Timeline for What is the etymology of the term "drider"?
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| Nov 22, 2022 at 23:01 | answer | added | Dale M | timeline score: 9 | |
| Aug 11, 2022 at 15:04 | comment | added | From | I always read it as "Drow (spider) RIDER", as in spider-mounted drow. There's probably no fluff/crunch about it, but it made sense to me - we're basically talking about a drow-spider-centaur or a drow (permanently) mounted on a spider. Recall that, at the time, D&D was basically a miniature-game. The Big Deal about driders wasn't the part that they're part-spider, but rather the part where they represent cavalry/mounted infantry. | |
| Nov 28, 2021 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackRPG/status/1464791370686734338 | ||
| Nov 22, 2021 at 23:48 | history | edited | V2Blast | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2021 at 18:14 | comment | added | AncientSwordRage | @Willem strange... I thought that link went here: enworld.org/threads/monster-encyclopedia-drider.662437 but I think I'm mistaken now. | |
| Nov 21, 2021 at 17:58 | comment | added | Willem Renzema | @AncientSwordRage That's where the link on the word "drider" in the Question already links to. | |
| Nov 21, 2021 at 16:51 | history | edited | Kirt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2021 at 16:46 | history | edited | Kirt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2021 at 16:42 | comment | added | AncientSwordRage | Here is some more evidence that drider was definitely a name Sutherland created. | |
| Nov 21, 2021 at 16:35 | history | edited | Kirt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 21, 2021 at 16:28 | comment | added | Kirt | @ThomasMarkov I am not asking why he chose the name. I am asking whether a source exists stating the derivation of the name. | |
| Nov 21, 2021 at 15:26 | comment | added | AncientSwordRage | "Is there any explicit statement of Sutherland's etymology for the term drider?" Doesn't seem to fall foul of the issues with designer intent, it's not guesswork as to why or who made a decision? | |
| Nov 21, 2021 at 12:52 | history | edited | Trish |
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| Nov 21, 2021 at 4:09 | history | asked | Kirt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |