Drow Racial Preview

[bloodlights]

I'll be playing this race when they come out <3.

[riqita]

This is entirely a financial decision made by the bank accounts of the investors (and it's working!!). This is 'free to play' baiting at its worst, IMO.

If people are willing to pay $200 to play a drow toon and have a panther pet, I say go for it.
I'm not buying it. I'm also not going to complain much since most of the other stuff is free.
Two months isn't all that long to wait.

[vernednd]

If people are willing to pay $200 to play a drow toon and have a panther pet, I say go for it.
I'm not buying it. I'm also not going to complain much since most of the other stuff is free.
Two months isn't all that long to wait.

Some of us also want the mount, astral diamonds, char. Slots, bag, gear, access, etc. just because it has a specific background and early access to race, does not mean that is all the HoTN purchasers want, or care for. Not to single anyone out. I just read a lot of assumptions on this thread about why people purchased this pack. I already see similar items on the zen store, but man are they high!

Cheers!

[eyebreaker7]

I haven't read all 12 pages so I don't know if he's been mentioned but what about the drow from BG2? Sol something or other? He's good right?

[nohmac]

This is the D&D description that is widely accepted as the racial abilities for the Drow:
Drow are more powerful than many of Dungeons & Dragons's races, with the ability to resist magic and powerful darkvision. Drow have the ability to summon globes of darkness, outline targets in faerie fire which causes no harm but makes the target brightly visible to everyone who sees them. Female Drow are naturally inclined to priestly magic and males are naturally inclined towards arcane magic.
Drow are a single race as a whole regardless of where they are from. The term “Menzoberranzan Renegade” refers to a small amount of Drow, (Drizzt Do’Urden, Jarlaxle & Liriel Baenre, members of Bregan D’aethe) but are NOT a separate race.
This seems to me as first and foremost a Cash Crop, but also a lame attempt of increasing the amount of races in the game. Which can also be said for the Fighter class; Guardian and Great Weapon Fighters are of the same class just different specs (Ref. 4th Ed PHB). Also unless the intend in introduce the Ranger as the Two-Weapon Fighter Specialization the hopes of playing a “Drizzt Do’Urden” character are slim to none, but with the way they have introduced the fighter it me be possible to see it as a different (although NOT) class.

[zogvarnoka]

Bah forums eat my post....

Gist of it was the drow changed in the 4e FR due to cataclysmic events. Seems strange to me also coming from a box set/2e background.

[reilz1981]

it would be nice if the vanilla drow have the levitate ability as it seems to be tied to their house insignia and those menzos dont have a house lol

[gomok72]

I don't understand how become can be so involved in the lore of the Drow onthe forums more so in the game, have anyone actually looked at some of the names in game?

I have seen character name's like "Weed addict, Poundinbutss, figger naggots." I don't know about you all but not looking forward to some of the names that this race will bring to this game "Just saying you guys are absorbed or immersed by the lore here but I haven't seen anyone in game really into it.".

Sorry, not to derail topic,

It will be very awesome to have a Drow as a Archer Ranger or Warlock