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Jindael
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USA
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 Posted - 02 May 2005 : 04:18:26
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Yes, she is. It's an even party split, gender-wise.
And, even though I absolutely loved the books on Finder, I think that if he didn't have a Novel about him, he would have lasted about 20 seconds as a god before some other deity ate up all those tastey Moander portfolios. |
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Bane_the_Dark_Lord
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 01 Jul 2005 : 04:23:52
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This isn't my first time here but I can't remember my old user name sooo....
I harassed Kuja about this on the WotC boards. I figuerd I'd wander over here to ask more questions.
I plan to run a set of two campaigns the revolve around the Blightlords. One is set in 1380 and the other in 1383.
Would the events of this book cause any possible stories to fall through? I was told the Rotting Man does not perish but loses a large number of his minions. Is his threat disposed of or could he rebuild in the years before the ones I mentioned? Also what was the Rotting Man's personality like? Completely nuts? Disgusting? etc.
You can give spoilers freely.(I will get the book but not for another two weeks and have to finish a few more before I read it and want to kick off my game)
Thank you in advance!
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 01 Jul 2005 : 04:41:23
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Originally posted by Bane_the_Dark_Lord
This isn't my first time here but I can't remember my old user name sooo....
I harassed Kuja about this on the WotC boards. I figuerd I'd wander over here to ask more questions.
I plan to run a set of two campaigns the revolve around the Blightlords. One is set in 1380 and the other in 1383.
Would the events of this book cause any possible stories to fall through? I was told the Rotting Man does not perish but loses a large number of his minions. Is his threat disposed of or could he rebuild in the years before the ones I mentioned? Also what was the Rotting Man's personality like? Completely nuts? Disgusting? etc.
You can give spoilers freely.(I will get the book but not for another two weeks and have to finish a few more before I read it and want to kick off my game)
Thank you in advance!
Bah, you didn't harass me. :)
Nay this book was set hmmm 4 or 5 or 6 years before 1380 and 1384 so I think he could have enough time to rebuild those he lost. As to his mental health, well he is corrupted by Talona.... :) That'll make a lot of people nuts. |
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Bane_the_Dark_Lord
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 01 Jul 2005 : 04:44:31
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Originally posted by Kuje
Bah, you didn't harass me. :)
Nay this book was set hmmm 4 or 5 or 6 years before 1380 and 1384 so I think he could have enough time to rebuild those he lost. As to his mental health, well he is corrupted by Talona.... :) That'll make a lot of people nuts.
Well I figure he is mad as a hatter. I'm just trying to get an idea if he is raving crazy or if he is carefully planning and controlled crazy (with possible bursts of raving)  |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 01 Jul 2005 : 05:00:26
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Originally posted by Bane_the_Dark_LordI'm just trying to get an idea if he is raving crazy or if he is carefully planning and controlled crazy (with possible bursts of raving)
I like this one better then the other one. :) |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2006 : 04:07:06
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Originally posted by Zephyr
One more thing... there is a sentence that is confusing me and I thought maybe someone could clarify its meaning. It can be found on page 271. It reads, "There was an arch that still stood, but it looked upon an empty cinder, flooded with foul water." Is he saying that the arch was flooded with foul water and that it overlooked an empty cinder? As far as I know, a cinder is a piece of coal or wood that is no longer combustible. I don't understand what this means... yes, these are the types of things that irk me. Help!!!
Zephyr
Just read this book(better late than never) and I really enjoyed it.
That passage bugged the heck out of me until I remebered my Grandmother telling me about getting fresh rainwater out of the Cistern. That had to be what he meant.
I really liked all the characters, even Gunny once I got over the hillarity of Osland and Dizheri!
Also very glad to see Ususi is getting her own novel with Darkvision.
I wonder if it is set before this book or after, since the ending makes clear that the 4 will be traveling the lengths of the realms together.
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
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Posted - 23 Aug 2006 : 13:36:34
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I just finished this book, too (thanks for the kind scribes that point it to me).
I find it a very good read. Marrec is a good character, and the story of redemption and self-aceptance have a good grasp in me. 
Gunny was interesting, too. I came to accept Gnny as what he is: the loyal friend of Marrec, donīt matter is he is a Chultan or an Oslander
And I find Ususi very interesting, too. I pretend to buy soon the Darkvision next month.  |
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Lysan Lurraxol
Acolyte
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Aug 2006 : 14:09:13
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I liked Lady of Poison, despite its Lord of the Ringsy feel. The characters were good, apart from Marrec, I HATE dull, male, warrior/ priest protagonists, I find them intolerable. Ok, he's not quite as bad as Kelemvor, but Marrec's still bland.
Gunny and Elowen were interesting, but Ususi had the most depth, I thought. apparently so did Mr Cordell, given Darkvision's about her.
Just my two pence.
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 24 Aug 2006 : 01:10:36
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Originally posted by Lysan Lurraxol
I liked Lady of Poison, despite its Lord of the Ringsy feel. The characters were good, apart from Marrec, I HATE dull, male, warrior/ priest protagonists, I find them intolerable. Ok, he's not quite as bad as Kelemvor, but Marrec's still bland.
Gunny and Elowen were interesting, but Ususi had the most depth, I thought. apparently so did Mr Cordell, given Darkvision's about her.
Just my two pence.
Edit: Couldn't say dull twice.
I see your point about Merrec to a small extent, but I decided to give him the benefit of the doubt since he spent 90% of thr book carrying the burden of killing not only his mentor, but the first and until late in the book, only person to accept him for who he is and not "what" he is.
I just saw that as a burden that would suck the life out of most any of us. I hope if he does reappear in Darkvision(or anyhting else) he shows the appropriate growth. |
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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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 04 Sep 2006 : 03:13:12
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Originally posted by Kameron M. Franklin
Heh, one of the concerns I had with setting Maiden in Luthcheq was that the city was very human-centric, which would make it hard to justify the inclusion of "exotics." I figured FR fans would be disappointed with the lack of non-human characters. Fortunately, there are a couple of lycanthrope communities in the nearby Adder Swamp . . . .   
I for one don't mind a story full of humans. Sure, "exotics" can be fun. But sometimes they can seem contrived. I don't like it when exotics are placed in a novel just so we could have an exotic.
As for your book, (which I enjoyed very much I hope another is on the way) the were-crocs fit the mood and were an interesting diversion. |
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quajack
Seeker
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Posted - 11 Dec 2006 : 17:10:44
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Okay. I just finished reading all 4 pages about this topic. Several times it was asked: Where is Osse? (the land from whence Gunny, the Oslander), hails. It was describes as being far to the South, "beneath the girdle of the world."
Will someone please answer me, where is the Faeurian Austrilia?!?!? |
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Besshalar
Learned Scribe
Finland
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Posted - 11 Dec 2006 : 17:33:58
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| It's one of the continents that hasn't been detailed but which has been mentioned a few times. It's as said far to the south. I'd guess you're best chance of learning more would be to ask Ed . |
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quajack
Seeker
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Posted - 11 Dec 2006 : 18:20:15
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| I'm not all that tight with Ed, so any info presented by other Candlekeep affiliates woud be greatly appreciated. IE: is Osse located in that mysterious, unknown continent that at first glimpse looks like nothern Africa? You know, the one directly below the Utter East referred to as "New Lands." Is this where Osse is? Is it? And if anyone could plese tell me which, if any, novels also refer to this elusive land. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 11 Dec 2006 : 18:23:57
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Originally posted by quajack
I'm not all that tight with Ed, so any info presented by other Candlekeep affiliates woud be greatly appreciated. IE: is Osse located in that mysterious, unknown continent that at first glimpse looks like nothern Africa? You know, the one directly below the Utter East referred to as "New Lands." Is this where Osse is? Is it? And if anyone could plese tell me which, if any, novels also refer to this elusive land.
Well,
A lot of us aren't "tight" with Ed and that's why there's his scroll over in that part of the forums. Other then that brief mention in that novel, there's no other lore about that part of the world.
So, as was said, you are better off going to ask Ed in his scroll. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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quajack
Seeker
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Posted - 11 Dec 2006 : 18:43:33
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| Can't someone else ask Ed for me and then post the results here. For Gods' sake don't you realize how lazy I am? Please enable me! |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
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Posted - 13 Dec 2006 : 16:58:31
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quajack
Seeker
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Posted - 18 Dec 2006 : 17:24:13
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| I'm not sure you all truly appreciate the lengths I go through to maintain my laziness. As I type this, my dog is pulling off my shoe so that I won't have to bend down slightly. |
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MerrikCale
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 19 Dec 2006 : 12:34:14
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When hinges creak in doorless chambers and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls, whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still, that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight. |
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RodOdom
Senior Scribe
USA
509 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2006 : 16:58:15
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| I enjoyed this book. One of my few reservations is that the Rotting Man's lieutenants were overcome way too easily. |
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shuman
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 31 Jan 2007 : 01:32:37
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| Someone posted a link to a character write up for Marrec. The link no longer is active with WOTC. Could someone please repost these here or give me another link that works? Thanks. |
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Lady of Poison (Possible Spoilers)
