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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 6286705" data-attributes="member: 58172">Yeah, according to poll, the Drow has certain essential characteristics.• Blackish skin• Whitish hair• Pointed but subtle ears• No facial hairHeh, the Drow is so necessarily slim in my mind, it didnt even occur to me to question it in the poll.• Slim physiqueTo go against any of the four or five essential features is to play against type.For example, Drow with light skin and-or dark hair are known, but are in contrast to the more typical expectations, usually an individual within the diversity of a community, or else a special group in a diversity of separate communities. The Eberron setting has generally dark skin and light hair, however one of the three tribes, has a greater variation of skin color and individuals can even be pale purplish. In the Forgotten Realms, one of the Dark Elf subraces is dark brown with black hair.A ‘drowish’ way to handle a variant is to link it to a particular house. For example, in Forgotten Realms, the House Baenre is known for its strange amber eyes that occasionally shows up among its family members.In the other poll, it turns out the Spider theme is essential, but the Demon theme is nonessential. So Lolth is unnecessary, but the spiders need to stay. Eberron has the Scorpion but I am unsure if this works as a substitute.It turns out, Matriarchy is essential. So even ‘Good’ Drow must remain matriarchal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 6286705, member: 58172"] Yeah, according to poll, the Drow has certain essential characteristics. • Blackish skin • Whitish hair • Pointed but subtle ears • No facial hair Heh, the Drow is so necessarily slim in my mind, it didnt even occur to me to question it in the poll. • Slim physique To go against any of the four or five essential features is to play against type. For example, Drow with light skin and-or dark hair are known, but are in contrast to the more typical expectations, usually an individual within the diversity of a community, or else a special group in a diversity of separate communities. The Eberron setting has generally dark skin and light hair, however one of the three tribes, has a greater variation of skin color and individuals can even be pale purplish. In the Forgotten Realms, one of the Dark Elf subraces is dark brown with black hair. A ‘drowish’ way to handle a variant is to link it to a particular house. For example, in Forgotten Realms, the House Baenre is known for its strange amber eyes that occasionally shows up among its family members. In the other poll, it turns out the Spider theme is essential, but the Demon theme is nonessential. So Lolth is unnecessary, but the spiders need to stay. Eberron has the Scorpion but I am unsure if this works as a substitute. It turns out, Matriarchy is essential. So even ‘Good’ Drow must remain matriarchal. [/QUOTE]

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