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| Jelennet |
Posted - 25 Dec 2010 : 10:41:53
There are many great fight scenes in the FR books. So, what's your favorite?
Personaly I like Drizzt's escape from the illithid fortress... |
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| Chosen of Moradin |
Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 02:32:41
Ghostwalker! All the fights in Ghostwalker. But I find the moments before the confrontation between Walker and Meris far intense than the fight per se.
But anyway... all the fights of Ghostwalker! :D |
| Dennis |
Posted - 05 Mar 2011 : 00:43:50
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Originally posted by strafer
So many to choose from. Vhostym's eradication of a small fortress although a bit one sided as expected.
Indeed.
It'll be great if Paul writes a stand-alone novel about him---detailing his early life, down to how he became The Sojourner. Blasting dragons and planets with nothing but his sheer powers is no easy feat. |
| Arcanus |
Posted - 04 Mar 2011 : 23:17:15
Elminster chucking fireballs at the magefair. It always makes me chuckle. |
| strafer |
Posted - 15 Feb 2011 : 01:34:33
So many to choose from. Vhostym's eradication of a small fortress although a bit one sided as expected. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 01 Feb 2011 : 06:50:47
I find Alassra's series of battles in Silverfall memorable. I still could scarcely believe she transmuted herself to a magical barrier. |
| Chosen of Asmodeus |
Posted - 31 Jan 2011 : 17:02:22
Pretty much anything involving Obould. Mainly because they weren't overly detailed. You got what was going on, but Salvatore didn't gush over every feint and parry and you didn't need a diagram to follow them. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 26 Jan 2011 : 07:05:20
Really. If Wooly didn't bring it my now-not-so-saintly attention, I wouldn't have noticed.  |
| Alystra Illianniis |
Posted - 26 Jan 2011 : 06:30:12
Riiiight!! *smirks knowingly* LOL!! |
| Dennis |
Posted - 26 Jan 2011 : 06:18:16
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Dennis
Despite how big it was, I don't like it. Far too long and almost repetitive.
Oh, the comments that could be made from this statement!
 Honestly, when I posted it, my thoughts were all "saintly." |
| Alystra Illianniis |
Posted - 26 Jan 2011 : 04:37:07
My thoughts exactly. |
| Ecaporaso |
Posted - 26 Jan 2011 : 03:17:37
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
Despite how big it was, I don't like it. Far too long and almost repetitive.
Oh, the comments that could be made from this statement!
Wow. Just wow. |
| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 25 Jan 2011 : 17:53:21
quote:
Originally posted by Dennis
Despite how big it was, I don't like it. Far too long and almost repetitive.
Oh, the comments that could be made from this statement! |
| Firestorm |
Posted - 25 Jan 2011 : 17:42:07
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Originally posted by Dennis
Despite how big it was, I don't like it. Far too long and almost repetitive.
I never found it to be either of those things. Was a great fight scene. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 24 Jan 2011 : 23:23:16
Despite how big it was, I don't like it. Far too long and almost repetitive. |
| Ilsidahur |
Posted - 24 Jan 2011 : 16:31:05
What about the battle where Kesson Rel fights Cale, Riven, Rivalen, Magadon using a Mythallar and a dozen Templars and priests of Lathander! |
| Dennis |
Posted - 23 Jan 2011 : 10:50:06
Well, you can start a thread asking fellow scribes what their favorite fight scenes are in their OWN Realms. |
| Drizztsmanchild |
Posted - 23 Jan 2011 : 09:24:59
Crap....I just saw the first post....Sorry j |
| Drizztsmanchild |
Posted - 23 Jan 2011 : 08:50:41
I hope this isn't novel specific..if it is forgive my post. But the best and funniest fighting scene took place in one our sessions way back in 1e. There was this new Guy who was playing..no problem as we allowed all newcomers. ...who had the most audacious character I have ever seen. His name was Worf and well he had two scimitars...and a skin and claws made of adamantium..seriously with the healing factor and all. We didn't ask how but we did share some looks involving rolling of the eyes. Anyway he was so cocky that by the time we started out all of us wished he would fall first( bad form I know but you don't understand how cocky this Guy was) and lo and behold we come upon a cadiableepos(Sp?) And true to his attitude Worf just charged the creature. We warned him to hold back...but alas he didn't heed the advice...a dice roll later he was dead. Another roll his adamantium was discovered And I got a shiny new sword and sold the rest for magical items( think it was a ring of some sort) and we all had a great laugh. Though I heard later through friends that Worf had used some contingency spell And was roaming the realms again. There are other more descriptive and honorable battles that have been fought and written...but that one will always be the best one for me. Lol I still have a few guffaws when I think about it and the look on the guy face right after that roll. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 22 Jan 2011 : 23:52:45
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Originally posted by Ecaporaso
I also really enjoyed the fights in the Abolethic Sovereignty (sp?) trilogy (Raidon the monk = pure devastation).
Japheth’s fight scenes are entertaining, too.
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Originally posted by Ecaporaso
Seeing Mystras chosen/Elminster in action is always cool - but I'm worried I won't see any more of that in the post-spellplague era :(
You will. Ed is writing a new Elminster series (composed of 6 books, if I’m not mistaken), and 3 of the Chosen are in it; the other two being Alassra and Storm. Their fight scenes in Elminster Must Die, the first book in the sextet, are bland, though. But wait till they regain their strength, and you’ll see castles falling again…
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| Ecaporaso |
Posted - 22 Jan 2011 : 22:22:54
Without a doubt, my favorite FR battle scene is the one at the end of 'Unholy' - when the temporary alliance among the zulkirs against Malark is shattered by Szass Tam's claim to autonomous rule over Thay. This fight really evoked the intensity/desperation of a high-level spell battle, and it was woven into the plot so well...
I remember Nevron (the zulkir of conjuration) summoning all these demons to attack Szass Tam - demons which the lich promptly turned to glass then shattered :). The fact that I recall the details of the fight are testament to how awesome it was.
I also really enjoyed the fights in the Abolethic Sovereignty (sp?) trilogy (Raidon the monk = pure devastation).
Seeing Mystras chosen/Elminster in action is always cool - but I'm worried I won't see any more of that in the post-spellplague era :(
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| Dennis |
Posted - 08 Jan 2011 : 17:37:21
My pleasure. I happen to be Telamont's fan. =) |
| Krafus |
Posted - 07 Jan 2011 : 14:47:01
Thanks, Dennis. :) |
| Dennis |
Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 23:37:52
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Originally posted by Firestorm
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Krafus
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Originally posted by Arik
Not all battle scenes, strictly speaking, but:
Szass Tam vs all the (remaining) Zulkirs of Thay
Telamont (plus some of his Princes Shade and Shadovar artillery) vs belligerent Mephistopheles
Some of Erevis's little "discussions" with Mask get a bit violent
Wait, in what book did the battle between Telamont and Mephistopheles take place? *puts on ignoramus hat*
It's in Shadowrealm, book 3 of the Twilight War trilogy by PSK.
I am not sure if I would call that a battle so much as a summoning of a creature generally too powerful to be controlled by most beings. Other than Mephisto turning one of the shades into a twitching pile of gore and shooting veridian beams from his eyes that staggers Telamont, there was not a whole lot of battle. All Telamont did was shackle him in shadows.
It was a summoning, yes. But it was a battle scene, too, because of the exchange of powers that resulted to Telamont’s discomfort and his lackey’s near-death. It was quick because it had to be. As Mephisto said, Telamont could not shackle him for a long period of time, because he’d drain his city of magic.
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Originally posted by Firestorm
I am still wondering how the hell Telamont Tanthul was able to raise a spellshield that blocked Khelben's silverfire. but it is the most high after all.
I guess he “studied” the nature and intricacies of the silverfire that somehow he was able to devise a shield against it. Besides, he was the only who determined the difference between the phaerimm’s fake silverfire and that of the Chosen.
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| Firestorm |
Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 22:45:30
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Krafus
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Originally posted by Arik
Not all battle scenes, strictly speaking, but:
Szass Tam vs all the (remaining) Zulkirs of Thay
Telamont (plus some of his Princes Shade and Shadovar artillery) vs belligerent Mephistopheles
Some of Erevis's little "discussions" with Mask get a bit violent
Wait, in what book did the battle between Telamont and Mephistopheles take place? *puts on ignoramus hat*
It's in Shadowrealm, book 3 of the Twilight War trilogy by PSK.
I am not sure if I would call that a battle so much as a summoning of a creature generally too powerful to be controlled by most beings. Other than Mephisto turning one of the shades into a twitching pile of gore and shooting veridian beams from his eyes that staggers Telamont, there was not a whole lot of battle. All Telamont did was shackle him in shadows.
It was a terrific scene nonetheless.
Of all Drizzt fights, the battle with Zaknafein stands out to me the most.
Erevis Cale and crew vs the Sojourner was excellent. Showing just how powerful a high level mage really is. The Sojourner cleaning out one of the twin towers of eternal eclipse was epic itself. A whole tower of Clerics, wizards and soldiers in less than an hour.
Abelar Corrinthal vs Malkur Forrin in the same series was also epic.
The scene where Manshoon attacks the knights of Myth Drannor only to be surprised by Elminster's presence was also epic in Spellfire.
Gromph Baerne vs Lich Dyrr from war of the spider queen was epic.
Khelben Blackstaff, and Alustriel, Dove, Storm and Laeral Silverhand (5 chosen) vs Telamont Tanthul and many of the princes of Shade was also exciting for me from Return of the Archwizards. A shame Elminster and the Simbul were in hell at the time and Qilue was busy elsewhere. The scene where Storm fires off silverfire at a shade and it rips a hole to the 9 hells(boy do weave and Shadow weave magic not mix), forcing Elminster to go in to seal it was excellent in itself. I am still wondering how the hell Telamont Tanthul was able to raise a spellshield that blocked Khelben's silverfire. but it is the most high after all.
Szass Tam vs the other Zulkir's in Unholy was excellent :) |
| Dennis |
Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 19:21:23
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Originally posted by Krafus
quote:
Originally posted by Arik
Not all battle scenes, strictly speaking, but:
Szass Tam vs all the (remaining) Zulkirs of Thay
Telamont (plus some of his Princes Shade and Shadovar artillery) vs belligerent Mephistopheles
Some of Erevis's little "discussions" with Mask get a bit violent
Wait, in what book did the battle between Telamont and Mephistopheles take place? *puts on ignoramus hat*
It's in Shadowrealm, book 3 of the Twilight War trilogy by PSK. |
| Krafus |
Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 16:00:17
quote:
Originally posted by Arik
Not all battle scenes, strictly speaking, but:
Szass Tam vs all the (remaining) Zulkirs of Thay
Telamont (plus some of his Princes Shade and Shadovar artillery) vs belligerent Mephistopheles
Some of Erevis's little "discussions" with Mask get a bit violent
Wait, in what book did the battle between Telamont and Mephistopheles take place? *puts on ignoramus hat*
Oh, and for me the best battle scene is Drizzt vs Dantrag Baenre. First Dantrag has the advantage... but then Drizzt spots the weakness of Dantrag's style and uses that to defeat Dantrag. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 02:03:44
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Originally posted by Darsson Spellmaker
The spellbattle between Elminster and Ilhundyl the Mad in The Making of a Mage has always been one of my favorites.
It is one of mine, too. Though I often forget his name. I just call him That Mad Wizard in TMotM. |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 06 Jan 2011 : 00:37:25
The showdown between Drizzt and Zaknafein is the one that sticks in my mind. Y'know, both of them.
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
Ghostwalker......Walker vs. That dude with the gyrspike( I think that was his weapon)
That is indeed what it was--a sword with a spiked flail attached to the pommel. Part of my writing challenge to myself in that book was to describe how someone would fight with something like that.
Cheers |
| Darsson Spellmaker |
Posted - 05 Jan 2011 : 23:56:21
The spellbattle between Elminster and Ilhundyl the Mad in The Making of a Mage has always been one of my favorites. |
| Dennis |
Posted - 04 Jan 2011 : 00:43:05
Tchazzzar versus Sseelrigoth. I'm not so much a dragon fan, but their fight was a bit memorable. |
