D&D General Escaping the Shadow of Drizzt

[Zardnaar]

Play a female, spellcaster, strength based or non good aligned.

I did think of rolling one up, he was going to be a Sorcerer, defer to females and call them mistress or otherwise be very formal.

Don't dual wield, be a ranger full stop, or use a scimitar.

 

[cbwjm]

K'thriss Droub from acquisitions inc c team is a good example of a drow that is nothing like Drizzt.

 

[DammitVictor]

Sometimes, it's great to have cool and mysterious antagonists that AREN'T PCs. See also, gith.

As a Spelljammer fan first and foremost, Gith are one of my favorite PC races.

 

[Zardnaar]

Gith kinda Lise the kewl factor when allowed as PCs.

Same with Drow. They keep watering them down compared to the 1E version. Ruins the whole concept IMHO.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

No worries! I've dealt with decades of having pages dedicated to spiders in monster manual after monster manual (don't get me started on that 1e full-page spread!).

But back to drow, I haven't seen that many in Adventurers League play. Maybe two or three, including the one I've got? And none of them were rangers.

If I had to guess, it's the sunlight sensitivity giving disadvantage on attack rolls.

I probably should have wrapped it in spoilers for the arachnophobes.

I'll see if I can figure out how to do that.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Don't use scimitars, dual wield, or act emo.

And be evil!

 

[Emirikol Prime]

I honestly only see this issue on RPG threads and never at the table. Immaturity?

 

[Zardnaar]

Who reads Frizzy these days? The last good one was 1999, gave up in them 10 years after that.

 

[BookBarbarian]

Who reads Frizzy these days? The last good one was 1999, gave up in them 10 years after that.

I've had Archmage on my to read list for ages but I find I have no desire to actually read it.

 

[Zardnaar]

I've had Archmage on my to read list for ages but I find I have no desire to actually read it.

The last good one IMHO was the Silent Blade, a couple after that were decent the the decline happened with a Thousand Orcs, and fell off a cliff with the 4Evtinrjumoband the resurrection of the companion s.