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<blockquote data-quote="TheCosmicKid" data-source="post: 7360639" data-attributes="member: 6683613">You're assuming the elvish subraces arose through an adaptive evolutionary process in response to certain specific laws of optical physics. That is very much an open question. In your home campaign, maybe they did. But in core D&amp;D lore, they definitely didn't. And in Scandinavian mythology, they very definitely didn't.And given that we're dealing with various fictional universes, I'm not sure how the concept of objectivity comes into the picture.This tracks with how they are usually depicted in D&amp;D: Lolth is a really nasty piece of work who actively encourages the worst behavior in her followers, but individual drow (especially individual drow who happen to possess two magical scimitars and a figurine of wondrous power) are fully capable of being good.And again you're using the word objective about fiction, and I still can't figure out why.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheCosmicKid, post: 7360639, member: 6683613"] You're assuming the elvish subraces arose through an adaptive evolutionary process in response to certain specific laws of optical physics. That is very much an open question. In your home campaign, maybe they did. But in core D&D lore, they definitely didn't. And in Scandinavian mythology, they [I]very[/I] definitely didn't. And given that we're dealing with various fictional universes, I'm not sure how the concept of [I]objectivity[/I] comes into the picture. This tracks with how they are usually depicted in D&D: Lolth is a really nasty piece of work who actively encourages the worst behavior in her followers, but individual drow (especially individual drow who happen to possess two magical scimitars and a figurine of wondrous power) are fully capable of being good. And again you're using the word [I]objective[/I] about fiction, and I still can't figure out why. [/QUOTE]

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