35 replies to this topic

[Feanor]

How many HP Drizzt has ? I know I can check in BG2, but I'm not sure if the developers did not alter his characteristics.

[khay]

Drizzt has 124 hit points.

[BobTokyo]

Drizzt has 124 hit points.

Which doesn't mean much, since as The Hero he will never be allowed to die permanently unless the needs of the story call for it.

It's the war-gaming vs. story-telling issue.

[khay]

Imagine Salvatore killing Drizzt -- he`d awake in a pool of blood next morning after the release of the book. I sure as hell would kill him.

[Ismail]

I sure as hell would kill him.

You'd have to go through me and a whole lot of others, too.

Though, I actually doubt if death of Drizzt would save the story...

[khay]

I meant I`d murderize Salvatore if he`d kill Drizzt. The Drizzt novels are outstanding, in my opinion.

[hlidskialf]

*shudder* Read a real book. Drizzt books are the written equivalent of a Swarzanegger movie. Entertaining, but not full of quality content.

[BobTokyo]

*shudder* Read a real book. Drizzt books are the written equivalent of a Swarzanegger movie. Entertaining, but not full of quality content.

And that's an insult to Schwarzenegger movies.

[khay]

Then I`m obviously a pathetic loser because I have no access to 'real books' in this shithole called country. The 'rarest' thing I`ve read in fantasy was a Ravenloft novel, I think.

[khay]

Yes yes, of course, as I said.

[Mongoose87]

If Drizzt was to ever die, he would show up later after some sort of elaborate plot to hurt his friends backfiring.

[BobTokyo]

Then I`m obviously a pathetic loser because I have no access to 'real books' in this shithole called country. The 'rarest' thing I`ve read in fantasy was a Ravenloft novel, I think.

Time to learn to use your Library's book ordering program if it has one, or amazon.com's used books shops.

Seriously and for what it's worth, reading George R.R. Martin, David Gemmel, Philip Jose Farmer, Tanith Lee, Terry Pratchett, Mary Gentle, Gregory Maguire, etc. etc. will make you see fantasy in a whole new way. Worth going to the trouble.

[Xaositect_Crayon]

why does everyone draw Drizzt like this serious Badass. I know he is badass... but anyone who names his weapons Twinkle and Icing Death has to be atleast marginally jolly

[Vedran]

Who told you anyway that Drizzt wouldn't die? Most of other characters died at some point of the plot. But they usually come back. With the exception of those I really liked, like Zak.

[khay]

Time to learn to use your Library's book ordering program if it has one, or amazon.com's used books shops.

The latter might be a possibility, albeit a faint one -- as for the first, you are obviously misinformed regarding Romanian libraries and their ordering programs.

[Sillara]

What about Tolkien? He is the absolute master of fantasy. (Cliche of me to say, but true nonetheless.) Or C. S. Lewis, if you are into children's style fantasy (Narnia books), sci-fi (Space Trilogy) or mythology/fantasy (Till We Have Faces). And then there is George MacDonald. He is--different. Read Phantastes for a taste of something unusual.

I despise Cattie-Brie and could not read past the Icewind Dale trilogy because of her. I read the first books. Homeland might be the best of the lot. Great literature it is NOT.

I would recommend Shakespeare for some fun. He is available online, many plays in their entirety. Try The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter. And, of course, arguably the greatest English novelist: Jane Austen. You MUST read her stuff. And Jane Eyre. And Wuthering Heights. (All right; it's out. I am an English Lit fanatic.) The Nibelungenlied is also great.

All those things are available on amazon. Amazon delivers well to many places. (I have not had trouble with their books, and I live in Japan. I AM aware that amazon has a Japanese branch, but I rarely order books from there. Too expensive.)

I will be quiet now.

Sillara