Drizzt

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[[File:DrizztSue.png|300px|thumbnail|right|Blame the people who did his clones.]]

'''Drizzt Do'Urden''' is the <del>[[Drow]]</del> <del>[[Elf]]</del> [[Drow]] protagonist of several of [[R.A. Salvatore]]'s [[Forgotten Realms]] novels. He is well known - and well-hated - on /tg/ for being the origin of the "Good Drow Ranger Fighting To Prove Him/Herself Worthy Despite The Sins Of His/Her Kin Whilst Dual-Wielding Scimitars" stereotype used as a template to create characters by hundreds upon thousands of pathetically unoriginal idiots the world over. Whilst Drizzt really isn't a terrible character in and of himself (especially in light of shit like [[Twilight|Pinelight]]), the sheer volume of Drizzt-clones he's spawned are capable of inducing [[Rage|burning fury]] in even the most [[Reasonable Marines|mild and even-tempered of dudes]].

He is also commonly described as a [[Mary Sue]], although whether this is really a property of the character himself or if he's simply tainted by association with the thousands of knock-off characters he spawned is open to debate. Some bet on the latter, having moved into "sick of people who are sick of the original subject matter". Other point out that, all copycats aside, Drizzt has stupid amounts of [[plot armor]] in the books and is able to carve his way through armies and Epic-level encounters such as Balors without sweating despite only being lvl16 pure-class [[ranger]]. Given past experience by players being inspired by [[Stephanie Meyer|stupid shit]], there is every reason to take a lot of problems with the guy with a grain of salt.

No matter what your verdict, keep in mind he is an elf and thus automatically 5 billion times less manly than even the dreaded [[Tau|Space Communists]].

==Ok, so why is this son of a bitch so popular?==
* Drizzt is a [[Twilight|unique and beautiful snowflake]].
** To his credit however, even Drizzt himself is [[FAIL|facepalming]] at the above line. ''Jesus.''
* He has [[Cadia|lavender eyes]], making him popular among the [[-4 Str|ladies]].
* Drow are hot, and Drizzt is a drow. Therefore we can safely conclude that Drizzt is hot. (Confirmed by our on-staff [[Elf|homosexual]]).
* He occasionally hangs out with [[Dwarves|dorfs]], which basically means he cannot ''completely'' suck.
* [[Meme|I think Drizzt is a pretty cool gal, seh kills demons and doesn't afraid of anything.]]
* His name sounds exactly like the Russian word for "diarrhea" (was even renamed into Dzzirt in the official Russian translation, go figure).
* Because he's a male drow that doesn't get slapped for not GB2Kitchen.
* Has a badass black panther animal companion.
* Drizzt isn't a fan of his clones either. And to his credit, he gets shit done better than them.
* We're reasonably sure he didn't cause [[4e]].
* He's part of the elf master-race.
* He's a [[ranger]] and a bad motherfucker, two things that, in ''D&D'', have rarely blent well.

...On a serious note, it's because people have always liked the idea of playing "monster" races. From [[goblins]] to [[orcs]] to [[minotaur]]s, it's as old as ''D&D''. Literally; Gygax included notes expressing different opinions on the idea in different supplements over the years and reportedly once let someone bring a ''balrog'' to the table. Evil races are often kinda ''sweet''. Why else would [[Chaos]] have as many fans as it does? But bringing a monster attitude to a normal gaming table is often disruptive. Gygax pointed out that having a balrog in the party made it hard to adventure, since it kept trying to dominate or abuse the other party members into line.

So, to the kind of mind that likes coming up with "unconventional" PC choices, playing a non-evil version of a traditionally-evil race is a good way to try to create a character with an adventuring-party-friendly personality without fully sacrificing the cool-factor that made the traditionally-evil race popular in the first place. And it was pretty good roleplay fodder too before it got run into the ground: the player in question got to have angst while the party got to show how cool and not-racist they were for looking past the monster PC's race to see them for the good person they were inside.

Drizzt, bless his heart, was merely the first example of what people have always been doing to get lots of spotlight.

==Gallery==
*See also [http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/all_drow_are_drizzt_1654.jpg here].

==See Also==
* [[Elf]]
* [[Dwarf]]
* [[Twilight|Pinelight]]

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[[Category:Mary Sue]]

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