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helmutstein
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Hi all, first of all I apologize if this has been mentioned here somewhere (but I'm doing really mess).
There will be two playable races of drow? One will play up front (copies of Drizzt) and the second will be a classic evil drow playing underground.
I've been playing whole different RP servers for a drow for many years.(always we were just evil .. and just play by the rules as it is known). And as everywhere I read on the forum about the drow, so there is a lot corresponds to "4rd edition ... etc. Please, Could anybody cool me down that there will be 2 races? If not...how it will be with drow? I'm interested in classic dark ... evil ... drow.
Thx for patien.
There will be two playable races of drow? One will play up front (copies of Drizzt) and the second will be a classic evil drow playing underground.
I've been playing whole different RP servers for a drow for many years.(always we were just evil .. and just play by the rules as it is known). And as everywhere I read on the forum about the drow, so there is a lot corresponds to "4rd edition ... etc. Please, Could anybody cool me down that there will be 2 races? If not...how it will be with drow? I'm interested in classic dark ... evil ... drow.
Thx for patien.
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The choice, as always, is in the player's hands.
The race doesn't make the role. The player does.
The menzo-renegade is purely fictional. They aren't good or bad. They just are.
They could worship Asmodeus if you want. Or they could have been exiled for being caught murdering somebody but still worship Lolth. The imagination is the limit.
It's more of a background than a race. The mechanical difference is limited to only one feature: faerie fire instead of darkfire.
And as always the player is in near-complete control of their backgrounds. If you want to roleplay an evil drow who is exiled from Menzoberanzan then feel free to do so. There are no limitations on what you can/should roleplay.
I'm still miffed that you can't pick Lolth as your deity during character creation. Boo.
But yeah. It's been repeated since Beta that they need to add the Evil Deities.
I'm sure we'll get them sooner or later. Right now there are many true mechanical issues which should be focused on in my opinion.
Imagine this (for example) ... Before the temple of Loth is good natured drow and screaming that Loth is a **** ... arounds are evil Drows who can not punish this drow, because otherwise they are killed by NPC (which would kill the traitor). And where is RP ... situations like this will be much and much .... all of them will be destroying the feels of the game for evil drow players.
Why it isnt just simple ... Want to play evil drow - choose Drow 1 .... Want to play good natued drow - choose Drow 2. In both drow races you can play many and many styles of RP ... but there are basic rules of it ...
****, I really hope that you understand what i mean by that (in my **** english :-) ).
Sadly it's part of the cuts made because this is an MMO. I'd love to see this game flushed out with optional different starting locations and such like we saw in past fan-made NWN 1 & 2 modules but for now, for launch, those features haven't been added and are not in the works. However if you ask you shall receive.
Tell Cryptic you would want such support and they'll always consider the feedback. Don't expect it overnight but keep on 'em. Remind them this is what is important to you...
And on this subject I doubt it would be hard to gain a long list of people willing to support the idea.
You are correct.
-Rule of Acquisition #113: Always have sex with the boss.
-I am one of the many victims from the hijacked Caspian Division.
I will not let the childish acts of a criminal ruin this game for me.
-The actions of Cryptic, on the other hand......
The OP says he's been RPing Drow for years but if he knew his lore, which is essential to solid RP, he wouldn't be hating on Drizzt or making these wild references to 2 races and would instead understand the historical and cultural events that lead to the divergence in Drow civilization.
Regarding Drizzt: He wasn't the only good Drow, it just happened to be that his story was so captivating and contrasting to what most of us were familiar with that he became a Hero and, subsequently, a Legend to those of us who followed the books. It stands to reason, from a roleplaying perspective, that Drizzt's decision to cut his own path and become his own master was inspiring to many other Drow who did not appreciate the harsh and murderous ways of the Menzoberranzan and thus, many come to follow.
And for those who care (as I do) the Forgotten Realms lore indicates that "Good-aligned Drow" generally worship 'Eilistraee'
I hope that helps.
TL;DR - Drow can be any alignment, Drizzt is a boss, Get some knowledge and stop hating!
In FR lore, most dark elves once lived on the surface in the southern elven nation of Ilythiir and venerated the elven goddess Araushnee. The Ilythiir instigated several conflicts resulting in widespread war during an elven struggle for power called the "Crown Wars". The dark elves turned to the worship of dark powers, with Araushnee at the lead. For their cruelty, Araushnee was kicked out of the elven pantheon and all dark elves were driven underground by Corellon's magic becoming the drow. Araushnee became known as Lloth and has dominated dark elven culture ever since.
As for Eilistraee, she is at the time of this game dead. Of course, being a goddess, that is not always an unreversable condition.
Nope just one race of Drow. You're thinking of the goddess Eilistraee. But anyone can worship her. The Menzoberranzan renegade is literally Drizz't Do'Urden's background, created as a draw for the HoN pack so people could make Drizz't (or some cheap knock off seeing as they didn't actually release a ranger class).
The Dire Crow - Tiefling TR
Alice L'ddell - Human GF
Ludovique - Tiefling DC
You are correct for now... Drow are a cash-cow, Cryptic would be stupid to not put them on the cash shop for 20$ or more. It won't happen right away, perhaps in a year or two... they did the same with STO and some of the lifetimer stuff. as well as all of the preorder stuff got put on the cash shop.
If you want to play a drow and not get suckered for 200$, there is always NWN 1 and 2 and DDO.
And technically you CAN play a dark elf in this game too... just make an elf with dark skin... the actual renegade drow that live on the surface and despise their Underdark cousins would not look like the Drow after a few generations, espeically if they inter-married with other races/elves.
the Drow race are ALL evil...Drizzt is an exception...although there could conceiveably be others.
If that has changed in the literature, then I'm glad I havent read anything recently.
Gromph Baenre had a daughter that left for the surface world and could be considered another exception.
-Rule of Acquisition #113: Always have sex with the boss.
-I am one of the many victims from the hijacked Caspian Division.
I will not let the childish acts of a criminal ruin this game for me.
-The actions of Cryptic, on the other hand......
Lirial Baenre if I recall correctly.