Author Topic: Loremaster Legacy (Read 26208 times)

Destyar · « **on:** May 08, 2014, 04:05:29 PM »

When does the dead tree version of this come out?

Thanks,
--Desty

WoeRie · « **Reply #1 on:** May 09, 2014, 12:42:01 AM »

At least a Print-on-demand Version would be great!

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #2 on:** May 09, 2014, 12:49:54 PM »

I actually did the layout and cover for this, but wanted to do another proofread pass, because I read somewhere that there were several typos late in the book. So it is kind of stalled right now. $:-\$

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #3 on:** May 30, 2014, 06:49:16 AM »

In anticipation of a dead-tree edition, I am offering the Loremaster Legacy ebook version (in 3 formats!) at a substantial discount for a limited time!

http://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/117364/The-Loremaster-Legacy

Peter R · « **Reply #4 on:** June 01, 2014, 03:47:47 AM »

That is very cheap!

I bought the kindle version 2 weeks ago and it was worth the cover price then. Amusingly enough, our GM must have read this a while ago as I have played though some of the same situations in his game as I have now read in the book, same situation, same characters and broadly same outcome!

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #5 on:** June 01, 2014, 04:39:26 AM »

Quote from: Peter R on June 01, 2014, 03:47:47 AM

That is very cheap!

I bought the kindle version 2 weeks ago and it was worth the cover price then. Amusingly enough, our GM must have read this a while ago as I have played though some of the same situations in his game as I have now read in the book, same situation, same characters and broadly same outcome!

Glad you liked it (and please take a moment to post a review!). I have suggested that Loremaster Legacy has some value as a source of Shadow World game information before, and glad to hear that it is being used as such.

I'm curious what scenario you encountered?

Peter R · « **Reply #6 on:** June 01, 2014, 04:43:47 AM »

I don't want to spoil anything, but the White Swan and his associate should give you a clue.

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #7 on:** June 01, 2014, 04:51:49 AM »

Quote from: Peter R on June 01, 2014, 04:43:47 AM

I don't want to spoil anything, but the White Swan and his associate should give you a clue.

Nice! Indeed, you could run a whole series of adventures just sailing through the Melurian Straits.

Hear that, GMs? Tons of adventure ideas in Loremaster Legacy!

http://www.drivethrufiction.com/product/117364/The-Loremaster-Legacy?affiliate_id=181921

Peter R · « **Reply #8 on:** June 01, 2014, 05:53:34 AM »

I will pass on writing a review. I haven't finished it yet so to review something I haven't finished yet would be unfair.

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #9 on:** June 01, 2014, 06:41:20 AM »

Quote from: Peter R on June 01, 2014, 05:53:34 AM

I will pass on writing a review. I haven't finished it yet so to review something I haven't finished yet would be unfair.

I understand of course, but when you finish, please do if you have the chance, and of course be objective!

Peter R · « **Reply #10 on:** June 01, 2014, 06:57:32 AM »

I'll leave a review on Amazon.co.uk

Peter R · « **Reply #11 on:** June 02, 2014, 06:14:23 AM »

Terry,

You said you were hunting down typos in the text. I have just found one, you may already have corrected this but...

I am in the Kindle version so I don't have a page number for you.

At 53% Veriak is speaking to Lady Valris
The exact line reads...
"Ah so there are limits even you your power? Veriak raised his head then cocked an eyebrow.

You need a closing quote after the question mark and I assume that 'you' should be 'to'. In British English we would have a comma after 'Ah' but I know you colonial types play fast and loose with the poor old mother tongue

Hope that helps.

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #12 on:** June 03, 2014, 06:24:07 AM »

Quote from: Peter R on June 02, 2014, 06:14:23 AM

Terry,

You said you were hunting down typos in the text. I have just found one, you may already have corrected this but...

I am in the Kindle version so I don't have a page number for you.

At 53% Veriak is speaking to Lady Valris
The exact line reads...
"Ah so there are limits even you your power? Veriak raised his head then cocked an eyebrow.

You need a closing quote after the question mark and I assume that 'you' should be 'to'. In British English we would have a comma after 'Ah' but I know you colonial types play fast and loose with the poor old mother tongue

Hope that helps.

Thanks, yes this is helpful! Any others with typo corrections please feel free to post or email me directly (email in my profile)

Peter R · « **Reply #13 on:** June 03, 2014, 02:16:15 PM »

Hi,
At 59%

The sentence reads...
He withdrew his painterly tough, straghtened, and examined the new blinking light patterns.

Should 'tough' read 'touch'? Grammaticaly you should never use a comma before the word 'and' unless of course 'and' is in itself a list item which is not in this instance.

Talking of 'And's...

The next two sentences are...
Then he splayed his hands out, touched the black glass in a couple of spots in a complex pattern like some sort of musician. And indeed, the device emitted different soft musical chimes as he touched.

The word 'and' is a conjunction used for joining two sentence parts. If you removed the full stop (period) after musician the two sentences would read correctly as one or lose the unnecessary word 'And'.

I feel I am being really horrible and critical, there is no way on earth I could ever write a novel myself but I spent six months proof reading health and safety policies and fire safety risk assessments. They are soul destroying to read and you want to end it all after eight hours of them but they must be grammatically perfect for fear of litigation.

I have a five hour train journey tomorrow so I hope to spend the whole time in Shadow World.

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #14 on:** June 04, 2014, 01:02:45 AM »

Quote from: Peter R on June 03, 2014, 02:16:15 PM

Hi,
At 59%

The sentence reads...
He withdrew his painterly tough, straghtened, and examined the new blinking light patterns.

Should 'tough' read 'touch'? Grammaticaly you should never use a comma before the word 'and' unless of course 'and' is in itself a list item which is not in this instance.

Talking of 'And's...

The next two sentences are...
Then he splayed his hands out, touched the black glass in a couple of spots in a complex pattern like some sort of musician. And indeed, the device emitted different soft musical chimes as he touched.

The word 'and' is a conjunction used for joining two sentence parts. If you removed the full stop (period) after musician the two sentences would read correctly as one or lose the unnecessary word 'And'.

I feel I am being really horrible and critical, there is no way on earth I could ever write a novel myself but I spent six months proof reading health and safety policies and fire safety risk assessments. They are soul destroying to read and you want to end it all after eight hours of them but they must be grammatically perfect for fear of litigation.

I have a five hour train journey tomorrow so I hope to spend the whole time in Shadow World.

Hi thanks for the input. However, I'm afraid that I have a difference of opinion with you here. The comma before the 'and' is known as a serial comma, and whether to use it or not is a matter of style.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_comma

And, it is technically not incorrect to begin a sentence with the word 'and;' again it is a style choice.

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/01/can-i-start-a-sentence-with-a-conjunction/

But I appreciate your other findings!

Peter R · « **Reply #15 on:** June 10, 2014, 03:10:36 PM »

Hi Terry,

I found 3 typos but frustratingly I can only remember two of them. I found them last week on my way to Switzerland and I tried to commit them to memory... it was never going to work was it.

1st is my favourite. The sentence reads
The rider was a young man garbed all in shades of grey, a Loin-head emblem on his tabard and a staff in his hand.

I assume that should be Lion-head?

The second is...
“First, young lady, I am not offering you charity; you will world hard for your pay . And as to who I am… have you heard of the Loremasters?”

Work not world?

The third one was after that in the book but I simply cannot remember what it was.

Hope that helps.

Peter R · « **Reply #16 on:** June 10, 2014, 03:36:24 PM »

I am just skim reading trying to find that last typo when I spotted these.

...The question is,” he paused and looked over at the cousins with a grave face, “Will the storm stop at the bay?”

If you extract the dialogue you get this with a rogue capital W in the middle of the sentence.
The question is, Will the storm stop at the bay?

In British English the word drone in this sentence would not have a capital letter.

Even as he referred to it, the Drone’s tentacles wavered in his direction , as if they were sensors of some kind.

Khorah · « **Reply #17 on:** June 18, 2014, 06:29:34 PM »

Ah damn.. I am too much of a SW junkie to pass this up..

Terry K. Amthor · « **Reply #18 on:** July 07, 2014, 02:31:30 AM »

As I am tinkering with LL II, I wonder how much readers would prefer more interwoven plots with more characters in different places, whith the original main characters (in this case, Jad and Kalen) becoming just one thread, and they interact with 3-4 other groups peripherally outside of their own thread.

C.J. Cherryh did this masterfully in her Merovingen Nights series, though after the first book she served as mostly editor, and had others each writing a 'thread' and they were all centered around the same city. In this case they would travel more widely, but certain key characters (e.g., Randae, or another Loremaster, or a Navigator) would tie them together in some way.

egdcltd · « **Reply #19 on:** July 09, 2014, 12:24:52 PM »

I think sometimes I like it, sometimes I don't. It depends, really, on the number of different threads and the amount of time spent on each to a large extent.

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Author Topic: Loremaster Legacy (Read 26208 times)