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<blockquote data-quote="Ssussunriyh" data-source="post: 2558552">Lately, I have found myself playing Bianca almost exclusively, so I'll concentrate on the character I've developed most. One recurring theme with her is that she defies most of the stereotypes that might be attributed to her. For example:Both drow and wizards (and especially drow wizards!) lust after power purely for its own sake. Bianca doesn't care about intrigues and power struggles, instead seeking knowledge and understanding - which has gained her a good deal of power incidentally. However, she doesn't lord it over others the way one might expect. Intellectual arrogance, yes. But not power-derived arrogance.Drow females tend to be unabashedly immodest in their style of dress. Bianca dresses ultra-conservatively in flowing robes that cover her from chin to wrist to toe, and leave everything to the imagination. She also shuns conversation of a sexual nature, makes no advances, and rejects advances made towards her - completely opposite of the typically aggressive drow female. (This is due partly to the character's backhistory, and partly to the player's own disinclinations... *hint, hint.*)Just as the evil drow is a stereotype, the good drow is also becoming so. Bianca takes a more neutral stance, leaning slightly towards good, but motivated more by personal relationships than abstract ideology. In fact, I would say that the description of Neutral found in the 3E PHB fits her quite well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ssussunriyh, post: 2558552"] Lately, I have found myself playing Bianca almost exclusively, so I'll concentrate on the character I've developed most. One recurring theme with her is that she defies most of the stereotypes that might be attributed to her. For example: Both drow and wizards (and especially drow wizards!) lust after power purely for its own sake. Bianca doesn't care about intrigues and power struggles, instead seeking knowledge and understanding - which has gained her a good deal of power incidentally. However, she doesn't lord it over others the way one might expect. Intellectual arrogance, yes. But not power-derived arrogance. Drow females tend to be unabashedly immodest in their style of dress. Bianca dresses ultra-conservatively in flowing robes that cover her from chin to wrist to toe, and leave everything to the imagination. She also shuns conversation of a sexual nature, makes no advances, and rejects advances made towards her - completely opposite of the typically aggressive drow female. (This is due partly to the character's backhistory, and partly to the player's own disinclinations... *hint, hint.*) Just as the evil drow is a stereotype, the good drow is also becoming so. Bianca takes a more neutral stance, leaning slightly towards good, but motivated more by personal relationships than abstract ideology. In fact, I would say that the description of Neutral found in the 3E PHB fits her quite well. [/QUOTE]

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