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greybeard
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 11 Jan 2011 : 22:43:48
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Good afternoon! I am searching for the author or title of a book i bought 10+ years ago. I'm almost certain it was in the Forgotten REalms. I thought it was tied to a series called the villains? Although that was not the title. Does this ring a bell? Black cover w/ a white faced, white haired man w/ somewhat scarred face?
Thanks for any help if I'm even remembering correctly? I'm getting old after all!!!
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greybeard
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 11 Jan 2011 : 22:51:06
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| Of course I just found it. It was a Dragonlance series. I tried to delete this post but could not figure it out. Sorry for the waste of time here. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 12 Jan 2011 : 00:20:42
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What book was it? |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 12 Jan 2011 : 12:04:53
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The Whtie Faced Villain of the Lance??  |
Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)
Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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greybeard
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 12 Jan 2011 : 15:49:32
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| It was called Before the Mask (Dragonlance Saga, Villains Series, Volume 1). |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jan 2011 : 20:11:32
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| that was about Verminaard i think...I never did pick that one up. |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 14 Jan 2011 : 20:52:02
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
that was about Verminaard i think...I never did pick that one up.
Ditto. I got bored with Dragonlance long before that point. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 14 Jan 2011 : 23:30:38
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
that was about Verminaard i think...I never did pick that one up.
There are better novel-sources available for Verminaard anyway. The particular novel being discussed has many consistency problems, and isn't, on the whole, a worthwhile example. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 15 Jan 2011 : 01:10:37
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
that was about Verminaard i think...I never did pick that one up.
There are better novel-sources available for Verminaard anyway. The particular novel being discussed has many consistency problems, and isn't, on the whole, a worthwhile example.
I seem to remember a short story that was quite excellent.
And since were on DL.....what did you think of Dragons of the hourglass Mage? |
A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Arcanus
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 31 Jan 2011 : 22:24:45
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
that was about Verminaard i think...I never did pick that one up.
There are better novel-sources available for Verminaard anyway. The particular novel being discussed has many consistency problems, and isn't, on the whole, a worthwhile example.
I seem to remember a short story that was quite excellent.
And since were on DL.....what did you think of Dragons of the hourglass Mage?
Raistlin was my first (anti) hero of fantasy, and it was fitting that Weis and Hickman ended their DL run with a novel about him. To my mind he was killed off a little too quickly, so there was limited scope for any new adventures about him.
As for the book, I'm biased and love anything about Raistlin. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
USA
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Arcanus
Senior Scribe
485 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jan 2011 : 23:51:47
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Originally posted by Alystra Illianniis
soth was the only DL villain I ever liked. Verminard was- well, too much like a rat, for my taste. At least that's how I always thought of him. Could be the name, or the fact that he was a total toady to Takhisis(sp?). Hated him.
I too loved soth, he was a really strong character. I even followed him into the Ravenloft novels. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 01 Feb 2011 : 00:30:52
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
that was about Verminaard i think...I never did pick that one up.
There are better novel-sources available for Verminaard anyway. The particular novel being discussed has many consistency problems, and isn't, on the whole, a worthwhile example.
I seem to remember a short story that was quite excellent.
And since were on DL.....what did you think of Dragons of the hourglass Mage?
Sorry, I didn't see this earlier.
Overall, I loved the book. It was the story about Raistlin's transformation that I've been waiting to read since the earliest snippets of his arrival at the Library in The Chronicles.
My only complaint... the book was entirely too short -- especially when compared to the earlier books in the trilogy. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Feb 2011 : 00:41:20
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I lost interest in Raistlin long ago. I didn't bother reading Dragons of the Hourglass Mage. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 01 Feb 2011 : 00:58:34
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I enjoyed Dragons of the Hourglass Mage, too.
And I'll agree with the others on Lord Soth: awesome villain! I know he wasn't the first death knight in D&D, but he is, to me, the very definition of a death knight. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 01 Feb 2011 : 01:11:39
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| Re: Soth, I'd recommend scribes who haven't done so already, to read the RAVENLOFT novels featuring the Death Knight:- Knight of the Black Rose and Spectre of the Black Rose. |
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