Where did all the drow go?

[Endur]

The Demon Queen's Enclave

The Demon Queen's Enclave is a nice idea, but it is a small adventure and just didn't have the epic feel of, for example,
G1-Q1, or The City of the Spider Queen, or the Menzoberanzan boxed set.

I would have been much more impressed if they had taken the idea and added triple the flavor.

 

[Endur]

Expedition to the DemonWeb Pits

I liked Expedition to the DemonWeb Pits ... it reminded me of the DemonWeb in Q1. But, it seemed like the focus was on the DemonWeb ... and the drow were pretty minor there.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

They're all hanging out on the Goth sites...trying to look both Cool and Disdainful at the same time...

As you press deeper into the spider haunted mazes the scent of burning cloves causes your head to buzz in a fashion neither entirely pleasurable no dipleasurable.

From ahead you can hear the murmur of voices, chanting... or perhaps reciting poetry, it is hard to tell with the somewhat atonal music that accompanies the words....

Above the black painted door is an image of a stylized yet anthropomorphic cat, outlined in muted pink with the words 'Hello Kitty' inscribed in Common.

There are darker things to fear than dragons, here, in the Underdork.

The Auld Grump

 

[Haltherrion]

Sadly, the drow became really badly overexposed. It reached a point where having drow involved in a setting/adventure/supplement was actually a negative selling point (to me at least).

Definitely over-exposed, plus I find them a bit too tied to a particular setting although I like the basic concept.

I've always assumed they were inspired by the norse dark elves (svartalfar) and as created they are certainly entertaining enough. But interestingly, if they were inspired by the norse myths, it isn't really clear from available sources what exactly the dark elves were. They could be synonymous with dwarves. And they were probably called dark because of where they lived rather than their skin color.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

I'd have gone with "Hello, Rakshasa" m'self.

 

[Reynard]

Definitely over-exposed, plus I find them a bit too tied to a particular setting although I like the basic concept.

I've always assumed they were inspired by the norse dark elves (svartalfar) and as created they are certainly entertaining enough. But interestingly, if they were inspired by the norse myths, it isn't really clear from available sources what exactly the dark elves were. They could be synonymous with dwarves. And they were probably called dark because of where they lived rather than their skin color.

This Grognardia entry makes an interesting argument about the possible origin of drow in the game.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

I'd have gone with "Hello, Rakshasa" m'self.

Heh, I was describing a local Goth hangout - why 'Hello Kitty' is in any way associated with Goths... I have no idea.

The Auld Grump

 

[mach1.9pants]

Yeah all the Drow are now good aligned PCs fighting against discrimination and their own dark souls, none left for villains. Either that or the Drow have been so over exposed they all were killed by melanoma.

 

[olshanski]

Second Darkness Adventure Path: a whole campaign based on Drow.
http://paizo.com/pathfinder/adventurePath/secondDarkness

 

[MerricB]

The Demon Queen's Enclave is a nice idea, but it is a small adventure and just didn't have the epic feel of, for example,
G1-Q1, or The City of the Spider Queen, or the Menzoberanzan boxed set.

I would have been much more impressed if they had taken the idea and added triple the flavor.

Demon Queen's Enclave ran very, very well for my group. It's not a drow tale; it's part of the ongoing Orcus machinations of the HPE adventure path. It just happens to feature Orcus vs Drow with the PCs in the middle - and it does so very nicely from my experience. There's a lot of room for the DM to expand it further.

Of course, my own opinion of the drow would include the word "overexposed". I'm rather glad that we haven't seen that much of them; they were very important to early D&D mythology, but they aren't as needed with the new mythology.

(It's worth noting that "Second Darkness", despite some interesting premises, is probably the weakest of all the Paizo APs).

Cheers!