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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 7862514" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#029 Night Masks by RA Salvatore (Cleric 3) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 23/11/19 to 26/11/19</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]116147[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Book 3- and the weakest link, so far, of this quintet. So, Aballister sends the Night Masks after Cadderly and the crew who have moved to the city of Carradoon, which is also on Aballister (and the Talona gang's) hit list. So, Ivan and Pikel Bouldershoulder are, as always, a violent giggle, while Danica is frowny and concerned for her man (Cadderly), and chop-socky-tastic between times. Cadderly is in the meantime getting to grips with the fact he is the Kwisatz Haderach (from Dune), when he's not turning in to Percival the squirrel. Eh?</p><p></p><p>The bad guys are the real problem- there are twenty of the Night Mask assassins in-game and yet the body count in the various fights we read through, which are all a bit samey-same, is far-far higher, or at least it seems so to me. Kierkan Rufo the Priest of Deneir traitor is mostly cowed and meh! As is the Bogo Rath the Talona gang's man on the scene- this after everyone else at Castle Trinity refuses to go on the caper. </p><p></p><p>So, the ultimo bad guy is Ghost, and he's cool- with some nice magic items, and a great set of defences (I wasn't even there). But... there's only so far you can go with his various schemes (which are oft repeated) part of the problem being Cadderly (Muad'Dib) just keeps seeing through them. Or else the Ghost's (PC) intended victims somehow find a way to keep the assassin at bay.</p><p></p><p>Vander is the best of the bad folk- and he's not even bad, just oddly possessed (by Ghost).</p><p></p><p>There are some funny bits in here (mostly the Bouldershoulder's) but there's a nice bit at the start when Cadderly is trying to figure out what's happening to him, the mage he visits suggests it may be a nasty case of Psionics. There's fun to be had, in places- there's fighting aplenty (but...) I wasn't gripped, it wasn't twisty-turny, I didn't yearn for anything much.</p><p></p><p>Cadderly is jumbly-up (mixed up in his head), Danica is jumbly about Cadderly, Bogo Rath and Kierkan Rufo are jumbly-pushovers, the Night Masks are not all that... which just leaves Ghost carrying the story/threat, and he keeps screwing up right royally. </p><p></p><p>Read!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 7862514, member: 16069"] [B]#029 Night Masks by RA Salvatore (Cleric 3) Read 23/11/19 to 26/11/19[/B] [ATTACH]116147[/ATTACH] Book 3- and the weakest link, so far, of this quintet. So, Aballister sends the Night Masks after Cadderly and the crew who have moved to the city of Carradoon, which is also on Aballister (and the Talona gang's) hit list. So, Ivan and Pikel Bouldershoulder are, as always, a violent giggle, while Danica is frowny and concerned for her man (Cadderly), and chop-socky-tastic between times. Cadderly is in the meantime getting to grips with the fact he is the Kwisatz Haderach (from Dune), when he's not turning in to Percival the squirrel. Eh? The bad guys are the real problem- there are twenty of the Night Mask assassins in-game and yet the body count in the various fights we read through, which are all a bit samey-same, is far-far higher, or at least it seems so to me. Kierkan Rufo the Priest of Deneir traitor is mostly cowed and meh! As is the Bogo Rath the Talona gang's man on the scene- this after everyone else at Castle Trinity refuses to go on the caper. So, the ultimo bad guy is Ghost, and he's cool- with some nice magic items, and a great set of defences (I wasn't even there). But... there's only so far you can go with his various schemes (which are oft repeated) part of the problem being Cadderly (Muad'Dib) just keeps seeing through them. Or else the Ghost's (PC) intended victims somehow find a way to keep the assassin at bay. Vander is the best of the bad folk- and he's not even bad, just oddly possessed (by Ghost). There are some funny bits in here (mostly the Bouldershoulder's) but there's a nice bit at the start when Cadderly is trying to figure out what's happening to him, the mage he visits suggests it may be a nasty case of Psionics. There's fun to be had, in places- there's fighting aplenty (but...) I wasn't gripped, it wasn't twisty-turny, I didn't yearn for anything much. Cadderly is jumbly-up (mixed up in his head), Danica is jumbly about Cadderly, Bogo Rath and Kierkan Rufo are jumbly-pushovers, the Night Masks are not all that... which just leaves Ghost carrying the story/threat, and he keeps screwing up right royally. Read! [/QUOTE]
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