Quote Originally Posted by Johnny Blade View Post
That Black Pits thing sounds lame to me, though. Really, getting a magic invitation/teleport scroll to some super-special Drow arena in...ooohh!...the Underdark, a place we have never seen before in a game, sounds like a mod done by a teenager. Still, there are professionals behind this, and I've played Icewind Dale with its silly expansions more than once, so it's not like this kind of uninspired background is a dealbreaker for me if the fights are fun.
My reading of it was actually to assume that you weren't going to be invited guest, but rather part of the entertainment and have to fight your way out...