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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 7849584" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#023 Pools of Darkness by James M Ward & Anne K Brown (Heroes of Phlan 2) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 4/11/19 to 8/11/19</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]115546[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Book 2- and praise be, it's better the first . Good, not great, but y'know- well worth the read, particularly as it went on.</p><p></p><p>The start of it all is Phlan (and a bunch of other cities around the Moonsea) are wrenched out of the ground and transferred to well, various places. Phlan's new home is in a large underground cavern beneath the abode of Marcus, the comedy central CRAY-ZEE Red Wizard of Thay, and his bad guy roster. All of this badness is down to BANE!</p><p></p><p>Anybody played Baldur's Gate Descent into Avernus yet? Just wondering- can't think why.</p><p></p><p>Shal (Wizard) & her husband, Tarl (Cleric of Tyr) are at home in Phlan for the sudden move- thereafter the pair fend off the various attacks by Marcus and his assorted naughty people, pick of the bunch for the villains is General Brittle, who is clearly unimpressed by Red Wizard- as is the Pit Fiend- Tanetal, Latenat! In truth he's not a very impressive specimen.</p><p></p><p>Meanwhile on the surface Ren wanders (for far far FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAr) too long, although he picks up a few cool cats along the way- Evaine (Ancient/young Wizard), Gamaliel (Panther-like/Barbarian familiar- hey, that's familiar), a pair of comedy Druids and best of all Miltiades, a skeletal Paladin of Tyr out to fulfil his final challenge.</p><p></p><p>The new good guys are great to watch and listen to (Shal, Tarl and Ren- less so, Ren is evening a bit boring for a while), a couple of the bad guys are likewise worth watching, the White Bard's failure just feels like a deus ex machina moment, which isn't good. But the action kicks in about page 260 with a trio of Abishai and it's rock and roll from thereon in- nice climax, liked it a lot. There's also some nice insight and intrigue in many parts but... big but, there's a fair amount of twaddle to get through until it really gets going.</p><p></p><p>Read!</p><p></p><p>Edit: Oh, and there's a pool of Darkness (and talk of others) we even get to see it at the end- it's crescent shaped!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 7849584, member: 16069"] [B]#023 Pools of Darkness by James M Ward & Anne K Brown (Heroes of Phlan 2) Read 4/11/19 to 8/11/19[/B] [ATTACH alt="Forgotten Realms Pools of Darkness (Heroes of Phlan 2) a 30.jpg"]115546[/ATTACH] Book 2- and praise be, it's better the first . Good, not great, but y'know- well worth the read, particularly as it went on. The start of it all is Phlan (and a bunch of other cities around the Moonsea) are wrenched out of the ground and transferred to well, various places. Phlan's new home is in a large underground cavern beneath the abode of Marcus, the comedy central CRAY-ZEE Red Wizard of Thay, and his bad guy roster. All of this badness is down to BANE! Anybody played Baldur's Gate Descent into Avernus yet? Just wondering- can't think why. Shal (Wizard) & her husband, Tarl (Cleric of Tyr) are at home in Phlan for the sudden move- thereafter the pair fend off the various attacks by Marcus and his assorted naughty people, pick of the bunch for the villains is General Brittle, who is clearly unimpressed by Red Wizard- as is the Pit Fiend- Tanetal, Latenat! In truth he's not a very impressive specimen. Meanwhile on the surface Ren wanders (for far far FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAr) too long, although he picks up a few cool cats along the way- Evaine (Ancient/young Wizard), Gamaliel (Panther-like/Barbarian familiar- hey, that's familiar), a pair of comedy Druids and best of all Miltiades, a skeletal Paladin of Tyr out to fulfil his final challenge. The new good guys are great to watch and listen to (Shal, Tarl and Ren- less so, Ren is evening a bit boring for a while), a couple of the bad guys are likewise worth watching, the White Bard's failure just feels like a deus ex machina moment, which isn't good. But the action kicks in about page 260 with a trio of Abishai and it's rock and roll from thereon in- nice climax, liked it a lot. There's also some nice insight and intrigue in many parts but... big but, there's a fair amount of twaddle to get through until it really gets going. Read! Edit: Oh, and there's a pool of Darkness (and talk of others) we even get to see it at the end- it's crescent shaped! [/QUOTE]
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