Drow Racial Preview

[ghosty2a]

Ok, I aint played PnP dnd in a long time, and was never any sort of lore and cannon regurgitator to begin with. And I no very littel about 4e stuff, other than what I have been abel to gleen from these forums. But that said, from what I have read here, there is a whole new world basicly. The combination of what ever Being escaped, or tried to escape, from under Mount Hotenow ( sp/ ), and the death, or total isolation from, the gods, has made whatever was in the past,.. gone. What ever concepts of good, evil, whatever, does not exist any more. Nor has it for more than a century, so all creatures have had time to adjust by now I would think.

" I'm baking gingerbread men right now, and I think I might make some Drow ones when my wife isn't looking."
Man, you must be a glutton for "wife aggro" =)

[valandur1]

should be darkfire for drow..

A flickering halo of purple light surrounds target

Ah your right,

Did olden D&D Drow get fairy fire as one of their racial abilities?

[tiima1]

...What ever concepts of good, evil, whatever, does not exist any more. Nor has it for more than a century, so all creatures have had time to adjust by now I would think.

" I'm baking gingerbread men right now, and I think I might make some Drow ones when my wife isn't looking."
Man, you must be a glutton for "wife aggro" =)

In cannon pnp 4e dnd, alignments are alive and well. Drow tend towards evil (chaotic evil, specifically). Many of the old gods are dead, true, but lots of them survived, and new ones were born. The races can be of any alignment, but most have strong tendencies one way or another, and the drow race has very strongly 'classical' evil leanings (they are type-cast as bad guys). You can technically have a good black dragon too, but that doesn't make it likely.

The 4e books do explain that concepts of good and evil are somewhat subjective, in the sense that individuals rarely think of their actions as actively 'evil' or 'good', which is why it's possible to have evil paladins or good demon-pact warlocks. We could get into a whole debate about the nature of good and evil, but that's not the point of this thread. There are good and evil specific artifacts in 4e, however (Hand of Vecna, for instance) and I wonder how NWO is going to deal with that side of things if they're not using alignments as a character attribute/descriptor.

As for wife agro, I have none, and never have We started playing warcraft together before we got married, and actually met over a pnp shadowrun game (I gave her chocolate, and the rest is history).

[tiima1]

Old school (pre 4e) Drow were only available as a leveled race - I think they were effective level 4? But yes, they got fairy fire and globe of darkness... I think they also got levitate. All these are available to 4e drow, but the racial attribute bonuses are more balanced, and you can't just throw around your racial magic willy nilly... they're encounter powers.

[sunstone2012]

Would Love to see some more footage on the game. even behind the scenes.

[m1ndfr1k]

another ugly race. nothing interest

[iamtruthseeker]

Again, can you list specifics instead of just that please? DETAILS or they can't address your feedback.

[lolwutruevendoin]

Personally I think the race looks good. But to each his own.

[zebular]

I've really liked what I've seen of the Drow too. I also am one who liked how Turbine made their drow look also. I'm very particular about my drow too and anyone who's played in my PnP Campaign will let you know that I am obviously biased towards female drow.

[gillrmn]

Elistraee is dead ... ... ... ... ...

Aww...

I have nothing to add. If I could sacrifice all drow to bring her back I would, but she won't like that so there goes my plan.

Give her back! Moon is not complete without her dance!