Well first of all, thanks for using numbers like I asked
Irrelevant. And just to restate it, even though I know you vaguely allude to it yourself later: Drizzt's infravision does not work on his own magical darkness.
Stating his abilities, something you haven?t even done. All you?ve done so far has been give examples from the movies. Are you even aware of the comic book Blade? I wonder?.
Yeah, I already knew he had a couple of swords.
Come on buddy, you?re embarrassing yourself?seriously though??if you?re going to ignore their magical aspect, you?re making an excellent point at proving how ignorant you are
Irrelevant. I've already read all about this myself anyway, so none of it is news to me. Who trained him and how great he was in a given city means nothing as far as this fight is concerned and is little more than a smokescreen.
Who trained him is irrelevant how? When you?re trained by Farmer Joe who?s got beef with vampires and has a crappy accent in comparison with the best skilled fighter in an entire city of fighters, I?d say it?s quite relevant
It is either a swordfight only, or it is not a swordfight only. You can't have your cake and then eat it, too. Declaring that it's a swordfight only just to get Blade to not use his other weapons, then saying, "Oh but Drizzt can use his magical darkness because THAT weapon is innate!" is ridiculous.
Aside from that, Drizzt is trained to fight in the dark, yes, but he's not the only person who has ever learned how. For all we know, Blade may know that, too. But it shouldn't matter anyway because this is a SWORDS. ONLY. FIGHT.
You?re funnier than I expected. Which part of innate don?t you understand? Fine, Drizzt doesn?t get the globes of darkness, Blade doesn?t get his healing factor. What? That?s innate, but hey, we don?t wanna take innate abilities into consideration??so I suppose Blade should be a normal human then eh?
You just keep insisting it?s a swords only fight don?t you? How many sword fights have you seen where one doesn?t use his innate abilities to the fullest? Not too many I assure you. As for Blade training to fight in complete darkness (darkness that he himself doesn?t see through), I?d like some proof of that. I?m not saying it doesn?t exist, I?d just like to see some.
No actually, it's a first-level barbarian rage. 4 Strength, 4 Constitution, -2 AC, etc. I have his writeup. Would you care for me to post it, just to prove my point?
It's not bad, but it isn't even enough to push his strength up to a level sufficient to be remotely close to equal to Blade's. It is, however, an excellent illustration of how important a strength boost can be in a fight, so thanks for that.
Contradicting yourself again?
Wow?..you CAN carry a debate all by yourself?.you?ll just keep contradicting yourself
No??you insisted on not using stats, seeing as how Blade?s different from DnD. So I put up the FEATS. Not the stats which were made for a handbook. Also, if you know your DnD you?ll know those aren?t canon while the books are considered canon. Therefore, your point is moot. The things he was able to do while being the hunter surpass a barbarian rage, but for game purposes, they changed that.
And no?..i?m really not proving how important a strength boost can be in a fight, because ALL his features were maxed out. Ya see, normally his incredible speed and agility are his main weapon. Far greater than his Strength. When he went into the Hunter mode, they got even moreso powerful. Therefore?..my point is that a boost in all domains, strength included, yeah, is great.
People have said the same thing about many real-life fighters. The difference is that -- once again -- unlike real-life fighters and also unlike Drizzt, Blade is at a level of speed sufficient to react to and sidestep a bullet on open ground after it is fired.
Actually blade did no such thing. Deacon frost did. And it was while he was STARING at Blade, so noticing him even SLIGHTLY moving his hand is time enough to dodge. Your point is moot. Funny thing is in the movies (which you love to use obviously) I?ve never seen Blade move so fast that you can?t see his hands moving??and in the books Drizzt is stated to move so fast that you can?t see his hands move?..hmmmm??how interesting eh?
And Blade sent that whole collection of needles flying at Deacon all while he was still in mid-leap. The difference is that wasn't even a high feat for Blade, and it isn't even something that really stands out in your mind 'till you really stop to try to remember it. It was casual. Effortless. Other than the coin trick, this is just a history lesson. It's also meaningless because I already know this history, and it's further irrelevant to the discussion. But it's great if you're hoping to draw attention away from the raw facts.
raw facts? Like the ones that you haven?t posted about Blade?
Actually, he WASN?T in mid-leap. He jumped, caught the needles in his hand, landed, tossed them into the air and just swung at them. Look again. That was a move any martial arts master can reproduce. Not something to be proud of, I agree
. Not really superhumany like
As for Drizzt being able to do something like that at that age?..i think it?s quite relevant. But if you don?t see that, then, well?..ignorance is bliss
Other than the part about how he did great in school, what is this even DOING here? What does it have to do with his ability as a swordfighter?? Yes, I've read Homeland as well, thanks.
Actually, I just felt like typing in something about orgies??
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Menzoberran, metropolis -- population, 32,000. I prefer to stick to hard data, thanks.
Your point being? You do realize population number is not the only thing defining a small country?s strength right? Or are you presuming I meant in terms of numbers?
Especially not when it comes to drow
With outside help. They punked him out BADLY at first and nearly beat him even with help. This was NOT his finest hour. I read that book, thanks.
Did he or did he come out winning out of a lair of psionic beings that the entire Underdark (and most of the surface world) is afraid of? How many times has Whistler bailed Blade out of crap hmmm? I doubt one can count that high.
He also DID NOT WANT to kill Drizzt, and it later was made apparent that that was the case. Drizzt figured out Zak was still in there somewhere and got him to take over by leaving himself open to attack. Drizzt did not actually beat -- AND COULD NOT HAVE BEATEN -- the undead Zaknafein. That was made clear as well.
Show me where it was made clear that he couldn?t beat the undead Zaknafein? Eh? It?s true that Zak was trying to hold back but didn?t really show it, reason why Drizzt was fighting him in the first place. Only at the end of the fight did Zak start to hold back and then killed himself. Drizzt was by no means losing my friend
Not as impressive as it sounds, actually. Any exceptional character can do it. If Blade's world had yeti and giants, he'd be killing them, too. They're really not THAT powerful overall -- powerful compared to the average person, but so what??
You know, I haven?t yet seen ONE single solid argument for Blade. I give fact after fact and all you say is ?Blade could do this too?. That?s quite belittling for the ?superhuman? blade to ?just be able? to keep up with a pathetic little drow
And I really doubt Blade would be taking down Yeti and giants. Give me feats to prove me otherwise.
Irrelevant.
Of COURSE it is
Because it?s Drizzt beating someone a LOT stronger than he is. But wait?Blade?.nah?..logic has nothing to do with it
Talking about this is like me talking about Blade taking out an entire lair of vampires. With the exception of the small fact that vampires are more powerful than giants -- especially Blade vampires -- it would be relevant ... how?
And with the exception that the Blade vampires died if you pricked them with a silver needle. They burst into flames and died. Hell?..given the amount of garlic Bruenor eats, I?d say he breathes and kills a lair of Blade vampires. Not impressive in the least bit. And Blade vampires stronger than Giants? lol right?..and please don?t give me the mutant vampires example from Blade 2 where he used UV?..cause it?s just cheap. Also, since you like to say ?Blade could do it?, Drizzt could?ve done anything Blade does only faster. If you would?ve read instead of said ?Irrelevant? where I presented the weapons, you?d notice Icingdeath is imbued with silver
Actually, yeah, I think he could solo it. If Drizzt is fast enough, God knows he is.
You have no idea what you?re saying do you?
Either that, or you just smoked some really REALLY good stuff. Seriously now?..you just said Blade can solo a Wyrm Dragon??. ??.Man??I can?t stop laughing?..
I've been in hundreds of RP's, and after seeing people try to copy Salvatore's ranger drow over and over and over and over again, i became fed up with it. But after cooling down, i always remember i love both Salvatore's and Cunningham's writings 
But he did look awesome. 
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