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<blockquote data-quote="CleverNickName" data-source="post: 5187413" data-attributes="member: 50987">Wow, that's a lot of drow hate.But perhaps that is exactly why they get used so much?I mean, gamers hate the drow so much that when they see one, they immediately reach for their most painful, most powerful weapon and vent the full measure of their angst upon it.&nbsp; Spellbooks are spent, wands are emptied, and bazookas (if you roll that way) are switched to semi-auto.&nbsp; As soon as I utter the words&nbsp; &quot;a dark elf&quot; everyone starts rolling initiative before I can finish the description.ME:&nbsp; &quot;The painting on the wall shows a dark elf...&quot;(dice inexplicably start bouncing all over the table)PLAYER 1:&nbsp; &quot;Six initiative.&quot;PLAYER 2:&nbsp; &quot;Fifteen initiative.&nbsp; Oh, it's only a painting.&quot;PLAYER 3: &quot;Twenty-two initiative!&nbsp; I fireball the painting!&quot;ME:&nbsp; *sigh*Admit it:&nbsp; few things are more satisfying in D&amp;D than smacking down a band of evil, enigmatic, oh-so-misunderstood emo-elves with spider fetishes.&nbsp; And that is precisely why they are in nearly every adventure published since the mid-80's.You want drow.You need drow.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CleverNickName, post: 5187413, member: 50987"] Wow, that's a lot of drow hate. But perhaps that is exactly why they get used so much? I mean, gamers hate the drow so much that when they see one, they immediately reach for their most painful, most powerful weapon and vent the full measure of their angst upon it. Spellbooks are spent, wands are emptied, and bazookas (if you roll that way) are switched to semi-auto. As soon as I utter the words "a dark elf" everyone starts rolling initiative before I can finish the description. [B]ME:[/B] "The painting on the wall shows a dark elf..." (dice inexplicably start bouncing all over the table) [B]PLAYER 1:[/B] "Six initiative." [B]PLAYER 2:[/B] "Fifteen initiative. Oh, it's only a painting." [B]PLAYER 3: [/B] "Twenty-two initiative! I [I]fireball[/I] the painting!" [B]ME:[/B] *sigh* Admit it: few things are more satisfying in D&D than smacking down a band of evil, enigmatic, oh-so-misunderstood emo-elves with spider fetishes. And that is precisely why they are in nearly every adventure published since the mid-80's. You want drow. You [I]need[/I] drow. [/QUOTE]

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