Interview with R.A. Salvatore

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Ten Ton Hammer has posted an interview with the famous Forgotten Realms author in which they discuss his definition (or creation rather) of the drow race and culture, his experience with computer games and other related topics. An example:

Ten Ton Hammer: When you were originally concepting the Dark Elf Trilogy after the success of Icewind Dale and fleshing out Menzoberranzan, were you given any directions by TSR initially, or were you given free reign? Did they say “Go at it? You've obviously set the precedent here, so create what you want?”

R.A. Salvatore: It was actually a pretty funny conversation. I called TSR and said, "Ok, you want me to define the dark elves and their society. I have the old Dungeons & Dragons modules that follow the Against the Giant series (Descent to the Depths of the Earth, Queen of the Demonweb Pits, The Vault of the Drow). I've got all that. I also have the Fiend Folio entry for dark elves (which was like a page, if that). That's all I've got. What else do you have?" They said, "That's all we have." and I said, "But... but... but..." They said, "Oh no. Go ahead. You have carte blanche to create the dark elves in the Forgotten Realms.”

So I went and got Mario Puzo's The Godfather out.

You can see the full article over at Ten Ton Hammer. Be warned it may take a little while, as it's 4 pages long.