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<blockquote data-quote="Immortal Sun" data-source="post: 7559626">I could certainly see a long-lived society being punctuated with brief but highly explosive periods of revolution.&nbsp; I don't like even having an answer to this from a meta perspective.&nbsp; Even in IRL we cannot, definitvly say we have free will.&nbsp; What do the Drow believe, what do their religions promote?&nbsp; Probably some form of predestination to justify established autocracy and to dismiss the anarchists as simply &quot;part of the plan&quot;.&nbsp; I think there's almost be a sense of some kind of grand game of murder-chess being played across all of Drow society.&nbsp; &quot;All the terrible things happen because they must happen because Lolth.&quot;&nbsp; The rebels rebel because that is what Lolth wanted for them.&nbsp;&nbsp; And they are defeated or victorious not for the righteousness of their cause or the purity of their ideals, but because that was how things were meant to be.I don't think being born with a general desire for subterfuge, backstabbing and so on means much about anyone.&nbsp; Less so among a species that has long-established breeding and eugenics programs.&nbsp; For a meta answer: since I want the players to be Drow within this society they will at least mechanically have &quot;free will&quot; but will have been raised in an environment that fosters a certain kind of behaviour.&nbsp; I don't intend to have Drow murdering each other around every corner, but I want to convey a sense that the Drow population at-large percieves corners as very good places for murder to happen around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Immortal Sun, post: 7559626"] I could certainly see a long-lived society being punctuated with brief but highly explosive periods of revolution. I don't like even [i]having[/i] an answer to this from a meta perspective. Even in IRL we cannot, definitvly say [I]we[/I] have free will. What do the Drow believe, what do their religions promote? Probably some form of predestination to justify established autocracy and to dismiss the anarchists as simply "part of the plan". I think there's almost be a sense of some kind of grand game of murder-chess being played across all of Drow society. "All the terrible things happen because they must happen because Lolth." The rebels rebel because that is what Lolth wanted for them. And they are defeated or victorious not for the righteousness of their cause or the purity of their ideals, but because that was how things were [I]meant to be[/I]. I don't think being born with a general desire for subterfuge, backstabbing and so on means much about anyone. Less so among a species that has long-established breeding and eugenics programs. For a meta answer: since I want the players to be Drow within this society they will at least mechanically have "free will" but will have been raised in an environment that fosters a certain kind of behaviour. I don't intend to have Drow murdering each other around every corner, but I want to convey a sense that the Drow population at-large percieves corners as very good places for murder to happen around. [/QUOTE]

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