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Agreed completely....HOWEVER....avoid the movie of several years ago!

You need to watch it. It's really excellent storytelling and character development.

Each IP that they've used the 2d20 system for sees the system modified to fit it, so it's not like 20 years ago when everything under the sun was d20 with levels and feats and the system was slapped over anything without modification. Conan's pretty crunchy, with layers added on to the core...

If it's a good story I'll happily read it.

Aren't they, though? Dracula, too. Yet...crickets in response to all the vampire shows and books that, really, play off that creepy rape vibe. But to your point, the Drow do have something important in common with the xenomorphs: they're both fictional.

Please explain what you mean when you say "I answered with my intention." And if you are going to mention logical fallacies as a means of demonstrating that I am wrong, or that my argument is weak, please explain how you see those things at work in my responses instead of just stating them. It...

Agreed! We should start by agreeing that the Drow aren't real and that their color or behavior has zero bearing on reality.

That's a very totalitarian idea: that everything is, or should be, political. No action or thought of the individual is outside the political, and is therefore fair game for criticism. There is no room for difference based on preference - it's either on the right side of history or wrong...

I just want to play some games and have some fun in doing so. Maybe we can play a game together one day.

You're avoiding my point: how does anything about the Drow impact real life unless a given person decides that a fantasy species is so important that it should? Race relations are real; the Drow are not, and if someone can't tell the difference, they've got bigger problems than whatever happens...

Huh? That's not a Drow....that's a real person. The Drow aren't real.

I am now waiting for the rage mob to come for Aliens...after all, the xenomorphs are portrayed as all evil....and that color! We ought to demand apologies from all involved.

I can't remember a time that I got hung up on lore/canon changes, because I know that this is all made up, and that I can make any changes I'd like at my table. I have gotten annoyed - actually, more disheartened - at the intensity with which many on this site (and elsewhere online) react to...

It amazes me that people get hung up about supposed stereotyping of made-up species and cultures. Take a step back and think on that: doesn't it seem absurd to lose any sleep at all over something that is completely fictional? Can people no longer tell the difference? I avoided the Drow until...

...that good advice isn't likely to stop people. :)

I am usually active as a player, and I get bored when the GM tries to tell a story too much, rather than manage the cooperative creation of one. And I will avoid GMs that I know are active at the expense of players over the long-term, too. As a GM, which is how I play the vast majority of the...

Good categories and descriptions. RPG groups, to function well, ought to lean toward active people - that is, players and GM. I suppose if you have a group of all passive players and a super-active (that is, self-indulgent disgruntled novelist) GM, things would be okay...everyone would be happy...

This could be a case of an evil twin. Or triplet. That aside, I wish there were a TSR of today, providing games and other products for the community. Sadly, in the spirit of our age - that is, that all reboots suck - this isn’t likely.

On the other hand, people basing conclusions off assumptions with little to no evidence is silly. So in this case I'll take boring.

You win the Internet. If only others realized that this is possible...in fact, this is the best response.