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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 7927019" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p>There's a bit of me thought that the spinning wheels, plates in the air style ongoing plot/sub-plot-plottings and schemes was all to do with something that'll be along next... in Songs & Swords #2- Elfsong, but I'm prepared to be wrong. It's a way of being.</p><p></p><p>I didn't mind the writing style, because a change is as good as a rest, and besides (for me) a large chunk of this endeavour is about learning new things about the people and the places of the Realms, as long as the text is palatable then I'm in for a penny.</p><p></p><p>It was an easy read, the last page always made me want to read the next page- there was a bit of the twisty-turny stuff but not enough to make me lose my page. A lot of it, wouldn't you know, was just fluff on it- but, again, that's to be expected.</p><p></p><p>I said in my write up that I guessed the end of level villain pretty early, part of the reason I didn't swap horses as I read on was down to the fact that Kymil (SPOILER) was being deliberately distanced from the action by the author. A case of 'nothing to see here', which is often a good sign- the potential fall guys for the Harper assassin gig (an assassin of Harpers, just to make clear) were too much front and centre, kinda 'here they are...' jiggle-jiggle.</p><p></p><p>That said I loved the Serpent's off-hand, '...and by the way, I've put a price on your head, you may want to get a hat. Have a nice day y'all', to Danilo as the best line in the book, or at least the best line delivered in dialogue.</p><p></p><p>Part of this, again- for me, is about stocking my DM NPC cupboard with characters (as well as places & things & plots &...). So, I'm gonna get me some Elaith Craulnober, although I'm going to have to refer to the guy as the Serpent, or Elaith, because the 50-something year old kids I GM are going to get leery (and juvenile) with anyone calling themselves Craulnober (Crawl(or Cruel)-knobber etc.). But I'm having this guy in one of my future productions, same for Khelben- I wish I knew about these folk earlier.</p><p></p><p>That kind of thing, in essence, is what I'm doing here.</p><p></p><p>Also, I didn't mind that Khelben (like Big Ellie) had set himself up as the arbiter of what's right and proper- sacrifices may have to be made, sure a few people got killed but- the greater good. A bit of hubris here and there makes the world go around, and reinforces a few of my own real-world views.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for reading & commenting, always appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Cheers Goonalan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 7927019, member: 16069"] There's a bit of me thought that the spinning wheels, plates in the air style ongoing plot/sub-plot-plottings and schemes was all to do with something that'll be along next... in Songs & Swords #2- Elfsong, but I'm prepared to be wrong. It's a way of being. I didn't mind the writing style, because a change is as good as a rest, and besides (for me) a large chunk of this endeavour is about learning new things about the people and the places of the Realms, as long as the text is palatable then I'm in for a penny. It was an easy read, the last page always made me want to read the next page- there was a bit of the twisty-turny stuff but not enough to make me lose my page. A lot of it, wouldn't you know, was just fluff on it- but, again, that's to be expected. I said in my write up that I guessed the end of level villain pretty early, part of the reason I didn't swap horses as I read on was down to the fact that Kymil (SPOILER) was being deliberately distanced from the action by the author. A case of 'nothing to see here', which is often a good sign- the potential fall guys for the Harper assassin gig (an assassin of Harpers, just to make clear) were too much front and centre, kinda 'here they are...' jiggle-jiggle. That said I loved the Serpent's off-hand, '...and by the way, I've put a price on your head, you may want to get a hat. Have a nice day y'all', to Danilo as the best line in the book, or at least the best line delivered in dialogue. Part of this, again- for me, is about stocking my DM NPC cupboard with characters (as well as places & things & plots &...). So, I'm gonna get me some Elaith Craulnober, although I'm going to have to refer to the guy as the Serpent, or Elaith, because the 50-something year old kids I GM are going to get leery (and juvenile) with anyone calling themselves Craulnober (Crawl(or Cruel)-knobber etc.). But I'm having this guy in one of my future productions, same for Khelben- I wish I knew about these folk earlier. That kind of thing, in essence, is what I'm doing here. Also, I didn't mind that Khelben (like Big Ellie) had set himself up as the arbiter of what's right and proper- sacrifices may have to be made, sure a few people got killed but- the greater good. A bit of hubris here and there makes the world go around, and reinforces a few of my own real-world views. Thanks for reading & commenting, always appreciated. Cheers Goonalan [/QUOTE]
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