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Caolin
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Posted - 20 Sep 2012 :  18:37:46  Show Profile Send Caolin a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
So I came upon this listing on the WoTC product page. Does anyone know where I can purchase this story? I can't seem to find it on Amazon.

http://wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/frnovel/32730000

Captain Grafalcon
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Posted - 20 Sep 2012 :  18:47:39  Show Profile Send Captain Grafalcon a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Itīs inside a book called R.A Salvatore Collected Stories. Itīs worth buying!

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Caolin
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Posted - 20 Sep 2012 :  19:17:09  Show Profile Send Caolin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Gavinho

Itīs inside a book called R.A Salvatore Collected Stories. Itīs worth buying!



It's part of an Anthology? Weird that WoTC would list it separately in their catalog. Nuts.
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Captain Grafalcon
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Posted - 20 Sep 2012 :  20:10:51  Show Profile Send Captain Grafalcon a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Just found that was published in Dragons: World Afire,2006. But, since itīs related to Salvatoreīs "The Sellswords trilogy", the tale was an excellent addition to the book.

"Surely you recognize that armies carrying banners are almost always thieves—until they win."
Jarlaxle, mercenary leader of Bregan D'aerthe.
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BEAST
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Posted - 21 Sep 2012 :  21:31:30  Show Profile  Visit BEAST's Homepage Send BEAST a Private Message  Reply with Quote
"If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair" is a novella about a particular dragon that arose during Zhengyi's reign of terror in the Bloodstone Lands.

It was first packaged as part of the deluxe coffee-table-style anthology <Dragons: Worlds Afire>, JUN-2006.

Then, it was re-packaged as part of the paperback RAS anthology <The Legend of Drizzt Anthology: The Collected Stories>, FEB-2011.

Apparently, WOTC is releasing the novella as a stand-alone e-book product in SEP-2012. The link on that WOTC page which is supposed to provide retailers doesn't seem to be working yet.

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Edited by - BEAST on 21 Sep 2012 21:33:12
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Xar Zarath
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Posted - 27 Sep 2012 :  06:23:14  Show Profile Send Xar Zarath a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Sammaster was not the only one to figure out how to make dracoliches it seems...

Everything ends where it begins. Period.



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Dennis
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Posted - 27 Sep 2012 :  07:29:23  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.

Every beginning has an end.
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Posted - 27 Sep 2012 :  10:48:03  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
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No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.



Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos.

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Posted - 27 Sep 2012 :  12:42:59  Show Profile Send Artemas Entreri a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

quote:
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No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.



Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos.



From the Druidhome Trilogy??

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Wooly Rupert
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

quote:
Originally posted by Dennis


No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.



Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos.



From the Druidhome Trilogy??



Yup, that one. I don't recall his name, but I do recall seeing in one of the versions of the Grand History that his creation was listed centuries before Sammy created his first dracolich.

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SirUrza
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Posted - 28 Sep 2012 :  01:36:17  Show Profile Send SirUrza a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Caolin

So I came upon this listing on the WoTC product page. Does anyone know where I can purchase this story? I can't seem to find it on Amazon.

http://wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/frnovel/32730000




Found it here. You'll need to download Adobe Digital Edition (free) to read it on the PC. If you have a Kobo obviously it'll load onto there.

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/If-Ever-They-Happened-Upon/book-Fr95mRPNIk-O1bXJZH-I4g/page1.html?s=5MiY0KEvBkm4AR7buz5EoA&r=2

I should note that once you extract the file in Adobe Digital Editions you should have the epub file (drm and all) on your PC somewhere. A pass through calibre should make it compatible with whatever ebook reader you like.

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Dennis
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quote:
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quote:
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No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.
Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos.
First mortal, then. Besides, I rarely count the gods in terms of creating whatever firsts, because, in the first place, they're capable of almost everything.

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Wooly Rupert
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Posted - 28 Sep 2012 :  10:48:25  Show Profile Send Wooly Rupert a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis

quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert

quote:
Originally posted by Dennis

No, he's not the only one. But he was the first. And that's what matters most.
Nope. There was at least one dracolich before Sammy came along. He was made by Talos.
First mortal, then. Besides, I rarely count the gods in terms of creating whatever firsts, because, in the first place, they're capable of almost everything.



Given the intelligence of dragons, and how long they've been around, I'd actually be quite surprised if none had ever found their own way to being a dracolich. I'm pretty sure that we don't have any canon references to who the very first dracolich in the Realms was. Sammy may have found a good method and been rather influential in making dracoliches, but I'd expect that there had already been dracoliches in the Realms thousands of years before.

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Caolin
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Posted - 28 Sep 2012 :  19:29:30  Show Profile Send Caolin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by SirUrza

quote:
Originally posted by Caolin

So I came upon this listing on the WoTC product page. Does anyone know where I can purchase this story? I can't seem to find it on Amazon.

http://wizards.com/dnd/Product.aspx?x=dnd/products/frnovel/32730000




Found it here. You'll need to download Adobe Digital Edition (free) to read it on the PC. If you have a Kobo obviously it'll load onto there.

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/If-Ever-They-Happened-Upon/book-Fr95mRPNIk-O1bXJZH-I4g/page1.html?s=5MiY0KEvBkm4AR7buz5EoA&r=2

I should note that once you extract the file in Adobe Digital Editions you should have the epub file (drm and all) on your PC somewhere. A pass through calibre should make it compatible with whatever ebook reader you like.



Thanks! But I think I'll just buy the Kindle version of the Drizzt Anthology. It's only a few bucks more than they are charging for this short story. $3.99 is nuts!!
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coach
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Posted - 18 Oct 2012 :  21:58:08  Show Profile Send coach a Private Message  Reply with Quote
loved this one,

Urshula (sp?) shows up again in Promise of the Witch King

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Caolin
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Posted - 19 Oct 2012 :  19:36:47  Show Profile Send Caolin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Yeah I snatched up the Drizzt anthology and I thought it was an amazing story. Kind of makes me wish that RA would write a trilogy about the Bloodstone saga with Zhengyi's rise and how Gareth Dragonsbane and company defeated him.

I would pay good money for that story.
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