Beginning with 3rd edition D&D, drow are usually neutral evil. There have been encounters with non-evil drow, but these are distrusted as much as their brethren, due to their reputation.
Why is it taboo to play a drow?
The Drow are hated the way they are because they are almost all pure evil. They believe that all other species, including other Underdark species, are lesser than themselves. Even going so far as to enslave pretty much anything they can and killing what they can’t.
How tall is a drow?
They usually varied in height from four feet seven inches to five feet five inches and weighed from 80 to 155 pounds on average.
How do I Encourage drow players to create drow?
Every once in a while, I have a player wants to create a Drow character. The problem is, virtually every one of them winds up looking suspiciously like Drizzt Do’Urden: they are some variation of Good alignment and usually a melee fighter (or even dual-wielder), and I’ve seen one of them jungle cat as a familiar.
Can a drow be a hero in dungeons and Dragons?
Drow make excellent villains. And as we saw earlier this week, they make compelling heroes, too. The fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons even includes the drow as a subrace in the Player’s Handbook, and their mere inclusion encourages D&D players to consider them as heroic characters. Still, it’s not easy being a dark elf in the surface world.
What did Drizzt do in a light in the darkness?
Rejecting his heritage and adrift in a world that looks upon him with terror and loathing, Drizzt is a model for those few drow who follow in his footsteps, trying to find a life apart from the evil society of their Underdark homes. Drow grow up believing that surface-dwelling races are inferior, worthless except as slaves.
Why did Drizzt leave Menzoberranzan the Underdark?
The most important thing to decide when making a drow character is what caused them to leave the Underdark. For example, Drizzt left Menzoberranzan because of the abuse he suffered at the hands of the treacherous Lolthite matriarchy, the dishonor he brought upon himself by denouncing Lolth —and because he had compassion in his heart.
