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I said non-novel products. That math includes novels. In fact that's where almost all your numbers come comes Drizzt isn't even mentioned in that one. There is a coy reference to a Drow with two scimitars. But let's say we count that one. I was referring to the amount of content featuring...

The book suggests excuses to use for stealing. At least one of them is "This certainly looks like yours doesn't it? That's not an excuse that one gives if they only intended to borrow something and give it back. That's an excuse that a race of kleptomaniacs who try not to get caught say. It's...

Yes you did. Your post said the words "(so popular he deserves to be everywhere)". Insinuating that Hussar was trying to convince everyone that Drizzt "deserves to be everywhere". My point was that I don't think anyone is trying to convince anyone that Drizzt deserves to be everywhere...

I think you are confused at his point. He never said Drizzt deserved to be everywhere. He just said that Drizzt is a popular character from a novel series. People generally like him. So you should expect to see his picture used from time to time in marketing. You should also expect some...

There is a good explanation of why I hate kender at 1d4 chan. Also, the bottom of the article already contains the 2e description of Kender from the Dragonlance book that made me hate them. Warning though, the picture is marked up with some bad language. http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kender

Let's be fair, the Drow first appeared as enemies in 1977. The first time stats appeared for them as a player race was in 1985 in Unearthed Arcana. The first Drizzt book was published in 1988. Pretty much the same time you COULD pick Drow as a race was about the same time that Drizzt existed...

The thing is, I actually think we agree, on principle. I think you CAN play a Kender that works in a game. But only by downplaying or selectively ignoring the fearless thing and curbing your stealing to only unimportant things no one cares about. Which, to me, is no longer playing a Kender...

This is a fork from another thread where Mouseferatu said I should create another thread to hear his opinion. So here it is. I'm not convinced. The archetype pretty much says "Please ruin a campaign". Technically, a good player could ignore that advice and still run a fun character. But...

In D&D, I 100% agree. No one would really want to keep the current ruler around in that adventure unless they were evil themselves. Which is they point I was trying to make. And...he didn't appreciate that suggestion because his real life morality told him that deposing a leader causes chaos...

Honestly. I don't think I feel the same way in real life at all. I prefer a much more measured approach in real life, since real life people aren't 100% Evil. I was purely arguing from the point of view of black and white D&D/movie/tv morality. In those situations, it's often very clear who...

Wow...I'm not sure I've seen anyone be that condescending to...well, anyone. Bravo.

Understood. I wasn't trying to insinuate you did any of these things, just trying to explain why some people might get a little wary of games like that. Some people really like a lot less story in their games. Some people see any type of intervention by the DM at all as railroading. It...

I'm not convinced. The archetype pretty much says "Please ruin a campaign". Technically, a good player could ignore that advice and still run a fun character. But this involves the player having to correct the problem rather than there not being a problem to begin with. No one will ever...

Not every player is going to like your game. That's all there is to it. No matter how good it is. Especially if you've had the same players for 20 plus years. I've found the thing that has had the most effect on making my DMing better has been running games in Organized Play. Travelling...

I agree. And some of the most fun games I've played have come out of at least some "railroading". I don't know exactly where to draw the line, but the only game I heard about that I thought "Yeah, I don't think I'd want to do that" is when a friend of mine was telling me about his D&D game...

Honestly, this is kind of completely different. Drizzt is a fairly normal D&D character. He is a good guy who wants to go on adventures and save people. He's a good fighter but otherwise pretty much the same as every other D&D character. His race is the only thing that makes his really...

I really don't see this at all. Drizzt shows up almost nowhere. He's in his books and he's had a cameo in a couple of games a while back. He was mentioned in the 5e PHB(and maybe the 4th, I can't remember) but no where else in any non-FR book. In the FR game books, he's mention periodically...

I'm going to say the same thing I did the last time the topic of Railroading came up. Railroading isn't bad. It's just a technique. It can be used for good or for ill. Different people find it more or less annoying. I've seen many discussions about Railroading over the years and I can tell...

The Drow, in general, have been kind of Mary Sue. Salvatore likes to write them as way more powerful than everyone else. It's not just the things they accomplish but the opinions written into the thoughts of every character he writes. I posted this in another thread, but basically there is a...

Honestly, it wasn't my intention to start the discussion again. The discussion is never exactly good for me. It mostly consists of people telling me I'm not in my right mind, that there's something wrong with me, or that I'm insane for not wanting to lose my friends. It involves people...