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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shayuri" data-source="post: 4568425" data-attributes="member: 4936">I'm working on my character...Elf beastmaster ranger...working up a background as well.It's a bit tricky, since none of the gods I've seen discussed so far have a strong tie to natural forces...But surely a war among gods would affect gods of nature too.-As for the drow, it seems to me that the matriarchy is utterly dependent on Lolth for dominance. Without their goddess to punish and grant divine powers, the drow would rise up and crush them. This actually happened if I recall correctly, in one of the published gameverses (Forgotten Realms?) when Lolth suffered a near-death experience.The trick is...who eventually comes out on top? Among drow, I would expect them to eventually be dominated by the male wizards and priests of other evil gods. They would probably undergo a period of utter chaos, and quickly splinter into viciously competing factions. There'd be a small, but distinct trickle of drow refugees, who see their chance to escape from the evils of their society. Most drow are corrupt though, and their lifestyle in general wouldn't change much...just who's on top of the pile.In any event, it seems very likely that drow operations against other beings would come to a complete halt as they turned on each other. In time, as the new factions stabilized, that could change. The new drow would be much more variable in influence and aims...without the jealous centralized dominion of a demon-goddess, the factions would each pursue an independent agenda based on its leader. That's how I see it at least. It'd be a long time before they threatened others again...and even when they did, they'd probably be LESS of a threat, because they wouldn't be unified anymore.</blockquote>

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