A remorseless ranger. A sentient hell hound pelt with a penchant for pyromania. An irksome pixie who sells intrigue and information. Three companions who find themselves trapped in a city filled with warring priestly factions, devious machinations, and an angry fiend. To save the city, they must find three weapons of power, which lie in the most trap-laden, monster-infested place this side of Acererak's tomb: White Plume Mountain.
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A remorseless ranger. A sentient hell hound pelt with a penchant for pyromania. An irksome pixie who sells intrigue and information. Three companions who find themselves trapped in a city filled with warring priestly factions, devious machinations, and an angry fiend. To save the city, they must find three weapons of power, which lie in the most trap-laden, monster-infested place this side of Acererak's tomb: White Plume Mountain.
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Very Good. Some yellowing inside of covers, back cover has some edge and corner wear and a crease, few faint spine lines from reading, pages are Clean and bright! Overall in Good Condition! (704K)
At times, the modern terminology used in the dialogue seems out of place in the fantasy world of White Plume Mountain. The witty, pretty fairy, Escalla, is guilty of most of these transgressions, speaking as though she is some teenybopper from this day and age, but she is not the only character whose vocabulary includes words that do not belong in a Dungeons & Dragons setting. Usually, I would get fairly angry at an author for throwing things from the wrong time stream into a medieval book, e.g., polka-dotted boxer shorts and hot tubs, but Paul Kidd writes in such a way that could make flying pigs seem the norm!
In the end, I couldn?t ? and didn?t ? put the book down, quickly moving on through Descent into the Depths of the Earth and Queen of the Demonweb Pits. The odd combination of characters and personalities balanced out wonderfully, with just the right amount of humor (lots of it!), romance, and adventure. Though Kidd?s take on the drow goddess seems a bit to childish to fit Lolth?s persona, overall the books were very good. I recommend them to anybody who is familiar with the basis of these books and who likes to laugh.
mbunce
Nov 3, 2009
You can't go wrong with Jus and Escalla
I just love Paul Kidd's creations of Escalla and Jus. He's written several novels set in the World of Greyhawk based off of classic D&D modules. This story is based off of the module White Plume Mountain. Jus is a Ranger, a powerful, wandering, dispenser of justice to evil doers. Escalla is a fairy princess, queen in her own mind really, who accompanies Jus on his adventures. Escalla is a powerful sorceress lending her magical might but just as often catching Jus within the radius of a fireball. One cannot forget Cinder's, Jus' sentient Hell Hound pelt that also tends to flame before he thinks (he likes things to burn don't cha know). If you've ever played through the module you've got the plot down right here. Jus is sent to recover three potent magical weapons within the mountain aided by people with their own agendas. This is a light, fun read with some classic D&D thrown it. I recommend it.
