[Larry_OHF]

quoted from the defragsrealms site

Who'd win: Elminster or Drizzt? Depends on who's writing the book. Seriously, this topic (or a variation with different characters) crops up all the time. The question's essentially unanswerable; it's always possible to set up a situation where one person can win and the other can't--and vice versa. The short answer is that the novelists are unlikely to ever set up a situation where there's serious conflict between two major heroes of the Realms, so the question is relatively moot. If you're entertained by this kind of discussion, great--but please don't flood the list with it. This question has been raised so many times at conventions that Ed Greenwood once jokingly suggested writing a novel where Drizzt and El would have a little battle in between chapters, keeping tally on who won the most (and of course losing count--which was even). Elaine Cunningham also had a comment: Say there's a soccer match going on. The Dallas Cowboys crash through the stands, trampling several dozen spectators and inadvertently breaking up several vehement soccer-related arguments. Their actions, naturally, go virtually unnoticed until they actually leap onto the playing field. They are joined by the NY Yankees, who are fed up with such indignities as urban decay, blueberry bagels, and George Steinbrenner. They are seriously pissed off and are wielding non-regulation metal bats. So. What happens to the soccer players? Who wins the game? The answer, if indeed there can be an answer, can only be phrased as another question: What set of rules are they playing by? Oh--and a followup question: Who's telling the story? That's the classic answer authors give to the perennial Someone-vs-Someone Else question, and it applies here well enough.

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Larry, a Loyal Guardian of the OHF