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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8491055" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>As it turned out, I <em>do</em> remember several salient points regarding this novel; I just couldn't recall that I remembered them.</p><p></p><p>Which is to say, there were several parts of this particular book that stuck out in my mind, but I needed to review it's Wikipedia entry to remember that <em>this</em> was the one where they happened. For instance, the issue with Lolth suddenly granting spells again, followed by Triel casting a <em>miracle</em> spell to turn Gromph's losing fight with Dyrr around; very cool imagery there, but I'd forgotten that the major issue with Lolth's Silence - i.e. that she'd gone silent - ended here, despite there being one more book in the series.</p><p></p><p>I'm likewise still trying to recall if this was the one which revealed that the Demonweb Pits was no longer part of the Abyss, becoming its own plane. That was an eye-rolling moment for me, because A) it seemed like a years-late justification of that whole "World Tree" idea, where the Forgotten Realms cosmology was needlessly reshuffled away from perfectly-serviceable Great Wheel (even if you could technically chalk that up to the events of <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17483/Die-Vecna-Die-2e?affiliate_id=820" target="_blank"><em>Die Vecna Die!</em></a> (affiliate link), which despite popular belief is actually German for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaXigSu72A4" target="_blank">"The Vecna The!"</a>), and B) I'm still not entirely sure how they justified that change from an in-character presentation. If Lolth did that herself, then...how? Last time I checked, becoming a greater deity (which was Lolth's goal with the Silence, even though it wasn't ever confirmed by any subsequent game materials) doesn't allow you to reshape cosmologies.</p><p></p><p>Also, props to Valas for knowing when to exit stage left. Dude already got hit with aboleth slime, and needed to have a <em>baleful polymorph</em> used to change him back to normal in an earlier book, which noted that it only approximated how he used to look before. When stuff like that happens, it's best to quietly part ways with the party while you can, since at that point you're pretty much asking for some big bad to undo the <em>baleful polymorph</em> with a <em>dispel magic</em> and let you asphyxiate.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8491055, member: 8461"] As it turned out, I [I]do[/I] remember several salient points regarding this novel; I just couldn't recall that I remembered them. Which is to say, there were several parts of this particular book that stuck out in my mind, but I needed to review it's Wikipedia entry to remember that [I]this[/I] was the one where they happened. For instance, the issue with Lolth suddenly granting spells again, followed by Triel casting a [I]miracle[/I] spell to turn Gromph's losing fight with Dyrr around; very cool imagery there, but I'd forgotten that the major issue with Lolth's Silence - i.e. that she'd gone silent - ended here, despite there being one more book in the series. I'm likewise still trying to recall if this was the one which revealed that the Demonweb Pits was no longer part of the Abyss, becoming its own plane. That was an eye-rolling moment for me, because A) it seemed like a years-late justification of that whole "World Tree" idea, where the Forgotten Realms cosmology was needlessly reshuffled away from perfectly-serviceable Great Wheel (even if you could technically chalk that up to the events of [URL='https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17483/Die-Vecna-Die-2e?affiliate_id=820'][I]Die Vecna Die![/I][/URL] (affiliate link), which despite popular belief is actually German for [URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaXigSu72A4']"The Vecna The!"[/URL]), and B) I'm still not entirely sure how they justified that change from an in-character presentation. If Lolth did that herself, then...how? Last time I checked, becoming a greater deity (which was Lolth's goal with the Silence, even though it wasn't ever confirmed by any subsequent game materials) doesn't allow you to reshape cosmologies. Also, props to Valas for knowing when to exit stage left. Dude already got hit with aboleth slime, and needed to have a [I]baleful polymorph[/I] used to change him back to normal in an earlier book, which noted that it only approximated how he used to look before. When stuff like that happens, it's best to quietly part ways with the party while you can, since at that point you're pretty much asking for some big bad to undo the [I]baleful polymorph[/I] with a [I]dispel magic[/I] and let you asphyxiate. [/QUOTE]
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