Talk:Drizzt Do'Urden/Archive 1

message: Would Drizzt be considered a racis?. Because he seems to discriminate against orcs and goblins. True they are monster races,but they are still races.
DnD Greg 06:12, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I think Salvatore wrote a sickeningly sweet short story (I think in "Realms of Valor") which made exactly this point where Drizzt learns that even a goblin can be good. JoshuaZ 06:14, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

text: "Dark Mirror — A short story about Drizzt and Nojheim the goblin published in Realms of Valor. (1993) " as mentioned in the article —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Fsdemir (talk • contribs) 14:21, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

text: I could be very wrong (as I'm not the proverbial D&D lore master), but I'm sure I have read somewhere that the "favoured enemies", at least in 3E, don't automatically mean "hated enemies". So a ranger's favoured enemy would be more a type of creature/race that the ranger is used to deal with more than one-dimensional hatred. I don't have any source though, and so I guess this might be more a personal interpretation more than anything else, but it's food for the thought nonetheless. --DarthMuffin 02:08, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Drizzt a racist

message: What is with that opening statement? "Links point to non-fictional reference unless noted"? Of course they do - all Wikipedia links point to non-fictional references unless noted. Nobody is going to assume that scimitar points to anything but the sword, just as it would in any Wikipedia article about a work of ficiton. 
I think the message is not only unnecessary but incredibly confusing - I strongly suggested it be removed.  - DavidWBrooks 02:23, 5 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: As I have now done, a week later. - DavidWBrooks 20:03, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Confusing opening statement

message: Perhaps this article could use a pronounciation key for his name?  Is it actually pronounced a difficult, as-is "Drizzt" (which I can't quite exactly pronounce to sound as it appears, it sounds like "Drist" when I try to pronounce it with two z's before the t), or "Drizzit", or what?  --66.120.158.19 22:33, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm afraid I don't think we should include any pronounciations in here because it involves us in an ongoing and unsolvable debate. many think it should be said "Drizz-it", others "Drizzt", and even "Drissed" and many more. I think Salvatore said something about being on side for one of them, but really, it just complicates things if we include it here. -Erolos 17:03, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It is pronounced a difficult, as-is "Drizzt". In some of the books, rustic characters often pronounce his name as "Drizzit Dudden", and then Drizzt corrects them, telling them that it's "Drizzt Do'Urden".--JarlaxleArtemis 00:04, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)

text: 208.248.33.30 20:24, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks for that information. I've added it to the article.  ⇒  JarlaxleArtemis 03:52, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

text: On page 54 of the Baldur's Gate II manual, it mentions his name is pronounced "Dritst Doe-UrR-den" and that's the most reliable source I've seen on how to pronounce it. The "zz" is probably supposed to be pronounce like the Italian "zz" which is pronounced like "ts".  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.121.129.102 (talk) 23:05, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How to pronounce? 

message: Hey, this drizzt page is looking like a Drizzt story book!
I believe in an encyclopedia most people would wish to see a shorter story, and to know other facts about him, know why he is so famous. And if they are truly interested, they can go get the novels.
--Cynehelm 2 July 2005 19:25 (UTC)
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I agree that there's too much info on one page, and the size is also at the allowed limit of 32kb - so I propose to move the detailed sections of each book series (Icewind Trilogy, and so on) out to their individual sites, and then link to them, perhaps making a S.A. Salvatore books category to glue them together. A few lines of 'overview', on the Drizzt page, for each series would be better for casual browsers. Poulsen 11:30, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: In fact, I'd remove most of the content in the "Literature" section unless there's relevant Drizzt-specific information, such as the fact that he was originally just a supporting character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. --Deathphoenix 15:09, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too many spoiler 

message: All sources I've read show Drizzt's alignment as Chaotic Good, yet 67.81.26.227 is changing it and saying that he is Lawful Good. Did a recent source book come right out and say he's now Lawful Good, or is this "original research"? --Deathphoenix 2 July 2005 14:40 (UTC)
I do think Drizzt is CG, that can be know from two Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting books. Mr. 67.81.26.227 please Cite your source, or leave it just at that. --Cynehelm 2 July 2005 19:23 (UTC)
I think his alignment should be left out. He's really a story character, not much of a role-playing character. Chaotic good is somewhat confusing, as in the books, Drizzt is very lawful.   ‡  Jarlaxle July 2, 2005 21:31 (UTC)
I dunno. He's not above stealing things. That's pretty damn unlawful in my opinion. If He's listed as being CG he should be CG here too. hash
:I've never seen his alignment listed, myself. There's an entry about him in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, which has lots of statistics about him, but unfortunately, no alignment.   ‡  Jarlaxle 21:13, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
You've not been looking hard enough then. In between Spell resistance and his saving throw modifiers is his alignment it is listed as "CG" i.e. Chaotic Good hash
:hash is right. Both the second and third edition versions of Drizzt's character, as published by TSR/WotC, give Drizzt's alignment as chaotic good. —Lowellian (reply) 07:44, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drizzt's alignment 

message: ALL Drow have the power to conjure faerie fire, not just Drow nobles.—Hashimashadoo
:Okay, thanks. I was under the impression that only magic-users and nobles could conjure faerie fire.   ‡  Jarlaxle 00:00, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
::I think you're thinking of levitation. --Deathphoenix 05:28, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: From what I remember, no. Drizzt's house insignia (in his piwafwi) was destroyed in the sunlight, but he continued to levitate for a time, though this power steadily waned until it failed completely. The last time I remember him demonstrating this was in front of deBouchee (I could be mistaken, but that's irrelevant to this discussion). --Deathphoenix 19:28, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

text: That's not correct, and I bet that if you find the exact quote, you'll see that it doesn't actually say that. All drow can use faerie fire, but only nobles can levitate. The Monstrous Manual lists drow as having the ability to cast faerie fire, but not levitate. In Homeland, we have, in the section where Vierna is teaching Drizzt how to levitate: "...levitation was a high manifestation of innate drow magic, certainly more difficult than limning objects in faerie fire or summoning globes of darkness. The Do'Urden emblem heightened these innate powers of drow elves, magic that usually emerged as a drow matured. Whereas most drow nobles could summon the magical energy to levitate once every day or so...". Furthermore, we've seen drow battle groups and armies all use faerie fire, and certainly not all drow in those groups were all noble. Also, from the above quote, we see that the Do'Urden emblem only enhances the levitation ability; it does not itself grant it. —Lowellian (reply) 07:40, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  To: JarlaxleArtemis RE: recent edits 

message: Can someone fix the formatting of the image at the top of the page so it doesn't push the intro text down below the picture, leaving large whitespace at the top? —Lowellian (reply) 07:45, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture formatting

message: isn't his race should be drow in the table?
--Fsdemir 08:54, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drow Elf? 

message: According to  WOTC http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=fr/fx20010117d 
his class is Fighter/Ranger/Barbarian
--Fsdemir 12:19, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That is for use in the role-playing games; the games are mere trivia.  ⇒  JarlaxleArtemis 04:41, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

text: I don't understand what you're trying to say, but that comic page is pretty funny.  ⇒  JarlaxleArtemis 21:23, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Class 

message: has anyone ever thought about including the stats (STR DEX CON, etc) on Wikipedia articles about AD&D characters?  That would be pretty cool.
--Quigonpaj 14:37, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Statistics 

message: Hey whats with the deletion of the swords. They're the real life repliques. Jamo
:They are just regular swords, and some guy named them Twinkle and Icingdeath to make money.  ⇒  JarlaxleArtemis 05:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Why did you take my swords?

message: Can Anybody Rate all The Forgotten Realms books becuase I need to Know what ones to need next here are the ones i Got
Crystal Shard-8/10<BR>
streams of silver7/10<BR>
halflings gem 8.5/10<BR>
Legacy 10/10<BR>
64.146.167.230 03:47, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Homeland- 9/10<BR>
Exile- 8/10<BR>
Sojourn- 7/10<BR>
Starless Night- 7/10<BR>
Siege of Darkness- 10/10<BR>
Passage to Dawn-6/10<BR>
Silent Blade- 9/10<BR>
Spine of the World- 7/10<BR>
The Servant of the Shard- 7/10<BR>
Sea of Swords- 8/10<BR>
The Thousand Orcs- 8/10<BR>
The Lone Drow- reading<BR>
The Two Swords- havent read yet<BR>
Jamo 00:19, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Hey

message: I'd like to know why Drizzt is Classified as part Barbarian in the bio box thing??? Jamo 04:53, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Outrage 

message: With all due respect, detailed introduction concerning Drizzt's scimitars should be in their own respective pages.
Why? There's so little info., we should just put them under Drizzt's page. Mwsilvabreen 23:34, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  rv weapon