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Even though I have not yet cracked open any of the TSR books from the last three D&D novel bundles I got, I am getting this one too. I have read about a dozen FR novels back in the 80s and 90s but none by Greenwood himself and I am interested to see how Elminster comes across in a full novel as...

OD&D only had Law, Neutral, and Chaos, no explicitly evil or good alignment. Holmes Basic and 1e MM had five point alignment so you could be Chaotic Evil or Lawful Evil. It wasn't until the 1e PH that there was nine point alignment with the three varieties of evil that PCs could play, Chaotic...

On Hallowed Ground (2e) 2e Undead: Surma roams the first layer of Carceri, challenging every basher he meets to a fight, leaving undead in his wake. Evil Destructive Monster/b] ? Undead Servant: ? Ghoul: ? Lich: ? Vlaakith, Lich, Near-Power, Queen, Mighty Blood: ? Omikrostis, Greater Mummy: ...

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Night of the Shark (2e) 2e Apodalypse, Full-Fledged Apodalypse, Ravening Apodalypse, Undead Apodalypse, Ever-Hungry Flesh-Cannibalizing Apodalypse, Voracious Apodalypse: The apodalypse is the fruit of a misguided experiment gone horribly wrong. The combination of necromantically animated shark...

Ruler is poisoned, bad drugs

Monstrous Arcana: The Illithiad (2e) 2e Allhoon, Illithid Lich, Illithilich: Without fail, mind flayers that prove magically adept seek to learn the arcane formu lae necessary to extend th eir lives beyond their normal span. Illithids successful in this quest become undead creatures known as...

Legends of the Hero Kings (2e) 2e Shadow Creature: The shadow creature appears to be a normal shadow and exhibits many shadow characteristics. However, it has greater strength and intelligence than the average shadow, and a unique possession ability that Cerilia's Heroes have never before...

I've played a Groundhog's Day D&D session as a player that was fun and run a time travel through the Feywild plotline I came up with when running the Reign of Winter pathfinder adventure path that went well tying the PCs into having caused big setting history elements from their personal...

I feel the movie The Firm fits there against its John Grisham novel. When I saw the movie I was part way through the novel, coincidentally the point where the two diverge in the plot. Even though it made the novel more fun seeing it go in unexpected ways, I liked the movie direction more.

It has already stopped me from buying some products that looked interesting based on their topics. If I think the writing is AI generated that is a full no buy, not interested, for me.

Legends & Lore (2e) 2e Ancestral Neglected Spirit, Neglected Spirit of an Ancestor, Neglected Spirit: As long as one's descendants make the proper sacrifices, ancestral spirits are neutral or beneficent beings. But if an ancestral spirit is ignored, it eventually goes mad and begins preying on...

I know that I find anthologies of short stories more attractive than full novels for me to pick up and read right now. Tonight I got back into my kindle copy of Space Legends of the Space Marines (a 40K short story anthology).

King of the Giantdowns (2e) 2e Undead, Undead Creature, Unquiet Dead: ? Giant-King, Undead Cloud Giant, Shadowy Figure: The "undead" giant-king is not a ghost, but actually a product of the ancient magic of the Downs. The king's own image, powered by the magic of the barrow, guards his resting...

Jakandor: Island of War (2e) 2e Undead, Undead Monster, Undead Creature, Undead Being, Restless Dead, Dead, Restless Spirit: But it is only the truly undead, refusing to yield to death’s veil, who attempt to interfere with the living world. The Knorr avoid even speaking the names of the dead...