Editing Drizzt (section)

==But what about ''MY'' not-evil Drow character!?==
To repeat, Drizzt has inspired legions of copycats and imitators. And while it isn't necessarily the case that no roleplayer has ever done a good job with a "good Drow" or some other heroic member of a different generally evil monster race, there ''is'' a difference between a heroic Drow who actually feels like something distinct (say, a female Cleric or a Wizard instead of a male ranger), and ones who are just Drizzt in all but name...but with few if any of the things that made folks fall for that character in the first place. 

Put another way, the difference between an acceptable or good Drow OC who isn't evil and a Drizzt clone that makes /tg/ want to declare an [[Exterminatus]], is similar to the difference between a Fantasy setting that makes even a minimal good-faith effort to feel mildly distinct, and one that feels like Lord of the Rings with its soul sucked out.

To put another, another way: TG does not give a shit about what your playing at your table or your character. Sometimes just leaning into an archetype is what you want to do and not challenge things, same reason people play stereotype barbarians after all. Just be aware if you talk about your OC on the internet and somebody goes 'there a drizzle clone', just know to accept it and don't be [[that guy]] defensive about it.