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<blockquote data-quote="Rogue" data-source="post: 90425" data-attributes="member: 1307">Bah-Humbug...You bunch of bandwagoning oafs.&nbsp; Threads like this create bias, and bias create unneeded opinions that a new reader will take to heart.&nbsp; When he does, he passes the story on to his other book reading buddies, who do the same thing as he and dun buy the books.&nbsp; Now TSR and D&amp;D in general has lost profits.&nbsp; And we all know that a loss in profits is not a good thing.&nbsp; Ahem.R. A. Salvatore isn't half as bad as he is cracked up to be.&nbsp; I rather think the man can write, if you're into action and a close take on introspection.&nbsp; Not only that, but he gives a good description of battles, which any DM could learn from.&nbsp; His lands are laid out nicely for DM's to soak up, giving them more ideas/pictures for the continent of Faerun.&nbsp; Ed Greenwood's writing is more traditional, yet it isn't bad.&nbsp; And for the correction, Troy Denning was the author of The Avatar Trilogy, not the bogus named mentioned in a post previous.&nbsp; He was under the alias Richard Awlson.&nbsp; To see how much an author can improve over the years, read The Avatar Trilogy, then Return of the Archwizards.&nbsp; The former was good, and the latter excellent, if not for the information on the Shades.I much prefer that authors write within the rules, but that's me.&nbsp; Screw your opinion.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />&nbsp;&nbsp; it adds a bit of realism to the wonderful pen and paper games we all adore so much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rogue, post: 90425, member: 1307"] [b]Bah-Humbug...[/b] You bunch of bandwagoning oafs. Threads like this create bias, and bias create unneeded opinions that a new reader will take to heart. When he does, he passes the story on to his other book reading buddies, who do the same thing as he and dun buy the books. Now TSR and D&D in general has lost profits. And we all know that a loss in profits is not a good thing. Ahem. R. A. Salvatore isn't half as bad as he is cracked up to be. I rather think the man can write, if you're into action and a close take on introspection. Not only that, but he gives a good description of battles, which any DM could learn from. His lands are laid out nicely for DM's to soak up, giving them more ideas/pictures for the continent of Faerun. Ed Greenwood's writing is more traditional, yet it isn't bad. And for the correction, Troy Denning was the author of The Avatar Trilogy, not the bogus named mentioned in a post previous. He was under the alias Richard Awlson. To see how much an author can improve over the years, read The Avatar Trilogy, then Return of the Archwizards. The former was good, and the latter excellent, if not for the information on the Shades. I much prefer that authors write within the rules, but that's me. Screw your opinion. :p it adds a bit of realism to the wonderful pen and paper games we all adore so much. [/QUOTE]

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