Anything by Salvatore - there are some good pulpy sword and sorcery bits in the Icewind Dale trilogy but... he is terrible with names, terrible, abysmally so. And his dialogue leaves a lot to be desired.
Clicking Heels was village or a town name! I was like WhereTF does he get these names from. Most of his stuff was ok but he was really bad with names.
Escape from Undermountain-I remember a room full of liches, whom were so ancient that when they tried to walk, legs and feet snapped off! This was 2nd edition I think and you need a +1 or bwt to hit a lich-however these ones were brittle!
When I was reading Kameron M Franklin's _Maiden of Pain_, book III of the Priests series (and actually a fairly decent novel for what it is), I couldn't help but think that the author had done at least a little research into BDSM.
Franklin's book was a let down for me, only because the first chapter was so truly awesome. I mean, reading that first chapter, you can easily see why he got chosen from the open call. That first chapter is a real grabber! It's different from your run of the mill Realms novel, it sets up the characters, and it puts the reader in this strange world of Lovitar worship. I mean, Franklin really set the bar high with that first chapter.
Then the rest of the book was a let down, truly. It ran out of steam fast. It got bogged down quickly -- and that was long before encountering the were crocs in the swampers. So, in the end, I call it a disappointment.
I will give him credit though. He did try to explore themes that Realms fiction really hadn't addressed -- at least in a purposeful way, which mean he tackled a subject the more regular Realms authors had ignored/avoided. That takes its own type of courage. So while the novel was a bit of a disappointment for me, me appreciation for what Franklin attempted is quite high.
I suspect the novel schedule was too rushed for a first-time novelist.
It may not be the worst of them (to my chagrin, most of the Greyhawk novels are as bad if not worse, for different reasons), but the Dragonlance novel "Darkness and Light" was pretty horrendous, IMO. A gnomish contraption sends Kitiara and Sturm to one of Krynn's moons... ugh...
yeah, I agree, there are so many bad ones that it is hard to decide, but I am not a fan of Salvatore, have tried several of his books, but they are not very good; not well planned; and just not good stories; when I finish a book I dont want to feel like "who cares"; I have not been able to get into any of his books - too bad to as the whole Drow thing could have been a really great story.
The Greyhawke books are pretty good, like Gourd the rouge; dragonlance also pretty good; but many of the forgotten realms books are books I have forgotten; have prolly 20 of them and most are not good, some so bad I didnt even finish them. Will dig up some names if I think about it.
Anything by Salvatore - there are some good pulpy sword and sorcery bits in the Icewind Dale trilogy but... he is terrible with names, terrible, abysmally so. And his dialogue leaves a lot to be desired.
yeah, I agree, there are so many bad ones that it is hard to decide, but I am not a fan of Salvatore, have tried several of his books, but they are not very good; not well planned; and just not good stories; when I finish a book I dont want to feel like "who cares"; I have not been able to get into any of his books - too bad to as the whole Drow thing could have been a really great story.
I too had tried to read them; I put'em down, then picked'em up again the story of Drizzt in Homeland,Exile and Sojourn are really good...
Well, while they aren't technically novels, Ed Greenwood's Wizard Three stories in Dragon magazine were despicable. I hated those stories. I despised them. Those wretched tales made me want to skewer my out eyeballs with hot rusty spikes.
Anything with Eliminster. Seriously though, the last book of the Darkwalker on Moonshae trilogy. Kazgoroth is brought back is killed AGAIN in one sentence in the third book. Eliminster in Hell is a close second.
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Well, while they aren't technically novels, Ed Greenwood's Wizard Three stories in Dragon magazine were despicable. I hated those stories. I despised them. Those wretched tales made me want to skewer my out eyeballs with hot rusty spikes.
Really, they always made me laugh. And the one gave insight to the Simbul's thought process, when she debated if all three of them should be killed (including El) as a danger to magic.
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How does a LN cleric of Loviatar work?
'As mortals, we are all plagued by weakness and temptation. Only through rigid discipline and mastery of the pains of the flesh,' [Crack!] 'can we overcome this weakness and purify ourselves to be dispassionate dispensers of order. Through mortification of the flesh, we learn to master ourselves, and once you have mastered yourself and your own weakness, only then are you fit to judge others.'
How does a NE cleric of Loviatar work?
[Crack! Crack!] 'On your knees!'
'Ow! Stop it! I thought this was supposed to be holy or something? Why are you panting?'[Shh-Crack!] 'Silence! I keel you!'
Anywho, on-topic, my vote is for the third Time of Troubles book.
Books 1 and 2, Kelemvore is an incredible jerk, Cyric is actually a kinda sympathetic guy who actually offers some comforting words to Midnight when she's all bummed out by her crush on 'bad guy' Kelemvore, who's being a dick again. Book 3, Kelemvore is suddenly madly in true love 4eva with Midnight, and Cyric changes a letter on his character sheet and becomes EEEVVVVIIIILLL, mwah-ha-ha!
Spellfire, with the 6th level character blasting dracoliches out of the sky was vaguely funny, but I'd been warned, so it didn't really bug me.