Cael
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I meant the rest of the trilogy.City of Towers is one book officially written by a single person.
I meant the rest of the trilogy.City of Towers is one book officially written by a single person.
Okay but what about the other books?Also by one person.
Reading the Haunted Lands books aka Szass Tam is a big undead Chad.
Book 3 they bring out a spellbook that supposedly contains a ritual to unmake all of existence except the caster, leaving him free to start over as the new Overgod.
Excuse me what? I mean epic stories must have epic stakes but I'm fairly certain Karsus Folly and the subsequent ban on extreme magic exists precisely to prevent that kind of shit.
Did you start with the first chronological book or the first one Moorcock The Dreaming City? I think they get better as the series goes on, especially near the end, but I will admit that none of the characters are particularly strong. The main focus is on Elric & his adventures in a very weird fantasy world. If you think you'll enjoy that, you'll enjoy Elric.I found the first Elric book beyond terrible, do they improve from that point on?
If you're reading them in chronological order from Elric's perspective, then the first book is the novel Elric of Melniboné that was written after the Stormbringer novel that concludes the series.I found the first Elric book beyond terrible, do they improve from that point on?
Is book 3 and 4 even worth reading?
Bodhi's whole body exploded in pain-a kind of burning agony she hadn't experienced since before she'd become a vampire. Things had pierced her flesh before, but weapons of steel or claw never hurt her. A blade had to be enchanted to make her bleed. No fist could bruise her, and no claw could rend her, but here she was, being torn apart by this thing's bare hands.
She'd tried to speak to him, to hypnotize him, to run from him, but nothing worked. The roof had been ripped off the Copper Coronet, revealing the dark, moonless sky. The thing that was once Abdel Adrian had destroyed the tavern, then turned its full attention on Bodhi. She'd even tried to tell him where to find the pieces of the Rynn Lanthorn. She'd tried admitting all her lies and manipulations. She'd even said she was sorry.
It took her leg off, and the pain was literally blinding. It ripped her arm off, and she almost passed out. She could feel cool blood drying all over her.
The creature bit into her chest, and she could feel her heart burst, and more blood exploded out everywhere. One of her breasts came off in its mouth, and she screamed. The sound was as alien in her ears as it was in her throat.
"Abdel!" she screamed, the blood that had filled her throat fountaining out with the name. "I love you… I loved you, Abdel…"
Well, after Ed Greenwood's virtual porn FR novels, I suppose it was a matter of time before the fetishists got into the act...the protagonist of Baldur's Gate(Abdel Adrian) eating Bodhi's breast is completely canon btw
Bodhi's whole body exploded in pain-a kind of burning agony she hadn't experienced since before she'd become a vampire. Things had pierced her flesh before, but weapons of steel or claw never hurt her. A blade had to be enchanted to make her bleed. No fist could bruise her, and no claw could rend her, but here she was, being torn apart by this thing's bare hands.
She'd tried to speak to him, to hypnotize him, to run from him, but nothing worked. The roof had been ripped off the Copper Coronet, revealing the dark, moonless sky. The thing that was once Abdel Adrian had destroyed the tavern, then turned its full attention on Bodhi. She'd even tried to tell him where to find the pieces of the Rynn Lanthorn. She'd tried admitting all her lies and manipulations. She'd even said she was sorry.
It took her leg off, and the pain was literally blinding. It ripped her arm off, and she almost passed out. She could feel cool blood drying all over her.
The creature bit into her chest, and she could feel her heart burst, and more blood exploded out everywhere. One of her breasts came off in its mouth, and she screamed. The sound was as alien in her ears as it was in her throat.
"Abdel!" she screamed, the blood that had filled her throat fountaining out with the name. "I love you… I loved you, Abdel…"
Nothing says masterful storytelling like interrupting your action scene with a paragraph about the minutiae of enchanted weapons and creature immunities.Bodhi's whole body exploded in pain-a kind of burning agony she hadn't experienced since before she'd become a vampire. Things had pierced her flesh before, but weapons of steel or claw never hurt her. A blade had to be enchanted to make her bleed. No fist could bruise her, and no claw could rend her, but here she was, being torn apart by this thing's bare hands.
Only if they have the same immunities, I think.Nothing says masterful storytelling like interrupting your action scene with a paragraph about the minutiae of enchanted weapons and creature immunities.Bodhi's whole body exploded in pain-a kind of burning agony she hadn't experienced since before she'd become a vampire. Things had pierced her flesh before, but weapons of steel or claw never hurt her. A blade had to be enchanted to make her bleed. No fist could bruise her, and no claw could rend her, but here she was, being torn apart by this thing's bare hands.
What's even funnier is that it's wrong. Creatures immune to non-magical weapons could harm each other with their claws and such (otherwise the D&D setting couldn't even function on a basic level).