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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 8532432" data-attributes="member: 1210">In my game, orcs are &quot;often&quot; evil, using the 3e often/usually/always breakdown. This means not even a majority, but a plurality. Also, this varies from orcish group to orcish group- but on the whole, that's how they shake out. They won't be changing in my game. Drow, on the other hand, are &quot;usually&quot; evil, but nobody knows they exist- or almost nobody. They're mythic rares, if you will. They are the result of an ancient cosmic conflict- the Alignment Wars- where they were basically tainted as a result of taking the side of Evil. Before that, Drow weren't a distinct elven subrace. After that, they were barely this side of fiends. When Evil lost the Alignment Wars, the Drow, duergar, and others who had joined with Evil were driven from the world, fleeing underground, and some were even thought to have been exterminated. Over the eons the Drow have turned into basically what they were depicted as in 1e up to the GDQ series- mysterious, unknown, demon-tainted. Even among them, however, there are individuals who are Good. Drow are not pcs in my game, they appear about once per edition, and none of that is likely to change either. One thing that has changed is that there will be non-Drow dark-skinned elves in my game, however. Traditionally I've usually depicted them as milk-pale to pale green, but there's no reason they shouldn't have dark lineages too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 8532432, member: 1210"] In my game, orcs are "often" evil, using the 3e often/usually/always breakdown. This means not even a majority, but a plurality. Also, this varies from orcish group to orcish group- but on the whole, that's how they shake out. They won't be changing in my game. Drow, on the other hand, are "usually" evil, but nobody knows they exist- or almost nobody. They're mythic rares, if you will. They are the result of an ancient cosmic conflict- the Alignment Wars- where they were basically tainted as a result of taking the side of Evil. Before that, Drow weren't a distinct elven subrace. After that, they were barely this side of fiends. When Evil lost the Alignment Wars, the Drow, duergar, and others who had joined with Evil were driven from the world, fleeing underground, and some were even thought to have been exterminated. Over the eons the Drow have turned into basically what they were depicted as in 1e up to the GDQ series- mysterious, unknown, demon-tainted. Even among them, however, there are individuals who are Good. Drow are not pcs in my game, they appear about once per edition, and none of that is likely to change either. One thing that has changed is that there will be non-Drow dark-skinned elves in my game, however. Traditionally I've usually depicted them as milk-pale to pale green, but there's no reason they shouldn't have dark lineages too. [/QUOTE]

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