If Drizzt is a companion in "Out of the Abyss: Rage of Demons", what do you believe his stats will be?
Here is my take!
Strength: 12
Dexterity: 20
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 16
Wisdom: 16
Charisma: 12
CCS wrote:
Yeah, I always thought it was lame that Drizzt has the same Int score as Raistlin. Stats have changed (for many monsters) with 5th Ed, I suspect Drizzt's stats will change (tone down that Int, a genius, he is not).
Brock_Landers wrote:
Farmer42 wrote:
In the Dark Elf Trilogy he was depicted as having extensive intelligence, easily obtaining a place at the wizards's academy (forget the name) but also had fantastic agility as well. Drizzt chose the latter so he would train with Zak. So a high intelligence makes sense. As for his stats, lets hope they maintain their stance and give him a stat-block (if they're still doing that) that doesn't HAVE to fit some class-base mold. I'd rather not see Barbarian 1/ Fighter 10/ Ranger 6 blah blah again. We don't need him build like some suped-up PC. Give him unique features and abilities only he knows (Cross-down parry comes to mind) and some flourishing tactics as well.
His stats from Dungeon 171 were:
Str 20, Dex 24, Con 15, Int 15, Wis 17, Cha 13
So he's been hitting the gym a bit.......so? 
Diffan wrote:
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Slit518 wrote:
I vote for the original stats from 2E of course. Doesn't bother me if he has a 17 int.
Diffan wrote:
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I don't care what the official stance on his stats are - I'll be house-ruling them to match his write up in the 1989 Hall of Heroes book, but potentially adding additional levels since he might have gained a few since 1358 DR.
As for what those stats are, Zard posted pretty close to them (his Wisdom was original 16, otherwise Zard's listing is accurate).
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AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
"Drizzt eats 1d6 adventurers per round."
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Diffan wrote:
Hardly matters I think he has Ability: Always win. And Ability: Teach people who can't spell rogue or angel properly how to spell something with two "z"s in it just fine.
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AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
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Brock_Landers wrote:
I am aware how Drizzt was created, he talks about it a lot in his podcasts and "meet the author" videos. I am sure it's in his introductory speeches to places where some people may not know him, he has about an hour, and he tells his story of how he became an author and how Drizzt became to be.
When did Dungeon 171 come out? A little over a year ago I had a coversation with Bob via email about Conan vs Drizzt. He entertained the idea for a bit, and of course he said Drizzt would win. I was coming up with why Conan would win, despite him being a large barbarian. When I statted them out, Conan is more stat heavy than Drizzt, with far greater strength, just shy of Drizzt's dexterity (Conan is said to have the reflexes, agility and speed of a panther), his constitution is also higher than Drizzt's, intelligence is most likely the same (as Conan is a great, tacticle thinker), wisdom most likely the same and Conan I would say would have a higher charisma than Drizzt (due to being a king and having subjects who follow him to help create his kingdom).
Either way, since both have great experience, and are great in battle, I concluded Conan would beat Drizzt and explained my points. But that isn't the purpose of this, it's just me giving background on my thought. My email started in February of last year, so what if Dungeon 171 came out after that conversation I had with Bob?
Editor: "You want his strength to be 20? And his dexterity to be 24? Why?"
Bob: "Oh, he got stronger, I mean he adventures a lot, have't you read my books?"
Editor: "No, I can't say that I have."
Bob: "Well, go read them!"
*Bob walks off* "Excellent, now Drizzt can beat Conan once and for all! MU HA HA HA HA HA!"
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Tiamat is the 8th child of The Mother, who birthed the 12 monsters and hides in the Endless Corridor, which she twisted so its backside is now its frontside, as she controls the power of Infinity and is one of three creatures who created life.
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If they can't create Drizzt using the established character creation rules for 5th edition then what they are saying is that the game system they created is unable to represent that character concept.
Essentially it is not possible to create certain characters with the rules. Your characters will never be able to be as good as Drizzt, no matter how much XP you get. You will have to introduce house rules to fulfill many concept as the rules as written are inadequate to do so.
What is wrong with representing Drizzt as a high level Drow Ranger? Done!
LordTwig wrote:
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LordTwig wrote:
It is not Drizzts fault that every new edition changes Character Classes.
Although I must admit that I will laugh if Drizzt can not use half of his items because of attunment! 
Shasarak wrote:
Diffan wrote:
Drizzt would probbably be like a fighter champion or battlemaster 3 Hunter Ranger 12.
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LordTwig wrote:
He was a level 18 fighter trained by Zaknafein who was level 24.
Brock_Landers wrote:
My money is on Drizzzzztttt *not* getting any stats. If he is even included as an NPC in the adventure (which is not certain), then he will just 'be' in the adventure, and will neither have nor require stats.
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Shasarak wrote:
But NONE of those things you listed were even REMOTELY possible in AD&D without a mountain of houserules.
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Ranger 19 Barbarian 1
Str 24
Dex 30
Con 24
Int 26
Wis 28
Cha 30
AC:27
hp:265
Fighting Styles and Feats that emphasize Two-weapon fighting styles.
Homebrew conversion.
http://community.wizards.com/forum/product-and-general-dd-discussions/threads/4209011
The short version. Not the most min/maxed PC I could create but I went with story and RP over brute power and most of his enemies in the books are mooks anyway.
Drizzt 5E Fighter 11/ Ranger 5 circa 1371 DR.
Armor Class 23 (bracers, dex,terity, combat style, feat, 24-26 with +3 defender)
Hit Points 132 (16d10+32)
Speed 30 ft.
Saving Throws Dex +5, Con +6, Str +6,Int +3, Wis +3, Cha +2
Str 13 (+1), Dex 20 (+5), Con 15 (+2), Int 17 (+3), Wis 17 (+3), Cha 15 (+2)
Feats: Alertness, Dual Wielder, Lucky
Skills History+8, Perception +8, Persuasion +7, Stealth +10, Survival +8,
Class Abilities ) Action Surge 4/long rest, Combat style (archery, defence, two weapon fighting), favoured enemy (goblins), horde breaker, improved critical, (19/20, natural explorer, primeval awareness, remarkable athlete, second wind (1d10+11) , spells,
Senses passive Perception 18
Languages Dwarven, Elven, Common, Goblin, Giant
Actions.
Multiattack. The Drizzt makes 4 melee attacks or 3 ranged attacks.
Scimitars. Melee or ranged Weapon Attack: +13 to hit, reach 5’, Hit 12 (1d6+8)) slashing damage
Longbow +12 to hit, Hit 10 (1d8+5) damage
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Zardnaar wrote:
There seems to be some hate for the idea of building NPCs with the character building rules for PCs. You have the rules, why not use them? Not saying you have to use them if you don't want to, but you can.
I don't feel it is necessary to build Drizzt so that the character can do everything in game exactly the same as he was able to do in every single book written about him. And apparently the writers of previous editions didn't feel it was necessary either since he has changed in every edition so far. For 5th edition you would just stat him up as a 5th edition character and be done. Give him new 5th edition versions of his iconic magic items and don't worry if they match up exactly in the books.
It's kinda backwards honestly. It is being argued that NPCs shouldn't be "locked in" by what is available in the game. But they, apparently, feel "locked in" by what was written in the novels. Whereas I don't feel at all compelled to match the novels exactly and think that you can create a character that represents Drizzt with the rules without making a ton of exceptions and special case rules. It won't work exactly like Drizzt of the novels, but when has he ever?
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