| Author |
 Topic  |
|
khorne
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1073 Posts |
 Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 21:53:50
|
quote:
Originally posted by Tamsar
2)Farewell Khelbun Arunsun, you've earned Arvandor
Tamsar, if this is a joke please tell me now before I jump out the window..... |
If I were a ranger, I would pick NDA for my favorite enemy |
 |
|
|
Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 22:29:41
|
| Well, this wouldn't be very surprising with the current theme of 3.x FR, and we can consider ourself lucky that it was Steven Schend that got the "bad job" of doing it... |
|
|
|
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 22:35:44
|
quote:
Originally posted by khorne
quote:
Originally posted by Tamsar
2)Farewell Khelbun Arunsun, you've earned Arvandor
Tamsar, if this is a joke please tell me now before I jump out the window.....
My thoughts exactly. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
|
|
|
GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 22:54:43
|
| Must.. get this book... |
Planescape Fanatic
"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
|
|
|
Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 23:02:30
|
quote:
Originally posted by GothicDan
Must.. get this book...
What you didn't pre-ordered it?  |
|
|
|
khorne
Master of Realmslore
Finland
1073 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 23:11:09
|
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
quote:
Originally posted by khorne
quote:
Originally posted by Tamsar
2)Farewell Khelbun Arunsun, you've earned Arvandor
Tamsar, if this is a joke please tell me now before I jump out the window.....
My thoughts exactly.
If it`s true the neighbours will call the police when they hear my howl of grief. |
If I were a ranger, I would pick NDA for my favorite enemy |
|
|
|
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 23:14:12
|
| I think that person was kidding, but if it was a joke, I didn't find it to be all that funny. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
|
|
|
GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 23:18:01
|
quote:
What you didn't pre-ordered it?
41,000 dollar tuition, no bank account, no credit card, irregular job, and groceries to buy?
:) |
Planescape Fanatic
"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
|
|
|
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 23:22:20
|
I didn't pre-order it because most novels, in my experience, seem to arrive in backstores on time. Lucky me.  |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
|
|
|
GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2006 : 23:25:40
|
| I'll certainly be buying it as soon as I get the cash. :) |
Planescape Fanatic
"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
|
|
|
Tamsar
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
141 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 00:08:38
|
Alas,
I kid ye not, Khelbun does indeed pass to Arvandor. Although he isn't killed per se, but sacrifices all of himself to protect all the casters of the High Magic/Epic spell to raise the fallen city and cleanse the High moor of the toxic remnants of the Killing Storm spell which destroyed Miyiertar 12 millenia ago.
PS: Just because Khelbun is dead, does not mean the relams now lacks a "Blackstaff" :D |
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light |
|
|
|
Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
1720 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 00:21:13
|
quote:
Originally posted by Tamsar
Alas,
I kid ye not, Khelbun does indeed pass to Arvandor. Although he isn't killed per se, but sacrifices all of himself to protect all the casters of the High Magic/Epic spell to raise the fallen city and cleanse the High moor of the toxic remnants of the Killing Storm spell which destroyed Miyiertar 12 millenia ago.
PS: Just because Khelbun is dead, does not mean the relams now lacks a "Blackstaff" :D
What's your point - Khelben leaves his staff behind? |
"Das Gras weht im Wind, wenn der Wind weht." |
|
|
|
Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 00:26:23
|
quote:
Originally posted by Ergdusch
What's your point - Khelben leaves his staff behind?
Maybe the real one is coming back from Greyhawk (or any other sucessor)..
Also, I guess the Yuan-ti and other scaly folks of the Serpent Hills / Backland won't like this "realm of the past" comeback..
|
Edited by - Skeptic on 05 Jul 2006 00:26:49 |
|
|
|
Orog-Hai
Acolyte
6 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 00:29:05
|
I think he's talking about Khelben's children.
He said Laeral is carying. |
|
|
|
GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 00:32:40
|
Holy crap.
High Magic, Miyeritar, AND Khelben?
This may be one of my favorite Realms novels already, and I haven't even read it! |
Planescape Fanatic
"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
|
|
|
Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 02:02:42
|
Khelben in Arvandor, isn't a big strange ? His alignement is LN and his patron deity is of course Mystra...
|
Edited by - Skeptic on 05 Jul 2006 02:03:21 |
|
|
|
Swordsage
Learned Scribe
149 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 02:10:42
|
Khelben's ties to the elves have always run deep. He has been blessed not only by Mystra, but also Sehanine of the Seldarine. If he has done something to resurrect Miyeritar then the whole elven pantheon would be grateful - surely enough for him to be granted a place in Arvandor and finally receive the acknowledgement of his elven blood and place in elven life that he has always wanted.
The Swordsage
|
|
|
|
Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 02:10:54
|
quote:
Originally posted by Skeptic
Khelben in Arvandor, isn't a big strange ? His alignement is LN and his patron deity is of course Mystra...
Only thing I can think of that might be a reason is because of his elven blood..... But I don't have the novel yet. Course, Steven might give a better answer. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium |
|
|
|
Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 02:39:25
|
quote:
Originally posted by Swordsage
surely enough for him to be granted a place in Arvandor and finally receive the acknowledgement of his elven blood and place in elven life that he has always wanted.
The Swordsage
Yeah, that's true. |
|
|
|
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 02:51:38
|
I don't think I want to give this guy's assertions (Tamsar's) any more dignity than they're worth. The book isn't out yet, technically speaking, and I haven't gotten the impression from Steve's comments that anything Realms-shaking is going to happen. Generally speaking, these "one-off" novels usually don't change the Realms in such major ways...I don't think I've read any that contain TWO RSEs.
Tamsar could be telling the truth, but...I'm not ready to give him the benefit of the doubt yet. The way he just burst into the thread with all these spoilers was rather strange, and pretty rude too (making me think it's likely to be a joke). The tone of his posts makes his statements pretty hard to swallow. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 05 Jul 2006 02:55:28 |
|
|
|
Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
688 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 03:14:22
|
I was not very happy about reading the massive spoilers heading only once I started reading the thread. I was blind sided and I feel like I read something I did not want to see yet. I am not happy. 
Plus, I am sure Steve Schend would be disappointed by such inappropriate talk before the masses can get their hands on the book and read it for themselves. Just sad. |
Illum
The Wandering Mage |
Edited by - Wandering_mage on 05 Jul 2006 03:18:24 |
|
|
|
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 03:17:47
|
Especially considering there is a Book Club section for discussing spoilers....that Alaundo mentioned very recently in this very thread.
Assuming these actually ARE legitimate spoilers.
What happened here was VERY inappropriate. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 05 Jul 2006 03:19:36 |
|
|
|
Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 03:20:31
|
| I did change the title of this thread to reflect the new spoilers but I guess no one noticed. :( |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium |
|
|
|
Skeptic
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1273 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 03:28:30
|
quote:
The way he just burst into the thread with all these spoilers was rather strange, and pretty rude too (making me think it's likely to be a joke). The tone of his posts makes his statements pretty hard to swallow.
He put a big spoiler warning and skip a page lenght, how can this be rude ? Also, IIRC, the BookClub thread for Blackstaff isn't created yet. |
Edited by - Skeptic on 05 Jul 2006 03:29:22 |
|
|
|
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 03:30:30
|
quote:
Originally posted by Skeptic
IIRC, the BookClub thread for Blackstaff isn't created yet.
Wanna bet? Take a look for yourself--it's there. It's been there for several freaking days already. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 05 Jul 2006 03:31:41 |
|
|
|
Swordsage
Learned Scribe
149 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 04:43:12
|
He put in a huge spoiler space. What else did you want?
The Swordsage
|
|
|
|
Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 04:49:38
|
Yes, it's been established. Can we move on now? Thanks.
Wonders if people read posts before they echo other posts that already established what they are echoing. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium |
|
|
|
Winterfox
Senior Scribe
895 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 05:47:25
|
quote:
Originally posted by Swordsage
He put in a huge spoiler space. What else did you want?
The Swordsage
There's something called "[beige][/beige]". In case you don't know, it turns the text into a color that blends into the backgroud, and you'd need to highlight to read it like this, for instance. But I guess this is too difficult for most people or something. Gosh. Putting a huge space is kind of pointless most of the time, since most people will catch bits of it while scrolling past or stumble on posts quoting it afterward, but have no spoiler warning. |
|
|
|
Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5692 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 08:16:17
|
Well met
Indeed, apologies to those who caught spoilers before a "spoiler" tag was added.
One of the reasons for the Book Club is to allow you to discuss the details of novels with fellow scribes and the author in sections as you read them. This way, you know you're safe reading the whole of the thread up to that particular chapter end.
I hope to see some of you there  |
Alaundo
Candlekeep Forums Head Moderator
Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
http://www.candlekeep.com -- Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct
An Introduction to Candlekeep - by Ed Greenwood
The Candlekeep Compendium - Tomes of Realmslore penned by Scribes of Candlekeep
|
|
|
|
Tamsar
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
141 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 10:11:11
|
Hello,
Apologies to any and all. I thought the Spolier I put there was enough. FYI I live in the UK and the book was on the shelf on July 1st, trust me, no one was more surprised than me. I've yet to start reading Bloodmage which was also on the shelf. I posted on this thread as I couldn;t see anoterh Blackstaff thread at the time.
I am not the most active poster by any means but have been a longtime member of this board. As for my tone of post, after you have read this book yourself, I'm sure you will be as dazed and amazed as i was. A truly great realmsian novel. |
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light |
|
|
|
Topic |
|
Blackstaff (Contains Spoilers)
