Originally posted by srankmissingnin
The Forgotten Realms campaign books are written by Ed Greenwood (or at least the one in question here), the guy who created the Forgotten Realms Campaign setting and has written the majority of the books that take place in it. Salvatore is just playing in Ed's sandbox.
And Greenwood is playing with Salvatore's characters...
Furthermore, no Greenwood has not written the majority of the novels that take place in the Forgotten realms campaign setting... He has written a good amount, but there are plenty of other authors within the forgotten realms world. Also, by Salvatore's own words Drizzt is the best...
Originally posted by Battlehammer
no he cant actaully they can only wield dwarven war axes one ended. Great axes are complete different story. I play the game.
Shit that's right but considering the bio I'd say this is Bruenor circa the end of The Legacy. Didn't he get a 2h greataxe and Mithril plate armor after he was crowned king? The gear is accuare then, although out of date.
haahahaha. Im thinking of making a poll about it and I garentee the majority of the people say I stomp you.
oh and stop being a whimp and lets do this. I can't wait for your reasons for why thing beats wolverine lol...........man it better not be that things hands move faster then Logans becuase I will laugh all day long.
Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Shit that's right but considering the bio I'd say this is Bruenor circa the end of The Legacy. Didn't he get a 2h greataxe and Mithril plate armor after he was crowned king? The gear is accuare then, although out of date.
nope it still incorrect bruenor has always wielded a dwarven war axe and shield.
also he got his new shield and dwarven war axe in the second book well before the legacy even began
this further prove my point how inaccurate they are.
Originally posted by Battlehammer
nope it still incorrect bruenor has always wielded a dwarven war axe and shield.also he got his new shield and dwarven war axe in the second book well before the legacy even began
this further prove my point how inaccurate they are.
I don't remember. I'll re-read Legacy after I finish the Orc King.
Originally posted by Jade Lightning
The Orc King was awesome and further solidified the already apparent fact that Drizzt and Bruenor are unrivaled as far as warriors go, at least when compared to Pwent and the others. If i am not mistaken, didn't the handbook place Pwent at a higher level than Drizzt and Bruenor...?
Thimbledorf Pwent doesn't have an offical entry as far as I know.
And The Orc King is okay so far, Obould is a great character that needs to be explored much more.
Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Thimbledorf Pwent doesn't have an offical entry as far as I know.And The Orc King is okay so far, Obould is a great character that needs to be explored much more.
Actually I agree with you where Obould is concerned. I'm happy with what Bob has done, adding a bit of depth to such an unorthodox character. When I say The Orc King is awesome, I am referring to the last few chapters and the final battle contained therein... I think it is the best in any of the books.
Originally posted by Battlehammer
how do you like the orc king so far
I just finished reading The Orc King, and I have to say it is a massive (massive!) improvement to The Hunter's Blades Trilogy. Actually, that doesn't do The Orc King justice, since The Hunter's Blades Trilogy is composed of the worst three books Salvatore has ever written, I'd have to say this his the best Drizzt focused book since The Halfing's Gem... well... maybe The Silent Blade.
Salvatore's two book break from Drizzt has done him good. After The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, I thought that Salvatore was just going through the motions with Drizzt for a paycheck, but he has managed to breath life into a series that has been stale for a long while. This is a huge step forward for Drizzt, not just story wise but the actually level of writing is leaps and bounds ahead of The Hunter's Blades Trilogy. A welcome change is the fact that Drizzt doesn't ***** and moan about killing Ellifain and his worries about being with Catti-brie over and over again, for page after page, with entire paragraphs that looked like they were just copied and pasted into the book to fatten it up. I don't know who deserves the credit, Salvatore or his editor but thank god!.
I don't want to spoil the book but there is actually some character development and change to the statuesque on characters that have been static and pretty much the same for years. The best parts of the book involve Obould, Tos'un and Hralien (who are all infinitely more interesting then Drizzt and co) I'd like to read some solo adventures but hopefully they get more development in the next two books.
Now I have to wait two years for this series to finish and maybe three more years if Salvatore decides to do a Cadderly trilogy like he wants before there is even a chance at another Artemis book... damn.
Originally posted by Battlehammer
I personally love the thousand orc triligy. Lone drow ending was one of my favorit scene in any of the books as was the fight at shallows in thousand orcs.
I hated it, Salvatore's writing has never been top shelf (he is no Martin or Gemmel or anything like that) but it was just awful in the The Hunter's Blades Trilogy. Re-read the trilogy again and take note of all the times Drizzts thoughts about killing and his doubts over loving Catti-bre are repeated... its maddening. How many times does Drizzt need to say "*cry* *cry*, I'm sooooooo sad I killed Ellifain, I need to talk about it for a few sentences or paragraphs ever ten pages" or " cry cry Catti-bre is human and I'm a Drow, *cry* *cry* even if we get together I'm totally gonna out live her... I think I should repeat this fact in equal measure through out the book also to drive up the page count."
The fight between Obould and Drizzt at the end of Two Swords was good though, amung the top 5 Salvatore fights.
Everyone make sure to pick up Troy: Fall of Kings by David Gemmel when you go to pick up The Orc King. The last book he wrote before he died just came out on the 2nd and every one should read it... hell read any book he has writen! If you think Salvatore writes good fight scenes you will shit your pants when you read Gemmel.