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<blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 2656867" data-attributes="member: 1015">Except the thing is, I've seen the label &quot;Drizzt Clone&quot; or &quot;Drizzt Wannabe&quot; thrown around even in reference to characters who don't have very much in common with Drizzt at all.&nbsp; I've seen those terms used to describe:Any good-aligned drow.Any surface-dwelling drow.Any drow PC period.Any character that fights with a scimitar (or scimitars).Any character that dual-wields.Any character that has a large cat as an animal companion.Any character that is a ranger.I do agree with this one.&nbsp; Drow were a lot more tolerable when they were mysterious and evil.&nbsp; But following the success of the first couple of Drizzt novels, TSR started releasing a whole deluge of novels and suppliments about the drow (WotC did this as well).&nbsp; So a race that was initially cool and unique instead became overexposed and cliche.It also dosen't help much that, at least in the Forgotten Realms, good-aligned drow are starting to pop up all over the place.&nbsp; When R.A. Salvatore created Drizzt, it was very clear that Drizzt was a unique speciman: one of the only good members of a race known for its cruelty and evil.&nbsp; But now there's a freakin' deity for good drow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dark Jezter, post: 2656867, member: 1015"] Except the thing is, I've seen the label "Drizzt Clone" or "Drizzt Wannabe" thrown around even in reference to characters who don't have very much in common with Drizzt at all. I've seen those terms used to describe: Any good-aligned drow. Any surface-dwelling drow. Any drow PC period. Any character that fights with a scimitar (or scimitars). Any character that dual-wields. Any character that has a large cat as an animal companion. Any character that is a ranger. I do agree with this one. Drow were a lot more tolerable when they were mysterious and evil. But following the success of the first couple of Drizzt novels, TSR started releasing a whole deluge of novels and suppliments about the drow (WotC did this as well). So a race that was initially cool and unique instead became overexposed and cliche. It also dosen't help much that, at least in the Forgotten Realms, good-aligned drow are starting to pop up all over the place. When R.A. Salvatore created Drizzt, it was very clear that Drizzt was a unique speciman: one of the only good members of a race known for its cruelty and evil. But now there's a freakin' [i]deity[/i] for good drow. [/QUOTE]

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