The Discworld Roleplaying Game (now available in PDF)

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by evileeyore

Luckily book 3 (Equal Rites) had an intriguing sounding premise and, most importantly, no Rincewind. If I'd had to put up with Rincewind for even one more book, I'd have quite Pratchet forever.

One should, perhaps, note that the Rincewind of Interesting Times and The Last Hero is a somewhat more developed character. (Last Hero is a bit of a small gem, but definitely a special case.)

Originally Posted by evileeyore

Yes, but he got over it. Mostly.

In which I mean further books in the series weren't so very anvilicious. And keep in mind Thud! wasn't the first overly moralistically preachy novel... Monstrous Regiment had a lot of moments where you could tell Pterry was throwing up his hands and shouting "But it's [CURRENT YEAR] why aren't we past this yet?!?!?!"

Well, I'm not sure that Raising Steam is entirely serene... and Monstrous Regiment is a war story; one rather expects those to feature a little horror at human failings.

But we digress.