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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mannahnin" data-source="post: 9489851" data-attributes="member: 7026594">Drizzt originated as a 1E Ranger.  Per the rules in the AD&D Players Handbook and Unearthed Arcana supplement.The Crystal Shard was published in 1988, a year before 2E debuted, and Bob Salvatore had an editorial mandate for the characters to conform to then-current AD&D rules.The two weapon fighting ability was inherent to Drow as seen in prior modules and the Field Folio, but official for the PC race as detailed in Unearthed Arcana.Rangers don't get spells until 8th level in 1E, and I'm certain that as originally depicted he was intended to be under 8th level, so him not using any Druid or M-U spells (at least in the early novels, I only read the first seven or so back in the day) is consistent.I'm pretty sure they gave him a few spells by the time he got his first official writeup (in the Forgotten Realms: Hall of Heroes supplement, as I recall), but by then they were already starting to bend the rules for him, giving him special unique critical rules, at least.  My copy of the book is at home, though.</blockquote>