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Drow have the innate power of conjuring darkness or light, that they gained through massive exposure to Faerzress, and it's not evil in the slightest. It's just lights and shadows. In the past they lost those powers once they went on the surface (they needed the Faerzress to sustain them), but...

Nothing of the drow race makes me think of a connection with Lolth. Their traits come from the Faerzress, a radiation that dates back to the processes that shaped Toril. You say that the drow powers don't fit Eilistraee, but why can't Darkness, Faerie Fire, or Dancing Light be used in an artful...

Eilistraee and Vhaeraun actually fit very well in the Realms. If you read the wiki pages, you'll find out that they haven't been just ''tacked on'', as they are fully part of the history of the elves and the drow in the setting, which is far different from that in GH (and is far more nuanced...

As other people have said, the consequences of being a drow heavily depend on the setting. In the Realms, according to the Sword Coast Adventurers Guide, a drow generally still is reason of alarm (as of the 1490s DR), but exposure to the race (many drow have settled in the surface in that...

It includes an overview of the whole setting and of its various pantheons, to update them to the present time FR. But it only details the Sword Coast. On topic, I think that 5e will be remembered for WotC's new branding campaign, multiplatform storylines and so on. It will also depend on how...

I think that deity-specific domains are the way to go for recreating speciality priests. A speciality priest kit basically consists of some themed (or unique) spells that fit the flavor of the deity, and of a number of special iconic skills, which is what a domain provides. I've seen some people...

Found this over Candlekeep, about the origin of the names: http://forum.candlekeep.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=20843&whichpage=1#480738 and this: http://www.candlekeep.com/downloads/roll_of_years.zip

Hello everyone. For those of you who are interested in the drow goddess Eilistraee and her followers, I've uploaded a (free) document on the DMGuild. I've gathered all the info that I could find in printed sources and Ed Greenwood's lore, and compiled them into this work. I've also expanded upon...

According to the SCAG, your character would experience something not *that* different from when she left Toril. That's because the Sundering has restored a lot of what was destroyed in the 200 years. Nearly every deity that has fallen at some point, has now been restored, and their...

@Tyranthraxus That's true, but not all drow come from the Underdark. It depends on the PC's background: they might be born in a surface community, or an Eilistraeean/Vhaerunite community, which are wildly different than Lolthite ones. But yes, even for them, their trust is very hard to gain (as...

In the current era, drow are not really shoot on the sight anymore (as the SCAG says, the general opinion on this race has been somewhat tempered with the years). But it depends on the location, and on who meets them (an elf is more likely to be hostile, but it is because of recyprocal hatred...

As far as I know, back during the Crown Wars there was a whole kingdom of dark and wood/green elves (Miyeritar), where Eilistraee's faith was very strong, so the hostility wasn't universal.

The Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide says that drow currently still cause alarm and hostility, but that the actions of some outcasts have somewhat tempered the opinions towards this race. Eilistraee and her followers are an example of such drow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eilistraee). When it...

Thank you

Where did Perkins comment on this?

I know, but since the FR is WotC's IP, we can't exclude that they could be interested in how it will be portrayed (since the new lore will be ''official'', unless they step in and establish a different lore), even if it's not about their current playground (the Sword Coast). Yes, I see what...

For me, it's the Moonsea, Haruaa, Rashemen and the High Forest.

It's also in Ed's contract that anything he says/writes about the FR is considered canon, unless contradicted by WotC. However, if Ed writes in the current 5e era, I think that there might be some agreements with WotC.

Also, we still don't know if Ed will write in the official timeline, or use his own. His books might very well be set in the 5e era.

No one over Candlekeep, or possibly anywhere, will disagree with you on that. However WotC/Ed's lore obviously ''dictate'' canon of the published version of the Realms.