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<blockquote data-quote="dante58701" data-source="post: 3457938" data-attributes="member: 40336"><p>I took material from every old book and game book I've ever read on the drow. Then I compared for similarities and then I cross referenced all the old game material. Then I double checked for errors, triple checked, and quadruple checked. This is really what drow are according to all the old sources. </p><p></p><p>I used the Trilogy, Legacy, the Menzoberanzen boxed set, Fiend Folio, Unearthed Arcana, and other source material. I should cite references to each ability but that would be a project unto itself. </p><p> </p><p>Note...free feats aren't exactly free. They have high prerequisites and the drow race comes with a staggering level adjustment.</p><p></p><p>I had to fix them since they were relegated to the position of a pointy eared elf with darker than normal skin. Drow are so much more than that. While I am tired of hearing about drow myself, Im more sick of seeing them misrepresented.</p><p></p><p>For example...they are born and raised underground in a stony environment, yet they know nothing of stone. This is especially lame since Hill Dwarves receive stonecunning and are born on the surface. To say it is an inborn genetic trait is only partly correct.</p><p></p><p>As a person who has gone spelunking, I can tell you first hand, it is also learned. Maybe I cant smith the way a dwarf does, but I can sure as <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> tell if something is out of the norm merely by passing by it. It becomes instinct after a while. The unevenness of the passage, the resetting of equilibrium as you shift down a crevasse or tunnel. The scent of rivulets of water as they pass over the rock and the feel of the air flow as it courses over those little hairs on the back of your neck.</p><p></p><p>I think a drow who's lived in the deep is going to have these skills far more refined than a mere human who has lived only a couple decades, compared to their centuries of experience.</p><p></p><p>This applies to all of their other abilities as well. We as humans often forget that a drow is a product of breeding programs, demonic blood, environment, genetics, magic, and thousands of years of tradition. The staggering culmination of which is the drow I detailed above. They have to survive in the harshest of conditions.</p><p></p><p>There is no room for weakness amongst drow, it gets you killed. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>Also...drow were never originally intended as a PC race. They were intended to be the nightmarish bedtime story surface elves told their children. Chaos, death, evil, and power incarnate wrapped in beauty and grace. Not...just another elven PC race for players to play.</p><p>Drow were never intended to be good. Demonic blood courses through their veins.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dante58701, post: 3457938, member: 40336"] I took material from every old book and game book I've ever read on the drow. Then I compared for similarities and then I cross referenced all the old game material. Then I double checked for errors, triple checked, and quadruple checked. This is really what drow are according to all the old sources. I used the Trilogy, Legacy, the Menzoberanzen boxed set, Fiend Folio, Unearthed Arcana, and other source material. I should cite references to each ability but that would be a project unto itself. Note...free feats aren't exactly free. They have high prerequisites and the drow race comes with a staggering level adjustment. I had to fix them since they were relegated to the position of a pointy eared elf with darker than normal skin. Drow are so much more than that. While I am tired of hearing about drow myself, Im more sick of seeing them misrepresented. For example...they are born and raised underground in a stony environment, yet they know nothing of stone. This is especially lame since Hill Dwarves receive stonecunning and are born on the surface. To say it is an inborn genetic trait is only partly correct. As a person who has gone spelunking, I can tell you first hand, it is also learned. Maybe I cant smith the way a dwarf does, but I can sure as :):):):) tell if something is out of the norm merely by passing by it. It becomes instinct after a while. The unevenness of the passage, the resetting of equilibrium as you shift down a crevasse or tunnel. The scent of rivulets of water as they pass over the rock and the feel of the air flow as it courses over those little hairs on the back of your neck. I think a drow who's lived in the deep is going to have these skills far more refined than a mere human who has lived only a couple decades, compared to their centuries of experience. This applies to all of their other abilities as well. We as humans often forget that a drow is a product of breeding programs, demonic blood, environment, genetics, magic, and thousands of years of tradition. The staggering culmination of which is the drow I detailed above. They have to survive in the harshest of conditions. There is no room for weakness amongst drow, it gets you killed. :p Also...drow were never originally intended as a PC race. They were intended to be the nightmarish bedtime story surface elves told their children. Chaos, death, evil, and power incarnate wrapped in beauty and grace. Not...just another elven PC race for players to play. Drow were never intended to be good. Demonic blood courses through their veins. [/QUOTE]
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