Favorite TSR character

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 8:58 pm

Personally, I prefer Tanis Half-Elven from the Dragon Lance Series. He was just a cool character in the series, always calm, and cool, and a great leader. But when he flipped, it was always a good read.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 9:31 pm

Raistlin

Magus · Post by **Magus** » Sat Jul 21, 2001 10:20 pm

Another vote for Raistlin. I also liked Tanis, though.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 4:11 am

I don't know any

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 4:23 pm

This might help. The TSR series of books is actually things like Dragon Lance, Forgotten Realms, Planescape, etc... They also do the AD&D games (Regardless of who owns the license)

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 4:43 pm

My favourite is Gord the Rogue from the old Greyhawk books.

Close runners up are Sturm Brightblade and Harkle Harpell.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 4:47 pm

Sturm was always a character I liked. Pissed me off they killed him in Dragons of Winter Nights....

Drakron Du´Dark · Post by **Drakron Du´Dark** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 9:23 pm

My favorite is Jander Sundstar a elven vampire.
Despite that I never read the novel, his entry makes him a very unique type of character.

Rail · Post by **Rail** » Sun Jul 22, 2001 10:09 pm

I, too, liked Sturm. He showed great depth of character as he confronted his shattered Oath and Measure.

I didn't much care for Tanis, though. He reminded me too much of Luke Skywalker.
*Imagine Luke's whiney voice* "That's not impossible! I used to bullseye womprats back home, and they're less then two meters!"

Caramon became cool as he lost his innocence in the second trilogy and actually developed depth of character.
Raistlin was as cool and deep as an all powerful mage can be.

How can you not like Tas? He was awesome, if not a bit stereotypical. I really liked him as he learned to fear for the ones he loved. Very dynamic. And a riot in Tarsis to boot!

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Mon Jul 23, 2001 7:05 pm

Is Greyhawk like the Forgotten Realms?
Are Dragonlance books overall better than FR?
Since i've only read FR, my favorite character is Pwent the battlerager and his gutbuster brigade.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Mon Jul 23, 2001 8:18 pm

Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield:
<STRONG>Are Dragonlance books overall better than FR?</STRONG>

It comes down to taste..some like them, some don't. People have favorite writers just the same. I have read more DL books than FR, but I enjoyed both.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Tue Jul 24, 2001 8:48 am

I think it all depsnds on the author that writes the books. I've read some crappy DL, but also some crappy FR. But it also works in the opposite.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Tue Jul 24, 2001 3:06 pm

Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield:
[QB]Is Greyhawk like the Forgotten Realms?
QB]

Greyhawk was the original AD&D world and the brainchild of Gary Gygax et al. In fact, many of the entries in Monster Manual II, there several references made to environments in the Greyhawk setting. It came in a boxed set with two fold-out world maps, two books and a bunch of other crap; I still have my original edition in a box somewhere.

The wizards Mordenkanien and Bigby were natives to that world, as were some of the best adventures (Temple of Elemental Evil and Against the Giants to name two).

The first AD&D novel I ever read was Saga of Old City which featured Gord the Rogue and his ascent through a thieves' guild and adventures with the barbarian Chert and druid Curly. It was everything AD&D is supposed to be: excitement, intrigue, romance, and action. On top of that, Gygax turned out to be pretty good novelist. The second and later books in the Gord the Rogue series weren't as good, but Gord is still my all-tim all-round favourite character.

Dúnadan · Post by **Dúnadan** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 11:40 am

I read the first three Dragonlance books with high expectations, as everyone I knew praised the series greatly. When I finished all three books, however, I realized that they were some pretty less-than-standard works. This is just my opinion, but the writing seemed very shallow, and the character development, was too...obvious, for lack of better word. It seemed the authors were yelling at you every other sentence about Laurana growing up, or Tasslehoff maturing. And for god's sake, how many times did Tas get scared? Every major enemy made him "truly frightened", when they stress dozens of times that kender don't feel fear. Pretty much the only things I liked about the books were Fizban and Raistlin. Now that my rant is over, I can finally answer the topic question by saying that Artemis Entreri is by far my favorite TSR character.

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Thu Jul 26, 2001 12:17 pm

Part of the problem for the Dragonlance Chronicles was that they were story-driven, not character-driven. That came from them being based on adventure modules, not an original idea.

Dragonlance Legends, on the other hand, was all about character--most people assume it was Raistlin, but it was really about Caramon.

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Mon Aug 06, 2001 7:40 am

Another vote for Pwent. Robillard is cool too.
EDIT: Artemis Entreri.

[ 08-14-2001: Message edited by: Gaxx_Firkraag ]

Sailor Saturn · Post by **Sailor Saturn** » Tue Aug 07, 2001 11:49 pm

I'd have to say Catti-brie, Liriel Baenre, Dove Falconhand, Qilué Veladorn, Storm Silverhand, and Lady Alustriel. I also liked Clacker, Artemis Entreri, Drizzt Do'Urden, and Wulfgar. I honestly can't chose just one to say is my favorite.

blinky501 · Post by **blinky501** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 11:38 am

i liked bruenor and belawar dessengulp because the were old and wise and could kick
some major a$$.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Wed Aug 08, 2001 3:12 pm

Bewar was pretty cool. But is Jarlaxle.

Sabretooth · Post by **Sabretooth** » Sat Aug 11, 2001 1:00 am

My fav character would be Thibbledorf Pwent. I wish that his "unique" armor was incorporated into the BG series though.
Of coure I also like Drizzt (who doesnt), Jarlaxle and Dragonbait (the Saurial Paladin)
The character I hate the most would be Regis, the halfling bard from "Azure bonds". I dont know why but I just hate halflings in general.