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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 6699718" data-attributes="member: 5834">I see now. The question is how did the particular PC come up with a way to stay alive, not why are the drow keeping him alive. So this would depend upon where the elf was taken and what type of personality the PC is playing. A coward might cut his ear tips off to stay alive, but not a brave elf.1. "I was protecting several elven children with several of my fellow elves. They cut through us. I was wounded but not dead. I begged them not to slay the children. I said I would do anything to prevent it. The female that led them laughed and ordered the drow to hold me and keep my eyes open while she summoned a spider swarm to consume the children as sacrifices to Lolth. After her sickening ritual, she looked into my eyes, said 'This one is broken. Take him. It will be fun to make this one relive this moment for all the years of his life.' That is why I am alive. The priestess wishes to look into my mind to experience what I felt as I watched the elf children I was protecting die."2. "I was wandering through the forest. I felt something like a sting. I woke up here. The drow have promised a very painful death. I'm not exactly looking forward to it. So any plan put forth to avoid it would be a worthy listen." 3. "I was traveling with a human caravan when the drow attacked. One of their slaver parties. They killed anyone that resisted, took the rest as slaves. I have been kept alive for interrogation. They want me to provide them with the location of elven settlements. They want to know how they are guarded, where they are at, the general strength of the settlement. Who my family is. I won't tell them willingly. I know given time they will extract the information. I don't want to be the cause of more death for my people. There is no reasoning with the drow. I will be kept alive until they acquire sufficient information to plan further raids on my people. After that my fate will be death or worse."4. "They told me they took me because I'm particularly beautiful. They plan to sell me to a pleasure house. Need I say more about my fate? I need to escape."5. "I begged for my life. I told them anything they wanted to know. I told them they were superior to my kind. I told them who the most prominent elves in the community were. I told them everything. I debased myself. I gave them my family's treasures. I did everything I could to survive. All I managed to do was end up as a slave. I can't tell anyone what I've done. No one will trust me. I need to come up with a good lie as to why I'm alive."</blockquote>

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