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Message: <blockquote data-quote="molonel" data-source="post: 3349845" data-attributes="member: 10412">That made me laugh.I have the Crystal Shard books on my shelf, the homeland books. They are very fun books to read. I like the characters - Wulfgar and Bruenor Battlehammer - I like the stories, I like the writing. No, it's not Shakespeare, but since I don't write like Shakespeare either, I'm not going to throw any rocks on that subject.Drizzt had a number of problems, in my opinion:1. The escalating challenges and battles that he just never lost. He beats a dragon, he beats a demon. I fully expected him to punch out a deity in the next book, because hey, he's "impossibly fast." It could happen, right? I think Salvatore got the clue, but instead of - I don't know - having him lose once in a while, or learn, or change, we got "Drizzt against 1,000 orcs!" Whatever, man.2. Salvatore started believing his own hype. Gawd! Those long, droning philosophical essays. I didn't "start" skipping them. I always skipped them. You're not that deep, man. Get over yourself.3. The books just went on and on and on and on. I know Salvatore has got to pay the bills just like anyone else, and even he's said on his forums, I think, that there are a lot of people who want him to keep churning out Drizzt books every year or so. Cool. Salvatore gets to write for a living, and they get the books they want. But to me, the books are too formulaic and dull, anymore.Fanboys don't bother me. If I had a young player who wanted to play a Drow ranger duel-wielding scimitars in one of my games, that's the least of my worries.</blockquote>

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