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Here's The Drizzt Do'Urden Conception Story
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<blockquote data-quote="Dungeonosophy" data-source="post: 7767178" data-attributes="member: 6688049"><p>Two things I would add.</p><p></p><p>1) Aragorn. The AD&D ranger class itself is directly inspired by Aragorn / Strider from the Lord of the Rings. The 1e AD&D Ranger even had a special ability to use crystal balls - a direct mimicking of Aragorn's mastery of the palantir / seeing stone. Specifically in regard to Drizzt, the Aragorn archetype is also seen in how Drizzt is the misunderstood guardian of Icewind Dale, in a similar way that Strider is the misunderstood guardian of Bree-land.</p><p></p><p>2) Unearthed Arcana. The Unearthed Arcana multiclass options were also a factor in the birth of Drizzt. The Crystal Shard was written in 1988, which was the 1.5e era. Unearthed Arcana was the core 1.5e book. And the option of drow rangers (and cavaliers) was one of the salient features of Unearthed Arcana. Multiclass options were limited back then, and the option of a drow ranger was one of the weird/cool features of the 1.5 era. Surely this stood out in Bob's mind. It's not like he picked an "illegal" class combo (such as "drow monk"). I'm just saying that Drizzt was birthed from an Unearthed Arcana (1.5e) context.</p><p></p><p>-S. Henry</p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/dndphilmont/" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/site/dndphilmont/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dungeonosophy, post: 7767178, member: 6688049"] Two things I would add. 1) Aragorn. The AD&D ranger class itself is directly inspired by Aragorn / Strider from the Lord of the Rings. The 1e AD&D Ranger even had a special ability to use crystal balls - a direct mimicking of Aragorn's mastery of the palantir / seeing stone. Specifically in regard to Drizzt, the Aragorn archetype is also seen in how Drizzt is the misunderstood guardian of Icewind Dale, in a similar way that Strider is the misunderstood guardian of Bree-land. 2) Unearthed Arcana. The Unearthed Arcana multiclass options were also a factor in the birth of Drizzt. The Crystal Shard was written in 1988, which was the 1.5e era. Unearthed Arcana was the core 1.5e book. And the option of drow rangers (and cavaliers) was one of the salient features of Unearthed Arcana. Multiclass options were limited back then, and the option of a drow ranger was one of the weird/cool features of the 1.5 era. Surely this stood out in Bob's mind. It's not like he picked an "illegal" class combo (such as "drow monk"). I'm just saying that Drizzt was birthed from an Unearthed Arcana (1.5e) context. -S. Henry [url]https://sites.google.com/site/dndphilmont/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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