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Does anyone know which books are set in the 4E rules inspired timelines? From what I can tell the Unclean/Undead/?? Red Wizards trillogy is, and the new Swordmage FR book is also. Are any of the other 2008 FR or Eberron releases explicitly set in 4e rules and/or history?
I'm asking so I can avoid them, but I'm sure others would want to know so they can seek them out.
Does anyone know which books are set in the 4E rules inspired timelines? From what I can tell the Unclean/Undead/?? Red Wizards trillogy is, and the new Swordmage FR book is also. Are any of the other 2008 FR or Eberron releases explicitly set in 4e rules and/or history?
I'm asking so I can avoid them, but I'm sure others would want to know so they can seek them out.
SwordMage isn't bad. I'm firmly Pathfinder, but I wanted to see how 4E would affect the FR novels. Besides some very light descriptions of areas mysteriously changed by the Spellplague, there's only one real give-away that this is a 4E novel: the main character tosses around spells before every combat. Which is to be expected of a novel called Swordmage, BUT you can almost see the at will/per encounter/daily nature of the spells.
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The Haunted Landtrilogy changed over to 4E in the first part of the book, which is when I stopped reading it. In my opinion the transition was handled poorly. I will not be purchasing the third book in the trilogy either.
Salavatore's new Drizzt trilogy, subtly called "Transitions", also helps convert. I thought the first book was terrbile, so I won't be buying the other two.
I believe the Empyrean Oddyssey might also be a change over book as well. Considering what I've experienced with the other two, I won't even bother checking out books 2 & 3 of this one.
I found the writing quality of Swordmage quite subpar. I was entertained by the book, however.
