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<blockquote data-quote="InVinoVeritas" data-source="post: 3730348" data-attributes="member: 41485">One other thing I've noticed: Orc PCs tend to be team players. Drow PCs tend to be loners.Probably because of stereotypes, the orc &quot;frat boy&quot; is willing to hang around others and work with them in creating more carnage/chaos/whatever. Most Orc PCs will stick around with the rest of the party and be more than happy to lead the charge into battle and contribute their fair share to the party's success. The drow, on the other hand, tends to be played as an attention getter. All attention on the drow, all the time. Drow PCs tend to sneak away from the party, go on their own adventures, do evil things for their own benefit, do good things for their own benefit, and generally do whatever it takes to remain in the spotlight, regardless of any specific personality quirk. The &quot;drow with twin scimitars&quot; is really the same character as the &quot;trenchcoat guy with twin katanas.&quot; Of course, these are just stereotypes, too. YMMV and all that. But that's really the crux of the &quot;okay&quot; orc vs. the &quot;forbidden&quot; drow that I've experienced. For all the belligerence that orcs are known for, in my experience, the drow PC will destroy taverns faster than the orc PC.Ultimately, of course, the player makes the character, not the other way around. So I don't immediately assume that someone's trying to take all the glory based on their race choice. The same player would probably try the same thing no matter what.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="InVinoVeritas, post: 3730348, member: 41485"] One other thing I've noticed: Orc PCs tend to be team players. Drow PCs tend to be loners. Probably because of stereotypes, the orc "frat boy" is willing to hang around others and work with them in creating more carnage/chaos/whatever. Most Orc PCs will stick around with the rest of the party and be more than happy to lead the charge into battle and contribute their fair share to the party's success. The drow, on the other hand, tends to be played as an attention getter. All attention on the drow, all the time. Drow PCs tend to sneak away from the party, go on their own adventures, do evil things for their own benefit, do good things for their own benefit, and generally do whatever it takes to remain in the spotlight, regardless of any specific personality quirk. The "drow with twin scimitars" is really the same character as the "trenchcoat guy with twin katanas." Of course, these are just stereotypes, too. YMMV and all that. But that's really the crux of the "okay" orc vs. the "forbidden" drow that I've experienced. For all the belligerence that orcs are known for, in my experience, the drow PC will destroy taverns faster than the orc PC. Ultimately, of course, the player makes the character, not the other way around. So I don't immediately assume that someone's trying to take all the glory based on their race choice. The same player would probably try the same thing no matter what. [/QUOTE]

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