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<blockquote data-quote="Cedric" data-source="post: 733701" data-attributes="member: 2044">The funny thing about this whole evolution....Is that when they introduced Drow in the Fiend Folio, they included this little blurb saying Drow were well coordinated and could fight with&nbsp; &quot;either or both, hands/arms for attack and defense&quot;.But what were they equipped with? Lond dagger and short sword...Meaning they still followed the twf rules layed out in the DMG, but without any penalty for off-hand use. Very reasonable.Then came Unearthed Arcana...where one editing faux pas opened up a whole can of worms. In writing up the descriptors for the Dark Elves as player characters...they included this statement, &quot;Dark elves...may fight with two weapons without penalty, provided each weapon may be easily wielded in one hand.&quot;This of course goes against what's printed in the DMG and all previous precendent, and inspired many players and GM's .. also inspiring Salvatore to have Drizzt use two scimitars. Meanwhile, the most accomplished of the human assassins, Entreri, used what? You got it...sword and dagger. Drizzt having been as popular as he was, TSR rolled that over into a &quot;must have&quot; ability for Rangers, since they were robbing them of the huge damage&nbsp; bonuses they use to enjoy against humanoids.CedricEDIT: I should add that drow weren't really introduced in the Fiend Folio, but that was the first place to include a full write up on them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cedric, post: 733701, member: 2044"] The funny thing about this whole evolution.... Is that when they introduced Drow in the Fiend Folio, they included this little blurb saying Drow were well coordinated and could fight with "either or both, hands/arms for attack and defense". But what were they equipped with? Lond dagger and short sword... Meaning they still followed the twf rules layed out in the DMG, but without any penalty for off-hand use. Very reasonable. Then came Unearthed Arcana...where one editing faux pas opened up a whole can of worms. In writing up the descriptors for the Dark Elves as player characters...they included this statement, "Dark elves...may fight with two weapons without penalty, provided each weapon may be easily wielded in one hand." This of course goes against what's printed in the DMG and all previous precendent, and inspired many players and GM's .. also inspiring Salvatore to have Drizzt use two scimitars. Meanwhile, the most accomplished of the human assassins, Entreri, used what? You got it...sword and dagger. Drizzt having been as popular as he was, TSR rolled that over into a "must have" ability for Rangers, since they were robbing them of the huge damage bonuses they use to enjoy against humanoids. Cedric EDIT: I should add that drow weren't really introduced in the Fiend Folio, but that was the first place to include a full write up on them. [/QUOTE]

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