Stupid Author Syndrome
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TheAuldGrump
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Particle_Man said: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.
Spider Robinson. Yes, I caught that.
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Nyarlathotep said:George R.R. Martin - A Song of Fire & Ice?
It's been awhile since I've reread the series, but I do recall being annoyed, very very very annoyed.
Jeph said:
Nope - but I will give a hint, these are Forgotten Realms novels...
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*EDIT But only this author, the rest ain't Forgotten Realms...
*EDIT 2* I never encountered the Glen Cook series mentioned, though I would guess 'Black Company'?
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Here's another.
This author could not find a word describing a creature that lived in a symbiotic relationship with another creature. Now the word he created is used by everyone except this author, who found out that there already was a word for such a creature, and being an honest man he uses the proper word.
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This author could not find a word describing a creature that lived in a symbiotic relationship with another creature. Now the word he created is used by everyone except this author, who found out that there already was a word for such a creature, and being an honest man he uses the proper word.
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I think the name Ilmater is also taken from Finnish mythology, although the deity in question is more based on Issek of the Jug from Lankhmar.kuje31 said:
Also, Sune is a thinly disguised Aphrodite - I'm told the name is Venus backwards with a dropped V. Which is kind of weird, because Sune is a male name here in Sweden.
Desdichado
Legend
I'm not sure of the author, but we just played part of an Eberron adventure, and we were attacked on a ship by undead.
Apparently the necromancer controlling them was supposed to be nearby and slips off into the wilderness (we heard about this later from the DM talking about what we'd done so far.) I thought maybe the boat was a coastal hugger and the necromancer was watching us from the shore -- but nope, I'd forgotten, we were in a big ocean-going galleon.
Our other solution was maybe the necromancer was in a little dinghy?
Apparently the necromancer controlling them was supposed to be nearby and slips off into the wilderness (we heard about this later from the DM talking about what we'd done so far.) I thought maybe the boat was a coastal hugger and the necromancer was watching us from the shore -- but nope, I'd forgotten, we were in a big ocean-going galleon.
Our other solution was maybe the necromancer was in a little dinghy?
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I will admit there is not enough detail in a lot of the Eberron adventures so far, like in The Forgotten Forge, where there is no depth measurement for the shaft they have to take down from the sewers. Kind of important when you're using a rope...
But I took the ship thing and ran with it. The Necromancer will become a major NPC later on in the game. She is a mercenary, currently working for the Emerald Claw, with a rather fast custom built airship. The airship hovered over the sea vessel, with lightning from its engines crackling down the mast. The skeletons slid down ropes from the airship onto the deck.
After fighting the skeletons (there were enough to pretty much take out the rest of the crew and passengers), she dropped down to the sea vessel on a floating platform and webbed the characters. She then asked them to hand over the journal, which they did not have. "Too bad for you," she said, and had the skeletons scuttle the ship.
They were rescued as the ship was sinking, but that's another story...
But I took the ship thing and ran with it. The Necromancer will become a major NPC later on in the game. She is a mercenary, currently working for the Emerald Claw, with a rather fast custom built airship. The airship hovered over the sea vessel, with lightning from its engines crackling down the mast. The skeletons slid down ropes from the airship onto the deck.
After fighting the skeletons (there were enough to pretty much take out the rest of the crew and passengers), she dropped down to the sea vessel on a floating platform and webbed the characters. She then asked them to hand over the journal, which they did not have. "Too bad for you," she said, and had the skeletons scuttle the ship.
They were rescued as the ship was sinking, but that's another story...
Joshua Dyal said:
Voadam
Legend
Module 1
party comes to an island where humans are all ethnically different from standard western PCs, nobody speaks common, there are no other PC races, outsiders are turned in to the ruling priestesses of Kali to be killed because of a prophecy that an outsider will kill their immmortal ruling high priest. People who turn a blind eye but are turned in by others are killed as well while snitches are rewarded.
How do the PCs find their way? A little shipwrecked orphan girl who was adopted by a childless couple sees the party, decides to befriend them, and can act as translator. Why wasn't she killed? She wears a mask her adopted parents gave her and is constantly swaddled in clothes to cover her western features, the parents tell people she was scarred.
Module 2
Party gets clues that lead them to believe nobles on island are murderers. They are actually undead servants of BBEG. In this pre3e one the undead type allowed them to keep class levels and abilities somewhat like a template. While the family relations are detailed, not one of them has stats, and the mansion has no maps.
party comes to an island where humans are all ethnically different from standard western PCs, nobody speaks common, there are no other PC races, outsiders are turned in to the ruling priestesses of Kali to be killed because of a prophecy that an outsider will kill their immmortal ruling high priest. People who turn a blind eye but are turned in by others are killed as well while snitches are rewarded.
How do the PCs find their way? A little shipwrecked orphan girl who was adopted by a childless couple sees the party, decides to befriend them, and can act as translator. Why wasn't she killed? She wears a mask her adopted parents gave her and is constantly swaddled in clothes to cover her western features, the parents tell people she was scarred.
Module 2
Party gets clues that lead them to believe nobles on island are murderers. They are actually undead servants of BBEG. In this pre3e one the undead type allowed them to keep class levels and abilities somewhat like a template. While the family relations are detailed, not one of them has stats, and the mansion has no maps.
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