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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ripzerai" data-source="post: 4298533" data-attributes="member: 38324">Because Lolth herself was a failure. She failed in her attempt to usurp the throne of Corellon, and was transformed into her present drider shape as a punishment. Thus, the dark elven form hearkens back to the form Lolth herself had before she had been tested and found wanting. If Lolth had to undergo such a test, why shouldn't she inflict it on her chosen race, and force them to face the same punishments she herself suffered?That said, she survived her punishment, worked her way back up to full divinity, and fully intends one day to have her vengeance, so she knows well that such punishment is not necessarily the end. Drow who show they can thrive despite their banishment can and have earned their way back into her good graces. Many of her greatest servants in the Demonweb either are or resemble driders. Because they have undergone the same trials as the Spider Queen, driders have the potential to become her most cherished children. She will not hold their hands while they walk that path, however; they must prove themselves without her aid, just as she herself had no aid as she strove to build herself a new base of power in the Abyss. Anyway, I have to agree that "Lolth rewards her favorites by turning them into driders" isn't nearly as interesting.</blockquote>