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<blockquote data-quote="Teflon Billy" data-source="post: 3367158" data-attributes="member: 264"><p>True enough. I mean of course there is bad fiction out there that isn't RPG based. It just seems that you have a much higher percentage of bad stuff if you go for the novels pubished for RPG marketing purposes than if you just went with average Fantasy Novels.</p><p></p><p>I don't pretend to undersand why, but it has been my (extensive) experience, and I've found that not only is my experience not unique, I am in the vast majority of those expressing an opinion. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agreed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I haven't really been reading any RPG fiction of late (you know how it is: 401 times bitten, 400 and twice shy <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) bu I have no problem imagining that Keith Baker could produce a good piece of fiction. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't recall enough exmples to either agree with you nor consider it more than an "exception that proves the rule". </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Enjoy! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Honestly, I'm not trying to deride anyone's enjoyment of an author's work here (lord knows my taste in movies is considered--at best--questionabl by most folks I know) but the original poster asked a question, I answered it and am elaborating on the theme.</p><p></p><p>So yeah, if you like Drizz't, go nuts...there are a ton of books out there for you<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teflon Billy, post: 3367158, member: 264"] True enough. I mean of course there is bad fiction out there that isn't RPG based. It just seems that you have a much higher percentage of bad stuff if you go for the novels pubished for RPG marketing purposes than if you just went with average Fantasy Novels. I don't pretend to undersand why, but it has been my (extensive) experience, and I've found that not only is my experience not unique, I am in the vast majority of those expressing an opinion. Agreed. I haven't really been reading any RPG fiction of late (you know how it is: 401 times bitten, 400 and twice shy ;)) bu I have no problem imagining that Keith Baker could produce a good piece of fiction. I don't recall enough exmples to either agree with you nor consider it more than an "exception that proves the rule". Enjoy! :) Honestly, I'm not trying to deride anyone's enjoyment of an author's work here (lord knows my taste in movies is considered--at best--questionabl by most folks I know) but the original poster asked a question, I answered it and am elaborating on the theme. So yeah, if you like Drizz't, go nuts...there are a ton of books out there for you:) [/QUOTE]
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