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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haldrik" data-source="post: 8030856" data-attributes="member: 6694221">I am interested in Drow tropes.On the one hand, Drow are iconic and even admirable in a badgirl badboy kind of way. Gygax had alot of love for these villains, and even named Drow stuff after his own kids. On the other hand, this artistic vision of the Drow blends tropes that invite concern. Evil black-skin matriarchal slave owners, and so on.I am curious about what WotC is thinking about Drow tropes in the context of removing racist tropes.My current way of viewing the Drow is, it is a work of art from a bygone era, that had much salience for that era. If it is problematic, maybe have a kind of historical warning that that was then but this is now, similar to the notice for Gone With the Wind.The Lolth faction really is just one Evil faction. There are other Drow factions that are Nonevil.One concern is, the Lolth faction is interesting. While to me, the Nonevil factions seem ... less interesting.If I remember correctly, one faction turns blue if becoming Nonevil, and another faction turns brown if becoming Nonevil. A third faction remains the same color but becomes Neutral, having something to do with Elementals. Some reunite with the fey.The overall impression is, becoming Nonevil results in either becoming insipid, or else completely erasing ones identity as a distinctive dark-skin elf. And the problem remains that: "black skin ≈ evil".I would rather have a new faction that remains proudly black-skin, is fed up with all of the stupid family feuding between Lolth and Corellon, becomes Good, and does something cool and interesting. Maybe technology. I probably want them to remain earthy and matriarchal. Maybe even look to the bonobo for a model of how to be matriarchal and Good.</blockquote>

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