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Jodes_Quenthal
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 Posted - 05 Apr 2008 : 07:40:48
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I read Blackstaff, obviously
*SPOILER*
Khelbin dies at the end, yet the double diamond saga is based in later years and he is a character that is alive and well ... would it be considered 'canon' if a major character that had died is back to life without any explanation?
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Apr 2008 : 07:59:10
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That's the problem with those novels, TSR said they were not canon but Wizards says something about them is canon. I still have the email when I asked about it and some of the events have appeared in canon material, so some form of the events are canon but what the events are is still being debated. :)
Of course Monsters of Faerun and the email reply I received took place before Blackstaff came out, so it could have invalidated both sources. So, the easiest thing to do is what Wizards originally said, it's something Volo wrote so it may or may not be accurate except for the entry that is in Monsters of Faerun. Or just say that the Khelben that is in the DD novelettes is Tsarra who acted like Khelben instead.
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Originally posted by Jodes_Quenthal
I read Blackstaff, obviously
*SPOILER*
Khelbin dies at the end, yet the double diamond saga is based in later years and he is a character that is alive and well ... would it be considered 'canon' if a major character that had died is back to life without any explanation?
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Apr 2008 : 01:45:59
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Originally posted by Kuje
Or just say that the Khelben that is in the DD novelettes is Tsarra who acted like Khelben instead.
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 07 Apr 2008 : 13:29:58
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| Are these books a different experience if read in a different order (I think I heard something about that one time) |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 07 Apr 2008 : 16:42:48
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Originally posted by Alisttair
Are these books a different experience if read in a different order (I think I heard something about that one time)
Honestly, I don't recall since it's been over a decade since I read them but if I recall right, you could read them out of order. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
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Posted - 07 Apr 2008 : 17:35:49
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| Indeed, I really don't recall it making much difference. I read a few in publication order, and others haphazardly. It didn't create too much of a problem for the most part. |
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