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<blockquote data-quote="Satori" data-source="post: 4231619" data-attributes="member: 37233">Wait, keep reading!&nbsp; Don't give up now!This is part rant, part question.&nbsp; If you don't care about the rant, skip to the bottom.[RANT]I like Gygaxian (may he rest in peace) Drow.They were a twisted, weird, otherworldly and sinister species that truly amazed and terrified players in D3.&nbsp; In that adventure, you travel into the depths of the Abyss, traffic with demons, duel a vampire/succubus couple, and otherwise fight for your life.Drow, since then, have changed.A lot.Duh.Back in the day [Grognard] &quot;If demons had teeth, then Drow had fangs!&quot; [/Grognard].Now, I've seen a number of supplements aimed at returning Dark Elves to their roots.&nbsp; I think &quot;Quintessential Drow&quot; by Mongoose Publishing and &quot;Plot and Poison&quot; by Green Ronin did an admirable job.&nbsp; Unfortunately, this still doesn't do it for me.&nbsp; In many ways, they're still &quot;Pansy Drow&quot;, but with nastier flavor text.This has forced me to heavily retool Drow in an effort to recapture the &quot;Gygaxian Feel&quot;.[/RANT][Houserule]No matter how nasty I change the fluff, modern Drow still seem to defanged.&nbsp; So, I've made the following changes IMC.-All &quot;Noble&quot; Drow are Half-Demons.-All &quot;Lesser/Commoner&quot; Drow are some manner of Tiefling (symbolizing the dilution of the &quot;Pure&quot; drow).-Lloth is not a goddess, but a Demon Queen...of Spiders...like her title says.-All Drow are Evil, and only &quot;Lesser/Commoner&quot; Drow have the potential for Neutrality.&nbsp; Good alignments are simply not possible, as &quot;Social Conditioning&quot; is no longer the only reason for their evil behavior.-Drow are not black skinned, white haired, and red eyed because of a curse from Corellon...but because Lloth (a DEMON Queen) began to &quot;strengthen&quot; her initial tribe of followers through demonic breeding.&nbsp; [/Houserule]I initially wanted to pose a &quot;How have you changed the core races in your campaigns?&quot;...then I realized that the &quot;Drow Issue&quot; is so strong and pervasive that I have a feeling that a LOT of you folks have done amazingly creative things with this infamous species.So...what have you done to everyone's favorite Emo Elves?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Satori, post: 4231619, member: 37233"] Wait, keep reading! Don't give up now! This is part rant, part question. If you don't care about the rant, skip to the bottom. [RANT]I like Gygaxian (may he rest in peace) Drow. They were a twisted, weird, otherworldly and sinister species that truly amazed and terrified players in D3. In that adventure, you travel into the depths of the Abyss, traffic with demons, duel a vampire/succubus couple, and otherwise fight for your life. Drow, since then, have changed. A lot. Duh. Back in the day [Grognard] "If demons had teeth, then Drow had fangs!" [/Grognard]. Now, I've seen a number of supplements aimed at returning Dark Elves to their roots. I think "Quintessential Drow" by Mongoose Publishing and "Plot and Poison" by Green Ronin did an admirable job. Unfortunately, this still doesn't do it for me. In many ways, they're still "Pansy Drow", but with nastier flavor text. This has forced me to heavily retool Drow in an effort to recapture the "Gygaxian Feel". [/RANT] [Houserule] No matter how nasty I change the fluff, modern Drow still seem to defanged. So, I've made the following changes IMC. -All "Noble" Drow are Half-Demons. -All "Lesser/Commoner" Drow are some manner of Tiefling (symbolizing the dilution of the "Pure" drow). -Lloth is not a goddess, but a Demon Queen...of Spiders...like her title says. -All Drow are Evil, and only "Lesser/Commoner" Drow have the potential for Neutrality. Good alignments are simply not possible, as "Social Conditioning" is no longer the only reason for their evil behavior. -Drow are not black skinned, white haired, and red eyed because of a curse from Corellon...but because Lloth (a DEMON Queen) began to "strengthen" her initial tribe of followers through demonic breeding. [/Houserule] I initially wanted to pose a "How have you changed the core races in your campaigns?"...then I realized that the "Drow Issue" is so strong and pervasive that I have a feeling that a LOT of you folks have done amazingly creative things with this infamous species. So...what have you done to everyone's favorite Emo Elves? [/QUOTE]

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