Drizzt and MC Hammer: Compare and Contrast

[Arlanthe]

Begin discussion.

[bluish_wolf]

One uses hammers and the other uses scimitars.

[Logos7]

but odly enough together they form my best custom magic item ever

MC Hammer Pants of Drowish Kind

Just see entire platoons of the little buggers down there shimmying away

Logos

[Johnny.]

Although both pretty much pioneered pop-metal back in the late 80's, I lost a lot of respect for Drizzt when he started judging Uruguay Idol.

[Amotis]

They both think they're black but really aren't.

[EYanyo]

but odly enough together they form my best custom magic item ever

MC Hammer Pants of Drowish Kind

Just see entire platoons of the little buggers down there shimmying away

Logos

http://www.xkcd.com/c108.html
So it would look something like this, on a large scale?

[Green Bean]

While Drizzt could make six attacks per round, unfortunately, he 'can't touch this'.

[Arlanthe]

Both were originally loved by fans and sold millions...

...and years later people pretend like they were never fans and have made criticizing them publicly a hobby to gain "street cred".

[Woot Spitum]

Drizzt never claimed he could "dance the pants off of Micheal Jackson."

[Closet_Skeleton]

Drizzt never claimed he could "dance the pants off of Micheal Jackson."

No. Drizzt IS Micheal Jackson.

[kialos]

Drizzt is a Ranger/Barbarian/Fighter/Rogue

MC hammer is a Cleric (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mc_Hammer#Pastoral_career)

[Khoran]

Drizzt's dosn't have an infinite touch AC.

[TheEmerged]

Both were originally loved by fans and sold millions...

...and years later people pretend like they were never fans and have made criticizing them publicly a hobby to gain "street cred".

Ladies, gentlemen, and otherwise -- I declare this post won.

[J_Muller]

Drizzt doesn't have a firefox extension dedicated to him.

[Rainspattered]

Both were originally loved by fans and sold millions...

...and years later people pretend like they were never fans and have made criticizing them publicly a hobby to gain "street cred".
No, everyone knows having, um, scimitars, is, uh, a sign of bad writing, er, in that it, you know, neglects the, how do you say, postmodern psychoscape of the nongood drow by, well, not being like the rest of the drow, which is a sign, obviously, of bad character development, because every member of the species, logically, has the exact same moral basis, as they do in all well-balanced writing; it has been the hallmark of truly skillful writers to do what Salvatore does not and make people into stereotypes instead of specifically stating a character, as other hacks like Salinger, Hemmingway, and Kerouac did, to choose a character outside of society. Having abandoned the traditional Neiszchateantleainglian nihilism as exhibited by drow for a character who feels and thinks with a good moral basis (much like Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment after he becomes "all lame" when he feels guilt, and "that one prostitute" who exhibited "mercy and stuff" in the same novel), and, indeed, thereby breaks the long-held tradition of fantasy racism that has made the genre what it is.
See? That's why you are wrong and I am right and Drizzt is all lame and all drow are evil.
(In all seriousness, I couldn't agree more. That post is, indeed, made of win.)

[Arlanthe]

Drizzt's dosn't have an infinite touch AC.

Hahahaha.

Both set fashion trends... Hammer pants and Dual-Scimitar accessories.

[Azrael]

There are both equally cliched in their respective spheres of relevance.

[Amotis]

There are both equally cliched in their respective spheres of relevance.

Which both spheres combined contain the entire spectrum of human knowledge.

[The Great Skenardo]

I'm imagining the Prestige Class now:
The Way of the Empty Hammer
This prestige class is often available only to accomplished bards and monks as they channel the rhythm and motion of dance and music to become essentially untouchable on the battlefield.

Abundant Step = Empty Hammer Slide
Flurry of Blows = Hammer Time
AC Bonus = Untouchable

[MethodicalMeat]

I firmly believe that MC Hammer was a dwarf, I mean, come on, "It's Hammer Time"? He's probably talking about smashing things with blunt objects!

[bosssmiley]

Both were originally loved by fans and sold millions...

...and years later people pretend like they were never fans and have made criticizing them publicly a hobby to gain "street cred".

"Dashed unsporting. Probably Belgians." :smallamused:

Together they inspired numerous cheesy Dervish/Tempest TWF builds on the WOTC optimization boards. In all other respects they are mere cultural dead ends.

[Umbral_Arcanist]

Both were originally loved by fans and sold millions...

...and years later people pretend like they were never fans and have made criticizing them publicly a hobby to gain "street cred".

Yeah, pretty much.


Although Drizzt pantaloons are yet to be popular anywhere

[Mr._Blinky]

I'm imagining the Prestige Class now:
The Way of the Empty Hammer
This prestige class is often available only to accomplished bards and monks as they channel the rhythm and motion of dance and music to become essentially untouchable on the battlefield.

Abundant Step = Empty Hammer Slide
Flurry of Blows = Hammer Time
AC Bonus = Untouchable

That would be... amazing.

[Rob Knotts]

Ladies, gentlemen, and otherwise -- I declare this post won.I have to disagree, the following actually caused me physical pain:
Drizzt's dosn't have an infinite touch AC.

[Raistlin1040]

They both rule, but are laughed at by society.

[LCR]

Something I've always wondered: Since you 'can't touch' MC Hammer, is he affected by friction? Or could you just fire him through the atmosphere without him heating up?

[Khoran]

I have to disagree, the following actually caused me physical pain:

I'm not sure if I should feel bad, or cackle evily.

[Allandaros]

Something I've always wondered: Since you 'can't touch' MC Hammer, is he affected by friction? Or could you just fire him through the atmosphere without him heating up?

Take a Good Line Point, sir! Redeemable at stores of fine quality everywhere.

[Arlanthe]

Something I've always wondered: Since you 'can't touch' MC Hammer, is he affected by friction? Or could you just fire him through the atmosphere without him heating up?

Clearly he is not affected by friction. Have you ever seen the Hammer Slide?

[LCR]

Clearly he is not affected by friction. Have you ever seen the Hammer Slide?

Sure, but then he couldn't stop his slide without crashing into something.

[Attilargh]

He couldn't stay upright to begin with. He'd just fall down and slide to the lowest part of the room.

[Arlanthe]

Obviously he can turn it on and off. It has a switch.

Drizzt has a switch too, but it is a kill switch.

[knightsaline]

Both are anti drugs (drizz't does not use potions, MC's crew used to be drug dealers untill he offered his old neighborhood jobs)

Both require room to perform. (the reason MC wears parachute pants cannot be said here, as children read these boards)

[LCR]

Obviously he can turn it on and off. It has a switch.

Drizzt has a switch too, but it is a kill switch.

If Drizzt had a kill switch, someone would have pressed it a long time ago.

[EvilElitest]

No. Drizzt IS Micheal Jackson.

wait what now?
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[Reptilus]

Drizzt certainly does use potions.

[knightsaline]

Drizzt certainly does use potions.

Sorry but he does not, according to Wikipedia. No Potions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drizzt_Do%27Urden#Combat.2Ftactics)

[Amotis]

Wiki just says he doesn't take them with him; he's used 'em though, I remember him drinking one and describing how the healing felt. I think it was the stone giant battle...not sure though. That's at least one instance and I haven't read 'em all.