Back during beta I once had a chance to ask Brad about the subject of DE
Bards. They are no there due to the fact that they consider bards to be a a
neutral to good class.
Also a funny thing about the Drizzt's all over the place, I saw a guy on
Karana named Drizzt D'Vinn. Haha, talk about a lack of imagination.
Rokenn Swiftsong - Karana server
Master Brewer of Societus Argenti
Amerginn - Test server
>From: Bob Stewart <dreambard@...>
>Reply-To: eqbards@onelist.com
>To: eqbards@onelist.com
>Subject: Re: [eqbards] A rant - but bard related - for the most part
>Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 09:23:17 -0400
>
>From: Bob Stewart <dreambard@...>
>
>At 07:00 AM 7/13/99 -0400, Kevikazzam@... wrote:
> >1) I feel that dark elves should have the bard class open to them.
>
>I have no opinion on the question but would offer some insight into how to
>answer it.
>
>Perhaps this is true, but my experience with live roleplaying rules systems
>says that your arguments must be based on out of game reasoning and
>balance, not in-game culture, history, and racial characteristics. In-game
>reasoning does have importance and must be considered, but since we're
>creating an artificial world out-of-game constraints must take precedence.
>
>If there is any chance of persuading Verant to open the bard class to dark
>elves, the argument must be based on game balance. Once you have a
>persuasive position there, inventing the in-game explanations for the way
>things are is easy and fun and somewhat unnecessary, since people will do
>it themselves even if you supply canned explanations.
>
>The biggest problem with accomplishing your goal is prying information out
>of Verant. They may have the killer out-of-game argument for the way
>things are or they may not have thought very deeply about it. Making that
>sort of determination in the face of Verant's general lack of communication
>will be somewhere between difficult and impossible unless you can find the
>right nerve to hit and actually get a response as we do from J.M. on some
>topics.
>
>Personally, I find attempts to communicate with Verant extremely
>frustrating. For the most part people there, including J.M., don't even
>acknowledge most questions or suggestions, so you have no clue when they're
>even listening, much less what light they may be able to shed.
>
> Bob