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monch9
Seeker
Poland
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 Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 10:57:06
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Tamsar,
What dates were the events of the book?
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Tamsar
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
141 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 16:00:36
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| Monch, I'll PM the dates to you as I appear to have upset the madding crowd. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 18:45:57
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| Now, I ask for a second time, can we drop the spoiler arguement? I'm tired of removing posts about it. |
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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Edited by - Kuje on 05 Jul 2006 20:40:54 |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 15:52:54
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Originally posted by monch9
Tamsar,
What dates were the events of the book?
Monch
The book's main plot spans the 28th of Uktar through the Feast of the Moon in the Year of Lightning Storms (1374 DR). There are various flashbacks that go as far back as the 5th century Dalereckoning and in various time frames up to the present 14th century. 
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
341 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 13:39:50
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Good news ladies and gents. I just ordered Blackstaff off of Amazon.com. Should be only a few days before I am exploring it's secrets and participating in the Book Club discussion.  |
And if the PCs DO win their ways through all the liches to Larloch, “he” will almost certainly be just another lich (loaded with explosive spells) set up as a decoy, with dozens of hidden liches waiting to pounce on any surviving PCs who ‘celebrate’ after they take Larloch down. As the REAL Larloch watches (magical scrying) from afar. Myself, as DM, I’d be wondering: “Such a glorious game, so many opportunities laid out before your PCs to devote your time to, and THIS fixation is the best you can come up with? Are you SURE you’re adventurers?” -Ed Greenwood
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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
688 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 19:50:51
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Yay! I have Blackstaff! Thank you Borders in the mall.  |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 11 Jul 2006 : 23:31:09
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I just got the book too. It will be a few days, probably, before I get to reading it, but I can't wait.
I flipped through the pages a bit (yes, I tend to do that), and apparently there's a kitty cat character. Nice. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
6662 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 00:53:37
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It's a tressym IIRC. Quite an 'active' one if the visit to the Wands villa survived the cut.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 01:07:12
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Originally posted by George Krashos
It's a tressym IIRC. Quite an 'active' one if the visit to the Wands villa survived the cut.
-- George Krashos
Flying cats...if only they existed in the real world. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
USA
5402 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 01:21:33
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I nearly had a fit at Borders because I looked in the FR novels section . . . then I went past the new fiction paperbacks table, and there was a whole stack there . . . and now . . . it is mine!
Now I just have to read the bugger . . . |
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Mkhaiwati
Learned Scribe
USA
252 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 02:49:54
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Hmm.. the two "RSE" that are mentioned. I really don't consider either event to be worthy of "RSE" status.
Just bought my copy today, but will wait until I finish my current book.
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 18:52:50
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I got my copy, rock!, but I gotta finish the current book I'm reading.
Oh and Bloodwalk and the new Dlance Companions novel is also out. |
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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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 19:54:53
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| Amazon emailed today to say that mine had been shipped I'll be starting it next week after i've wrapped up the current novel i'm reading. |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36797 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 20:11:04
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According to the email I just got, the book was delivered this afternoon. Unfortunately, I can't read much of it tonight; I've got too much editing to do. 
Ironically, I got my shipment of CDs from Tokyo in less time than this book coming from Jacksonville! A three-hour drive, vs. halfway around the world... Go figure.  |
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 22:24:54
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| I bought the new DLance book today, but couldn't find Blackstaff in TWO different Border's! :( |
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"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2006 : 23:07:33
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What bad luck. 
I got Bloodwalk along with Blackstaff, but I'm going to read Blackstaff first. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2006 : 00:12:33
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| What -good- luck! |
Planescape Fanatic
"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2006 : 00:16:13
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What -good- luck!
Yeah, but I won't start reading them until I'm done with Final Gate. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2006 : 01:37:53
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| I'm crossing my fingers I'll be able to find a copy in Cambridge on Saturday, it's not in my town and isn't likely to get here unless I order it. I want Final Gate too. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2006 : 01:44:01
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Originally posted by The Sage
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...and the new Dlance Companions novel is also out.
Dragons of the Dwarven Depths?
Yeah. :) |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36797 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2006 : 01:52:06
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quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by Kuje
...and the new Dlance Companions novel is also out.
Dragons of the Dwarven Depths?
Yeah. :)
I'm waiting for my library to get that one in, so I can read it. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jul 2006 : 06:03:51
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| Let's just leave it that I'm in love with this novel. :) I've read a quarter to half of it in 3 hours. |
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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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 01:27:26
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Originally posted by Kuje
Let's just leave it that I'm in love with this novel. :) I've read a quarter to half of it in 3 hours.
Well, if you like it that much, hopefully I'll like it too. I'm almost done with Final Gate, then it's on to Blackstaff!
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"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 01:29:33
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I finally managed to find it, and skipped ahead towards the head and read about 5 pages. I do this a lot, just because it really gives me something to look forward to... And I must say I loved what little I read so far. :)
I think I'll read it as soon as I finish Godslayer! |
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"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 01:40:17
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I'll admit that I've "cheated" like that myself sometimes. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 15 Jul 2006 : 02:04:48
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Kuje
Let's just leave it that I'm in love with this novel. :) I've read a quarter to half of it in 3 hours.
Well, if you like it that much, hopefully I'll like it too. I'm almost done with Final Gate, then it's on to Blackstaff!
I'm done and Steven, rocking novel man. Gratz on your first novel. I chalk you up there with Elaine and Ed. So, come on man, when's the next FR novel? :)
I hardly ever read a FR novel, lately, in less then a day. |
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
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium |
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
341 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jul 2006 : 16:48:02
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| It's been 5 days since I ordered Blackstaff and it isn't here yet! I think I am going to cry. |
And if the PCs DO win their ways through all the liches to Larloch, “he” will almost certainly be just another lich (loaded with explosive spells) set up as a decoy, with dozens of hidden liches waiting to pounce on any surviving PCs who ‘celebrate’ after they take Larloch down. As the REAL Larloch watches (magical scrying) from afar. Myself, as DM, I’d be wondering: “Such a glorious game, so many opportunities laid out before your PCs to devote your time to, and THIS fixation is the best you can come up with? Are you SURE you’re adventurers?” -Ed Greenwood
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SirUrza
Master of Realmslore
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jul 2006 : 00:14:15
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| Good read. I'd say there were 3 major events in this novel, not 2. See my notes in the Chapter 40 bookclub scroll. |
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ksu_bond
Learned Scribe
New Zealand
214 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jul 2006 : 05:14:13
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| Those who are waiting to get this book...all I can say that it is well worth the wait as it is a fantastic book. Just finished reading it this morning and almost feel like reading it again. |
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Blackstaff (Contains Spoilers)
