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What are the most important features of the Drow?
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Yaarel
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There are 70 voters in the poll.
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Your perceptions of the Drow offer helpful insights.
For the features of the Drow, the overall results in the aggregate seem to persist.
Drow abilities: Dexterity, Charisma.
Essential features of the Drow: Elf, Evil, Matriarchy, Spiders, Darkvision.
Optional features for a setting or region: Slavery, Subterranean, Nocturnal.
Optional features for a certain individual: Instinctive Spells, Chaotic, Demons.
Thanks to each of you who voted.
Your perceptions of the Drow offer helpful insights.
For the features of the Drow, the overall results in the aggregate seem to persist.
Drow abilities: Dexterity, Charisma.
Essential features of the Drow: Elf, Evil, Matriarchy, Spiders, Darkvision.
Optional features for a setting or region: Slavery, Subterranean, Nocturnal.
Optional features for a certain individual: Instinctive Spells, Chaotic, Demons.
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Yaarel
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Alignment: any, usually evil (75%).
Of course, alignment ratios among the Drow differ by settings. Even so, player perceptions of the Drow might look something like the following.
Drow Alignment Table
Alignment: Percentage (Roll d100)
True Evil: 45% (01-45)
Chaotic Evil: 26% (46-71)
True Neutral: 9% (72-80)
True Good: 6% (81-86)
Chaotic Neutral: 5% (87-91)
Lawful Evil: 4% (92-95)
Chaotic Good: 3% (96-98)
Lawful Neutral: 1% (99)
Lawful Good: 1% (00)
The above ratios derive from the poll results. About 78% of voters perceive the Drow as essentially evil, while 35% perceive them as essentially chaotic.
By extrapolation, it seems plausible to say,
• about 75% of Drow are evil,
• about 10% are good,
• while about 15% are neutral between evil and good.
Meanwhile,
• about 35% are chaotic,
• about 5% are lawful - the influence of lawful is so small many see Drow as innately chaotic -
• while about 60% are true between chaotic and lawful.
If 75% are ‘evil’, and 60% are ‘true’ (between chaotic and lawful), then when multiplying these percentages, 45% are ‘true evil’. And so on.
The plurality of Drow are neutral evil (true evil). But the next prominent minority are chaotic evil.
These alignments corroborate the D&D tradition regarding the alignment of Drow. The original 1e Monster Manual lists the Drow as ‘evil’, and 3e and 4e list the Drow as ‘usually neutral evil’. At the same time, optional settings feature influential Drow houses whose spiritual traditions tend toward ‘chaotic evil’.
• 1e Monster Manual lists Drow as ‘Evil’.
• 1e Fiend Folio has ‘Chaotic Evil’.
• 2e Monstrous Compendium 2 has ‘Chaotic Evil’.
• 2e Forgotten Realms has Drizzt who is ‘Chaotic Good’.
• 3e Monster Manual lists Drow as ‘usually Neutral Evil’.
• 3e Forgotten Realms has roughly 20% of Drow redeemed as ‘Good’.
• 4e Monster Manual lists Drow as ‘Evil’.
• 4e Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms lists Drow as a core player race with ‘Any’ alignment.
Note, in the Forgotten Realms setting, probably over 25% of the ‘Dark Elves’ are good. However, most of these split off into the Miyetari and Ilythiiri subraces, who are usually good. Thus the remaining Drow subrace, who is usually evil, seems to resemble the above Drow Alignment Table after all.
In sum, Drow alignment: any, usually evil (75%)
Of course, alignment ratios among the Drow differ by settings. Even so, player perceptions of the Drow might look something like the following.
Drow Alignment Table
Alignment: Percentage (Roll d100)
True Evil: 45% (01-45)
Chaotic Evil: 26% (46-71)
True Neutral: 9% (72-80)
True Good: 6% (81-86)
Chaotic Neutral: 5% (87-91)
Lawful Evil: 4% (92-95)
Chaotic Good: 3% (96-98)
Lawful Neutral: 1% (99)
Lawful Good: 1% (00)
The above ratios derive from the poll results. About 78% of voters perceive the Drow as essentially evil, while 35% perceive them as essentially chaotic.
By extrapolation, it seems plausible to say,
• about 75% of Drow are evil,
• about 10% are good,
• while about 15% are neutral between evil and good.
Meanwhile,
• about 35% are chaotic,
• about 5% are lawful - the influence of lawful is so small many see Drow as innately chaotic -
• while about 60% are true between chaotic and lawful.
If 75% are ‘evil’, and 60% are ‘true’ (between chaotic and lawful), then when multiplying these percentages, 45% are ‘true evil’. And so on.
The plurality of Drow are neutral evil (true evil). But the next prominent minority are chaotic evil.
These alignments corroborate the D&D tradition regarding the alignment of Drow. The original 1e Monster Manual lists the Drow as ‘evil’, and 3e and 4e list the Drow as ‘usually neutral evil’. At the same time, optional settings feature influential Drow houses whose spiritual traditions tend toward ‘chaotic evil’.
• 1e Monster Manual lists Drow as ‘Evil’.
• 1e Fiend Folio has ‘Chaotic Evil’.
• 2e Monstrous Compendium 2 has ‘Chaotic Evil’.
• 2e Forgotten Realms has Drizzt who is ‘Chaotic Good’.
• 3e Monster Manual lists Drow as ‘usually Neutral Evil’.
• 3e Forgotten Realms has roughly 20% of Drow redeemed as ‘Good’.
• 4e Monster Manual lists Drow as ‘Evil’.
• 4e Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms lists Drow as a core player race with ‘Any’ alignment.
Note, in the Forgotten Realms setting, probably over 25% of the ‘Dark Elves’ are good. However, most of these split off into the Miyetari and Ilythiiri subraces, who are usually good. Thus the remaining Drow subrace, who is usually evil, seems to resemble the above Drow Alignment Table after all.
In sum, Drow alignment: any, usually evil (75%)
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Yaarel
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This poll focuses on what abilities and powers the Drow have.
There is a sibling poll that focuses on what the Drow look like.
There is a sibling poll that focuses on what the Drow look like.
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