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<blockquote data-quote="Mr. Patient" data-source="post: 4934896" data-attributes="member: 4118">I just read Crystal Shard for the first time.&nbsp; I've been playing D&amp;D for almost 30 years, but I had never read any of the licensed fiction.&nbsp; This was my first and thus far only encounter with it.&nbsp; If this is Salvatore's best work, I can scarcely imagine how dreadful everything else must be.&nbsp; He and his editors torture the English language (&quot;grizzly&quot; instead of &quot;grisly,&quot; &quot;principle&quot; instead of &quot;principal,&quot; and my favorite, &quot;quelched&quot;).&nbsp; Although he crafts a few moderately effective scenes, notably the fight with Biggrin, so many others, like the Battle of Icewind Dale, are just totally slack and suspenseless.And the names, my God, the names.&nbsp; How can you say Crenshinibon or Cattie-Brie without laughing?&nbsp; Could you possibly choose a more inappropriate and absurd name for a warhammer than Aegis-fang?&nbsp; While I don't expect any author to go to the lengths that Tolkien did to create plausible and consistent cultures, it seems that Salvatore paid no attention at all to what he was doing.&nbsp; Welsh, English, Latin, Greek, German, French, Norse(ish) -- they all just went into a blender with no rhyme or reason.&nbsp; Oh well, that's D&amp;D, I suppose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mr. Patient, post: 4934896, member: 4118"] I just read Crystal Shard for the first time. I've been playing D&D for almost 30 years, but I had never read any of the licensed fiction. This was my first and thus far only encounter with it. If this is Salvatore's best work, I can scarcely imagine how dreadful everything else must be. He and his editors torture the English language ("grizzly" instead of "grisly," "principle" instead of "principal," and my favorite, "quelched"). Although he crafts a few moderately effective scenes, notably the fight with Biggrin, so many others, like the Battle of Icewind Dale, are just totally slack and suspenseless. And the names, my God, the names. How can you say Crenshinibon or Cattie-Brie without laughing? Could you possibly choose a more inappropriate and absurd name for a warhammer than Aegis-fang? While I don't expect any author to go to the lengths that Tolkien did to create plausible and consistent cultures, it seems that Salvatore paid no attention at all to what he was doing. Welsh, English, Latin, Greek, German, French, Norse(ish) -- they all just went into a blender with no rhyme or reason. Oh well, that's D&D, I suppose. [/QUOTE]

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