Has FR "jumped the shark"?
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Mr Fidgit
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i don't think FR has jumped the shark. the whole time-of-troubles thing i blame on a bad decision to 'shake-up' FR because of the change from 1e to 2e. and other than the Harper's novels, i've avoided reading many others because i've always disliked the reoccuring novel characters (elminster, drizzt, etc.).
oh, and the whole jumping-the-shark-on-waterskis was after the orginal jump of the shark on the bike...
oh, and the whole jumping-the-shark-on-waterskis was after the orginal jump of the shark on the bike...
SemperJase
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FR maybe, although I can't point to one specific product I find that I don't read the novels anymore. I gave Elminster in Hell a try a couple weeks ago. Read 2 chapters then took it back to the Library.
DragonLance? Definitely. After the 3rd cataclysmic event you have to say how often can a world shattering event happen, every 50 years?
So, as someone else said, the need for a new setting. I'll even probably buy it
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DragonLance? Definitely. After the 3rd cataclysmic event you have to say how often can a world shattering event happen, every 50 years?
So, as someone else said, the need for a new setting. I'll even probably buy it
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cybertalus
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No the Realms have not yet jumped. However the great Alaundo has left us prophesy hinting at possible shark jumping to come.
When the Sage of Shadowdale, the Twin Sworded Dark Elf, and the Half-Elven Swordmaiden fight a three way duel to the death, the shark will have jumped.
When the existence of the previously unknown Eighth Sister is revealed, the shark will have jumped.
When the mage known as Blackstaff adopts a cute and precosious young child, the shark will have jumped.
When Ed of the Greenwood, Lady Elaine of the Cunningham, and the Bard Salvatore no longer spin their tales, but are replaced by talespinners whose tales are dictated by the whim of the counters of beans, the shark will have jumped.
When strangers called Theodore McGinley and Gareth Cole appear and are featured in the tales of the bards as if they had benn there all along, the shark will have jumped.
So sayeth the great Alaundo.
When the Sage of Shadowdale, the Twin Sworded Dark Elf, and the Half-Elven Swordmaiden fight a three way duel to the death, the shark will have jumped.
When the existence of the previously unknown Eighth Sister is revealed, the shark will have jumped.
When the mage known as Blackstaff adopts a cute and precosious young child, the shark will have jumped.
When Ed of the Greenwood, Lady Elaine of the Cunningham, and the Bard Salvatore no longer spin their tales, but are replaced by talespinners whose tales are dictated by the whim of the counters of beans, the shark will have jumped.
When strangers called Theodore McGinley and Gareth Cole appear and are featured in the tales of the bards as if they had benn there all along, the shark will have jumped.
So sayeth the great Alaundo.
The Traveler
Explorer
Eh, it's still jumping the shark, continuously. Like Shade coming back, or all the crudola with Mystra's meddling.
I predict the next shark jumping event will be Elminster getting trapped in a ring, which a kid in a bowl cut then uses to fight crime.
Maybe some talking animals.
Anyhoo, I don't see much hope for the setting at present. Sean tried damned hard, but his corporate masters demanded more crunchies and exiled him to the hoary netherworld.
I predict the next shark jumping event will be Elminster getting trapped in a ring, which a kid in a bowl cut then uses to fight crime.
Maybe some talking animals.
Anyhoo, I don't see much hope for the setting at present. Sean tried damned hard, but his corporate masters demanded more crunchies and exiled him to the hoary netherworld.
The Sigil
Mr. 3000 (Words per post)
Gandalf: There is ONE... one setting that could be detailed and legitimate without jumping the shark.
Elrond: "They turned from that path a long time ago."
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When I think of the Rums, I think of:
1.) Elmunchkin
2.) Time of Troubles (Stupid)
3.) PCs killing Gods
4.) Iconic Drow
Seriously, can we quit the pretense and just change the Rums logo to a spider-bondage queen? Say, a miniature version of the cover of Q1?
--The Sigil
Elrond: "They turned from that path a long time ago."
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When I think of the Rums, I think of:
1.) Elmunchkin
2.) Time of Troubles (Stupid)
3.) PCs killing Gods
4.) Iconic Drow
Seriously, can we quit the pretense and just change the Rums logo to a spider-bondage queen? Say, a miniature version of the cover of Q1?
--The Sigil
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Personally, it jumped for me the first time I encountered Ed Greenwood's writing. His style doesn't mesh well with my tastes. It took me forever just to get through one of those Elminster books, because it took so much willpower to force myself to finish reading it.
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