Storm of the Dead

[DarkSongKnight]

The prelude for Storm of the Dead, the second book in The Lady Penitent series, is now available to read. Enjoy.

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[Bhaern Quel]

I would perfer a more valid souce then a fan one.

OH forgot if you do not want to read the caphter, spoiliers do follow.

Read no more

I tell you once,

I tell you twice

I tell you three times.

If you read this far it is likely you read the prelude.


I am less happy about the content of the example.


The Dark Maiden reverts to using two swords, another player enters the game while there is a piece on the side.

[Narsia Ny'Dhun]

Is there a problem with using two swords?

I won't read it, it'll just make the wait for the book that much harder. i don't mind spoilers, but gawd it'd just make me more anxious.

[Bhaern Quel]

The Dark Maiden used two swords in 2nd Edition, however 3rd Edition she uses a single bastard sword. Lisa appears to be using old source material. Not sure why Eilistraee weapons was changed in first place, perhaps not to look too much like that ranger.

[Narsia Ny'Dhun]

Ahh.

Kinda makes me wonder how the end result of this trilogy will be accepted by the D&D community if she is in fact using old source material.

[Bhaern Quel]

Of course it might be new material, that she now uses two swords and F&P is incorrect. We indeed need to see how this ends up.
Over at Candlekeep some changes are called retcon (retroaction conversion) and many do not like them.

Of course one example of a retcon is the DD entry that had Eilistrace using two singing swords of dancing (in 2nd) to using one dancing keen bastard sword.

[Shir'le E. Illios]

Thanks for that, Neyinssin.

If I remember I'll make a news post for this tomorrow (short on time now).


Love -x-x-x-

Shir'le

[Shir'le E. Illios]

There, made a news post for it.


Love -x-x-x-

Shir'le

[Argoth]

Well it's somehow more allright to me to use two swords to dance, but why was that changed in the first place? I got used to that one sword.

[Narsia Ny'Dhun]

Ask Ed.

[Bhaern Quel]

[quote="Narsia Ny'Dhun":3cec6qhx]Ask Ed.[/quote:3cec6qhx]

Well Ed only recently permitted other races (female) to be Clerics. However DD permitted then for over 15 years. TSR and now WotC clearly over rules parts of Ed's visions, also appears to censor content that should be at least R (if not higher) rater) based on his complaints.

What I suspect occured was with the design change of rules and 2nd Edtion saying the singing swords worked like bastard swords, the people writing F&F decided one bastard sword was better then two "normal" swords that worked as bastards swords.

[Narsia Ny'Dhun]

So Ed's a sexist, eh? And here I was praising him as a visionary.

What a tangled web. Tsk tsk.

Those are interesting rules though, having to change everything any time a new version is churned out. Makes me glad I'm not one of their writers.

[Bhaern Quel]

[quote="Narsia Ny'Dhun":1jarv1gn]So Ed's a sexist, eh? And here I was praising him as a visionary.[/quote:1jarv1gn]
Err Ed is a flower child, if not transgendered. IAE he clearly has an X rated mind. For example he dressed in high heels, black net stockings and other grab at one GenCon. In appears he has no issue with playing or dressing as a female.[quote:1jarv1gn]

What a tangled web. Tsk tsk.

Those are interesting rules though, having to change everything any time a new version is churned out. Makes me glad I'm not one of their writers.[/quote:1jarv1gn]

Well new replaces old, sometimes explained and sometimes not in novels or source material.

[Narsia Ny'Dhun]

That comment was actually more of a joke...but wow. Interesting mind.

Okay, so sometimes they do explain changes, and sometimes not. Well that makes about as much sense as possible.