Realms of Valor (A Collection of Short Stories)

This book was relatively simple to read front to back. I enjoyed the stories very much, as they only took up no more then thirty pages an author. This book expresses a broad scope of literary imagination, involving everything from curious halflings to zealous religious enemies and everything in between. The stories are (overall) well written and simple in language. None of the stories seem to mirror another, so each story will feel like a new and different adventure. The reason this book gets four out of five stars is because I diddnt feel it needed to be as easy as it turned out to be. If the content were to be slightly more geared to adults, I would have readily jumped on the ideas for my own campaign adventures. Perhaps what drew me to read this would be the last story by R.A.Salvatore and his infamous Drow character, Drizzt. I would have thought I would treat the stories leading up to that one like previews for trite movies at the cineplex that you can't fast forward or skip through. I would prove myself wrong on that, as there was plenty of humor, tricks, and clever situations that caught and held my attention. If you play the Forgotten Realms campaign, or just read the stories, you would have fun with this book both ways.

"Oldies, but Goodies," still hold true today. I re-dug this book out of the boxes of Forgotten Realms books and read it again for the first time. Valor isn't just a word, it's an idea. Take a spin and read this book, as you put yourself in each main character's shoes, and see if you think you might have Valor. I highly recommend this book to those who think deeply and have an open mind to different opinions in Valor.