So in last week's session of DnD, I was trying to explain how a literary character handled a certain situation, only to realize I didn't remember sh*t about the book I was trying to describe. A bit of failed google-fu and I land upon this forum as perhaps my best bet for identifying this trilogy I barely remember. So, without further ado, here's the deets:
Media: It was a trilogy of novels in paperback, of that much I'm certain.
When I read it: I was introduced to it in highschool, where me and my friend both read it at the local library. So somewhere between 2002 and 2006, I suppose.
Major Themes: No idea, sorry, other than the Id magic which I'll get to in a sec.
Plot: The main character was some sort of traveling wizard-for-hire that I'm not remembering much about. The character I do remember was something of an antihero, a vampire-ish servant of nebulous dark powers who turned out to be a rather chill guy. For whatever reason they had to team up to stop the nebulous forces of darkness, though whether that was the first book or all three I honestly don't remember.
Characters: The vampire was apparently the character I really liked - I remember him doing stuff like visiting civilization pretending to be a lowly servant of himself, identified by I believe a pendant, using his reputation to ensure that no one would dare to mess with him.
He could also go out into the sun, saying "If you can survive starlight, you can survive sunlight. It's simply a matter of degree."
Setting: Actually a pretty cool one. I believe it was a planet with it's own established magical ecosystem that was colonized by humans. There was some kind of... I don't remember if it was a substance or a magical energy that reacted to desires, but I remember it explaining that on that planet, giraffes would be born with longer necks as the trees grew taller without the need for all those pesky middle steps we have here on earth. The friend who introduced me to it did a whole, senior-level book report on how "it's like the id!" but again, I don't really remember the specifics. At the end of the trilogy, they get a critical mass of people believing in a christian-style God to render the id-juice inert, which was kind of a bummer.
Language: English.
Cover: I really don't remember, sorry. Maybe a panther?
Ideas that you have already ruled out: None. Searches for variations on "vampire" are predictably glutted, and google sees "id" and thinks "ID card". Bleh. Hope that was enough information, any help is appreciated! ^^
Media: It was a trilogy of novels in paperback, of that much I'm certain.
When I read it: I was introduced to it in highschool, where me and my friend both read it at the local library. So somewhere between 2002 and 2006, I suppose.
Major Themes: No idea, sorry, other than the Id magic which I'll get to in a sec.
Plot: The main character was some sort of traveling wizard-for-hire that I'm not remembering much about. The character I do remember was something of an antihero, a vampire-ish servant of nebulous dark powers who turned out to be a rather chill guy. For whatever reason they had to team up to stop the nebulous forces of darkness, though whether that was the first book or all three I honestly don't remember.
Characters: The vampire was apparently the character I really liked - I remember him doing stuff like visiting civilization pretending to be a lowly servant of himself, identified by I believe a pendant, using his reputation to ensure that no one would dare to mess with him.
He could also go out into the sun, saying "If you can survive starlight, you can survive sunlight. It's simply a matter of degree."
Setting: Actually a pretty cool one. I believe it was a planet with it's own established magical ecosystem that was colonized by humans. There was some kind of... I don't remember if it was a substance or a magical energy that reacted to desires, but I remember it explaining that on that planet, giraffes would be born with longer necks as the trees grew taller without the need for all those pesky middle steps we have here on earth. The friend who introduced me to it did a whole, senior-level book report on how "it's like the id!" but again, I don't really remember the specifics. At the end of the trilogy, they get a critical mass of people believing in a christian-style God to render the id-juice inert, which was kind of a bummer.
Language: English.
Cover: I really don't remember, sorry. Maybe a panther?
Ideas that you have already ruled out: None. Searches for variations on "vampire" are predictably glutted, and google sees "id" and thinks "ID card". Bleh. Hope that was enough information, any help is appreciated! ^^
