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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9756483" data-attributes="member: 2209">Since at least <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/16829/for2-the-drow-of-the-underdark-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">2e FOR2 Drow of the Underdark</a> in 1991 Forgotten Realms Drow have had Eilistraee a good Drow goddess of dance, beauty, and swords who advocates drow returning in peace to the surface and integrating there.Since 1e Unearthed Arcana Drow could be rangers who in AD&D had to be good. Drizzt started out as a by the book 1e Drow character. Even in the Gygax 1e D modules from the 70s you had NPC individuals like "Nilonim, a dissident Drow captured in Erelhei Cinlu where he led a band of rebels attempting to overthrow noble rule. He is of neutral alignment with a slight tendency towards good deeds."Drow were overall majority tendency towards evil as much as high elves were majority tendency towards good which left a lot of room for variety among individuals and specific groups. That said Drow were sort of like Moorcock's Melniboneans in having a decadent cruel slave taking conquering magic heavy empire and culture and so were generally a scary bad guy group in the same way as the Red Wizards of Thay generally were. Most of their interaction with the surface world was slave taking night time raids and that is the general reputation. In the underdark they are dealing with mind flayers, duergar, and deep gnomes a lot.</blockquote>