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<blockquote data-quote="Garnfellow" data-source="post: 2957953" data-attributes="member: 1223">I have occasionally thought that I was the only person in the entire multiverse who disliked making Lolth into a deity. In my campaign, she will always be &quot;only&quot; a CR 19 demon queen, though she has successfully convinced multitudes (including countless drow) that she has ascended to divinity. It's all a lie, of course. An incredibly perverse and pervasive lie, but a lie nonetheless.There is an obscure little footnote in the underworld encounter tables for D3 that reads &quot;30% of all drow encountered are cryptic worshippers of the Elder Elemental God, and will be disposed to ignore arachnid slayers.&quot; That's a pretty significant number, and (I assume) only applies to the drow around Erelhei-Cinlu, the base of Lolth's power on Oerth. To me, this has always suggested that drow in other places might venerate a wide variety of demonic powers. I could easily envision drow cities where Juiblex, Graz'zt, Orcus, or maybe even older and darker powers -- an obyrith lord, perhaps? -- hold sway.Of course, I’m not sure I would describe the idea of Lolth’s divinity as “a recent brain bug.” It really all began back with Q1 and the original Deities and Demigods book. I’ve been swimming against the current ever since.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Garnfellow, post: 2957953, member: 1223"] I have occasionally thought that I was the only person in the entire multiverse who disliked making Lolth into a deity. In my campaign, she will always be "only" a CR 19 demon queen, though she has successfully convinced multitudes (including countless drow) that she has ascended to divinity. It's all a lie, of course. An incredibly perverse and pervasive lie, but a lie nonetheless. There is an obscure little footnote in the underworld encounter tables for D3 that reads "30% of all drow encountered are cryptic worshippers of the Elder Elemental God, and will be disposed to ignore arachnid slayers." That's a pretty significant number, and (I assume) only applies to the drow around Erelhei-Cinlu, the base of Lolth's power on Oerth. To me, this has always suggested that drow in other places might venerate a wide variety of demonic powers. I could easily envision drow cities where Juiblex, Graz'zt, Orcus, or maybe even older and darker powers -- an obyrith lord, perhaps? -- hold sway. Of course, I’m not sure I would describe the idea of Lolth’s divinity as “a recent brain bug.” It really all began back with Q1 and the original Deities and Demigods book. I’ve been swimming against the current ever since. [/QUOTE]

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