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Post by tavis on Sept 11, 2010 8:05:21 GMT -6
I blogged about this at The Mule Abides, but wanted to post about it here because I think it was a "what are we reading" thread that put Paksenarrion's Deed / Sheepfarmer's Daughter on my list in the first place. Specifically: 1) The middle volume of this trilogy incluces an encounter-by-encounter description of an adventure in T1: The Village of Hommlet. It's more faithful than some of the official Greyhawk novelizations! Does anyone have, or want to compile, a list of the correspondences? Any info on the gaming history of the author, Elizabeth Moon? 2) I think it's the best based-specifically-on-D&D novel I've ever read, judged by the criteria of a novel. (Maze of Peril gets the gold medal judged by the criteria of "fascinating because it encapsulates a specific D&D play experience," with Quag Keep a close second.) What are the other contenders? 3) Have you seen Moon's technique of renaming all the D&D bits used in actual play, and how did it work?
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Post by thorswulf on Sept 11, 2010 15:30:59 GMT -6
I never really put the two together myself, but it is an interesting observation! Moon's depictions of standard D&D races is pretty solid and traditional, while her descriptions of druidic magic, non standard priest (e.g. the Swordmasters) types, really open up some of the possibilities for the game. This is one of my favorite series ever, and I have the original paperbacks saved for my children.
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Post by kesher on Nov 16, 2010 13:45:06 GMT -6
I've never heard of these books---I'm gonna have to track them down!
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Post by coffee on Nov 19, 2010 1:59:51 GMT -6
They're pretty good -- I read them years ago.
One of my old DM's had them (curiously enough, the most Gygaxian DM I ever knew...)
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Post by stonetoflesh on Nov 22, 2010 14:59:45 GMT -6
I first read about the Paksenarrion trilogy and its connection to T1 on another gaming forum (Dragonsfoot or rpg.net?) a few years back. I went out and read the novels, which were quite good. I keep telling myself I'm going to read the prequel books (Legacy of Gird) but I just haven't gotten around to it...
Raymond Feist's Riftwar Saga (aka "D&D vs. EPT -- fight!") should also be included in any list of non-D&D D&D fiction.
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