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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
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 Posted - 09 Aug 2012 : 14:06:16
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Originally posted by Aulduron
I can't help but notice you didn't address any possible returns of either of the aforementioned characters to print.
It is gratifying to know that reading comprehension is not a lost art. 
Seriously, now, I don't have anything new to report. |
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
343 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2012 : 19:06:44
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| Now, if I could just punctuate, I might be able to write my own books. |
"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"
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phranctoast
Learned Scribe
USA
151 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2012 : 17:15:54
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Originally posted by ElaineCunningham
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Seriously, now, I don't have anything new to report.
How does the process work? Do you suggest what you'd like to write about and WOTC obliges or is it closer to the opposite? |
Currently reading: Spider and Stone by Jaleigh Johnson: Sequel to Mistshore |
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
479 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2012 : 20:32:02
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I'm skipping this one. Not just because of the ebook format, or the fact that I've avoided most post-Spellplague fiction, but also because I find it rather unlikely that the main character and his worst enemy both somehow manage to survive the timejump.
I wasn't hugely fond of the original book, either.
why would they NOT survive? |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2012 : 21:39:50
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Originally posted by coach
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I'm skipping this one. Not just because of the ebook format, or the fact that I've avoided most post-Spellplague fiction, but also because I find it rather unlikely that the main character and his worst enemy both somehow manage to survive the timejump.
I wasn't hugely fond of the original book, either.
why would they NOT survive?
Humans, around thirty years old....100+ year time difference in first novel to this one. When both characters miraculously survive, it makes some people scratch their heads.
Not me though, I'm just playing devils advocate....loved the first book and will read this one at some point. |
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
36877 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2012 : 22:56:21
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by coach
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I'm skipping this one. Not just because of the ebook format, or the fact that I've avoided most post-Spellplague fiction, but also because I find it rather unlikely that the main character and his worst enemy both somehow manage to survive the timejump.
I wasn't hugely fond of the original book, either.
why would they NOT survive?
Humans, around thirty years old....100+ year time difference in first novel to this one. When both characters miraculously survive, it makes some people scratch their heads.
That's exactly it, for me. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 04 Sep 2012 : 02:10:49
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There is always the elixirs of youth/potions of longevity route, but, as Ed has said:-
"I'd say potions of longevity, elixirs of youth, and similar magical means of extending normal lifespan would be rare, highly-sought-after treasures. Real ones are likely to be well guarded ("in depth," including false potions [probably poisons] nearby for would-be thieves to be led to, instead), and NEVER offered for sale in shops (alchemists and powerful wizards may peddle a single potion, discreetly, to a wealthy buyer approached on a one-to-one basis, usually passing off the potion as "discovered among the treasures of Archwizard X after his unfortunate demise at the hands of Y").
That does not mean longevity magic is unknown to the very wealthy, who often hire wizards to help them cheat death, or among powerful mages who try to devise their own life-extending or -renewing magics. You are right in supposing that at a certain power level its pursuit (and the results, however efficacious or otherwise) becomes common." |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Sep 2012 : 05:25:36
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Plus, the chaotic magic that spread upon the outbreak of the Spellplague granted immortality, or extended lifespan, to random individuals. |
Every beginning has an end. |
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Simon Phoenix
Acolyte
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Posted - 01 Dec 2012 : 01:54:46
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*******spoiler**********
Jack survived by being encysted into the mythal stone because a member of the local wizards school foresaw a great catastrophe as a result of the wild magic and jack (spellplague). Raven's Bluff was supposed to explode in wildfire during the spellplague, but since Jack was the main conduit/release valve for the mythal, that never came to pass.
I liked the book, but I thought it ended suddenly. I'm curious as all hell about Myrkyssa Jelan, need more info about her. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 01 Dec 2012 : 06:08:27
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Originally posted by Simon Phoenix
*******spoiler**********
Jack survived by being encysted into the mythal stone because a member of the local wizards school foresaw a great catastrophe as a result of the wild magic and jack (spellplague). Raven's Bluff was supposed to explode in wildfire during the spellplague, but since Jack was the main conduit/release valve for the mythal, that never came to pass.
I liked the book, but I thought it ended suddenly. I'm curious as all hell about Myrkyssa Jelan, need more info about her.
Mythal stone? What, does Raven's Bluff have a mythal now? |
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Simon Phoenix
Acolyte
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Posted - 01 Dec 2012 : 10:02:54
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| Raven's Bluff is built atop the old dwarves city of Sarbreen, which in turn was built above the ruin of an ancient drow city. The drow attempted to create thier own version of a mythal, but they were unable to duplicate the high elven magic and were only partially successful. This is why wild magic leaks out and manifests itself in random people living in Raven's Bluff. |
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