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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
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 Posted - 06 Dec 2005 : 13:42:21
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Originally posted by Zanan
Thanks for your reply!
The description comes over well enough, rest assured. The guys from "Feder & Schwert" know their stuff. And, by the way, sorry for using these movie analogies. I just couldn't come up with better written explanations :-/
BTW, speaking of WotSQ VI revisions and all, any way to contact you (or you me)?
Zanan,
Drop me an email anytime at paulsvantekemp@yahoo.com
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Paec_djinn
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 14 Dec 2005 : 01:58:34
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Hey Paul,
I was just surfing around the WotC products list and I saw your name listed in the Realms of Elves product description. It is to my best knowledge that you said you had withdrawn from this project a few months back.
Is this just an error on WotC's part or have you returned to the roster? |
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
Posted - 14 Dec 2005 : 13:42:22
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Originally posted by Paec_djinn
Hey Paul,
I was just surfing around the WotC products list and I saw your name listed in the Realms of Elves product description. It is to my best knowledge that you said you had withdrawn from this project a few months back.
Is this just an error on WotC's part or have you returned to the roster?
Paec,
An error. I won't be contributing a story to Realms of Elves. |
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qstor
Acolyte
USA
31 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jan 2006 : 18:30:43
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Not so much a question as a comment, I've really loved the Cale trilogy and I'm looking forward to your next book!
Mike McKeown
relative board newbie
<- fellow attorney in Michigan
(born and raised in MD Go Terps!) 
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"There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom" G'Kar
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jan 2006 : 13:44:10
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Originally posted by qstor
Not so much a question as a comment, I've really loved the Cale trilogy and I'm looking forward to your next book!
Mike McKeown
relative board newbie
<- fellow attorney in Michigan
(born and raised in MD Go Terps!)
working for Legal Services Not the *Man*
Mike,
Thank you very much. That is kind of you to say. Whereabouts in Michigan are you? I live on the eastside and practice law in Troy (a northern suburb). |
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Zanan
Senior Scribe
Germany
942 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jan 2006 : 08:57:40
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Back on this board now for the first time in 2006, so Happy New Year to everyone!
SPOILERS hereafter ...
Mr. Kemp, I just finished Midnight's Mask and I have to say that I was as much surprised by the Sojourner's actual plan as I was about the description of the Halflings' afterworld. The latter should become a must read for DMs and players, as it will surely ease their trouble/pain having their game heroes killed.
I wonder what the Wizards' designers will make of the removed tear of Selūne though. ... Or how they will incorporate it in the Timeline, as it is indeed some sort of a Realms-shaking event.
A couple of more things about Resurrection ... dunno whether I asked them as yet. Lolth was described as a multi-body being of eight spiders, one took over the form of one of the "heroine's", appearing somewhat drider-like. What is your imagination of Lolth? Is she one being consisting of eight bodies with one conscience (in a way like the borg of Star Trek and their queen)?
Secondly, how do you picture Lady Penitent's appearance ... and did you hand any ideas over to the designers? To keep consistency with novels and sourcebooks.
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Cave quid dicis, quando et cui!
Gęš a wyrd swa hio scel!
In memory of Alura Durshavin.
Visit my "Homepage" to find A Guide to the Drow NPCs of Faerūn, Drow and non-Drow PrC and much more. |
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jan 2006 : 14:58:59
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Originally posted by Zanan
Back on this board now for the first time in 2006, so Happy New Year to everyone!
SPOILERS hereafter ...
Mr. Kemp, I just finished Midnight's Mask and I have to say that I was as much surprised by the Sojourner's actual plan as I was about the description of the Halflings' afterworld. The latter should become a must read for DMs and players, as it will surely ease their trouble/pain having their game heroes killed.
I wonder what the Wizards' designers will make of the removed tear of Selūne though. ... Or how they will incorporate it in the Timeline, as it is indeed some sort of a Realms-shaking event.
A couple of more things about Resurrection ... dunno whether I asked them as yet. Lolth was described as a multi-body being of eight spiders, one took over the form of one of the "heroine's", appearing somewhat drider-like. What is your imagination of Lolth? Is she one being consisting of eight bodies with one conscience (in a way like the borg of Star Trek and their queen)?
Secondly, how do you picture Lady Penitent's appearance ... and did you hand any ideas over to the designers? To keep consistency with novels and sourcebooks.
Zanan
Zanan,
I'm pleased you enjoyed MM.
As for Lolth's appearance, I think she can take any of several forms. It just so happens that she choose the eight-spiders form for WotSQ. Thinking of gods as having a multiple consciousness strikes me as a good way to conceptualize it, though. After all, most gods have several aspects, multiple avatars, possible some Chosen, and, AND, despite the canon of recent years, I remain convinced that the Lolth of Oerth, the Lolth of Faerun, the Lolth of wherever, are each some aspect of the same Lolth.
I see the Lady Penitent as having a dessicated drow form, taller than average, with limbs somewhat elongated and suggestive in form of a merging with something arachnoid (not a drider-like form, though, but something still bipedal). Facial features stil suggest Halisstra's original beauty, but also include fangs and six small vestigial eyes in the brow. Arachnoid hair pops here and there from the skin of her body, though it is not black but bleach white.
I did share much of this with one designer (Eric Boyd) when he queried me after finishing Resurrection. |
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Zanan
Senior Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 15 Jan 2006 : 10:17:01
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| Thank you for that reply! Good to know that one of the chief designers is keeping a close look at the events too ... which may result in something like Lady Penitent finding a way into a sourcebook. And if she looks like you described her above ... well that would mean more continuity between novels and sourcebooks, which is good news indeed. |
Cave quid dicis, quando et cui!
Gęš a wyrd swa hio scel!
In memory of Alura Durshavin.
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qstor
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 17 Jan 2006 : 14:32:10
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Mike,
Thank you very much. That is kind of you to say. Whereabouts in Michigan are you? I live on the eastside and practice law in Troy (a northern suburb).
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I'm in Clinton Twp and work for Legal Services in Macomb.
I go to most of the major game conventions in the area. I think I was at UCon 2 years ago (?) when you were a guest but didn't get a chance to stop by. I'm active in the RPGA and I was DMing for them.
btw I saw your post on ENworld on Traveller I'm a big Traveller fan too. I post there as Qstor too
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jan 2006 : 23:21:17
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Hey Paul
I was re-reading your short story in 'Realms of the Dragons' last night and wondered if there was any information you could give us in terms of the origins of the temple that is shunted into the Plane of Shadow. Is it from Faerūn or another plane? If it is from Faerūn, I'm assuming it's a temple to Shar. Where was it located in 'the world'? What ties did it have to the Realms? Thanks in advance.
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2006 : 14:05:05
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Originally posted by George Krashos
Hey Paul
I was re-reading your short story in 'Realms of the Dragons' last night and wondered if there was any information you could give us in terms of the origins of the temple that is shunted into the Plane of Shadow. Is it from Faerūn or another plane? If it is from Faerūn, I'm assuming it's a temple to Shar. Where was it located in 'the world'? What ties did it have to the Realms? Thanks in advance.
-- George Krashos
George,
I intended the temple moved by Kesson Rel to the Plane of Shadows to be from another world/plane. It is also a temple to the god known in Faerun as Mask (not Shar).
I realize my extra-planar origin story runs afoul of the whole "multiple astral/multiple god" concept that is currently part of FR cosmology, but I'll be candid and tell you that I dislike that whole concept. It strikes me as something invented to "save" the Lolth of Faerun when the Lolth of Oerth was "killed." In the end, it's a bit too Kang the Conquerer for me (though his problem was more a multiple timestreams issue). I prefer to think that the idea of multiple astrals/multiple gods is an attempt by Faerunian sages to put a conceptual framework around something they don't and can't fully understand -- namely, the nature of divine entities. The upshot (in my own mind) is that the multiple god/multiple astral framework is a partial truth, but misses the more fundamental underlying nature of the Gods, which actually allows for the same, singular divine entity to exist across planes/worlds, with full knowledge of his or her multiple existences. Or so sez I. |
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Gray Richardson
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 18 Jan 2006 : 18:50:32
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I would offer that I see no conflict at all with a temple in the Shadow Plane originating from another world or universe. In 3E there is only one Shadow Plane and it connects all the worlds and universes together, despite separate Astrals. In fact, the Shadow Plane is probably the best plane on which to find buildings/people/things from other worlds or crystal spheres.
Your explanation does not run afoul of any current rules, and it works equally well for a 2E scheme as the 3E scheme. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Jan 2006 : 19:45:28
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Originally posted by Gray Richardson
I would offer that I see no conflict at all with a temple in the Shadow Plane originating from another world or universe. In 3E there is only one Shadow Plane and it connects all the worlds and universes together, despite separate Astrals. In fact, the Shadow Plane is probably the best plane on which to find buildings/people/things from other worlds or crystal spheres.
Your explanation does not run afoul of any current rules, and it works equally well for a 2E scheme as the 3E scheme.
What you fail to realize, is that Paul said he prefers that the named beings are the same named beings across the cosmologies. I.E, there is not thousands of Lloths, there is just one and she is multisphereic. And you and I both know that this is not how it is in current canon, as Paul said.
Now, please stop debating with people every time they mention something they disagree with about the Tree. And this is my only warning to you, don't highjack this thread with your debates about the Tree. If you persist, I will remove your posts. |
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Zanan
Senior Scribe
Germany
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Posted - 18 Jan 2006 : 22:39:56
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On a sidenote ... I never read that "killing" of Lolth on Oerth myself, but AFAIK, it was not the goddess herself which was killed, but only her avatar. I don't know whether the F&A rules apply for the AD&D deities in general, i.e., only a deity can kill a deity and it has to do this on the deity's home plane too.
Without looking for a hijack and just out of interest ... when did the "killing" happen (which novel) and was that after the intro of 3E? If not, I would take my version, as Lolth is included in (Core = Greyhawk's) Deities and Demigods which in turn suggests that she was not herself slain.
Anyway, a strict split of the pantheons of the settings would be a good idea, and I for one would have no problems because of simple namesakes here and there. |
Cave quid dicis, quando et cui!
Gęš a wyrd swa hio scel!
In memory of Alura Durshavin.
Visit my "Homepage" to find A Guide to the Drow NPCs of Faerūn, Drow and non-Drow PrC and much more. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6666 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2006 : 01:58:04
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Thanks for clearing that up Paul, and mea culpa re confusing Mask and Shar.
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1715 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2006 : 03:15:16
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Praise the gods....Paul Kemp is a comic book fan, and an Avengers fan to boot (as only we care two whits about Kang the Conqueror to mention him). 
Steven
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 19 Jan 2006 : 03:20:42
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| Oh, I'm so not going to go off on my tangents about divergent realities and entities who are in charge of monitoring alterate realities (i.e. Immortus), but let me also say, Paul, you were cool before when you quoted Led Zepplin . . . but you are indeed even cooler now! |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 19 Jan 2006 : 05:35:56
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Praise the gods....Paul Kemp is a comic book fan, and an Avengers fan to boot (as only we care two whits about Kang the Conqueror to mention him).
Just thinking about Kang gives me a headache... especially when it comes to the "timestreams" issue.
I always have a little laugh at the "theory" that suggests Kang is actually one of future selves of the 20th century's Doctor Doom  .
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 19 Jan 2006 : 08:10:30
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From the ether between worlds -- a lost post to Mr Kemp from VonRaventheDaring -
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Hello mr Kemp,
I have to say i am a big fan of your work, i really enjoyed the Cale trilogy, and love him as a character. I like the authentic real thief feel you give him not that typical thief in a box kinda feeling that some writers give their rouges. I loved the psion as well in your story and was wondering how the awakening of the mythral that was alive will effect things. Was that a loose thread for another book by you (hopefully), or for others. I am a fan of the psionic and i would love to see more done with them, which is why i was glad to see you use one in your book. Was that a choice you decided right away or did you wrestle with the option for a while?
I hope you keep up the good work and i look forward to your next novel.
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2006 : 15:15:21
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Originally posted by Zanan
... when did the "killing" happen (which novel) and was that after the intro of 3E? If not, I would take my version, as Lolth is included in (Core = Greyhawk's) Deities and Demigods which in turn suggests that she was not herself slain.
Those events occurred in "Queen of the Demonweb Pits," a Greyhawk novel. |
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
808 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2006 : 15:17:15
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Praise the gods....Paul Kemp is a comic book fan, and an Avengers fan to boot (as only we care two whits about Kang the Conqueror to mention him).
I try to combine my passions, Steven, so each time I sit down to write a new FR novel, I think of the Avengers, then Faerun, then shout: "Seven Sisters assemble!"
I find it gets me in the mood (as only the Seven Sisters can).
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 19 Jan 2006 : 15:26:41
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Originally posted by The Sage
From the ether between worlds -- a lost post to Mr Kemp from VonRaventheDaring -
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Hello mr Kemp,
I have to say i am a big fan of your work, i really enjoyed the Cale trilogy, and love him as a character. I like the authentic real thief feel you give him not that typical thief in a box kinda feeling that some writers give their rouges. I loved the psion as well in your story and was wondering how the awakening of the mythral that was alive will effect things. Was that a loose thread for another book by you (hopefully), or for others. I am a fan of the psionic and i would love to see more done with them, which is why i was glad to see you use one in your book. Was that a choice you decided right away or did you wrestle with the option for a while?
I hope you keep up the good work and i look forward to your next novel.
VonRaventheDaring,
Indeed the "awakening" of the Sakkors mythallar is a plot thread that will be picked up in my next Cale series, called, "The Twilight War." The first book of that series, "Shadowbred," will be released in late 2006.
Magadon the mindmage (psion) will feature in "Shadowbred," as will Riven, Cale, and (cue the Imperial March from Star Wars) the Shadovar.
I would not say that I wrestled with including a psion, but I did give it a fair amount of thought. Psionics are not common in the Realms (excepting certain commonly psionic races), and I have too much regard for the integrity of the setting to simply throw in a psionicist without some explanation. So what is my explanation? Magadon's fiendish origin. His command of psionics is primarily attributable to his unique bloodline, being the spawn of an Archdevil. He is, in many ways, one of a kind, or at least a rare breed.
Hope that answers your question.
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
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Posted - 20 Jan 2006 : 13:24:53
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Originally posted by PaulSKemp
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Praise the gods....Paul Kemp is a comic book fan, and an Avengers fan to boot (as only we care two whits about Kang the Conqueror to mention him).
I try to combine my passions, Steven, so each time I sit down to write a new FR novel, I think of the Avengers, then Faerun, then shout: "Seven Sisters assemble!"
I find it gets me in the mood (as only the Seven Sisters can).
Paul
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Dargoth
Great Reader
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Posted - 20 Jan 2006 : 13:46:39
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Originally posted by PaulSKemp
[quote]Originally posted by The Sage
Magadon the mindmage (psion) will feature in "Shadowbred," as will Riven, Cale, and (cue the Imperial March from Star Wars) the Shadovar.
I would not say that I wrestled with including a psion, but I did give it a fair amount of thought. Psionics are not common in the Realms (excepting certain commonly psionic races), and I have too much regard for the integrity of the setting to simply throw in a psionicist without some explanation. So what is my explanation? Magadon's fiendish origin. His command of psionics is primarily attributable to his unique bloodline, being the spawn of an Archdevil. He is, in many ways, one of a kind, or at least a rare breed.
Hope that answers your question.
Paul
Now youve done it
Everytime I read Telamont speaking in a novel Im going to hear Peter Cushings English ascent!
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Lauzoril
Seeker
Finland
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Posted - 21 Jan 2006 : 09:18:01
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Greetings Paul
Just managed to finish Midnights Mask, it's an excellent novel. It was a fitting conclusion to Cale's first trilogy, nearly every moment kept me on the edge of how things would turn out. Ultimately, I was left with a satisfied feeling at the end.
At least for now, it was kinda nice to see Aziim survive, there's something about in him which wants him to have a one more round before going down in style. The brain vs brawn partnership of Aziim and Dolgan was hilarious.
A bit sad about Jak but was left with a teasing feeling he's not out of the picture yet.
Looking eagerly forward for the next series.
If you don't mind me wondering, why so long gap between their release?
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
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Posted - 22 Jan 2006 : 06:59:08
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| Hey Paul, from your point of view in writing, do you still go by the old "Faiths and Avatars" versions of clergy of various gods, and specifically, do you use this as a guideline for Mask's clergy. For example, under Mask's clergy in Faiths and Avatars, Mask has LN, N, CN, LE, NE, and CE clerics in his church. Just wondering from what perspective you veiw this particular issue. Thanks! |
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 23 Jan 2006 : 10:47:50
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Originally posted by Lauzoril
Greetings Paul
Just managed to finish Midnights Mask, it's an excellent novel. It was a fitting conclusion to Cale's first trilogy, nearly every moment kept me on the edge of how things would turn out. Ultimately, I was left with a satisfied feeling at the end.
At least for now, it was kinda nice to see Aziim survive, there's something about in him which wants him to have a one more round before going down in style. The brain vs brawn partnership of Aziim and Dolgan was hilarious.
A bit sad about Jak but was left with a teasing feeling he's not out of the picture yet.
Looking eagerly forward for the next series.
If you don't mind me wondering, why so long gap between their release?
Lauzoril,
Thank you. I'm pleased you enjoyed MM.
I think the gap between releases is just SOP with WotC. A book a year appears to me to be the norm. It also works well with my non-writing schedule. Anything more than a book a year would be hard for me to do.
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 23 Jan 2006 : 10:55:15
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
Hey Paul, from your point of view in writing, do you still go by the old "Faiths and Avatars" versions of clergy of various gods, and specifically, do you use this as a guideline for Mask's clergy. For example, under Mask's clergy in Faiths and Avatars, Mask has LN, N, CN, LE, NE, and CE clerics in his church. Just wondering from what perspective you veiw this particular issue. Thanks!
KEjr,
I definitely prefer the old rules to the new "one-step" rule. So, yes, inasmuch as I think about alignment at all when writing, I think about it with the F&A framework in mind.
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Elfinblade
Senior Scribe
Norway
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Posted - 25 Jan 2006 : 23:56:34
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Greetings again Mr.Kemp
Regarding your novel "Midnight`s mask" which i just finished:
Damn what a book! Got to hand it to you sir, you sure know how to keep a guy on edge throghout a week of reading. I dont know how to properly explain it, this book just moved me in ways one rarely get to experience. I had similar feelings when i just finished "Homeland" once upon a time in the 90`s, "Death of the Dragon", "Prince of lies" and "The last mythal" trilogy.
You seem to have a nack of keeping the reader in suspence throughout your novels, thus reading like a possesed demon all until the end, when i finally can let out a satisfied sigh.
Personally, i think "Midnights mask" was a worthy conclusion to this part of Cale`s story. All of your characters seemed to have real, tangible dimensions to them. Jak`s fear, the way Cale was torn between.. can i call it good and evil? The way i thought i had Riven`s mindset and person pinpointed, only to have him take a new, and completely different direction(I just loved that scene when he came back to see to his dogs, the dialogue he had with that scribe.. made me grin :) . Magadon`s thrustworthiness, and exciting heritage. This all makes this a unique and thrilling experience, which im gonna highly recommend to all my Realms-dwelling friends.
Finally, a few queries: (AND POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!!)
1. DO you plan to include Magadon in the upcoming trilogy? and/or further explore his fiendish heritage?
2. Did the demise of Jak upset you when you made your decision to make him..well.. dead? and when did you come to that conclusion?
3. Whats the recipy for Jak`s mom`s potato soup?
4. Will the upcoming trilogy contain any meetings with already known characters of the Realms?
5. Will you include the god Mask more physically? To have him appear before cale or riven, or do you refrain from using Gods in direct contact with your storyline?
well, that was all i had. Please continue to write those very(VERY) exciting novels! i am enjoying every minute i spend experiencing you works of art.
-Stig-
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 26 Jan 2006 : 10:22:41
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Originally posted by Elfinblade
Finally, a few queries: (AND POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!!)
1. DO you plan to include Magadon in the upcoming trilogy? and/or further explore his fiendish heritage?
2. Did the demise of Jak upset you when you made your decision to make him..well.. dead? and when did you come to that conclusion?
3. Whats the recipy for Jak`s mom`s potato soup?
4. Will the upcoming trilogy contain any meetings with already known characters of the Realms?
5. Will you include the god Mask more physically? To have him appear before cale or riven, or do you refrain from using Gods in direct contact with your storyline?
Elfinblade,
Thank you very much.
1. Magadon is in the next trilogy and yes, I will explore his heritage a bit more.
2. It didn't upset me, exactly. But it is hard to let a central character go. I had decided on Jak's fate more or less at the beginning of the trilogy. In fact, if you re-read the Skullport sections of Dawn of Night, you'll see that Jak spots a halfling there who reminds him of a dead uncle. That was actually a vision of Brandobaris.
3. I'll have to use a speak with dead spell and ask her.
4. Yes, because it features the Shadovar, which means the Twelve Princes and Telamont.
5. On this one, you'll have to wait and see. Sorry about that.
Thanks again, Elfinblade.
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