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<blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 259506" data-attributes="member: 2020">The drow are very bright beings.&nbsp; Bright beings, with sociopathic minds, and an obsession to win, kill, and destroy.&nbsp; Now, the drow could lay an ambush for the party.&nbsp; I discounted that, making them fight the party in a tunnel.&nbsp; However, most drow would indeed go for an ambush.&nbsp; Straight fighting, person to person (honest fighting, as a cavalier might say) is unthinkable to the drow (or, at the least, very stupid.)&nbsp; I am remembering now that the drow do have clairaudience.&nbsp; They would most certainly use it, these drow girls.&nbsp; The thief, elven boots and cloak, and dust of disappearance, etc. etc. not withstanding, would be spotted pretty quick.&nbsp; The drow would not fire any spell through a Web that could not be fired through a Web.&nbsp; That is a given - these are trained magistresses or mages.&nbsp; They would Dispel their Web, then fire spells.&nbsp; However, whether the spark that flies out to the target and beoomes a Fireball would be halted by a Web is a good question, and one I have no answer to.&nbsp; Assuming the drow do not have clairaudience, and the thief does have Boots and Cloak of Elvenkind (which is reasonable), then it is quite possible the thief would walk by the drow, and neither side would notice the other.&nbsp; Each side would be unable to penetrate the other's disguises.&nbsp; The thief would walk on, and the drow would assault the unwarned and thus unprepared party - and in turn would be surprised by the thief.&nbsp; I am saying though that drow, in my opinion, would indeed have a cakewalk with many adventuring parties of their own caliber.&nbsp; The drow are just so dangerous, so capable, and so altogether devastating in their conception that it would take a very devious, well armed, and magically capable party to give the drow a real run for their money.&nbsp; As for the Battle of Mithril Hall, that is subjective to each person, of course.&nbsp; Everyone will think differently on what would happen, and why, in that scenario.&nbsp; I just happen to think Menzoberranzan would have done what it later successfully did with Blindenstone - that is to say, wipe it out.&nbsp; I think Menzoberranzan, if united, could successfully attack and destroy Silverymoon itself.&nbsp; And THAT is no mean feat to try to accomplish!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Edena_of_Neith, post: 259506, member: 2020"] The drow are very bright beings. Bright beings, with sociopathic minds, and an obsession to win, kill, and destroy. Now, the drow could lay an ambush for the party. I discounted that, making them fight the party in a tunnel. However, most drow would indeed go for an ambush. Straight fighting, person to person (honest fighting, as a cavalier might say) is unthinkable to the drow (or, at the least, very stupid.) I am remembering now that the drow do have clairaudience. They would most certainly use it, these drow girls. The thief, elven boots and cloak, and dust of disappearance, etc. etc. not withstanding, would be spotted pretty quick. The drow would not fire any spell through a Web that could not be fired through a Web. That is a given - these are trained magistresses or mages. They would Dispel their Web, then fire spells. However, whether the spark that flies out to the target and beoomes a Fireball would be halted by a Web is a good question, and one I have no answer to. Assuming the drow do not have clairaudience, and the thief does have Boots and Cloak of Elvenkind (which is reasonable), then it is quite possible the thief would walk by the drow, and neither side would notice the other. Each side would be unable to penetrate the other's disguises. The thief would walk on, and the drow would assault the unwarned and thus unprepared party - and in turn would be surprised by the thief. I am saying though that drow, in my opinion, would indeed have a cakewalk with many adventuring parties of their own caliber. The drow are just so dangerous, so capable, and so altogether devastating in their conception that it would take a very devious, well armed, and magically capable party to give the drow a real run for their money. As for the Battle of Mithril Hall, that is subjective to each person, of course. Everyone will think differently on what would happen, and why, in that scenario. I just happen to think Menzoberranzan would have done what it later successfully did with Blindenstone - that is to say, wipe it out. I think Menzoberranzan, if united, could successfully attack and destroy Silverymoon itself. And THAT is no mean feat to try to accomplish! [/QUOTE]

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