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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8094892" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>My policy, when discussing something, is to know what I'm talking about before I talk about it. As such, I prefer to have read/watched/listened to a piece of media before I make up my mind about it. It's led to me indulging in a lot of poor-quality stories, sticking with them even when it became obvious they weren't going to get better (much to the amusement of my friends, to whom I'd complain about how awful X show or book or movie is), and I'll admit that I still break this rule on occasion and prejudge something, but the majority of the time I can at least say that I've partaken of the thing in question and no sir, I don't like it.</p><p></p><p>This book, and indeed this entire trilogy of Cormyr novels, isn't one that I've read, however, so I won't be talking about it.</p><p></p><p>I will say that this series, unlike some of the other books discussed here, is one that I'd like to read someday. That's purely because the ghazneths got AD&D 2E stats in <a href="https://paizo.com/products/btpy7cyc?Dragon-Annual-4" target="_blank"><em>Dragon Annual</em> #4</a> (1999), and I recall raising my eyebrows at what they could do.</p><p></p><p>Another reason is that I'm more partial to high-level play, at least in terms of the scope and outline of how those stories go. I'm of the opinion that the transition from adventurer to ruler is <a href="https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/03/on-loss-of-d-endgame.html" target="_blank">something that's been lost</a> over the course of D&D's gradual evolution. Plus, when done correctly high-level play can be very dramatic, allowing for grandeur that exceeds what can be showcased via a plucky band of adventurers. Of course, it's too easy to showcase that wrong, and in so doing quite often tarnish the entire experience for a lot of people (if for no other reason than it seems to make all of the effort put into getting that far go to waste).</p><p></p><p>Of course, all of that requires you to be invested in the stakes presented to begin with, and I'll admit that Cormyr in general and Azoun in particular never really resonated with me. Maybe they would if I read the books?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8094892, member: 8461"] My policy, when discussing something, is to know what I'm talking about before I talk about it. As such, I prefer to have read/watched/listened to a piece of media before I make up my mind about it. It's led to me indulging in a lot of poor-quality stories, sticking with them even when it became obvious they weren't going to get better (much to the amusement of my friends, to whom I'd complain about how awful X show or book or movie is), and I'll admit that I still break this rule on occasion and prejudge something, but the majority of the time I can at least say that I've partaken of the thing in question and no sir, I don't like it. This book, and indeed this entire trilogy of Cormyr novels, isn't one that I've read, however, so I won't be talking about it. I will say that this series, unlike some of the other books discussed here, is one that I'd like to read someday. That's purely because the ghazneths got AD&D 2E stats in [URL='https://paizo.com/products/btpy7cyc?Dragon-Annual-4'][I]Dragon Annual[/I] #4[/URL] (1999), and I recall raising my eyebrows at what they could do. Another reason is that I'm more partial to high-level play, at least in terms of the scope and outline of how those stories go. I'm of the opinion that the transition from adventurer to ruler is [URL='https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/03/on-loss-of-d-endgame.html']something that's been lost[/URL] over the course of D&D's gradual evolution. Plus, when done correctly high-level play can be very dramatic, allowing for grandeur that exceeds what can be showcased via a plucky band of adventurers. Of course, it's too easy to showcase that wrong, and in so doing quite often tarnish the entire experience for a lot of people (if for no other reason than it seems to make all of the effort put into getting that far go to waste). Of course, all of that requires you to be invested in the stakes presented to begin with, and I'll admit that Cormyr in general and Azoun in particular never really resonated with me. Maybe they would if I read the books? [/QUOTE]
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