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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barendd Nobeard" data-source="post: 41605" data-attributes="member: 960">Re: Re: Re: For me?It's just that in the "early days" of AD&D, Drow were rare.  When you ran into them in the G3 module, player were meant to be surprised + not sure what it was.  Now, it seems every character knows what Drow are.  If a DM describes a black-skinned elf, players know it's (probably) Drow, with certain abilities, etc.Nothing wrong with it; I think it's a natural progression.  Something exotic and mystique eventually becomes ordinary.  It's not just Drow; I think they're just the best example.  Same could be said for Yuan-ti.  I'm sure there are other "monsters" out there that have gone from 'mysterious and unusual' to 'commonly understood.'</blockquote>