![]() ![]() She's a first-level rogue, you guys! Don't make her try that stuff just yet! She explains to the protagonist that she doesn't really know how to do the latter. ![]() The elven thief is expected to pick locks and check for traps. One of the group members is obsessed with mapping the tunnels they are traveling. Everyone in the book calls this group and others like it a "party of adventurers," totally without irony. The protagonist falls in with a group that includes a human warrior, a dwarf warrior who can heal by calling on his deity, a human wizard, and an elven thief. Hines interviewed me about EVERYTHING that annoys me about D&D and then set out to write a book to make me feel better. Goblin Quest reads to me as though Jim C. I don't know how Goblin Quest would seem to people who aren't familiar with fantasy RPGs or post-Tolkien fantasy adventure novels. I read it last year, but now I finally treated myself to the two sequels, I decided to read it again. If I had read this back when I was into role playing games (tabletop, guys, this was back before the internet), it would have been a lot more hilarious, and it would have heavily influenced my gaming style. The adventurers, while noble in their own way, treat poorly those they see as inequals-and that includes almost everyone, including Jig. The adventurers see themselves as killing monsters to win treasure, but as Jig points out, they are basically killing people and taking their stuff. One of the most enlightening aspects was the way it portrays the inherent racism of old-school adventuring. In fact, it basically reads like a novel version of a D&D game, written from the point of view of an NPC (Non Player Character.) This NPC is Jig, a goblin who falls in with a group of adventurers who are bent on exploring a dungeon, slaying a dragon, and retrieving a wand of enormous power.įor such a by-the-books old school role-playing type adventure, there's a surprising amount of subtlety. This book will lose most, if not all, of its humor if you haven't played D&D. ![]()
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