>>(how many different Drizzts do we have, grandfathered because they've been around so long?), etc.

Technically, it doesn't matter how long they've been around. There was a character created the other day that gets to stay with the name Elentaris. So, even if Dryzt, Drizts etc etc have been around a few minutes, they get to keep the name.


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