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<blockquote data-quote="Irennan" data-source="post: 6695933" data-attributes="member: 6778119">About the prominency of Drizzt, I will just say 1 thing. 5e FR is getting around 4 novels year. After the Sundering, the setting needs a lot of updates and they are getting delivered through novels. The Sword Coast Adventurer's guide will be a comprehensive update, but it probably won't have room to discuss some details that can instead be found in novels. Despite this, 2 of the 4 yearly novels are Drizzt, and, differently from -say- Ed Greenwood's, or even Erin Evans' novels (IIRC her next novel will cover the Old Empires), according to what I've seen, they tend to be fairly self-contained (in the sense that they hardly include info or references to the rest of the setting).So, while we're in need of updates, while Ed's column dedicated to the Realms has been ditched, while we're getting only as much as 4 novels/years, Drizzt takes half of that (and he has already got like 30+ books just for him). Now, I understand that Drizzt sells, WotC has to maximize profit and so on (and heck, I even like Drizzt as a character), but come on... I mean, RAS is doing the drow now, and events that are huge for the race and to which Lolth should react, mainly the return of Eilistraee and Vhaeraun, aren't even mentioned.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irennan, post: 6695933, member: 6778119"] About the prominency of Drizzt, I will just say 1 thing. 5e FR is getting around 4 novels year. After the Sundering, the setting needs a lot of updates and they are getting delivered through novels. The Sword Coast Adventurer's guide will be a comprehensive update, but it probably won't have room to discuss some details that can instead be found in novels. Despite this, 2 of the 4 yearly novels are Drizzt, and, differently from -say- Ed Greenwood's, or even Erin Evans' novels (IIRC her next novel will cover the Old Empires), according to what I've seen, they tend to be fairly self-contained (in the sense that they hardly include info or references to the rest of the setting). So, while we're in need of updates, while Ed's column dedicated to the Realms has been ditched, while we're getting only as much as 4 novels/years, Drizzt takes half of that (and he has already got like 30+ books just for him). Now, I understand that Drizzt sells, WotC has to maximize profit and so on (and heck, I even like Drizzt as a character), but come on... I mean, RAS is doing the drow now, and events that are huge for the race and to which Lolth should react, mainly the return of Eilistraee and Vhaeraun, aren't even mentioned. [/QUOTE]

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