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Wed May 10, 2006 4:23 am
Tomb of Horrors (novel)
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Has anyone had a chance to read this? I just recently found a copy - and I'm a little nervous... This has always been one of my favorite all-time mods, right up there with the GDQ series (and you saw what they did to that in the books!). Anyone think it was worth it?
Thanks _________________ Michael Erin Sandar Bard of Midwood
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Wed May 10, 2006 1:58 pm
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out of all of that series i feel tomb of horrors was the best in my hunble opion
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Thu May 11, 2006 4:04 am
Tomb of Horrors (novel) **spoilers!!**
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*spoilers*
I suppose the (relative) lack of a plot in the module left the author open for a lot of interperetaion, but... Tharizdun? And the Scarlet Brotherhood? _________________ Michael Erin Sandar Bard of Midwood
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Thu May 11, 2006 7:34 pm
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hey at least there was no little fairy flying around hogging up the pace and story
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Thu May 11, 2006 8:32 pm
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I kinda liked the fairy, but Polk was more fun, especially in badger form. _________________ "Quos deus vult perdere prius dementat (Those whom a god wishes to destroy he first drives mad)"
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Mon May 15, 2006 1:28 pm
ToH Is Good
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hal wrote: |
hey at least there was no little fairy flying around hogging up the pace and story. |
That is exactly my compliant about the Justicar series - that annoying pixie, Escalla. I hate her.
I too, think that Tomb of Horrors is the best of that group of Greyhawk novels. I like the characters - especially the principal of the story, the tortutred paladin. His elf-ranger friend is cool, too. Not a bad read. _________________ Don (Greyson)
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Wed May 17, 2006 8:03 am
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I'm a ways into this book now, and I must say, quite impressed. Up till now, my favorite in the Greyhawk books was 'Against the Giants' - this is a close pitch for first. Inside the Tomb itself (so far) I've been able to read with a copy of the original module next to me and track the partys progress on the map. That is something I love to be able to do. The one thing about AtG that bugged me was that a full half of the book was devoted to the Steading of the Hill Giants, but so little of the book dealt with G2 or G3. (they seemed very glossed over to me). So far, though, ToH is a hit.
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Fri May 19, 2006 9:31 pm
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I enjoyed ToH the novel. IIRC, there was another thread some time ago about which novels were worth digging into and which were best avoided.
Relatedly, is Bibgy's Curse (the Endless Quest book) worth picking up? _________________ Allan Grohe (grodog@gmail.com)
http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/greyhawk.html
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Sat May 20, 2006 3:06 am
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Grodog, "Bigby´s Curse" is a bit teen-mooded and displays some canon contradictions (such as giving Bigby´s a pseudodragon´s familiar - not Edwina), but has its moments. _________________ Kneel before Rahu!
Victor Caminha
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Thanks Wykthor :D _________________ Allan Grohe (grodog@gmail.com)
http://www.greyhawkonline.com/grodog/greyhawk.html
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