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The Rod of Seven Parts (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Tomes)

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The characters are shallow at best, at their worst, unintentionally irritating. The storyline is just as bad; cliche plots are common in fantasy, but this one is exceptionally uninspired. The writing itself is, for lack of any better terms, soulless and mechanical. Dialogue sounds as though it's been revised a hundred times and consequently sounds totally unrealistic. This is one of the least involving books I've ever read; I kept turning the pages, but only to get the darned thing over with; this is one book you can't help but start skimming through towards the end. I've heard some great reviews for other Douglas Niles novels, and if they're to be trusted at all, he must have really been asleep at the wheel while churning out "The Rod of Seven Parts." Sometimes I get the impression that TSR is willing to publish any book written by one of their staffers, regardless of how bad it is. No wonder TSR has had serious financial troubles in recent years...

Excellent information for Age of Worms campaign from Dungeon Magazine featuring the Rod of Seven Parts.

The Rod Of Seven Parts is one of Douglas Niles best pieces of work.It shows the forever prominent struggle between Law and Chaos, and encompasses the story of the main weapon in the fight,a weapon of Pure Law...The Rod Of Seven Parts...The book folows the trail of the hobbits Kip Kayle and Saysi Formilly as they take on a perilous journey to stop the queen of Choas from completing her task of realising Miska,the Warlord Of Choas and her consort...they are Law's only hope...

I bought this book in a used bookstore, attracted by the obvious branding of the title Advanced Dungeons and Dragons (A game of which I play) I started reading the book and to my surprise I found the main character a Hafling (my personally favorite species) this is a very good book to read I have read it again and again, if you have any info about another book like this (Ad&d) please e-mail me at ShadowVampyre@Mail.com

I JUST PICKED UP THE BOOK ONE DAY BECAUSE IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION ON THE SHELF IN A STORE. I BOUGHT IT FOR FIVE DOLLARS. THE MORE I READ THE BOOK DAY BY DAY, LITTLE BY LITTLE I BEGAN TO NOTICE THAT I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN! I NEVER HAD READ LIKE THIS IN MY LIFE. THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THE BOOK THAT JUST FLOWED THROUGH MY IMAGINATION! IT WAS NON STOP VARIETY AND ONE HECK OF A BOOK!

This is the only Douglas Niles movie I have ever read. I've read from other good authors (Shaara, Salvatore, ab Hugh and Greenwood) for instance and this book dosen't compare to them. It seems to have a lack of writing skill and it's descriptions are a bit bland. Neverless I do recommend this book as a good read when your bored.

Douglas Niles, The Rod of Seven Parts (TSR, 1996)

Tired of waiting for the next installment of George
Martin's Song of Ice and Fire saga? Might as well head
back to one of the novels based on the game that
revitalized modern fantasy in America. The Rod of
Seven Parts is one of the oldest legends in the
Dungeons and Dragons world, tracing all the way back
to the first published materials (back when it was
still called Chainmail). Almost twenty-five years
after those first books were published,
long-established TSR author Doug Niles goes back and
fleshes out a little Rod of Seven Parts lore.

This isn't, and shouldn't be approached as, one of the
epic novels that TSR has gotten somewhat famous for.
Don't go in expecting the sweeping, world-changing
grandiosity of the original Dragonlance saga, or the
deep-rootedness of R. A. Salvatore's seemingly endless
saga of Drizzt the dark elf (and long may it
continue). This is a simple standalone novel about a
halfling and his rod. The usual fantasy material is
there-- he finds himself on a quest through no fault
of his own, gets mixed up in a number of bad
situations, finds some companions along the way who
prove their worth any number of times, etc. It's
quick, easy, readable, and fun. ** 1/2

This book was awsome I couldn't put it down. It took me three days of none stop reading. This book is so good it gets u into it u just can't let it go till the end it will make wonder if they wrote another book to pick up from where they left off but u have to read it to know.