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Dennis
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 Posted - 06 Nov 2010 : 04:30:23
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| I actually didn't like the future-seeing spell. To me it sounds too much of an advantage. Good thing Phil somehow downplayed it by saying something like 'even though Gromph knew what his enemy would do, he still could not determine which best measure to counteract it, and that he could not win the battle if he just continued dodging his adversary's attacks.' |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Posted - 06 Nov 2010 : 04:46:35
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| It's a fairly simple spell, though, so not TOO much advantage. Pre-sentience, I think? I rather liked the battle in the illithid's hide-out between Ryld and Phaeraun and the illithid's minions in Dissolution, too. Especially that scene where Ryld went into his meditative battle-trance and whupped butt on the two leaders- a fighter and a bard, I think. He must have a level or two of monk.... |
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Dennis
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Posted - 06 Nov 2010 : 04:57:02
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It was too much of an advantage to me because Dyrr could NOT dispel it. So I'm putting it in context. In the same way a simple fireball would appear too much of an advantage if a wizard uses it against an ordinary folk.
I also like that scene in Dissolution. And there's one scene I found really funny in that book: Pharaun attempting to cast a spell using his feet. And when he said he might want to found a school where wizards use feet in spell-casting; he called it 'pedomancy,' if I remember it right. |
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Arianthus Deszault
Acolyte
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Posted - 08 Nov 2010 : 23:07:39
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| Alystra, I do believe it was prescience! And the way it was downplayed, but not completely, is what made it great for me. It didn't allow Gromph to just win the fight, but it gave him a decent chance against a much more skilled weapon-using opponent. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 09 Nov 2010 : 03:21:25
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One battle that is worth mentioning is that between Vhostym and Cale. It would have been epic had the former been in his 'prime,' or at the very least not dying from an incurable disease. |
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scererar
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 09 Nov 2010 : 04:03:49
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man, too many to try and choose just one. I tend to favor larger scaled battle scenes between armies or even a larger adventuring party against the bad guy's type of scenario. I would have to go more with Authors who are my favorite at creating battle scenes. A couple of my favorites would include stories by Kemp, Salvatore, Byers, and Greenwood. I know I am forgetting a bunch though  |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 09 Nov 2010 : 06:09:35
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| Large scale battles ---those that make sense, of course ---- are 'kewl.' And I think PSK and RLB are masters of it. |
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Alystra Illianniis
Great Reader
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Posted - 09 Nov 2010 : 06:47:49
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Originally posted by dennis
I also like that scene in Dissolution. And there's one scene I found really funny in that book: Pharaun attempting to cast a spell using his feet. And when he said he might want to found a school where wizards use feet in spell-casting; he called it 'pedomancy,' if I remember it right.
LOL!! Yeah, I laughed my butt of at that scene! Though if I remember right, he did it again in one of the Lady Penitant books- the second one, I think. |
The Goddess is alive, and magic is afoot.
"Where Science ends, Magic begins" -Spiral, Uncanny X-Men #491
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Dennis
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Posted - 09 Nov 2010 : 08:20:03
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Alystra Illianniis
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Dennis
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Posted - 09 Nov 2010 : 08:31:33
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| Oh, I see. I would read it though if Pharaun's role is big enough. |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Dennis
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Posted - 09 Nov 2010 : 17:40:18
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Pair as 'pals' or pair as 'lovers'? |
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Alystra Illianniis
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 09 Nov 2010 : 17:53:31
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| Can you remember in what books in the WotSQ series did Q'arlynd appear? Did he die too? As I mentioned before, I only read books 1 and 5. I'm pretty much having a hiatus in reading Realms novels right now. (The last I read is The Captive Flame last May. I started reading Darkvision about two weeks ago, but I HAD to stop, and I just hope I could resume sooooon...) There are far too many non-Realms novels I'm devouring atm. (And of course, the never-ending deadlines of various articles (seven of them 3 hours from now) and manuscripts gobble much of my time!) |
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Best battle scene.
