Video for RA Salvatore fans

Where as Drizzt himself can be a bit moody, sensitive, and quiet (mostly self-loathing because he keeps getting other people into shit because other people won't leave him the hell alone), there's always his alter-ego, the Hunter. He's as badass as it gets. A cold-blooded, heartless, ruthless killer.

 

He's the one with the axe, right? Who's the dude with the hammer, then...'cause that's a little confusing. :crazy:

 

Wulfgar. He's a human barbarian from Icewind Dale. He's Bruenor's adopted son. Long story.

 

Yup, the short guy with the axe and beard. In the stories he's always quick to anger and it's almost impossible to earn his trust. If you havn't read the Icewind Dale trilogy you should give it a look see.

 

He stole that name from me! I had a first edition wolf nomad NPC with that name in the (very) early 90's...bastards! :rant: This was years ago, when Zorn had moved an hour west of here to work & first met his future spouse (Lady Zorn). I created an adventure she could play with us set in the Burneal Forest. My barbarian was somewhat leaner, darker, and hairy-er. Not Conan strong, but with the speed, agility, and savagery of a wolf.

Perhaps I should; just can't quite bring myself to do it. The closest I ever got with DnD based stuff was something Gygax wrote - the Gord stuff. I think I read one of those. Unfortunately, I was more used to Robert E. Howard at the time, and it just was not the same. To this day, IMO, no one equals him for a sword & sorcery tale. But, Michael Moorcock is a good (great) second. Tolkien tops them all for epic & tragic, though. I really think I'm going to start H.P. Lovecraft soon. All this EEG stuff has got me feeling my darkside a bit, and I want to feed it. Besides, it's on Mr. Gygax's suggested reading for DnD, which I've never read.

 

You sure you weren't copying it from him? Those novels were first published in the late 80's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Icewind_Dale_Trilogy

But, perhaps you should give Salvatore's Forgotten Realms novels a try. He's been on the New York Time's Best Seller list quite a few times for his novels. People just love his work. In some of his earlier novels, he uses corny phrases a bit too often, but they are still excellent stories, imo. And besides, it never hurts to go to your local bookstore and read the first chapter or two of the book to see if you like it before you buy.

 

You never pass up a chance, do you?

Yes; considering I've never read any of R.A Salvatore's work. It's origins are in the Old English (saxon), and I'm quite certain I got it from there. Haven't I said J.R.R. Tolkien was a favorite author of mine HOW many times? That name was in print long before you first read it in the Icewind Dale saga. What do you want to bet Mr. Salvatore's a fan of the former Oxford Professor of Anglo Saxon, too? As I also said previously, you might just want to read some of Tolkien's works (especially the Silmarillion) to find out about these things.

 

Quote from Lord_Spike ;(The closest I ever got with DnD based stuff was something Gygax wrote - the Gord stuff. I think I read one of those. Unfortunately, I was more used to Robert E. Howard at the time, and it just was not the same. To this day, IMO, no one equals him for a sword & sorcery tale).
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I agree with you about Robert E. Howard, I'm the proud owner of all 13 original stories he wrote featuring Conan. I don't look at RA Salvatore's work as DnD type writing, it seems to deep and the characters are well defined. I think if you had time to read the Icewind Dale Trilogy you'd probably see what I mean, it has alot less focus on Drizz't and more on the whole group of adventurers.

btw.....I will definately check out the Silmarillion. Is that the name of the book?

 

You've got it, Sir! Plenty of info in these links:

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/lordoftheringstrilogy/silmarillion.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Silmarillion


Picked up my first bits of H.P. Lovecraft today. The snippets I perused in the book store look juicy. Gonna start them very soon!

 

if you want to try a new series Spike you might want to look into Robert Jordan's wheel of time. he use to write a few of those conan trade novels that were popping up for awhile. the last book isnt out yet but so far its an awesome read

 

Both books are a collection of short stories. The reading of them reminds me of how Gygax describes thing in the dungeons he's created. If I still like them when I've finished, I'll move on to Cthulhu. :evil:

 

im going to go out on a limb here and say that i dont really enjoy salvatore's or tolkien's work (when compared to other fantasy novels at least).

buahahahhahaa :twisted: