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FrostHammer 02-28-07, 06:27 PM	I know there's an old novel published that details the Blood War, and I'd like to purchase it. does anyone know which one it is? I'm also interested in other novels that detail the lower planes.
Singer_of_the_Song 02-28-07, 08:00 PM	There is a great Planescape book called Hellbound: The Blood War that is all about the Blood War and its various players and battlefields. It's not a novel, so I'm not sure if that is what you were looking for, but it's really great and you can buy it for $4.00 here: http://paizo.com/store/byCompany/w/wizardsOfTheCoast/byProductType/roleplayingGames/dungeonsDragons/aDAndD2/planescape/v5748btpy7mo1&source=search
sciborg2 02-28-07, 10:15 PM	There was a Blood War Trilogy from years back, that many PS fans didn't like for one reason or another. Personally I loved them and they did win an award of some kind...
FrostHammer 03-01-07, 01:11 AM	Thanks. Now, what about books about the iconic party? I'd actually like to follow the adventures of Lidda, Mailee, Redgar, Tordek, and Krusk!
ripvanwormer 03-01-07, 01:35 AM	Thanks. Now, what about books about the iconic party? I'd actually like to follow the adventures of Lidda, Mailee, Redgar, Tordek, and Krusk! There's a Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._H._Lain). * The Savage Caves * The Living Dead * Oath of Nerull * City of Fire * The Bloody Eye * Treachery's Wake * Plague of Ice * The Sundered Arms * Return of the Damned * The Death Ray The Blood War Trilogy was: * Blood Hostages (January 1996), by J. Robert King, (ISBN 0-7869-0473-9) * Abyssal Warriors (June 1996), by J. Robert King, (ISBN 0-7869-0501-8) * Planar Powers (August 1997), by J. Robert King, (ISBN 0-7869-0532-8)
FrostHammer 03-01-07, 12:30 PM	Cool. Do you know if some of them read like a DnD game, or are they more like usual fiction with a DnD backdrop?
primemover003 03-01-07, 12:48 PM	I don't know about the iconic series but the Blood War trilogy was the usual fiction with a D&D background. I disliked the Blood War triology because it outright ignored fundamental rules from the setting it was placed in. Most notably... the weird planeshifting plant pods/seeds that the Tanar'ri used to attack Sigil with... sorry that just doesn't work. The ONLY way into or out of the Cage is through it's Portals, which the Lady of Pain controls.
sciborg2 03-02-07, 02:10 AM	I think the pod-shifting had enough of an impact on the story to let it go. After all, the Lady let Vecna into the city presumably, so why not an army of tanar'ri? It's what makes her TN instead of LN, bending the rules like that...but maybe that won't make sense if you worked on the Planar Handbook.;)
primemover003 03-02-07, 02:39 PM	Meh... I just think it rather dull that some Dude helped the lady craft all the Portals in the Cage and his children or grandchildren were the ultimate keys... I throw it up there with Pages of Pain. Nice to read but it's not really a PS book because it doesn't follow the spirit of the setting. For my money the Glass Prison by Monte Cook is the best PS book around, and it's actually an FR novel.
Chanmanm8 03-02-07, 05:19 PM	The Pages of Pain wasn't one of the books?? This one covered some info on the Lady of Pain and blood war stuff was mentioned in it too.
ripvanwormer 03-02-07, 08:06 PM	The Pages of Pain wasn't one of the books? It was a Planescape novel, but not part of the Blood War trilogy.
primemover003 03-02-07, 10:53 PM	Oh yeah... Planescape: Torment was pretty good too. The novel that is, I never played the game.
FrostHammer 03-03-07, 12:08 AM	The game rocked.