Forgotten Realms Discussion Thread

Originally posted by srankmissingnin
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.

The part were bruenor makes his stand on the boulder in lone drow was one if not my favorit scene in any of the books. I also loved all the battles in thousand orc book. I loved the new characters introduced as well. I love drizzt return to the hunter. I simply loved the books. My least favorite book of salvator was the one focus souly on wulgar.

i have to agree with battlehammer, the thousand orc trilogy was pretty good imo, and spine of the world (the wulfgar one) wasn't all that great.

Spine of the world sucked. It is the fourth worse book... right behind the poorly written Hunter's Blade Trilogy. 😉

Originally posted by srankmissingnin
Spine of the world sucked. It is the fourth worse book... right behind the poorly written Hunter's Blade Trilogy. 😉

............the orc triligy was good.

wulfgar book sucked. It was far below that of the orc triligy

Originally posted by Battlehammer
............the orc triligy was good.

wulfgar book sucked. It was far below that of the orc triligy

It was a poorly written series of books that were full of pointless fluff that drove up the page count. It had no significant character development amung the main cast and there was no change the status quo. Three books full of pointless melodrama that add nothing to the overall "plot", with a fight scene thrown in here and there for good measure. It was a pointless, poorly executed throw back Legacy of the Drow.

The Hunter's Blade Trilogy was just a mash up of all of Salvatore's other storys with Drizzt's tiresome inner monologues overpowering everything else in the novels. The saving grave of the Trilogy was Obould.

You liked the Bruenor wanking. Okay, cool, but thats like me picking a single panel from Wolverine Origins and saying: This is an awsome book, just look at this panel.

And Thousand Orcs is book one in The Hunter's Blade Trilogy. There is no Thousand Orcs Trilogy, it's called The Hunter's Blade Trilogy.

To each his own... but the fact that Salvatore is your favourite auther is very telling. 🙁

Originally posted by srankmissingnin
It was a poorly written series of books that were full of pointless fluff that drove up the page count. It had no significant character development amung the main cast and there was no change the status quo. Three books full of pointless melodrama that add nothing to the overall "plot", with a fight scene thrown in here and there for good measure. It was a pointless, poorly executed throw back Legacy of the Drow.

You liked the Bruenor wanking. Okay, cool, but thats like me picking a single panel from Wolverine Origins and saying: This is an awsome book, just look at this panel.

And Thousand Orcs is book one in The Hunter's Blade Trilogy. There is no Thousand Orcs Trilogy, it's called The Hunter's Blade Trilogy.

To each his own... but the fact that Salvatore is your favourite auther is very telling. 🙁

Not really. Drizzt was able to come to terms with the fact his friends were likly dead. He was able to learn what it truelly ment to be an elf. The book had points and character development. Just becuase you don't like it does not mean it was not a good book.

Bruenor wanking? He was bearly in the books he was pritty much dead for all of lone drow. It was much more about drizzt catter and wulfgar. I also loved the fight on the cliffs pwent togar, ted and so forth are great characters.

yes I know it called the hunter blade trilogy.

salvator is an amazing author.

salvatore is an ok author. he damn sure isn't a best, but he's not the worst either. i still thing the hunter's blade trilogy was decent, but i admit that maybe thats just because adore drizzt and company.

Ed Greenwood is a brilliant writer IMO, The Guy created Elminster 😄

I would not say Salvatore is an amazing author, but I would not agree that The Hunter's Blades was terrible. I agree that Drizzt's monologues did repeat the same messages over and over again and I think Salvatore could have SHOWN us how Drizzt was feeling through his actions rather than spell it our for us in monologues, but it gives the reader a more intimate relationship with the lead character.

As far as writing itself goes, Salvatore is no Tolkien, Gaiman, or even Weis or Hickman. His settings are not described in much detail- not that that's always a bad thing- and he rarely showcases original ideas. Two things he does well: he has a gnack for writing exciting, gripping action scenes and he doesn't get bogged down in pointless exposition, although I would enjoy a bit more exposition than we're usually offered in his books. His split narrative keeps you turning the pages, but leaves little room for one to become completely engrossed with any one scene, so the whole work, rather than a specific scene stands out... good or bad, that's just how it is and it depends on how you see it.

what tier would drizzt,bruenor,wulfgar,pwent be in fighting skills

Was any one else disapointed in the latest comic to come out of the haftlings gem

Originally posted by Battlehammer
what tier would drizzt,bruenor,wulfgar,pwent be in fighting skills

Drizzt - high

Bruenor- Low high - High middle
Pwent - High middle

Wulfgar- High low

I don't remember the characters' names, but wasn't there also some human that stalemated Drizzt in a swordfight?

Wouldn't he, also, therefore, be high?

What's Drizzt done that would put him at high?

Not that I'm disagreeing, just curious.

Originally posted by Gecko4lif
Drizzt - high

Bruenor- Low high - High middle
Pwent - High middle

Wulfgar- High low

Originally posted by Battlehammer
yo do realize bruenor more skilled then pwent right?

Originally posted by StylishSmurph
What's Drizzt done that would put him at high?

Not that I'm disagreeing, just curious.

Killing Dantrag barnre
Kill hundreds of thousands of orcs, goblins etc
Kill dozens of orges and Giants
Killing dozens of drow
Killing A high level demon twice, a mid level demon and several Deomans
Also killing a Dragon and countless Barbarains.

Not to mention beating the most skilled assassin ever and not dying Against Zakneifen

If bruenor and drizzt fought they stalemate. though it hard to say if bruenor is drizzt level of skill or it be do to his style and attributes.

Originally posted by Soljer
I don't remember the characters' names, but wasn't there also some human that stalemated Drizzt in a swordfight?

Wouldn't he, also, therefore, be high?

He lost to drizzt more times then not,but ya he be high.

in my opinion the best fighters in the realms in drizzt series
is bruenor and drizzt. Last book just shows them at a level beyond pwent and them.

they also go some crazy feats.

Zakneifien will always be number 1 in my book
Both times they fought he had drizzt beat

that was a long time ago and drizzt has improved a lot.