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I'm reading the Forgotten Realms Novels- #202 The Howling Delve by Jaleigh Johnson (Dungeons 2)
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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8245013" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>Back to books that I've also read now, though as always the memories are fuzzy with patches that shine through. In this case, I mostly remember recalling how this was the "official" version of what happened in the Baldur's Gate series. Even before we got <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/160318/Murder-in-Baldurs-Gate-5e?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank"><em>Murder in Baldur's Gate</em></a> telling us that Abdel Adrian was a canon character (even if <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/51644/Grand-History-of-the-Realms-35?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank"><em>The Grand History of the Realms</em></a> confirmed that first), it was widely understood - or at least I thought so - that the novelization was what "really" happened in terms of Realmslore.</p><p></p><p>One of the characters who stuck out more was Sarevok's moll, though I can't recall her name. Then again, that may be because of the scene where she has to fight a doppelganger, and its ability to fight her grows in direct proportion to how many of her memories it can read, essentially copying her ninja training. To be fair, a lot of people forget that doppelgangers can read minds in D&D (fun fact: in AD&D they could only do so with 90% accuracy, guaranteeing that there'd be minor slips here and there that would eventually give them away). At the same time, I distinctly remember shaking my head, since fighting ability doesn't work like that (at least, not under the game rules).</p><p></p><p>Beyond that there isn't a lot here that I recall. I enjoyed the third book in this particular trilogy more than the first two, which may have something to do with the fact that it was written by a different author. The first novel wasn't bad (I liked it a lot more than the second one) but was something that I otherwise didn't take much of a shine to. I've never once felt the need to go back and pull this off the shelf in order to re-read my favorite parts.</p><p></p><p><em>Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8245013, member: 8461"] Back to books that I've also read now, though as always the memories are fuzzy with patches that shine through. In this case, I mostly remember recalling how this was the "official" version of what happened in the Baldur's Gate series. Even before we got [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/160318/Murder-in-Baldurs-Gate-5e?affiliate_id=820'][I]Murder in Baldur's Gate[/I][/URL] telling us that Abdel Adrian was a canon character (even if [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/51644/Grand-History-of-the-Realms-35?affiliate_id=820'][I]The Grand History of the Realms[/I][/URL] confirmed that first), it was widely understood - or at least I thought so - that the novelization was what "really" happened in terms of Realmslore. One of the characters who stuck out more was Sarevok's moll, though I can't recall her name. Then again, that may be because of the scene where she has to fight a doppelganger, and its ability to fight her grows in direct proportion to how many of her memories it can read, essentially copying her ninja training. To be fair, a lot of people forget that doppelgangers can read minds in D&D (fun fact: in AD&D they could only do so with 90% accuracy, guaranteeing that there'd be minor slips here and there that would eventually give them away). At the same time, I distinctly remember shaking my head, since fighting ability doesn't work like that (at least, not under the game rules). Beyond that there isn't a lot here that I recall. I enjoyed the third book in this particular trilogy more than the first two, which may have something to do with the fact that it was written by a different author. The first novel wasn't bad (I liked it a lot more than the second one) but was something that I otherwise didn't take much of a shine to. I've never once felt the need to go back and pull this off the shelf in order to re-read my favorite parts. [I]Please note my use of affiliate links in this post.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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