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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 8678082" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#168 Lady of Poison by Bruce R Cordell (Priests 1) </strong></p><p><strong>Read 22/6/22 to 28/6/22</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]252345[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Well, it's a good enough story, and the action in places is great, the locale- particularly for the final chase to the end- that's the sweet spot. Under-Tharos, with the Queen Abiding and the Sighing Vault, I loved this place, the crypt-o-dungeony goodness (real badness) of the place, a location and a situation I'd love to replicate in my game.</p><p></p><p>The thing that made me doubt though, with this one- were the characters, Marrec seems, at times, to be a bit... waffy- unsure, uncertain and then soon after strangely cocky and a bit aloof; not much like a man of faith, a Priest- and that's important (you'd think) in this series. Ususi is a curmudgeon, and I usually dig curmudgeons, and yet... the mean and moody just seems to grind. Gunggarri sounded promising at first, the tattooed barbarian warrior with his massive didgeridoo, but... then he got all noble savage and started to sound (after a while) like Tonto.</p><p></p><p>"Three men pass here two moons ago- one had cornflakes for breakfast."</p><p></p><p>Likewise- Ash, the Child of Light, naah! Unspeaking (almost) dumb (as in considered to be simple) and yet peaceful (strangely calming) innocent come to save us all. Yeah, I think I've seen this done before.</p><p></p><p>The stand out character, for me, is Fallon, and of course it was obvious he was up to no good from the get go, see the scene he intros. But then Fallon gets a conscience, and although the good guys all go on a journey, and change (a little) after the climax/denouement, it's Fallon who in the words of Spike Lee finally gets it- "Do the right thing".</p><p></p><p>Ten more close up pages with Fallon and he could have been the hero of this one.</p><p></p><p>So, loved the location, loved the bad guys, loved the dungeony goodness- and there's plenty of it. Disliked, or rather just didn't get on with, the heroes of the piece. A bit odd, really.</p><p></p><p>Read.</p><p></p><p>Stay safe and well you lovely people.</p><p></p><p>Cheers goonalan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 8678082, member: 16069"] [B]#168 Lady of Poison by Bruce R Cordell (Priests 1) Read 22/6/22 to 28/6/22[/B] [ATTACH type="full" width="189px"]252345[/ATTACH] Well, it's a good enough story, and the action in places is great, the locale- particularly for the final chase to the end- that's the sweet spot. Under-Tharos, with the Queen Abiding and the Sighing Vault, I loved this place, the crypt-o-dungeony goodness (real badness) of the place, a location and a situation I'd love to replicate in my game. The thing that made me doubt though, with this one- were the characters, Marrec seems, at times, to be a bit... waffy- unsure, uncertain and then soon after strangely cocky and a bit aloof; not much like a man of faith, a Priest- and that's important (you'd think) in this series. Ususi is a curmudgeon, and I usually dig curmudgeons, and yet... the mean and moody just seems to grind. Gunggarri sounded promising at first, the tattooed barbarian warrior with his massive didgeridoo, but... then he got all noble savage and started to sound (after a while) like Tonto. "Three men pass here two moons ago- one had cornflakes for breakfast." Likewise- Ash, the Child of Light, naah! Unspeaking (almost) dumb (as in considered to be simple) and yet peaceful (strangely calming) innocent come to save us all. Yeah, I think I've seen this done before. The stand out character, for me, is Fallon, and of course it was obvious he was up to no good from the get go, see the scene he intros. But then Fallon gets a conscience, and although the good guys all go on a journey, and change (a little) after the climax/denouement, it's Fallon who in the words of Spike Lee finally gets it- "Do the right thing". Ten more close up pages with Fallon and he could have been the hero of this one. So, loved the location, loved the bad guys, loved the dungeony goodness- and there's plenty of it. Disliked, or rather just didn't get on with, the heroes of the piece. A bit odd, really. Read. Stay safe and well you lovely people. Cheers goonalan [/QUOTE]
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