Stupid Author Syndrome
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shilsen
Adventurer
I'll start:
There's this one guy who actually has the characters sail to the coast of a country which happens to be landlocked! How stupid is that? Though I will admit it has some of the coolest departures I've read - [Exit left, pursued by bear]. Unfortunately, after that the plot has to jump some 16 years before it restarts, and has an NPC called Time appear to announce it! Jeez!
Guess who?
There's this one guy who actually has the characters sail to the coast of a country which happens to be landlocked! How stupid is that? Though I will admit it has some of the coolest departures I've read - [Exit left, pursued by bear]. Unfortunately, after that the plot has to jump some 16 years before it restarts, and has an NPC called Time appear to announce it! Jeez!
Guess who?
fredramsey
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Here's an obscure one:
Author rides on coattails of one of the best SF authors of all time. Writes a "sequel" to this other author's first book. In the original, the moon was destroyed by a huge land based weapon because it was falling to earth. In the idiot new author's book, the moon is miraculously back! And the theme of the book has little or nothing to do with the original!
Author rides on coattails of one of the best SF authors of all time. Writes a "sequel" to this other author's first book. In the original, the moon was destroyed by a huge land based weapon because it was falling to earth. In the idiot new author's book, the moon is miraculously back! And the theme of the book has little or nothing to do with the original!
TheAuldGrump
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Hmmm, let's see...
The author has killed off nearly every major character at least once, only to have it turn out that they were never killed.
And
The author keeps using the same 'quest for the magic rock' quest in series after series. (I actually liked the first QFTMR series, but it got old the second or third series out... Then he did prequels...)
And
The author had a book who's main plotline involved a pregnant mummy. (You know, the ones in all the bandages...!) And in another novel had an immortal vampire who could not be destroyed until the end of the world, so when the herroine kills the vampire the world ended! (The only two books that I have ever thrown across the room in my life. After throwing the second one I realized that the rage seemed familiar, so I looked at the spine of the book - sure enough, same author.)
All are different authors.
The Auld Grump
The author has killed off nearly every major character at least once, only to have it turn out that they were never killed.
And
The author keeps using the same 'quest for the magic rock' quest in series after series. (I actually liked the first QFTMR series, but it got old the second or third series out... Then he did prequels...)
And
The author had a book who's main plotline involved a pregnant mummy. (You know, the ones in all the bandages...!) And in another novel had an immortal vampire who could not be destroyed until the end of the world, so when the herroine kills the vampire the world ended! (The only two books that I have ever thrown across the room in my life. After throwing the second one I realized that the rage seemed familiar, so I looked at the spine of the book - sure enough, same author.)
All are different authors.
The Auld Grump
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Particle_Man
Explorer
Well, one author made a big deal out of how in the movie Citizen Kane, no one ever actually hears the main character whisper "Rosebud", so the whole point of the movie (a reporter trying to find out what "Rosebud" meant to the old man) makes no sense, and why did no one ever notice this, yada yada yada...and this is actually used by a magical creature to win a bet with "stupid humans".
But in the movie the butler specifically says that he was the one who heard the old man whisper "Rosebud"!
Um, the book in which this discussion takes place could be classified as modern fantasy/science fiction. heh.
But in the movie the butler specifically says that he was the one who heard the old man whisper "Rosebud"!
Um, the book in which this discussion takes place could be classified as modern fantasy/science fiction. heh.
Patryn of Elvenshae
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TheAuldGrump said:
Gotta love David Eddings ...
jmucchiello
Hero
Why can't you name names?
Quasqueton
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When I opened this thread, I was expecting to see mentions of stupidity in published D&D modules. Since this is a D&D forum, and the other two "Stupid X Syndrome" threads were directly D&D related, how about we discuss some D&D modules?
Quasqueton
Quasqueton
Bleys
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I'll throw a D&D adventure SAS mention in, just so that there's at least one more than before 
Why is it that authors feel the need to equip "monster" NPCs with rapiers when they give them levels in the Rogue class? We all began to look at it as a running gag when we would run into a hostlie underwater creature who was wielding a rapier, and all just looked at each other and said "more rogues".
At the very least you'd think the author would take a little time and determine what would be a good "light" weapon that fits the race instead of just throwing the all-too-cliche rapier onto them!
Why is it that authors feel the need to equip "monster" NPCs with rapiers when they give them levels in the Rogue class? We all began to look at it as a running gag when we would run into a hostlie underwater creature who was wielding a rapier, and all just looked at each other and said "more rogues".
At the very least you'd think the author would take a little time and determine what would be a good "light" weapon that fits the race instead of just throwing the all-too-cliche rapier onto them!
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