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<blockquote data-quote="MerricB" data-source="post: 6723683" data-attributes="member: 3586"><p>Rather a surprising lack of Realms-shaking events in Ed's latest Forgotten Realms novel - you can find my <a href="http://merricb.com/2015/10/08/book-review-spellstorm-by-ed-greenwood/" target="_blank">review here</a>, but as I get older, I appreciate spending time with characters when they're not locked in mortal combat. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Elminster gets a wonderful line when he says "Most of the strife I foresee will be on the Sword Coast and its backlands"... which almost certainly has to be a reference to Wizards' current adventure/storyline publishing strategy. </p><p></p><p>The book updates a few things about the post-Sundering Realms, which is no mean trick because most of it takes place in a manor where the guests can't leave due to the eponymous spellstorm. Elminster also gets to "retire" and be a butler, or something like that. But we get a clue of what Mystra is up to, and there's a lot of time spent with old favourites of the Realms.</p><p></p><p>I didn't really realise back when I was first introduced to the Realms exactly how important some characters were to Ed (and in his home campaign). I've got a much better idea of that now, because Spellstorm revisits a number of characters that were prominently displayed in early Realms products (and I'm sure have been developed since then): Elminster, Myrmeen, Khelben, Alusair and Mirt in particular. Manshoon - of course - also gets a fair bit of attention. </p><p></p><p>I've got this odd perspective on the Realms, as I was one of its early fans (collecting everything I could, etc.), but drifting away in the 2E days. I occasionally picked up things here and there mainly due to Organised Play, but there's a lot of material I never really paid attention to. So, I come back to this book and say, "Hey! I know a lot of these characters!" And they feel developed, which is to say: they've had lives. They've had things happen to them. And, though they're the same characters at their core, they've been changed by the hundred-odd-years that have happened in the Realms since they were introduced to me.</p><p></p><p>And that is absolutely awesome. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>So: I really enjoyed this book. I think it has a few structural flaws and probably doesn't spend enough time fleshing out the other guests, but I wasn't reading it for them. I was reading it for Alusair and Elminster. For that, it delivered.</p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MerricB, post: 6723683, member: 3586"] Rather a surprising lack of Realms-shaking events in Ed's latest Forgotten Realms novel - you can find my [url=http://merricb.com/2015/10/08/book-review-spellstorm-by-ed-greenwood/]review here[/url], but as I get older, I appreciate spending time with characters when they're not locked in mortal combat. :) Elminster gets a wonderful line when he says "Most of the strife I foresee will be on the Sword Coast and its backlands"... which almost certainly has to be a reference to Wizards' current adventure/storyline publishing strategy. The book updates a few things about the post-Sundering Realms, which is no mean trick because most of it takes place in a manor where the guests can't leave due to the eponymous spellstorm. Elminster also gets to "retire" and be a butler, or something like that. But we get a clue of what Mystra is up to, and there's a lot of time spent with old favourites of the Realms. I didn't really realise back when I was first introduced to the Realms exactly how important some characters were to Ed (and in his home campaign). I've got a much better idea of that now, because Spellstorm revisits a number of characters that were prominently displayed in early Realms products (and I'm sure have been developed since then): Elminster, Myrmeen, Khelben, Alusair and Mirt in particular. Manshoon - of course - also gets a fair bit of attention. I've got this odd perspective on the Realms, as I was one of its early fans (collecting everything I could, etc.), but drifting away in the 2E days. I occasionally picked up things here and there mainly due to Organised Play, but there's a lot of material I never really paid attention to. So, I come back to this book and say, "Hey! I know a lot of these characters!" And they feel developed, which is to say: they've had lives. They've had things happen to them. And, though they're the same characters at their core, they've been changed by the hundred-odd-years that have happened in the Realms since they were introduced to me. And that is absolutely awesome. :) So: I really enjoyed this book. I think it has a few structural flaws and probably doesn't spend enough time fleshing out the other guests, but I wasn't reading it for them. I was reading it for Alusair and Elminster. For that, it delivered. Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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