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The chapters are fairly lengthy, so I'm just going to post one a day for now.

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Will Shal and her rad horse Cerulean find Ranthor's killer, or will she just continue to have a crashout now that she's swole?

Find out tomorrow!

>>97834610
>switches scenes three times within as many paragraphs
>clunky sentence structure
>sweaty breasts on the first page
Nice idea OP, but I'm good.

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>>97834651
I get that they couldn't just let her have three Wish spells at the ready, but come on...

>>97834677
>sweaty breasts on the first page
And that's a problem because...?

>>97834677
80s fantasy novels... what are ya gonna do?

>>97835087
Honestly, I'm more annoyed at how the writer made her waste the second wish - I'm pretty sure that's not how Rings of Wishes/Wish spells work RAW, although it's been a while since I last read 2nd edition's rules on either of those.

>>97834651
>>97834654
I wonder how big she is? 200lb-230lb?

>>97834656
Honestly, I don't blame her crashing out - she's had to deal with a shitload of grief and responsibility over a small space of time, and she just wasted TWO Wish spells in about a minute. That's got to hurt.

>>97837879
Yeah, that one felt more like a cunty move on the DM

>>97834601
The idea of a book club is to encourage people to read and discuss books right? Early on you need to get people engaged with the books. After a while when they're accustomed to the activity you can retain them as you experiment with different books.

You're chosen a thoroughly mediocre book. I doubt I'm ever going to read it again. You could have chosen a really good book. You could have chosen a really terrible book, like how people think they're cool for watching "the worst movie ever made". Instead, you chose a book that is below average, very dull, and not worth reading.

Ward was okay with rules, settings, modules, but he's not a good fiction author. I don't know exactly how much Hong influenced things but I can say it wasn't enough for either good or bad.

In terms of following the mechanics of the game, he actually made effort to follow the rules of AD&D and he tied the structure to the computer game well.

And the book suffers for it.

It's just a long slog from one rather uninteresting, implausible scenario to the next. Like how the villain's lair is just outside the city walls, or nearby townsfolk are safe despite the infested temple in the city.

The next book is even worse. The city gets teleported underground. Despite there being no fields for crops or fodder, no streams or lakes for fishing and water, no forests for fuel or hunting, life goes on as normal while wave after wave of monsters assail the city, a city with an impossibly huge contingent of magic-users and clerics repelling the assaults.

The books are on the wrong side of the average line but they're not far enough down to bring in the engagement needed to build a book club. You really should have started with great first.

>>97837879
>2nd edition
Not relevant, the game predates 2e. The novel came after 2e but it's based on the computer game and 1e. However, the majority of rules didn't change and most of the changes that did happen were minor and don't apply to the novel.

>>97838767
Ed Greenwood?

OP here - I can see that most of the feedback I'm getting here isn't exactly glowing praise, therefore I'm going to avoid the sunk-cost fallacy and leave it there. People are more than welcome to suggest good /tg/ novels for me to post in future, but I'm not going to beat my head against a brick wall and leave everyone annoyed at me.

>>97840178
I was enjoying the story. Fuck the haters.

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>>97840185
... alright, let's hit a compromise - I'll carry on until halfway through the book (chapter 6) and if people are still pissed at me then I'll call it there and try another book next Saturday.

That sound fair to everyone?

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btw I am still open to suggestions

>>97840240
Fair.

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Is Anton doomed? And what of Shal?

Find out tomorrow!

>>97840288
Thank you OP.

>>97835286
Because they're not on my face.
>>97836989
Hey let's be real now, a lot of modern fantasy is uniquely worse. I'm totally guilty of being a snob.

>>97840288
Can't wait for more swole Shal.

>>97840178
i m liking it so far. i loled hard when she turned into female he-man. this lass is retarded in a good way. about the read the second part.

>>97840488
>she turned into female he-man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAYXdblTBG0

I'm not sorry

>>97840615
lol

When do we get /tg/ Quest Club?

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>>97840279
>YOU FUCKING CLERICS, COMING IN HERE WITH YOUR HOLY SYMBOLS! SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO REST, HERE!

>>97842804
>not SOME OF US ARE TRYING TO REST IN PEACE, HERE!

Hey, I remember this game! A friend of mine loved playing it, I think he got some of the sequels as well. I didn't know it got a tie-in novel.

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>>97834601
Forgotten Realms is for wokster pedofile gay pussies that like to talk about the mental illnesses and victim cultures while circle jerking to their sexually degenerate fantasies using D&D. Get rekt.

Greyhawk is for people with enormous swinging dicks.

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>>97834601
Been listening to a few old D&D audiobooks at work lately. (pic related is the one I finished last week)

They are surprisingly decent. A lot better than most litrpg slop being "written" today.

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Will Ren ever get some snu-su? And what of Shal and Tarl?

Find out tomorrow!

>>97846308
Now we have 2 muscle babes!

>>97846293
Based Ren, appreciating more than one body type

>>97846293
Yeah, the writer definitely has a thing for buff women

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Now that our heroes are finally together, can they survive Sokol Keep?

Find out tomorrow!

>>97853100
Why not just explain that he's an animal companion? I can't imagine such creatures are that rare, and why keep that fact a secret to begin with?

>>97853155
lol, good on Shal for pointing sticking up for herself

I feel like we spent a little too long on setting up our PCs for this module, but it's nice to have the plot move forward

>both the male leads think Shal is hot
I know wanting a throuple is a vain hope, but let me dream

I hope this inspires some Shal fanart.

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Can our heroes find all the secrets of Sokol Keep?And what of this mysterious pool?

Find out tomorrow!

>>97859123
ffs, just say "He's my animal companion, we have magical telepathy"

>>97859245
Yeah, I really don't get why she can't explain to these people something that must be fairly uncommon in Forgotten Realms lore

I'd complain about how long it's taken to get to the plot of the game, but it's not like Pool of Radiance had much of a plot to begin with

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Can Shal bring Ranthor's murderer to justice?

Find out tomorrow!

I feel like the whole "Cadorna is a secret bad guy" twist could've been shown a bit later in the story - this is the second time we've seen him

>>97865364
Yeah, he should've had more scenes to keep the reader guessing.

... Ah. I forgot that /tg/ has a smaller image limit than other boards.

Well, I guess it's time for a new thread!

>>97869607

>>97869612
Rip.