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BARDOBARBAROS
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Greece
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 Posted - 21 Mar 2008 : 11:59:08
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Which novels in the Forgotten Realms campaign will you classify as Horror novels and Mystery novels???
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Edited by - BARDOBARBAROS on 21 Mar 2008 12:02:07
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 21 Mar 2008 : 12:19:12
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Murder in Cormyr and Murder in Halruaa, for mystery (I assume; I've never read either book).
I can't think of any real horror novels in the Realms, though some novels have had horror elements.
It's a fantasy setting. Though genre mixing can work, it can also flop. And quite honestly, I'm happy that we've not had too much genre mixing with the Realms. |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 21 Mar 2008 12:21:43 |
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 21 Mar 2008 : 19:10:36
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| The Night Parade stands out to me as pretty close to a horror novel. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 22 Mar 2008 : 00:05:53
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Though it is actually a RAVENLOFT novel, I'd consider the first few chapters of Vampire of the Mists [which take place in Waterdeep], to be a "Realms horror novel" of sorts.
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Lady Kazandra
Senior Scribe
Australia
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Posted - 22 Mar 2008 : 05:03:20
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Some of the tales contained with the "Realms of Mystery" anthology would certainly rank as "mystery" stories.
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 22 Mar 2008 : 15:33:45
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| the haunted lands trilogy seems to have an edge of horror/ mystery feel to me. Though, I have only read Unclean so far. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 22 Mar 2008 : 23:23:38
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I thought Depths of Madness had some horror elements in it.
I'm surprised no one mentioned Realms of Mystery (although, that's not a novel, but an anthology). |
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The Sage
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Horror Novels in the Forgotten Realms
