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#1 zombiegleemax Jul 28, 2006 3:48:00	Is Raistlin's name pronounced "Rystlin" or "Raystlin"?
#2 jonesy Jul 28, 2006 5:46:08	Rhymes with waste-lin, as in wasting man. Caramon rhymes with care-mon, as in caring man. This is what Hickman suggests anyway.
#3 zombiegleemax Aug 02, 2006 21:07:40	What do you mean by "suggest"? Did he say this? Did he allude to this? Is this just jour guess based on your interpretation of the characters?
#4 rath_the_ranger Aug 03, 2006 8:07:05	What do you mean by "suggest"? Did he say this? Did he allude to this? Is this just jour guess based on your interpretation of the characters? He means "suggests" in that Margaret and Tracy have always said to "say it how you want, we won't TELL you how we want anything said, it's open to your interpretation". However, if you ask Tracy, that's the way he says Raist's name and how they came up with the names for Raist and Caramon.
#5 zombiegleemax Aug 03, 2006 9:57:10	He means "suggests" in that Margaret and Tracy have always said to "say it how you want, we won't TELL you how we want anything said, it's open to your interpretation". Really? I could've sworn the appendix to one of the books had them specify that "it rhymes with 'waist-bin'." Could've been an article in Dragon, I guess.
#6 jonesy Aug 03, 2006 10:31:38	Oh sorry, it was Grubb who said it. Took me a while to remember where I saw it. "For a long time, we had a fighter and a wizard on the list of "core characters" - Harold Johnson, I believe, gave them the names Raistlin (wasting man) and Caramon (caring man). Again, to get the mage beyond the standard "look" - I suggested his golden skin and hourglass eyes. Larry thought it was cool and the look of Raistlin was established." http://www.dl3e.com/features/interviews/11253.aspx
#7 AdrianLP Aug 04, 2006 22:33:19	Oh sorry, it was Grubb who said it. Took me a while to remember where I saw it. "For a long time, we had a fighter and a wizard on the list of "core characters" - Harold Johnson, I believe, gave them the names Raistlin (wasting man) and Caramon (caring man). Again, to get the mage beyond the standard "look" - I suggested his golden skin and hourglass eyes. Larry thought it was cool and the look of Raistlin was established." http://www.dl3e.com/features/interviews/11253.aspx This doesn't saying anything about rhyming or pronunciation. It just gives a descriptor, or poetic parallel, for each character.
#8 AdrianLP Aug 04, 2006 22:38:24	Duplicate Post, please ignore.
#9 talinthas Aug 05, 2006 0:31:06	Margaret and Tracy have said Raistlin as Waste-bin at various and sundry book signings and events.
#10 rogue_shadow_02 Aug 07, 2006 21:13:35	Is Raistlin's name pronounced "Rystlin" or "Raystlin"? Either one of those would work for me, though I tend to pronounce it "Raystlin". Real frustration in the pronunciation of his name came when I had a former gamer friend of mine argue endlessly that it was pronounced "Rastlin" (sounding out the "a" the same way as in the word "cat"). We finally had to agree to disagree on that one. Ohh, and first post. Hello there all. -RS
#11 penknight Aug 13, 2006 12:54:23	What book has Raistlin at his height of power? I am really curious to see what his level progression is. Thanks!
#12 valharic Aug 13, 2006 13:06:50	In the novels it's the Legends trilogy. In RPG gaming terms, it's the Legend of the Twins sourcebook by Soveriegn Press.