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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Olgar Shiverstone" data-source="post: 3377762" data-attributes="member: 5868">Sorry, not the case.  Icewind Dale and the Ten Towns were a Salvatore invention made from whole cloth.  Check your (1987) 1E Forgotten Realms Grey Box -- the map stops short of where Icewind Dale was later added, and there is no entry for Icewind Dale in the Cyclopedia of the Realms.  IWD was added later, after the success of Salvatore's books -- which in my mind reinforces the theory that Drizzt (1988) informed the 2E Ranger concept (1989) and not the other way around.Nope, sorry.  There's no mention of the Ranger's weapons or fighting ability other than special ability against giants in the 1E PHB, and Unearthed Arcana merely expanded on the ranger's weapon proficiency restrictions to ensure he learned to use woodsman-like weapons first.</blockquote>