Where did all the drow go?

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

I agree it is not just Drizzt. On the other hand, all the above groups are reasonably secretive (at least in the novels and games), so it is unlikely that any of the PCs will know about "good" drow unless they actually meet one.

Eilistraee's surface activities didn't strike me as particularly secret. I was under the impression that people know of them, but often don't believe them or decide to stay away "just to be on the safe side".

 

[Voadam]

256 page level 1-10 adventure Drow War Book 1 the Gathering Storm.

256 page level 11-20 adventure Drow War Book 2 The Dying of the Light.

256 page level 21-30 adventure Drow War Book 3 The Darkest Hour.

All are 3.5 by Mongoose publishing and came out after City of the Spider Queen.

There is plenty of drow adventure stuff if you want it.

 

[Voadam]

Queen of Lies by Fiery Dragon, 48 page OGL drow based module for 11th level characters.

Dungeon Crawl Classics 8 Mysteries of the Drow a 3e 32 page adventure for levels 7-9.

 

[Glade Riven]

Re 'Drow mainly worship one goddess that doesn't allow for much religious diversity.'

I think all of the TSR/WOTC novels and modules have focused on Lolth as the primary deity with other deities also being involved (Elder Elemental God, other demon lords, other drow deities). So that is a change to a no longer lolth dominated society.

When 4e Dragonlanced Forgotten Realms, many of those drow deities got axed...so it's pretty much Lloth and a couple of her kids. And much of the drow got dragonlanced with them.

Pop and videogame culture is focused on vampires, zombies, and werewolves right now, so we've got some Ravenloft boardgaming before the 4e coming of Dritz.

And Paizo does their own thing...

Honestly? I think the RPG community (that I've seen) are burnt out on Drow. Tieflings became the new Drow, and the argument moved on to them for a while.

 

[haakon1]

the broad mass of Drizz't fueled fans

Do these people still exist? Did they ever exist? I've only met with them in:
1) People complaining about them on the internet
2) Rules for rangers being made ambidextrous, apparently to fit this character in what I assume is appallingly lame fiction for a setting I never paid much attention to.

 

[haakon1]

not shadowy rumors, they way they originally appeared in Greyhawk.

IMC, which is a Greyhawk campaign, they are still shadowy rumors -- things elves don't like to talk about, powerful folk in the know are concerned about, common adventurers are vaguely aware of as threat (if they know the Underdark exists at all), and regular folks know only as one of oh-so-many legendary evils out there.

So far, there are zero good ones and no surface dwellers in my vision for the campaign. And they may never be seen at all.

 

[the Jester]

IMC, which is a Greyhawk campaign, they are still shadowy rumors -- things elves don't like to talk about, powerful folk in the know are concerned about, common adventurers are vaguely aware of as threat (if they know the Underdark exists at all), and regular folks know only as one of oh-so-many legendary evils out there.

So far, there are zero good ones and no surface dwellers in my vision for the campaign. And they may never be seen at all.

Now see, this is the take I like on Drow.

This is why they haven't appeared in my campaign in years. When they finally do show up, they won't be what the players expect, and they will remember it.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Do these people still exist? Did they ever exist? I've only met with them in:
1) People complaining about them on the internet
2) Rules for rangers being made ambidextrous, apparently to fit this character in what I assume is appallingly lame fiction for a setting I never paid much attention to.

I met two in 2e and 3e groups; both stories that I recall took place in 3e. One player was intensely annoying, and eventually dumped out of the group after making his PC samurai commit suicide.

The other, while a massive Drizzt fan, actually understood that drow were usually evil, and only got to play once (in an evil campaign). He eventually moved out of country.

I don't know if these people "still" exist, as in being active gamers, although they're both still alive. Both events took place 2000-2005.

 

[dagger]

They are terrible foes in our 1e game, but the players normally avoid them.

Its tough engaging the drow fighters when the drow casters can just drop fireballs (and other nasty stuff) thanks to Magic Resistance and not worry much about hurting drow.