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<blockquote data-quote="Garnfellow" data-source="post: 2145601" data-attributes="member: 1223"><p>While I retool my gear charts, I thought I’d post a few thoughts about converting drow fighter types. </p><p></p><p>One of the biggest things about drow that have fallen away over the years is the distinction between male and female drow. In 1st Edition, female drow were superior in every conceivable way: smarter, stronger, faster, to say nothing of being tougher, wiser, and more attractive. </p><p></p><p>So how to model this in a conversion? I understand that in Green Ronin’s Plot and Poison book, they had subraces of drow that had different ability (and presumably, level and CR) adjustments for the different sexes. That seems a bit more radical than I’d want.</p><p></p><p>So I propose converting all unnamed male fighters into 3e warriors with the non-elite array of ability scores, straight out of the Monster Manual: Str 13, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 12, Wis 9, Cha 10. </p><p></p><p>All unnamed female fighters could be converted into 3e fighters with the elite array, resulting in the following ability scores after applying racial adjustments: Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 14.</p><p></p><p>This results in the male fighter-types being a little stronger and a little smarter than the females, but the females are much more nimble, perceptive, and forceful. This all seems in keeping with the spirit of D1-2-3. One could imagine that the most promising females are all sent to elite fighting schools to hone their abilities, while any able-bodied male gets summarily dragooned into a general militia.</p><p></p><p>For feat selection, I’d keep the males fairly suboptimal: first Weapon Focus (shortsword), then Weapon Focus (hand crossbow), and then maybe some skill improvers like Alertness.</p><p></p><p>For the female fighters, I would propose the following generic feat selection:</p><p></p><p>1st level: Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (short sword)</p><p>2nd Level: Two-Weapon Fighting</p><p>3rd Level: Stealthy</p><p>4th Level: Weapon Specialization (short sword)</p><p>6th Level: Dash, Combat Reflexes</p><p>8th Level: Double Hit</p><p>9th Level: Improved Initiative</p><p></p><p>This feat progression is designed to focus of the fighter’s strength with the short sword and two-weapon fighting. I imagine a shortsword with dagger and buckler is a common drow style. </p><p></p><p>The Dash feat from the Miniatures Handbook adds 5-ft to base movement in light or no armor. In 1st Edition female drow had a 15” move compared to a male’s 12”.</p><p></p><p>The Double Hit feat, also from the Miniatures Handbook, allows a two-weapon wielder to use both weapons in an attack of opportunity.</p><p></p><p>I could also see many female drow fighters as Fighter/Rogues, probably taking 1 Rogue level for every two fighters. Listen, Spot, Hide, and Move Silently are all cross-class if you are just using Fighter levels, and the Sneak Attack ability seems like a pretty natural fit for the drow.</p><p></p><p>Finally, I could see an alternate feat selection for female drow fighters that emphasizes ranged combat. The D&D Miniatures game has a drow archer who uses a composite shortbow, and although the drow are never mentioned using this weapon in D1-2-3, it seems natural enough. For these fighters, the following might be a sensible feat selection:</p><p></p><p>1st level: Point Blank Shot, Weapon Focus (composite shortbow)</p><p>2nd Level: Precise Shot</p><p>3rd Level: Dodge</p><p>4th Level: Weapon Specialization (composite shortbow)</p><p>6th Level: Mobility, Rapid Shot</p><p>8th Level: Improved Precise Shot</p><p>9th Level: Shot on the Run</p><p></p><p>Actually, maybe levels in the Scout class (from Complete Adventurer) would really capture a drow archer. Anyway, enough of that tangent!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Garnfellow, post: 2145601, member: 1223"] While I retool my gear charts, I thought I’d post a few thoughts about converting drow fighter types. One of the biggest things about drow that have fallen away over the years is the distinction between male and female drow. In 1st Edition, female drow were superior in every conceivable way: smarter, stronger, faster, to say nothing of being tougher, wiser, and more attractive. So how to model this in a conversion? I understand that in Green Ronin’s Plot and Poison book, they had subraces of drow that had different ability (and presumably, level and CR) adjustments for the different sexes. That seems a bit more radical than I’d want. So I propose converting all unnamed male fighters into 3e warriors with the non-elite array of ability scores, straight out of the Monster Manual: Str 13, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 12, Wis 9, Cha 10. All unnamed female fighters could be converted into 3e fighters with the elite array, resulting in the following ability scores after applying racial adjustments: Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 14. This results in the male fighter-types being a little stronger and a little smarter than the females, but the females are much more nimble, perceptive, and forceful. This all seems in keeping with the spirit of D1-2-3. One could imagine that the most promising females are all sent to elite fighting schools to hone their abilities, while any able-bodied male gets summarily dragooned into a general militia. For feat selection, I’d keep the males fairly suboptimal: first Weapon Focus (shortsword), then Weapon Focus (hand crossbow), and then maybe some skill improvers like Alertness. For the female fighters, I would propose the following generic feat selection: 1st level: Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (short sword) 2nd Level: Two-Weapon Fighting 3rd Level: Stealthy 4th Level: Weapon Specialization (short sword) 6th Level: Dash, Combat Reflexes 8th Level: Double Hit 9th Level: Improved Initiative This feat progression is designed to focus of the fighter’s strength with the short sword and two-weapon fighting. I imagine a shortsword with dagger and buckler is a common drow style. The Dash feat from the Miniatures Handbook adds 5-ft to base movement in light or no armor. In 1st Edition female drow had a 15” move compared to a male’s 12”. The Double Hit feat, also from the Miniatures Handbook, allows a two-weapon wielder to use both weapons in an attack of opportunity. I could also see many female drow fighters as Fighter/Rogues, probably taking 1 Rogue level for every two fighters. Listen, Spot, Hide, and Move Silently are all cross-class if you are just using Fighter levels, and the Sneak Attack ability seems like a pretty natural fit for the drow. Finally, I could see an alternate feat selection for female drow fighters that emphasizes ranged combat. The D&D Miniatures game has a drow archer who uses a composite shortbow, and although the drow are never mentioned using this weapon in D1-2-3, it seems natural enough. For these fighters, the following might be a sensible feat selection: 1st level: Point Blank Shot, Weapon Focus (composite shortbow) 2nd Level: Precise Shot 3rd Level: Dodge 4th Level: Weapon Specialization (composite shortbow) 6th Level: Mobility, Rapid Shot 8th Level: Improved Precise Shot 9th Level: Shot on the Run Actually, maybe levels in the Scout class (from Complete Adventurer) would really capture a drow archer. Anyway, enough of that tangent! [/QUOTE]
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