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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 6682838" data-attributes="member: 7635">Hence my dislike of Dragonlance. Oddly though, it doesn't seem to have permeated through other settings the same way: nobody complains of Gord ruining Greyhawk, Sorak ruining Dark Sun, Dane ruining Eberron, or Jandar Sunstar ruining Ravenloft. Of course, none of them have 1/10th the popularity of Drizzt, but I really doubt anyone playing in Dark Sun is wondering why Sorak isn't here to stop things or why Gord hasn't killed Iuz already...Then again, I think Drizzt and Elminister get lumped together unfairly, since they are two separate problems. Drizzt isn't any more powerful than your average D&D protagonist, so it makes sense he's not solving problems everywhere across the Realms (no more so than assuming Jandar should take out every Dark Lord in Ravenloft because he once bested Strahd). Elminster is a Gandalf-expy who suffers the same general problem of Gandalf (if he's so powerful, why not summon eagles and fly over Mordor, or at least use more magic to aid the Fellowship? questions). They just BOTH happen to live on the same planet together. (Well, along with Dragonbait, Alias, and dozens of other novel protagonists unmentioned in these discussions). In the end, they are popular. And popular to some = overexposed.</blockquote>