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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ranger REG" data-source="post: 1130386" data-attributes="member: 533">The Icewind Dale Trilogy is an enjoyable read, not one that would be on par with most fantasy literature as the Lord of the Rings, but then again, I'm not a professional literary critic. I just read for the sheer enjoyment, not to be in common with those of sophisticated taste. Henry pretty much sums up my point for the book, despite this is RAS first entry to publishing novel commercially. His writing got better, as indicated by his second trilogy, Dark Elf, which surprisingly not his favorite character (it was second favorite, as IWD was meant to cast the barbarian Wulfgar as the leading character). For those who dislike Drizzt, the bulk of them are probably gamers who think he should have stayed a cardboard drow elf and not be a good ranger. Others don't like the 1st/2nd edition conversion of his story character into a game character. While others simply think he's too big of an iconic figure for too long. Almost like Tom Cruise, now that he's getting too popular, I'd rather see a fresh face than yet another Cruise movie. As for me personally, he's unique because you have a classic archetypal bad guy being portrayed as a good ranger, so he has a special pedestal for him alongside Kaz the Minotaur from Dragonlance. Of course, it helps to be a ranger fan (almost all of my PCs are rangers). As for IWD, you don't have a party of adventurers but rather a family: a fatherly dwarf who raise a human daughter and now mentoring a young barbarian. Bruenor befriended a drow elf ranger (two things no archetypal dwarf would associate: an elf, and a drow), and halfling rogue that round up the rest of the family unit.</blockquote>

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