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mikex79x
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Where exactly is the heroic legendary Drow elf ranger Drizzt Do'Urden the NPC located at in this Neverwinter MMORPG and does it take a very long time to locate him in the game???
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However Cryptic has been speaking with authors such as RA Salvatore about getting some famous figures to make an appearance as stated by Andy Valasquez during an IRC Live Q&A.
So that is roughly a 105 year jump. Drizzt being a Drow (Dark Elf) can live for several centuries, and I believe was just in or near 120 years old in 1385. So he is alive and kicking to say the least during this time period.
Drow average Lifespan:
Usually up to 500, but 900 is not unheard of
http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Drow
Besides, according to canon, wasn't Drizzt's old gang reincarnated around 1460 ?? So we could also meet characters like Cattie Brie, Bruenor or Wulfgar.
At some point in the books they had mentioned that Drizzt was 80 years old or so when he left the underdark which would put him around 120 years old in 1385. However numerous other sources cite Drizzt birth as 1297 DR which would put him at 80-90 before the spellplague.
This has him at ~185 years old in the modern timeline.
By the way the Neverwinter Timeline was never hard coded. There's only two major hints.
First, without giving away too many spoilers, Drizzt is unavailable from 1463-1484.
Secondly Lord Dagult Neverember does not assume the mantle of Lord Protector of Neverwinter until 1467.
So if Drizzt makes an appearance the timeline would automatically get set to 1484.
However last month we did get an unnoffical official bump forward in the timeline. Players reported being a Witness to Mask (sadly I never managed to spot him) but mask was a dead power from roughly 1385 to 1484. Thus the mere fact Mask has made it into the game has place the timeline post 1484 which is a very exciting prospect.
However, more to the point, Drizzt is alive and kicking in 1484. Heck a few other people you wouldn't have expected to be around a few hundred years in the future have also advanced in the timeline alive and well. Read the books to find out the plot twists.
Yvonnel Baenre managed to survive to roughly two thousand years of age. Her son, Gromph Baenre, was cited multiple times to be over 900 in the books as well but the wiki cites a 2008 source which claims Gromph to be 704. That is outdated at the least.
Also if you ask Zeb, the walking FR encyclopedia, drow and elves in general aren't actually mortal. They could, in theory, live on the prime material plane for all eternity if they resist the Call of Arvandor.
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Edit: did not know that Mask has made an appearance.....in that case it may be possible
Pretty much this. If we saw Drizzt in game that would mean all time went forward. I don't think you can push time in the game a 100 years say. Just would not be realistic. (i say realistic with a grain of salt) . On a side note Zeb is correct, Gromph is close to 1000 years old and as bad *** as ever! one of my favorite wizards.
Wasn't elf immortality a feature of early D&D editions and they backpedaled more and more from it to be distinguishable from Tolkien ? I remember the first monster manual I had as a kid (not sure which edition that was), stated that grey elves could live well over 2000 years. And that became less with every successive edition.
Considering the drow society I would not be surprised to learn that the average life span of a drow is so short because they have a good chance of finding a violent death in the underdark and that their actual biological life span could be significantly higher. Pretty much like the difference between living in Sierra Leone or in Norway.
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Can't find anything on Google regarding any legal issue they may have come across...Maybe those were unlicensed Mods or something. Not sure.
I spose from a legalistic point of view, but outside of that I have to disagree. If you're going to use the license, why not draw upon all the source material. I think it enriches the game overall. How cool would a mission involving freeing Drizzt and his cohorts from Valindra's evil grasp be?
explain Mask and at least a bit more of Drizzt. Look up AD&D Sundering series.
Sadly, I will be waiting for the paperbacks.... as I live in the olden/cheap days.
I read it long ago. They didn't have permission to use certain DnD licensed material and there was a lawsuit. I don't know how far it went. Part of the reason Black Isles went down. I talked with a developer and he told me about it too. Even though the game sold well, they barely broke even due to the 5 years it took to make and some legal trouble. Again, this is from memory, so sorry if I'm off.