Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
I'm reading the Forgotten Realms Novels- #202 The Howling Delve by Jaleigh Johnson (Dungeons 2)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 7870987" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#034 The Ogre's Pact by Troy Denning (Twilight Giants 1) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 5/12/19 to 9/12/19</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]116731[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>That's better, much better than the last one.</p><p></p><p>So, Tavis the Firbolg tells no lies and always flies straight as an arrow, and he loves/adores Princess Brianna- he even looks after the orphans- the tough guy with a heart of gold. Princess Brianna (nearly seven foot tall and 18(00) Str) also loves the orphans, and Tavis, of course. But the course of true love never runs smooth.</p><p></p><p>Here's the first criticism, although I feel slightly churlish pointing this out because without the conceit the novel falls apart, here goes- twenty pages in (less) we know that Tavis has a heart of gold, Princess Brianna who knows Tavis better than anyone else in the novel still however has her doubts about the Firbolg. As stated- without her doubts then the rest of the novel kinda just falls apart, she has to doubt- so, suspend belief, and go on with it.</p><p></p><p>The rest just works- Brianna gets snatched by the Ogres and their leader/Shaman (is this guy a precursor to the Ogre Magi, he has the skills to pay the bills?) Goboka who has plans for the Princess- the rut? Then it's a chase to the finish with Tavis, Morten (a brutish Firbolg), Avner (12 year old male orphan/12th level Rogue), and my favourite Basil the (Socialist- all property is theft) Verbeeg Runecaster, and a red shirt earl at first go in pursuit of Brianna. Then after the rescue get chased (right back at yer) by Goboka and his Ogre-squad.</p><p></p><p>Oh, but they're not the Ogres I know and love- nasty, brutish and thick with it; so last season- these Ogres are bow specialists that hide in trees and go for the ambush. Odd- but hey, it kinda works.</p><p></p><p>The Hill Giants however, well... they're the same guys that squashed in to G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, it's a wonder any of them survive to adulthood so dangerous is their day-to-day existence. We meet three Hill Giant guards as our guys, lead by Brianna, flee to the Hill Giant chiefs secret hideout- three pages later and one of the Hill Giants has pushed the other two off a cliff (to their deaths) and the presumption is they're mates. Brutal.</p><p></p><p>The fighting is great, the action is great, Goboka is great, Basil is great, Tavis is great- and more or less everything Brianna believes is wrong. Oh, and everything that Travis says is either true, correct or just plain smart.</p><p></p><p>Basil is too cool for school.</p><p></p><p>That's it really- you want there to be a happy ending, but I figure it can't come too soon- there's three books in this series, so medal, marriage and... majesty! At least not just yet.</p><p></p><p>Read.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and don't read anything in to the fact that it took me five days to read this (a long time for me) I managed to mislay the book for 36 hours- it fell out of my bag in the car and some how made its way to under the driver's seat. There followed a day and a bit of frantic searching every room in the house before, finally- the next morning, thinking to check in the car. Bingo!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 7870987, member: 16069"] [B]#034 The Ogre's Pact by Troy Denning (Twilight Giants 1) Read 5/12/19 to 9/12/19[/B] [ATTACH alt="Forgotten Realms The Ogres Pact (Twilight Giants 1) a 30.jpg"]116731[/ATTACH] That's better, much better than the last one. So, Tavis the Firbolg tells no lies and always flies straight as an arrow, and he loves/adores Princess Brianna- he even looks after the orphans- the tough guy with a heart of gold. Princess Brianna (nearly seven foot tall and 18(00) Str) also loves the orphans, and Tavis, of course. But the course of true love never runs smooth. Here's the first criticism, although I feel slightly churlish pointing this out because without the conceit the novel falls apart, here goes- twenty pages in (less) we know that Tavis has a heart of gold, Princess Brianna who knows Tavis better than anyone else in the novel still however has her doubts about the Firbolg. As stated- without her doubts then the rest of the novel kinda just falls apart, she has to doubt- so, suspend belief, and go on with it. The rest just works- Brianna gets snatched by the Ogres and their leader/Shaman (is this guy a precursor to the Ogre Magi, he has the skills to pay the bills?) Goboka who has plans for the Princess- the rut? Then it's a chase to the finish with Tavis, Morten (a brutish Firbolg), Avner (12 year old male orphan/12th level Rogue), and my favourite Basil the (Socialist- all property is theft) Verbeeg Runecaster, and a red shirt earl at first go in pursuit of Brianna. Then after the rescue get chased (right back at yer) by Goboka and his Ogre-squad. Oh, but they're not the Ogres I know and love- nasty, brutish and thick with it; so last season- these Ogres are bow specialists that hide in trees and go for the ambush. Odd- but hey, it kinda works. The Hill Giants however, well... they're the same guys that squashed in to G1 Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, it's a wonder any of them survive to adulthood so dangerous is their day-to-day existence. We meet three Hill Giant guards as our guys, lead by Brianna, flee to the Hill Giant chiefs secret hideout- three pages later and one of the Hill Giants has pushed the other two off a cliff (to their deaths) and the presumption is they're mates. Brutal. The fighting is great, the action is great, Goboka is great, Basil is great, Tavis is great- and more or less everything Brianna believes is wrong. Oh, and everything that Travis says is either true, correct or just plain smart. Basil is too cool for school. That's it really- you want there to be a happy ending, but I figure it can't come too soon- there's three books in this series, so medal, marriage and... majesty! At least not just yet. Read. Oh, and don't read anything in to the fact that it took me five days to read this (a long time for me) I managed to mislay the book for 36 hours- it fell out of my bag in the car and some how made its way to under the driver's seat. There followed a day and a bit of frantic searching every room in the house before, finally- the next morning, thinking to check in the car. Bingo! [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
I'm reading the Forgotten Realms Novels- #202 The Howling Delve by Jaleigh Johnson (Dungeons 2)
Top