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09-04-2018, 09:15 PM | #1 |
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Deed of Paksenarrion conversion?
There pretty good evidence that some of Elizabeth Moon’s “Deed of Paksenarrion “ trilogy is based in the old D&D Temple of Elemental Evil and it’s village of Hommet.
Has anyone done a write up for any game system of the larger world, it's gods and so on? The wider world doesn’t seem to be a straight Greyhawk conversion, tho some things are similar. |
09-05-2018, 05:53 AM | #3 |
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Re: Deed of Paksenarrion conversion?
I love the books but I'm not sure they're an easy sell to people who aren't into the intersection of religious and military affairs.
What are you going to do in that universe? Which group are you going to centre on? Be a Girdish militia grange? Be a mercenary company? Be a knight or paladin? It doesn't lend itself well to the traditional mixed group. It's true that the mages are just sort of there: the author hasn't ever bothered to detail the life of the modern wizards who don't think they are blessed by the gods but just want to pay the mortgage.
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09-07-2018, 05:41 PM | #4 | |
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Re: Deed of Paksenarrion conversion?
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It’s set in almost-WoG. I’m just FYI g to figure out which gods correspond to which and which nations to which. |
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09-08-2018, 09:01 AM | #5 |
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Re: Deed of Paksenarrion conversion?
From a conversation at A-kon with her, the gnomish law system is based on the roman legal system with respect to the 12 tablets; the dwarven legal system is based on early germanic laws. IIRC, she said that the village of Hommlet in the Temple of Elemental Evil wasn't a source for her.
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09-08-2018, 09:10 AM | #6 |
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Re: Deed of Paksenarrion conversion?
Plus it not limited to the original trilogy any more, even if you ignore the of Gird prequels, there the Paladin's Legacy series the follows what happen to the lives that Pak touch after the original trilogy.
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09-10-2018, 03:57 PM | #7 | |
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Re: Deed of Paksenarrion conversion?
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Moathouse, carnivorous frogs in the moat... etc, etc. ...and if that isn’t Lareth I’ll eat my hat. Last edited by tanksoldier; 09-10-2018 at 04:28 PM. |
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10-02-2018, 11:49 AM | #8 | |
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However it just one of many different sections in the three novels occupying the 2nd quarter of the 2nd novel. |
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09-12-2018, 09:46 PM | #9 |
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Re: Deed of Paksenarrion conversion?
From what I recall, they get a job with a noble or mercenary company providing magical advice and off-battlefield support (mostly healing if you're with a merc company), and that they charge hard cash for anything significant (potions, and such).
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09-13-2018, 05:38 AM | #10 | |
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The author doesn't care as much for the inner life of the magical practitioner as she does for the inner life of the military and religious folk. (And especially the military/religious folk.) Her one extended look at a mage is Luap in LIAR'S OATH and he ends up just short of damning himself for all eternity. Not a good look.
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