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* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Gracklstugh and the Scoured Legion attacked Menzoberranzan thanks to {{spoiler|Nimor's}} influence. |
* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Gracklstugh and the Scoured Legion attacked Menzoberranzan thanks to {{spoiler|Nimor's}} influence. |
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* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: Being Drow, naturally the whole cast. Also see: [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]] |
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: Being Drow, naturally the whole cast. Also see: [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]] |
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* [[And Show It to You]]: Jeggred to {{spoiler|Ryld}}. |
* [[...And Show It to You]]: Jeggred to {{spoiler|Ryld}}. |
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* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Six companions set out from Menzoberranzan, picking up two along the way. Guess how many survive? |
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Six companions set out from Menzoberranzan, picking up two along the way. Guess how many survive? |
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* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Pharaun and Gromph. |
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Pharaun and Gromph. |
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* [[Cobweb Jungle]]: Because everything having to do with spiders is sacred to Lolth, it's actually a crime to destroy a spider web in Menzoberranzan. |
* [[Cobweb Jungle]]: Because everything having to do with spiders is sacred to Lolth, it's actually a crime to destroy a spider web in Menzoberranzan. |
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* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Done to Faeryl. |
* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: Done to Faeryl. |
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* [[Conveniently-Timed Attack From Behind]]: Subverted in the {{spoiler|three-way deathmatch between Quenthel, Danifae, and Halisstra. Halisstra hit Danifae with one just as the latter was about to kill Quenthel. It didn't take, unfortunately.}} |
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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Pharaun |
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Pharaun |
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* [[Dog Pile of Doom]]: While on the Ship of Chaos, lots and lots of rats swarmed Jeggred to try to take him down. It didn't work. |
* [[Dog Pile of Doom]]: While on the Ship of Chaos, lots and lots of rats swarmed Jeggred to try to take him down. It didn't work. |
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* [[Great Escape]]: Ryld and Pharaun get one in ''Dissolution'' {{spoiler|attempting to escape from the alhoon's cult.}} |
* [[Great Escape]]: Ryld and Pharaun get one in ''Dissolution'' {{spoiler|attempting to escape from the alhoon's cult.}} |
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* [[Hand Signals]]: The drow have an entire language of these. |
* [[Hand Signals]]: The drow have an entire language of these. |
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* [[Hitchhiker Heroes]]: Halisstra and Danifae. {{spoiler|Of course, since the original party had a hand in making them hitchhikers in the first place, it also ended up being a case of [[Teeth |
* [[Hitchhiker Heroes]]: Halisstra and Danifae. {{spoiler|Of course, since the original party had a hand in making them hitchhikers in the first place, it also ended up being a case of [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]] at first.}} |
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* [[Ineffectual Death Threats]]: Quenthel constantly makes them to Pharaun throughout the series. {{spoiler|It's eventually averted near the end of ''Resurrection''.}} |
* [[Ineffectual Death Threats]]: Quenthel constantly makes them to Pharaun throughout the series. {{spoiler|It's eventually averted near the end of ''Resurrection''.}} |
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] |
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] |
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* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Drow are full of themselves. |
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Drow are full of themselves. |
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* [[Punched Across the Room]]: Things on the receiving end of one of Pharaun's ''Bigsby's (whatever) Hand'' spells are typically subject to this. |
* [[Punched Across the Room]]: Things on the receiving end of one of Pharaun's ''Bigsby's (whatever) Hand'' spells are typically subject to this. |
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* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: ''[[Oh Crap|Run.]]'' |
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: ''[[Oh Crap|Run.]]'' |
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* [[Religion of Evil]] |
* [[Religion of Evil]] |
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* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]]: A good portion of ''Dissolution''. |
* [[The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized]]: A good portion of ''Dissolution''. |