Samuel Wise
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Favorite D&D Class: Warlock
Favorite D&D Race: Mousefolk
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Post by Samuel Wise on Jan 9, 2016 3:08:32 GMT
On the DMB (and forgive me, but I forgot who mentioned it... Joat I believe...) someone mentioned using the Drizzt books and their action scenes to describe a players battle habits. What other fictions can we use to describe different class actions. Obviously they should be novels or short stories and perhaps ones that focus around a specific class. It doesn't have to be battles, but Plus, I could use a 2016 reading list.
Barbarians: I think that the battles described in Space Wolves: Blood of Asaheim is how I imagine barbarians would fight (minus the machine guns and the tanks).
Rogues: The Assassin's Creed books may be interesting, though I've never read them. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell could be used when describing rogue
Any ideas? I really like using books to help you describe and fluid battle. I see it as a huge way to improve battles as far as I go (I need the extra help when it comes to battles).
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Post by lasersniper on Jan 9, 2016 3:25:13 GMT
Star Wars Space Battles: Timothy Zahn Star Wars Novels and the X-Wing Series.
Star Wars Ground Battles: Clone Wars Gambit books.
Whew, covering a whole universe is really hard to do ;P
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Post by joatmoniac on Jan 9, 2016 10:11:59 GMT
It was me, in reference to the describe the hit advice in the last DM-Nastics. Love or hate Drizzt those books have great battle descriptions. Also, I couldn't agree more with barbarians and Space Wolves, and I would say almost any book that has them in it would be good for barbarians. I know it's not a novel, but the Skullkickers comic is a quality high fantasy comic with a lot of action in it. Worth a read for anyone on these forums for sure.
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Post by frohtastic on Jan 9, 2016 15:25:28 GMT
I find neil gaiman and stephen king to be nice describers (?)
iirc the song of ice and fire books also have decent descriptors, and the wildlings and the dothraki should be good examples of barbarian society (though the dothraki more than wildlings imo)
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Samuel Wise
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Posts: 989
Favorite D&D Class: Warlock
Favorite D&D Race: Mousefolk
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Post by Samuel Wise on Jan 9, 2016 20:57:43 GMT
For Star Wars I can certainly concur with anything from the Clone Wars era, especially Karen Traviss' Republic Commando (specifically Hard Contact, the only good one). It is well worth the time to read and the battles described there are fantastic.
I have yet to read Ice & Fire, but I've heard great things about them.
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Post by frohtastic on Jan 9, 2016 20:59:54 GMT
For Star Wars I can certainly concur with anything from the Clone Wars era, especially Karen Traviss' Republic Commando (specifically Hard Contact, the only good one). It is well worth the time to read and the battles described there are fantastic. I have yet to read Ice & Fire, but I've heard great things about them. Oh man, I read like the entire series within a week. (it helps that it was like late in the year aka little to do at work, just sat there glued to the books) |
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