tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post5100837041323649700..comments2024-03-26T15:35:56.004-04:00Comments on Delta's D&D Hotspot: Endless Quest Flowchart -- Return to BrookmereDeltahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-17672052680147290542011-09-13T02:51:49.347-04:002011-09-13T02:51:49.347-04:00Oh, and (e) the plot point about his pets. Which a...Oh, and (e) the plot point about his pets. Which as I read it now, "You cannot help but compare him to a pet weasel named Sissel, you had as a child." [p. 121] -- which works in your favor, as "had as a child" is past-tense.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-32371298109058354752011-09-13T02:48:48.428-04:002011-09-13T02:48:48.428-04:00spartakos: Yeah, I hope I'm not harshing on pe...spartakos: Yeah, I hope I'm not harshing on people's buzz, as apparently it's a lot of people's favorites. I'll say: My opinion was not so low before I comprehensively mapped out the whole thing and confirmed that (a) you can't fight the bosses, and (b) there's an infinite loop.<br /><br />Your point about Brion being a child or not is fair, I thought it about it a bit before concluding that. Partly it's stuff like (a) lots of the context being in relation to his father, (b) instructional tone that Mim takes with him, (c) fighting child monsters in many scenes, (d) cover art gives him childlike proportions. As well as just being in a pattern of other childlike lead protagonists for the books. <br /><br />But the way you read it is certainly defensible; it never comes out and specifies his age.Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-87340766958608074372011-09-13T01:37:59.073-04:002011-09-13T01:37:59.073-04:00I remember really loving EQ books, and this was on...I remember really loving EQ books, and this was one of my faves. While your criticisms are very on point (especially the "kiddishness" of many of the encounters), I still remember it as enjoyable.<br /><br />One thing...you see Brion (the main character from RtB) as a child? It describes him as "a young elf", but young for an elf could still be, like, 50. And unlike most of the child protagonists from other books (Pillars of Pentegarn, and so forth), Brion is clearly a competent warrior...he's armed and armored, and he actually does fight it out with gnolls, wolves, even a gelatinous cube. I saw Brion, Caric (from Dungeon of Dread), and Landon (from Mountain of Mirrors) to be the most "adult" protagonists (and note that these are 3 of the first 4 books)....they all carry swords and kill monsters. And those were probably my favorite books of the series.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-59565210601542426752011-09-12T14:54:14.296-04:002011-09-12T14:54:14.296-04:00KenHR: I sympathize, that would've bugged me f...KenHR: I sympathize, that would've bugged me for a long time, too. Glad I could clarify.<br /><br />Andrew: Ouch!!Deltahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705402326320853684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-20872539713120743282011-09-12T13:05:51.339-04:002011-09-12T13:05:51.339-04:00One of the later Fighting Fantasy books, Night Dra...One of the later Fighting Fantasy books, Night Dragon had an endless loop in it right near the beginning, meaning you couldn't actually leave Blacksand. I remember being a bit crushed that someone could fuck that up so badly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-67766258489863824082011-09-12T11:43:42.339-04:002011-09-12T11:43:42.339-04:00This was the second Endless Quest book I ever read...This was the second Endless Quest book I ever read (the first was a friend's copy of Dungeon of Dread) and I retain fond memories of it likely due to nostalgia.<br /><br />Thanks for plotting out the narrative paths in this one. I have long had a memory of stumbling onto an endless loop in this book, but was always unsure of whether it was actually the case. Glad to know my memory was correct.KenHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11613789646908929989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170237526012357403.post-16306958355482064092011-09-12T10:47:56.064-04:002011-09-12T10:47:56.064-04:00After reading your first post on the subject, I ha...After reading your first post on the subject, I had the opportunity to pick up a batch of my old EQ books when I was visiting my Mom the other day. Brookmere is probably the only one of the first seven that I never owned, though I do think I read it at least once.<br /><br />What's remarkable to me is the sheer number of these books, Ms. Estes wrote in a two year period...quite prolific and creative!<br /><br />Mountain of Mirrors (which is pretty gritty/adult to my eyes) was always my favorite.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.com