the Gathering tcg and novel line. He's the bane of competitive players everywhere.
Aside from Jace, I'd say Randall Flagg was an excellent wizard. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Sep 2013 : 15:19:40
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Originally posted by Entromancer
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Entromancer
I feel Dumbledore is the better character, but let's not stand on ceremony here. We know the best wizard is Jace. Always bet on Jace.
I have no idea who Jace is.
Jace the Mind Sculptor, a planeswalking telepath from the Magic: the Gathering tcg and novel line. He's the bane of competitive players everywhere.
Aside from Jace, I'd say Randall Flagg was an excellent wizard.
I love Jace, and in MtG, he’s indeed the best—though I’d say equal to Tezzeret in terms of skill, magic, and artifice. Cross-setting-wise, hmm, I wouldn’t say he’s the best. My vote still goes to Pug, the wizard who literally chopped the moon. |
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Alruane
Senior Scribe
USA
434 Posts |
Posted - 17 Nov 2013 : 09:10:11
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| Elminster Aumar. Definitely. |
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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 17 Dec 2013 : 16:00:46
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Alruane
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 17 Dec 2013 : 20:04:30
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Elminster, Gandalf or Dumbledore?
