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<blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 9185538" data-attributes="member: 3400">I still like having antagonist peoples in my settings. And drow really are a favorite, matriarchal, spider-worshipping, harsh society and all. My take on them is that they were one of the several broad elven cultures along with the high elves, wood elves, grey elves, etc. And taking some cues from Tolkien, the drow were among the most magically adept and curious (like the Noldor were regarding magic craft and knowledge) and their studies got them in contact with the Queen of Spiders, a version of Lolth that I've raised to be a bit more like an Ungoliant/Melkor/Satan style antagonist of the other elven gods. In the ensuing conflict, the surviving drow retreated and hid in the depths of the earth with their society promoted and shaped by the Queen of Spiders until it becomes the culture of D&amp;D drow. Any drow that stayed on the surface would have been ones who sided with their other elven brethren rather than their own clans. In the centuries since, they've fully integrated and no longer remain a distinct population.I do, however, stay away from any external indication of their nature akin to a darker skin color, though. It's the society they've built/endured (depending on their status) that marks them as alien to contemporary elven culture and outlook.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="billd91, post: 9185538, member: 3400"] I still like having antagonist peoples in my settings. And drow really are a favorite, matriarchal, spider-worshipping, harsh society and all. My take on them is that they were one of the several broad elven cultures along with the high elves, wood elves, grey elves, etc. And taking some cues from Tolkien, the drow were among the most magically adept and curious (like the Noldor were regarding magic craft and knowledge) and their studies got them in contact with the Queen of Spiders, a version of Lolth that I've raised to be a bit more like an Ungoliant/Melkor/Satan style antagonist of the other elven gods. In the ensuing conflict, the surviving drow retreated and hid in the depths of the earth with their society promoted and shaped by the Queen of Spiders until it becomes the culture of D&D drow. Any drow that stayed on the surface would have been ones who sided with their other elven brethren rather than their own clans. In the centuries since, they've fully integrated and no longer remain a distinct population. I do, however, stay away from any external indication of their nature akin to a darker skin color, though. It's the society they've built/endured (depending on their status) that marks them as alien to contemporary elven culture and outlook. [/QUOTE]

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