SleepyDrug Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Anyone here use any ideas from the Deed of Paksennarion by Elizabeth Moon? Or have read the books. I'm re-reading it right now and while i wouldn't use the world whole cloth, it has some great ideas in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted May 4, 2004 Report Share Posted May 4, 2004 Re: Setting Idea Anyone here use any ideas from the Deed of Paksennarion by Elizabeth Moon? Or have read the books. I'm re-reading it right now and while i wouldn't use the world whole cloth, it has some great ideas in it. Many years ago (ie. when the books were still new) I used it, pretty much in whole, as a setting for a short-lived campaign. It's a nice setting, but lacks some of the "whiz-bang" stuff that my players expected in a fantasy setting. John D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyDrug Posted May 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Re: Setting Idea Sorting through the book, i've found lots of information on somethings but very little on other items. I realize thats because only the stuff relevent to the plot is described, but it makes an adaption hard to do. Did you have to fill things in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haerandir Posted May 5, 2004 Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Re: Setting Idea Just finished re-reading the series last month, actually. Though I found myself skipping ahead through some bits of it. It really does have a lot of potential as a setting. I especially liked Moon's treatment of gnomes (definitely a nice change of pace from "incompetent mechanics", "tricky illusionists" or "skinny dwarves" which is the usual spectrum). The elves were well-done, too, occupying a nice middle ground between Tolkien-inspired etherealness and a somewhat more prosaic realism. Also, I remember thinking, when I read the Complete Paladin's Handbook (for AD&D 2ed.), that some of the ideas in there were inspired by the Deed of Paksenarrion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyDrug Posted May 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2004 Re: Setting Idea I also liked her hints that rangers had special powers such as sensing the elfane taig and the martial orders. But as for running it as a setting; we have tons on Gird but know almost nothing of Falk or Camwyn. Nor do we ever see a map of the North during Paks time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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