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Interesting point Larry Send a noteboard - 11/09/2012 12:41:01 AM
I have noticed a tension between the character of Raistlin and the gameworld's absolutist approach toward Good/Neutral/Evil. His character is interesting at times; the writing just dampens it considerably for me. Much of that is likely due to the game origins getting in way of the trilogy's main plot/characterizations.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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This may be one of the most dire reviews you shall ever read Larry - 09/09/2012 09:12:25 PM 2128 Views
Certainly one of the most original, you get points for that. Legolas - 09/09/2012 10:39:00 PM 1370 Views
Well... Larry - 09/09/2012 10:57:25 PM 1362 Views
A review of a D&D bestiary could be more dire. Stephen - 09/09/2012 11:29:17 PM 1229 Views
Perhaps Larry - 09/09/2012 11:50:20 PM 1335 Views
Hey now. Owlbears are awesome. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:35:28 AM 1545 Views
That page is painful to behold Stephen - 11/09/2012 03:09:29 AM 1336 Views
They are popular as they are fun, easy reading books Wibble - 10/09/2012 12:11:24 AM 1313 Views
"Popular", "Fun," and "Easy" doesn't have to be equated with poorly-written Larry - 10/09/2012 12:16:27 AM 1446 Views
Poorly written by what standard? Wibble - 10/09/2012 12:29:17 AM 1398 Views
By the standards of what I enjoyed as a nine year-old? Larry - 10/09/2012 01:04:12 AM 1338 Views
So like I said, by the standards of Elitist Literary Snobs Wibble - 11/09/2012 12:03:08 AM 1445 Views
Nice attempt at sophistry, but alas, it fails Larry - 11/09/2012 12:38:24 AM 1339 Views
Was that meant to make any sense? Wibble - 11/09/2012 01:43:13 AM 1493 Views
Re: Was that meant to make any sense? Larry - 11/09/2012 01:54:23 AM 1336 Views
I'm with Wibble on this (big surprise) HyogaRott - 12/09/2012 03:07:53 PM 1453 Views
Heh. James - 12/09/2012 03:43:52 PM 1483 Views
Pretty much so Larry - 12/09/2012 04:19:35 PM 1474 Views
When did you put up that header? Stephen - 12/09/2012 04:35:20 PM 1357 Views
I didn't put it up Larry - 12/09/2012 04:51:32 PM 1265 Views
I shall tread lightly so. Stephen - 12/09/2012 06:15:51 PM 1393 Views
Larry - 12/09/2012 07:25:29 PM 1247 Views
+6 health? What game are you playing? Tom - 12/09/2012 07:52:52 PM 1300 Views
The Game of Life? Larry - 12/09/2012 08:23:53 PM 1370 Views
Re: Pretty much so HyogaRott - 12/09/2012 08:50:57 PM 1378 Views
You apparently do not read my blog/reviews much Larry - 12/09/2012 09:07:18 PM 1399 Views
Actually, I read them almost never HyogaRott - 13/09/2012 03:07:48 PM 1436 Views
I think my IQ dropped a little bit when I parsed what you said Larry - 13/09/2012 04:16:21 PM 1393 Views
Yep, your usual rebuttal... *NM* HyogaRott - 17/09/2012 02:14:56 PM 676 Views
No, not really Larry - 17/09/2012 06:25:15 PM 1203 Views
Yes, Yes, wrap yourself in arrogance and declare yourself correct until your opposite gets bored... HyogaRott - 17/09/2012 11:12:17 PM 1524 Views
Nah, I just wipe my ass with arrogance Larry - 18/09/2012 12:23:44 AM 1765 Views
The last word with me is rather difficult to obtain HyogaRott - 18/09/2012 02:48:03 PM 1289 Views
Don't try to argue with them. They've made their judgments. They are better than you. lord-of-shadow - 10/09/2012 09:36:17 PM 1352 Views
Defensive much? *NM* Larry - 10/09/2012 10:31:17 PM 732 Views
Perhaps. It's annoying, because I tend to agree with you guys - you and Tom and Stephen. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:32:28 AM 1347 Views
The odd thing that there wasn't any belittling on my part -see other response. *NM* Larry - 11/09/2012 03:17:36 AM 679 Views
For the record, I wasn't trying to be condescending in my response. Tom - 11/09/2012 05:52:29 PM 1358 Views
He never said you couldn't enjoy it. Stephen - 10/09/2012 11:10:11 PM 1464 Views
Indeed Larry - 10/09/2012 11:17:20 PM 1347 Views
But they aren't. Wibble - 10/09/2012 11:48:14 PM 1385 Views
Prove it. *NM* Stephen - 11/09/2012 03:12:17 AM 665 Views
He also went on to compare liking the books to having the standards of a nine-year-old. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:34:18 AM 1335 Views
You didn't read what I said very well then Larry - 11/09/2012 03:16:21 AM 1326 Views
You're right. In the context of this thread, I'm basically acting like a raving lunatic. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:48:19 PM 1365 Views
It's not like any of us have ever been innocent 100% of the time Larry - 11/09/2012 03:49:22 PM 1296 Views
I believe that they were not meant for adults. Tom - 10/09/2012 12:30:05 AM 1350 Views
Very few of my friends were reading the books; some played the game, though Larry - 10/09/2012 01:06:07 AM 1321 Views
Basically, both get dubious kudos for trying something new by the dire standards of the day. Werthead - 10/09/2012 11:38:22 PM 1362 Views
Interesting point Larry - 11/09/2012 12:41:01 AM 1329 Views
Are you aware of the game's alignment rules? Some of the novels struggle with this. Werthead - 12/09/2012 10:58:37 PM 1340 Views
Not aware of it at all until now Larry - 12/09/2012 11:18:57 PM 1333 Views
How is that possible? Tom - 12/09/2012 11:28:33 PM 1286 Views
My dad was (and is) influenced by Evangelicals Larry - 13/09/2012 12:17:36 AM 1238 Views
Wait, so you didn't read the Chronicles first? Tom - 13/09/2012 02:12:13 PM 1238 Views
No Larry - 13/09/2012 02:18:03 PM 1315 Views
Well, it's sort of like starting Jordan at Lord of Chaos Tom - 13/09/2012 05:18:23 PM 1303 Views
Oddly enough, I started WoT at CoS in November 1997 Larry - 13/09/2012 05:56:04 PM 1260 Views
Chronicles is considerably weaker Werthead - 13/09/2012 11:14:38 PM 1336 Views
Needless to say, once I finish reading the Icewind Dale trilogy, I'm done with D&D Larry - 14/09/2012 12:38:47 AM 1446 Views
12 modules, not 15 Tom - 14/09/2012 02:55:39 PM 1469 Views
These threads are so much better than the rape threads! *NM* Dan - 12/09/2012 04:03:01 AM 759 Views
You're just waiting to see if I'll use hexameter in the next one *NM* Larry - 12/09/2012 04:32:31 AM 601 Views
When do we get to see some alexandrines? *NM* Stephen - 12/09/2012 12:41:29 PM 686 Views
Or quatrains? Larry - 12/09/2012 03:25:13 PM 1228 Views
And having now finished Dragonlance: Legends, its very own sonnet Larry - 13/09/2012 12:31:51 PM 1320 Views
At least you didn't read the Baldur's Gate novelizations beetnemesis - 14/09/2012 04:29:17 AM 1257 Views
Sssssh! Larry - 14/09/2012 05:10:19 AM 1319 Views
People become lesbians for no reason! beetnemesis - 17/09/2012 04:34:20 PM 1186 Views
I think my IQ dropped further upon learning of this Larry - 17/09/2012 06:29:29 PM 1231 Views
Baldurs Gate wooooo! Foxhead - 14/09/2012 04:13:34 PM 1375 Views
Eh, Star Wars Expanded Universe I could see reading. Some of them are supposed to be good beetnemesis - 17/09/2012 04:37:05 PM 1685 Views
Is the review dire because of the subject or the sonnet form? Foxhead - 14/09/2012 04:24:37 PM 1295 Views
Both Larry - 14/09/2012 04:36:59 PM 1271 Views
it would be unusual for someone to just randomly pick books like that up Foxhead - 14/09/2012 05:05:37 PM 1531 Views
Interesting scenario Larry - 14/09/2012 10:16:11 PM 1293 Views
Re: Interesting scenario Foxhead - 15/09/2012 09:55:59 AM 1490 Views
Re: Interesting scenario Larry - 17/09/2012 06:28:57 PM 1226 Views
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