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Drow
Feb 17, 2017 3:14:28 GMT
Post by Admin on Feb 17, 2017 3:14:28 GMT
Do you guys use the drow in your campaign? Any stories to tell?
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Post by dragonspipe on Feb 18, 2017 3:14:14 GMT
Only the females. They capture human males for sperm extraction, and then kill them. The genetics are altered via magic, and insemination takes place in a lesbian ritual.
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Post by Malcadon on Feb 19, 2017 9:27:06 GMT
Only the females. They capture human males for sperm extraction, and then kill them. The genetics are altered via magic, and insemination takes place in a lesbian ritual.
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Post by dragonspipe on Feb 19, 2017 17:31:53 GMT
Hence the old saying, "Beware of a drow priestess with a plate of fruit and oysters."
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Drow
Feb 25, 2017 10:22:27 GMT
Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2017 10:22:27 GMT
The best source for the drow, in AD&D, is the 2e book FOR2 Drow of the Underdark. Although it is technically FR-specific, this is the best AD&D source. As well, the novels by R.A. Salvatore furnish quite an incredible level of detail with regards to the drow in general, and, one of their cities (Menzoberranzan), in particular. For 3e gamers, the best source with regards to the drow is Drow of the Underdark. Regardless of whether one plays AD&D or d20, if one is considering the inclusion of D3 Vault of the Drow into their campaign, a partial re-write with either of the above two sources is highly recommended, with specific regards to the details of monsters, spells, and magic items.
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Post by Malcadon on Feb 25, 2017 15:50:25 GMT
I have no interests in using the FR Drow. I would rather scrap together my own version, based on different sources. Although, I found a good alternative by Simon Washbourne (of Barbarians of Lemuria fame) for his recent Crimson Blades RPG, called the Dendrelyssi. Where Barbarians of Lemuria was meant to be a sword & sorcery-themed fantasy based on Lin Carter's Conan-knockoff Thongor series, Crimson Blades is more modeled on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné. The wicked pale elves known as the Dendrelyssi are modeled on Elric. (In fact, there used to be a major NPC named Eoric, with a demon-possessed sword called the Hellbringer, but was removed, likely being too on the nose — or he ran out of space for them in the new book.) In the setting's background, the Dendrelyssi once ruled the Crimson Lands with an iron fist, with humans being nothing more than animals to them, but they became too complacent, and corrupt with their own sorcery. Their cruelty towards their slaves knew no bounds. There were even Dendrelyssi surgeon-torturers called Fleshcrafters (an NPC class) who turned pain and suffering into an art form. Eventually, the human slaves rebelled and push them back to their island capital of Dendrelyss. As the race is now barren due to sorcery, they are slowing dyeing out. As human civilization rose up form the ashes of the rebellion, their "common tongue", as well as many of the new ethnic languages, derives from the low-class and slave-language called Low Dendrelyssi. The Dendrelyssi speak High Dendrelyssi, which was based on another, older (long gone) race, which in turn, has its roots in the demonic tongue. A few human cultures still worship or revere them. Most still have an animosity towards them. Some of them hate them to the point of setting up an inquisition called the Royal Redeemers (another NPC class), who's mission is to not just eradicate all Dendrelyssi, but their sympathizers and anyone who engages in witchcraft. Here is their description from the rulebook (in all its glorious British spelling): This is how I picture them: (The artist is the great Japanese watercolor painter Yoshitaka Amano, of Final Fantasy fame)
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Post by genghisdon on Mar 2, 2017 17:56:17 GMT
I use the drow, and have for ages. Aside from those in TSR or WOTC modules, of which that is alraady many, I have used them quite a bit, across editions. Any Norse games usually ends up with some in them, as do greyhawk or FR games. I'm fond of tweaking them in homebrew worlds; they have made cool dark jungle dwellers, for example. I've run PC's of them, and even drow centered campaigns in 1e & 2e alike (several times). I quite love the 1e drow as presented. Hate the UA "version" some use; it is anathema to me. I'm fond of making sure non Lolth worshiping drow are represented, worshipers of other demons lords, Graz'zt being foremost for drow, right behind Lolth. I do not love the 2e drow much, but that is more the fault of the UA...and Salvatore. Whiel I'm fine him (or was) as an author, actually, his drow always irked me to no end as complete bullshit. no magic resistance, seemingly no multiclass, wizards respected why?, females dominate for less reason than patriarchal human societies have had, the absurd fetishisation of drow superiority over all others, even races that obviously ought be their equals or superiors, such as duergar, illithid, svirfneblin, kuo-toa, etc. I really can't stand the stupidity & wrong-ness of it. It poisoned drow/2e for me, nearly fatally so. It is incomplete to talk about 2e drow without: forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Menzoberranzan_(boxed_set)Still, there is an abjuration: planescape setting; specifically Gladsheim & Norse drow are in 2e. 3 or 3.5 drow were a redemption or cleansing; although they never recover even remotely to the early cache . As was more the wont of 3.5 splatbooks, the main uses of them often had little in common with the topic of the book. "Drow of the underdark" is indeed fine, but it mostly was used w/o drow or underdark for feat farming as usual: things like "imperious command", "blend into shadows", "master of poisons" and so forth. It IS a cool splat though!
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