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<blockquote data-quote="epithet" data-source="post: 6682995" data-attributes="member: 6796566">I might find myself running a campaign in the Forgotten Realms at some point in the future, and if that's the case I think I know how I'll handle things. Remember Dwayne &quot;The Rock&quot; Johnson's version of Hercules? Yeah, he was mighty, but all those legends were made up by Iolaus as PR and marketing.Elminster would be a sage, and a good one. If you need information or divination, he would be one of the most capable to help you. All that archmage business, and being intimate with goddesses, etc.? Made up to enhance his brand so that he can overcharge princes and trade barons who come to him seeing sage advice. Total load of manure.Drizzle ran away from Benzodiazepine, sure, but probably because he owed someone money he couldn't pay back or he'd conned the wrong bloodthirsty villain. The whole &quot;prince of a noble house, Mom's been trying to kill me for heresy&quot; thing was really just a way to make the females swoon. Is he a good swordsman? Sure. Does he have a magic kitty cat? Maybe. Is he a tortured rebel whose inherent nobility wars constantly with his savage upbringing, upon whose scrawny shoulders the fate of more than a handful of people rest? Oh, hell no. You want a guide through the underdark, he's not a bad choice (as long as you remember he's a prevaricating drama queen) but he's no epic hero of legend.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="epithet, post: 6682995, member: 6796566"] I might find myself running a campaign in the Forgotten Realms at some point in the future, and if that's the case I think I know how I'll handle things. Remember Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's version of Hercules? Yeah, he was mighty, but all those legends were made up by Iolaus as PR and marketing. Elminster would be a sage, and a good one. If you need information or divination, he would be one of the most capable to help you. All that archmage business, and being intimate with goddesses, etc.? Made up to enhance his brand so that he can overcharge princes and trade barons who come to him seeing sage advice. Total load of manure. Drizzle ran away from Benzodiazepine, sure, but probably because he owed someone money he couldn't pay back or he'd conned the wrong bloodthirsty villain. The whole "prince of a noble house, Mom's been trying to kill me for heresy" thing was really just a way to make the females swoon. Is he a good swordsman? Sure. Does he have a magic kitty cat? Maybe. Is he a tortured rebel whose inherent nobility wars constantly with his savage upbringing, upon whose scrawny shoulders the fate of more than a handful of people rest? Oh, hell no. You want a guide through the underdark, he's not a bad choice (as long as you remember he's a prevaricating drama queen) but he's no epic hero of legend. [/QUOTE]

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