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[AD&D Gamebook] The Sorcerer's Crown (Kingdom of Sorcery, book 2 of 3)
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<blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 9620769" data-attributes="member: 7737"><p>It <em>is</em> our father's pseudodragon! And depending upon what path we took in book 1, we <em>didn't</em> cast Find Familiar ourselves -- on the College Arcane path, we got Rufyl from a specially prepared scroll (that bypasses the actual Find Familiar casting with the herbs and the brazier).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>First, it's always been funny that AD&D can't make up its mind if the transliteration is "djinni" or "genie". In the Monster Manual 1, they are listed under "djinni". In the Monster Manual 2, under Marid, we get this sentence: </p><p></p><p><em>A marid is the most powerful of all geniekind (see "Dao, "Djinni," "Efreeti," and "Jann.")</em></p><p></p><p>So AD&D has its cake and eats it too: "djinni" is a specific subtype of monster and "geniekind" is the larger group or type of related monsters.</p><p></p><p>Second, in AD&D a genie/djinni can in fact grant wishes!</p><p></p><p><em>The capture and enslavement of djinn is better left to the device of the referee. [...] </em></p><p><em>A noble djinni (1% chance) is able to grant three wishes to his master, but he will do no other services, and upon granting the third wish he is freed of servitude.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Wouldn't it? That would give <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/ad-d-gamebook-sceptre-of-power-kingdom-of-sorcery-book-1-of-3.709391/post-9565715" target="_blank">another fun <em>Star Wars</em> parallel</a>: Luke is attracted to Leia but later finds out (i.e., script was rewritten) that she's his sister.</p><p></p><p>Alternatively, Shanif could tell us:</p><p></p><p>"Landor's greatest secret is how <a href="https://www.enworld.org/threads/ad-d-gamebook-sceptre-of-power-kingdom-of-sorcery-book-1-of-3.709391/post-9549024" target="_blank">he seduced a scullery maid</a> who bought fish at the Freeton market when not dodging pirate press gangs."</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh man, that would be FANTASTIC. A real "screw you" to the player-reader for a malformed question. Just like Gygax intended!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>While we do find out why the marid is in the barren yellow wasteland marsh, we never explicitly find out how Landor earned Shanif's respect. Because of course we don't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Joshua Randall, post: 9620769, member: 7737"] It [I]is[/I] our father's pseudodragon! And depending upon what path we took in book 1, we [I]didn't[/I] cast Find Familiar ourselves -- on the College Arcane path, we got Rufyl from a specially prepared scroll (that bypasses the actual Find Familiar casting with the herbs and the brazier). First, it's always been funny that AD&D can't make up its mind if the transliteration is "djinni" or "genie". In the Monster Manual 1, they are listed under "djinni". In the Monster Manual 2, under Marid, we get this sentence: [I]A marid is the most powerful of all geniekind (see "Dao, "Djinni," "Efreeti," and "Jann.")[/I] So AD&D has its cake and eats it too: "djinni" is a specific subtype of monster and "geniekind" is the larger group or type of related monsters. Second, in AD&D a genie/djinni can in fact grant wishes! [I]The capture and enslavement of djinn is better left to the device of the referee. [...] A noble djinni (1% chance) is able to grant three wishes to his master, but he will do no other services, and upon granting the third wish he is freed of servitude.[/I] Wouldn't it? That would give [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/ad-d-gamebook-sceptre-of-power-kingdom-of-sorcery-book-1-of-3.709391/post-9565715']another fun [I]Star Wars[/I] parallel[/URL]: Luke is attracted to Leia but later finds out (i.e., script was rewritten) that she's his sister. Alternatively, Shanif could tell us: "Landor's greatest secret is how [URL='https://www.enworld.org/threads/ad-d-gamebook-sceptre-of-power-kingdom-of-sorcery-book-1-of-3.709391/post-9549024']he seduced a scullery maid[/URL] who bought fish at the Freeton market when not dodging pirate press gangs." Oh man, that would be FANTASTIC. A real "screw you" to the player-reader for a malformed question. Just like Gygax intended! While we do find out why the marid is in the barren yellow wasteland marsh, we never explicitly find out how Landor earned Shanif's respect. Because of course we don't. [/QUOTE]
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