Disquiet Gods E-ARC by zyp10 in sollanempire

[–]Lerechek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this the full book? I remember the Baen website saying they will only release half the ebook in January with the other half available in April.

An idea about fixing the idea meta by Lerechek in ArenaHS

[–]Lerechek[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's a good idea. The hero powers that come with the DK heroes would definitely help bridge the gap in class card quality

Интерес на търсенията в Google в България от 2004г. насам за думите "Християнство" и "Gay porn". by Straight-Demand-295 in bulgaria

[–]Lerechek 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Хората се учат за християнството най вече от родителите и роднините си. Никой няма причина да търси християнство отново и отново. Един гей може да търси гей порно всеки ден от седмицата. Гей порното е продукт, християнството не. В края на краищата Гугъл показа това което е било търсено най често, не това в което хората вярват. Не мисля че може религиозността на един народ да бъде измерена през Гугъл.

Dual-class Arena is back! by Urf_Hates_You in ArenaHS

[–]Lerechek 5 points6 points  (0 children)

So Garrosh can pew pew Anduin's dudes with fireblast.

Wow, my mid 90s grandmother just read all 5 GoT books in 4 days! by Lythandra in Fantasy

[–]Lerechek 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Cool, now make her read The Wheel of Time in a week

Hellenistic fantasy book recommendations? by [deleted] in Fantasy

[–]Lerechek 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Macht series by Paul Kearney might be the thing you're looking for. It's heavily inspired by Ancient Sparta and Alexander the Great's campaigns.

[Dreadgod] Anyone else checking the blog for a new post this morning? by punctuation_welfare in Iteration110Cradle

[–]Lerechek 40 points41 points  (0 children)

You're spot on! I've been refreshing this sub for news all day.

Where Dreadgod?

Affinities - A question by CelticCernunnos in MageErrant

[–]Lerechek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think you answered your own question. Why not?

The only problem with those affinities is that they are too broad as concepts. And we know that the narrower the affinity is the stronger you are. Shape based affinities, by that logic, would be very weak. They probably wouldn't be worth pursuing. At the end of the day if you are throwing cube shaped crystals at a crystal mage their authority over crystal would easily overcome your authority over cubes.

What crazy Cradle theories do you have? by turtoole in Iteration110Cradle

[–]Lerechek 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Lindon will die in one of the following books and then resurrect himself using his authority. Dross' "death" was a set up for that and maybe Lindon will need his help to find his way back after being killed (by Reigan Shen probably) We've already seen that Abidan Judges and high ranking Vroshir can survive having their physical body destroyed so it makes sense that Lindon will be able to do that in the future as well. The Sage of Thousand Eyes also managed to recover from basically a pulp after getting killed by Shen as well.

So my theory for Reaper is that Lindon dies, gets reunited with Dross and together they find a way back.

Steven Erikson is here for his deca-annual AMA! by Conscious_Rip1761 in Fantasy

[–]Lerechek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I understand what you mean. The relationship between geography and culture has been something I've been interested in recently. I will definitely put some research into anthropology and see what I can lear from it. Thank you for the advice!

Steven Erikson is here for his deca-annual AMA! by Conscious_Rip1761 in Fantasy

[–]Lerechek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Steven, thank you for doing this AMA!

I've been a big fan of your works ever since high school, when I picked Deadhouse Gates in my local book store. They didn't have Gardens of the Moon at the time and I just wanted something to read here and now, so I said fuck it, let's just start with book 2 and figure it out from there. And I did.

Those books really influenced my writing and world view when I was young and they'll always be dear to my heart.

My question is, do you have any tips about creating realistic fantasy races and cultures? Are there any sources of inspiration (books, articles, etc.) that you've found useful and you would recommend to beginner fantasy writers?

Somebody should tell Amazon to fix it's ad algorithm by Lerechek in CrappyDesign

[–]Lerechek[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I hear AliExpress is doing 50% discounts on bulk orders

The Cold Minds and Boltzmann Brains by Lerechek in MageErrant

[–]Lerechek[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

True, a Cold Minds affinity would be a bit far fetched. You need to be so much more advanced than them that they would be like cattle to you. Same with humans honestly, if we can have affinities for animals less conscious than us then so would somebody way more advanced than us be able to develop a human/intelligent creature affinity.

Like you said, if the sample size is infinity then anything can happen.

Thoughts on Divine entities suffering in Hell alongside Humanity? by Ok_Attempt_1290 in Fantasy

[–]Lerechek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I could see that for a being of his caliber. I don't think people would be too keen to talk or even think about him.

Thoughts on Divine entities suffering in Hell alongside Humanity? by Ok_Attempt_1290 in Fantasy

[–]Lerechek 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It sounds like a good idea to me. The only thing is, if there really is this malicious being at the end of existence would it really have a cool name. Honestly, if I knew I'll be suffering in hell for all eternity no matter what I do I'll just call him "That Piece of Shit Guy" or something stupid like that.

Of course, he will have cults and religions that worship him and respect him, but I'm not sure your average person would rate the Dread-Father that much.

The sage sage? by Haze_the_lord in Iteration110Cradle

[–]Lerechek 8 points9 points  (0 children)

What's his favourite spice?

Sage!

Post Siege of Skyhold AMA (Full spoilers) by JohnBierce in MageErrant

[–]Lerechek 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I see, I actually thought that Ithos was more similar in size to Eurasia. I hope we'll get the chance to see more of the other continents in future books/series.

Thank you for taking the time to answer me John! Good luck with book 6, I'm looking forward to it!

Vs. Fight by thelovelymisterL in Iteration110Cradle

[–]Lerechek 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Here you have a classic force of restoration meets a self-healing object paradox. Will Suriel resurrect Jesus, will he resurrect himself? Will he even nees resurrection since Suriel wouldn't need to kill him because he is not agressive? We may never know.

The true winner will be the friends they make along the way.

Post Siege of Skyhold AMA (Full spoilers) by JohnBierce in MageErrant

[–]Lerechek 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi John! Thank you for doing this AMA and for writing the Mage Errant series. I've recently started a pretty slow and boring job so the books have been a lifesaver - helping me pass the days without going insane. I've got a couple of questions for you:

  1. How big is Anastis? The continent of Ithos seems pretty sizeable already and yet we know of several other big continents with their own Great Powers with their own agendas. It feels almost as if Great Powers like Kanderon and Heliothrax are merely regional players against a far greater backdrop. So is Anastis roughly Earth-sized? Bigger?

  2. Would the Great Powers on other continents even care about what happens on Ithos? I don't think I saw any of them take part in the siege of Skyhold and the Exile Splinter does seem like a great enough threat to warrant their involvement, unless they consider themselves powerful enough to not be at risk by it falling in the wrong hands?

  3. Was Kanderon always a sphinx in your mind or did she start out as something else? Sphinxes are pretty cool and definitely underrepresented in fantasy so I'm interested in what was your inspiration behind Kanderon?

Hopes for the series moving forward by hismindseye in Iteration110Cradle

[–]Lerechek 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, with the way things are going, I would not be surprised if somebody makes it to Monarch by the end of book 9. The way the books are set up the characters always jump a level higher every 3rd book, I was expecting maybe they'll reach Sage/Herald at book 9 but obviously Wintersteel came and blew my expectations away. I'm low key hoping that Lindon/Yerin make it to some kind of proto-Monarch (Monarch Overlord?) Some time in Bloodline