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?
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?
