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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8201011" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>I really enjoyed this one; getting an entire novel of Entreri and Jarlaxle doing their thing was a lot of fun! But it was in later books where...I want to say, "they hit their stride," but that's not right. Rather, there were several things here that I felt were underutilized.</p><p></p><p>For one thing, the whole bit with the reforming Castle Perilous just seemed lacking in scope. I know that's not fair, but I still think that <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16805/H4-The-Throne-of-Bloodstone-1e?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank"><em>H4 Throne of Bloodstone</em></a> was one of the most epic D&D modules ever. Anything connected to it should have evoked that same sense of powerful forces from across the planes being involved. What we got wasn't bad, but it wasn't the same as "you've slain Orcus's disciple, now it's time for Orcus himself, with a battle against Tiamat afterward."</p><p></p><p>Doubly lacking was the drow presence here. <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17534/Demihuman-Deities-2e?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank"><em>Demihuman Deities</em></a> very quietly dropped some information about how drow priestesses of Kiaransalee (the drow goddess of undeath and vengeance, who killed Orcus...before he came back, I mean) were active in, around, and under Vaasa, since at this time Orcus had just begun to return and Kiaransalee was going full-on crazy with sweeping his old haunts for any sign of him. The book even says that her priestesses were the reason why nearby Damara wasn't having a problem with any of Zhengyi's old undead minions. I know that wasn't in <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16816/FR9-The-Bloodstone-Lands-2e?affiliate_id-820" target="_blank"><em>FR9 The Bloodstone Lands</em></a>, which Salvatore wrote, but the drow connection was one he could have worked with...that he didn't was a shame.</p><p></p><p><em>Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8201011, member: 8461"] I really enjoyed this one; getting an entire novel of Entreri and Jarlaxle doing their thing was a lot of fun! But it was in later books where...I want to say, "they hit their stride," but that's not right. Rather, there were several things here that I felt were underutilized. For one thing, the whole bit with the reforming Castle Perilous just seemed lacking in scope. I know that's not fair, but I still think that [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16805/H4-The-Throne-of-Bloodstone-1e?affiliate_id=820'][I]H4 Throne of Bloodstone[/I][/URL] was one of the most epic D&D modules ever. Anything connected to it should have evoked that same sense of powerful forces from across the planes being involved. What we got wasn't bad, but it wasn't the same as "you've slain Orcus's disciple, now it's time for Orcus himself, with a battle against Tiamat afterward." Doubly lacking was the drow presence here. [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17534/Demihuman-Deities-2e?affiliate_id=820'][I]Demihuman Deities[/I][/URL] very quietly dropped some information about how drow priestesses of Kiaransalee (the drow goddess of undeath and vengeance, who killed Orcus...before he came back, I mean) were active in, around, and under Vaasa, since at this time Orcus had just begun to return and Kiaransalee was going full-on crazy with sweeping his old haunts for any sign of him. The book even says that her priestesses were the reason why nearby Damara wasn't having a problem with any of Zhengyi's old undead minions. I know that wasn't in [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/16816/FR9-The-Bloodstone-Lands-2e?affiliate_id-820'][I]FR9 The Bloodstone Lands[/I][/URL], which Salvatore wrote, but the drow connection was one he could have worked with...that he didn't was a shame. [I]Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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