Talk:Drizzt Daermon N'a'shezbaernon

Weapons
Previously, there were lengthy descriptions of Icingdeath and Twinkle on this page as well as each having their own page. This page is already fairly lengthy so I have summarized the weapons here and moved full descriptions to their respective pages, including creating the page for Mooshie's Longbow. Fw190a8 01:46, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Name
Shouldn't this article just be located at Drizzt Do'Urden, which is by far the most common name of his, with a mention in the lead paragraph that this "Drizzt Daermon N'a'shezbaernon" or whatever is his full name..? Zerak-Tul 20:39, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Drizzt Do'Urden redirects to the full name article. --Elessar 21:04, 22 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, but my point is, shouldn't that be reversed? Zerak-Tul 06:11, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Why? People put 'Drizzt Do'Urden' into the search feature and they still get the main article. hash 15:09, 23 August 2006 (GMT)

Drow lifespan
"'It is common knowledge that the average lifespan of a drow is not below 800 years'" This needs to be cited. I have seen a lot of discussion about this on various D&D sites but very few concrete facts. Fw190a8 02:44, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Underdark p. 21 gives maximum Venerable Age for drow as 350 years + 4% years, though this is one of the topics with which WotC's authors are woefully inadequate (probably because the elves/drow borrow themes from LotR, Dragonlance, etc. so there's general confusion about age and things like hairgrowth (some settings elves can grow beards and other bodyhair, some settings they can't, etc.)). Zerak-Tul 10:55, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe the problem is with the Forgotten Realms itself. It has had constant updates throughout the 2nd and 3rd editions of D&D. Things have changed over the years and people try to retcon all that information. Unfortunately, this means that certain things that were once staples of the setting get changed.
 * Oh look, it's Hash :D Zerak-Tul 10:21, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
 * In that case, perhaps we'd be better citing the different sources. For example, if it says in a 2ed sourcebook that lifespan is 800 years, but in a 3ed it's 350 years (I don't know for sure, I'm making these up) then we could come up with a way of citing both clearly and letting the reader decide which should apply. Fw190a8 03:40, 12 October 2006 (UTC)