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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 3525000" data-attributes="member: 871">The current Drow IMC are actually half-drow, though they refer to themselves as drow.The original drow were a band of extremists driven to dwell underground after a failed uprising against the ruling monarchy.  Millenia of dwelling in the dark, coupled with magical experiments, made the drow into their "perfect" (i.e., standard D&D stat) form.However, the drow society went into serious decline after decades of wars with the Troglodytes (a duergar/derro/svirneblin race IMC, and not the standard D&D creatures), fragmenting the drow into several smaller groups scattered throughout the Underdark.One large group of drow intermingled with humans, creating the "current" half-drow Drow that still exist.  They generally follow one of the major religions on the realm.One tiny group of "pure" drow exists in the Underdark, though they are on the verge of extinction due to conflict with other Underdark dwellers.  They are noted fiend-worshippers, and many of the elites have traces of fiendish blood (if not being outright half-fiends).And, the rest of the drow groups were slain or captured by the Troglodytes, who later interbred with the captives (so the Troglodytes IMC are actually a big mix of duergar, derro, svirneblin, and drow).The only PC-playable versions are the common half-drow mentioned above.As an aside, the standard D&D troglodytes and kobolds are members of the same race, the Sla'adeshk.  The small ones are more common, but the larger ones are in charge.  They are noted for worshipping slaads (from which they've derived their name).</blockquote>

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