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== Tabletop Games ==

* Drizzt Do'Urden, the [[Chaotic Good]] [[Dual-Wielding|dual-scimitar-wielding]] [[Exclusively Evil|Drow elf]] ranger ''[[The Icewind Dale Trilogy]]'' unleashed on the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'', and a little later ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' in general. This trope used to be called [[Drizzt Syndrome]] because it's a long joke for fans that some players like to play thinly veiled copies of him.

** In this case, [[Executive Meddling]] "helped" - dual-wielding was made Ranger class feature in AD&D 2ed. and then Salvatore was directed to churn out Drizzt books. Icing on the cake? Even ''Salvatore himself'' reacted on this trend by saying he "[https://~~wayback~~.archive.org/web/20100515195346/http~~%3A~~//ww2.wizards.com/books/mirrorstone/Article.aspx?doc=fr_delveintothedrow fears for the integrity of the evil drow race as antagonist]". Talk about [[Fan Dumb]]... eventually even Wizards staff does a brilliant lampshading of this in an advertisement of his book series—the ad is set out like a 4th Edition power card, and the "additional effects" bar says, "You'll probably want to make a character named Drizz't."

** In this case, [[Executive Meddling]] "helped" - dual-wielding was made Ranger class feature in AD&D 2ed. and then Salvatore was directed to churn out Drizzt books. Icing on the cake? Even ''Salvatore himself'' reacted on this trend by saying he "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100515195346/http://ww2.wizards.com/books/mirrorstone/Article.aspx?doc=fr_delveintothedrow fears for the integrity of the evil drow race as antagonist]". Talk about [[Fan Dumb]]... eventually even Wizards staff does a brilliant lampshading of this in an advertisement of his book series—the ad is set out like a 4th Edition power card, and the "additional effects" bar says, "You'll probably want to make a character named Drizz't."

== Video Games ==