Drizzt vs Mazrath- Who Would Win?

By Unit7 · Oct 14, 2010 · 1K · 5
  1. One of my favorite characters I created was inspired by the Ranger Drow Drizzt Du'Urden. Who is one of my favorite characters.

    I do not deny that even Mazrath's weapon choice of twin scimitars were largely based on Drizzt. In fact my characters creation was inspired by trying to create my own Zak and Drizzt.

    But in doing so I fear I have condemned my character to nothing more then a Drizzt clone, one of many I would guess. But not without merit. Mazrath is a Night Elf, which means he has gray skin. Not to unlike Drizzt's black skin. Their weapons are no doubt to similar. Perhaps not their magical abilities, as Mazrath's are black scimitars forged from incredibly strong metal and nothing more.

    Their stories, and even personalities are vastly different. This I must believe otherwise I will have to keep Mazrath into nothing more then wishful fantasy. Because if I couldn't then it would mean I truly just stole everything from Drizzt.

    The race of Mazrath, Night Elf, was actually more of a coincidence. He started off as an alt character in a MMORPG I play(ashen empires if anyone was curious) and Night Elf was one of the three races you can play.

    Actually Mazrath started off as the teacher, with Tazryl was the student. But I loved the name Mazrath to much and decided to switch the names.

    The personalities are also rather different. Drizzt is more of a stoic, patient, and calculating person. Mazrath is easily blinded by any challenge. He believes there is no challenge he can't beat... despite his belief he can't and costs him dearly at times. Mazrath isn't to stoic and he definitely isn't patient for the most part.

    If you haven't caught on by now. Yes this is very much a blog to try and justify my character as being seperate and different then that of Drizzt.

    I suppose in the end it comes down to my writing and how I tell the story of Mazrath.

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  1. Lavarian
    Personalities are the most important thing. As long as they're different, it's alright. I highly suggest you change the weapon choice though.
    In the fantasy world, dual wielding scimitars is Drizzt's staple, and your character needs his own.
    Your Mazrath kind of reminds me of Artemis Entreri before he was humbled, but I'm sure you haven't gone into depth with this post.
    Lavarian, Oct 14, 2010
  2. Unit7
    Your right of course. I should probably change his choice of weapons. But the reason I kept them for as long as I have was simply my interest in dual weapons. Anytime I see such weapons in use I get a bit excited. Chances are if there is a character anywhere that uses them, they instantly become one of my more favorite characters.

    Which makes Zuko from Avatar The Last Airbender even more a favorite character. Simply because he prefers dual swords. hmm wait what were his weapons called...

    yes, I am quite keen on keeping the dual weilding aspect.

    and yes I have barely got into any real depth into my character. I suppose Mazrath is similar to Artemis Entreri in that he can become quite obsessive about a challenge. But he is not a heartless killer.
    Unit7, Oct 14, 2010
  3. Melzaar the Almighty
    Drizzt wins for having 2 zs in his name rather than one. :p

    *says someone who, whichever name I'm using, has at least 1 z on me*
    Melzaar the Almighty, Oct 14, 2010
  4. jonathan hernandez13
    Because I play D&D I know of this Drizzt that you speak of.:p

    I dont know what the big deal with him is supposed to be because I havent read the Salvatore books, but I know he's supposed to b some kind of badass. I just dont know why.

    As someone else already noted though, what should really define your character is their personality and not what race they are or what kind of weapon they use. Apollo uses a bow, and so does the Hindu Vishnu avatar Rama, but they would have used them very differently. While Apollo would rain down arrows of light (or pestilence, depending on how nice you are to him) on the people, Rama would use them to rid the world of evil Rakshasha demons.

    I played two barabrian class characters for 4E D&D; a dwarf and a minotaur. Even though they are both axe wielding barbarians they were very different. The dwarf Arun was very quiet and moody; with two Palladins in the group he was just there to mop up the survivors. He was happy to rid the area of annoying monsters so thast he could have peace and quiet and enjoy the nature, his god. Moloch the Minotaur is the man on point and the first to fight; he is a loud mouth who refuses to bow down before any gods and mocks his foes as he makes trophies of their dismembered bodies.

    In any case, let me know what edition of D&D youre playing and what characters you are playing so that we can discuss.:D
    jonathan hernandez13, Oct 15, 2010
  5. Agreen
    I'm not much of a Drizzt fan either, but he is one of the most iconic D+D characters. You might like the Salvatore novels though, they're fun, pretty light, and I thought parts that showed Drow society was pretty interesting.

    For your concern Unit7, I don't think you have much to worry about. Now, it's true that as soon as many readers see two scimitars they'll think Drizzt, and Night Elf does call Drow to mind, as soon as you go about showing Mazrath and building up characterization Drizzt will fade and the reader will see him as his own character. Now, if you want to minimize comparisons, there's always different weapons Mazrath can specalise in. I am of the opinion that axes are highly underrepresented in fantasy. As are hammers, but it's hard to use two of them at once. How he uses them could be different, I seem to remember Drizzt's fighting style was a little defensive?

    But, and the reason I quoted this post, as someone constantly stuck playing the cleric (I've upgraded to Warlord for 4.0 :D) it's possible to take the same archetype, same powers, even the same role in the party, and produce something completely different. In gaming terms, the mechanics don't define the character, they simply describe the limits of his ability. How he uses it is up to you.
    Agreen, Oct 16, 2010
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