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<blockquote data-quote="innerdude" data-source="post: 6832644" data-attributes="member: 85870">1) A glaring omission for me is Anthony Ryan's Blood Song. Books 2 and 3 in the series don't hold up as well as the first one, but Blood Song is an absolute fantasy masterpiece. 2) For my &quot;vote off the island,&quot; I'm torn. My first instinct was to go with the Wheel of Time, just because it's really not a great fit for a &quot;D&amp;D&quot; world (we tried playing the d20 campaign setting back in the day, it was a muddled, mixed bag at best), and also because books 6-10 are just horrendous to read. But really, if I absolutely HAD to vote, it would be to vote off the Kingkiller Chronicles. No offense to you who love it, but the The Wise Man's Fear, the second book in the series, is one of the most overrated fantasy novels of all time, with some of the worst plotting and character development I've ever seen. That, and the character of Kvothe is basically Rothfuss' adolescent fantasy DMPC. 3) It's fairly new, but the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne by Brian Staveley is excellent, and I think has a very distinct &quot;D&amp;D&quot; vibe to its setting and characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="innerdude, post: 6832644, member: 85870"] 1) A glaring omission for me is Anthony Ryan's Blood Song. Books 2 and 3 in the series don't hold up as well as the first one, but Blood Song is an absolute fantasy masterpiece. 2) For my "vote off the island," I'm torn. My first instinct was to go with the Wheel of Time, just because it's really not a great fit for a "D&D" world (we tried playing the d20 campaign setting back in the day, it was a muddled, mixed bag at best), and also because books 6-10 are just horrendous to read. But really, if I absolutely HAD to vote, it would be to vote off the Kingkiller Chronicles. No offense to you who love it, but the [I]The Wise Man's Fear[/I], the second book in the series, is one of the most overrated fantasy novels of all time, with some of the worst plotting and character development I've ever seen. That, and the character of Kvothe is basically Rothfuss' adolescent fantasy DMPC. 3) It's fairly new, but the Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne by Brian Staveley is excellent, and I think has a very distinct "D&D" vibe to its setting and characters. [/QUOTE]

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