Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
I'm reading the Forgotten Realms Novels- #202 The Howling Delve by Jaleigh Johnson (Dungeons 2)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 8636940" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#161 Viper's Kiss by Lisa Smedman (Serpents 2) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 10/5/22 to 17/5/22</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]157235[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, I struggled with this one too, and so what can I say? I don't want you to think that there's anything wrong or bad with these last two novels, Smedman uses fine words, everything is well plotted and described, and... yet, I just can't get into this series.</p><p></p><p>There's a paucity of action, by which I mean plenty goes on in the way of intrigue and event and yet I find myself missing the cut and thrust of a good combat encounter, as described in detail in very many other books here. Sure- sometimes there are just too many choreographed fights, but in this series- well, not enough; the tension is here but much less apparent. I feel that I am being told at times, rather than shown, but again... I think that's more to do with my likes, rather than a failing of the author.</p><p></p><p>The series also feels a little less D&D than some of the others, and in the previous novel I found myself getting lost once or twice, having to go back five pages to read again- to try to figure out where the hero (Arvan) was at.</p><p></p><p>As always there are things to like here, the Yuan-ti magical impregnation of Foesmasher's (silly name) daughter feels like a new and nasty thing, something I'm going to store away in my DM's mind for a rainy day in my game. I'm still enamoured with the methods and model of psionics use, that's still good, but- I still don't like Arvan as much as I should. In this one I found myself caring more about Karrell, she seems to have had a much more interesting story- and (new/alien) world view.</p><p></p><p>Every now and then I still get to thinking- wouldn't it have been great if the Mind Seed did it's thing and our hero (still Arvan) was having to learn to live with being a yuan-ti, maybe learning the ropes from Karrell.</p><p></p><p>The end of this one however left me hoping- Karrell has been taken (most likely) to the Abyss, and I'm always keen for an author to venture there. So, looking forward to the next one a little more than I thought I would when I was stuck in the middle of this one.</p><p></p><p>Stay safe and well you lovely people.</p><p></p><p>Cheers goonalan.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 8636940, member: 16069"] [B]#161 Viper's Kiss by Lisa Smedman (Serpents 2) Read 10/5/22 to 17/5/22[/B] [ATTACH type="full" width="197px"]157235[/ATTACH] Well, I struggled with this one too, and so what can I say? I don't want you to think that there's anything wrong or bad with these last two novels, Smedman uses fine words, everything is well plotted and described, and... yet, I just can't get into this series. There's a paucity of action, by which I mean plenty goes on in the way of intrigue and event and yet I find myself missing the cut and thrust of a good combat encounter, as described in detail in very many other books here. Sure- sometimes there are just too many choreographed fights, but in this series- well, not enough; the tension is here but much less apparent. I feel that I am being told at times, rather than shown, but again... I think that's more to do with my likes, rather than a failing of the author. The series also feels a little less D&D than some of the others, and in the previous novel I found myself getting lost once or twice, having to go back five pages to read again- to try to figure out where the hero (Arvan) was at. As always there are things to like here, the Yuan-ti magical impregnation of Foesmasher's (silly name) daughter feels like a new and nasty thing, something I'm going to store away in my DM's mind for a rainy day in my game. I'm still enamoured with the methods and model of psionics use, that's still good, but- I still don't like Arvan as much as I should. In this one I found myself caring more about Karrell, she seems to have had a much more interesting story- and (new/alien) world view. Every now and then I still get to thinking- wouldn't it have been great if the Mind Seed did it's thing and our hero (still Arvan) was having to learn to live with being a yuan-ti, maybe learning the ropes from Karrell. The end of this one however left me hoping- Karrell has been taken (most likely) to the Abyss, and I'm always keen for an author to venture there. So, looking forward to the next one a little more than I thought I would when I was stuck in the middle of this one. Stay safe and well you lovely people. Cheers goonalan. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
I'm reading the Forgotten Realms Novels- #202 The Howling Delve by Jaleigh Johnson (Dungeons 2)
Top