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Syltorian In reply to Touch-Not-This-Cat [2018-07-10 05:07:38 +0000 UTC]

Eberron drow are the result of magical manipulations by their giant slave masters, giants being much more advanced back then. They were originally created to infiltrate and hunt down other elves who were rebelling, but many turned on them. 

Coatlanxi’s people live in the jungle, where light is pretty scarce too: the canopy and middle layer filters sunlight, and only about 2% reaches the jungle floor.

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Touch-Not-This-Cat In reply to Syltorian [2018-07-10 05:26:40 +0000 UTC]

I would still think they’d be a bit lighter then straight up Drowolath, at least somewhere between that and Drowussu of the cave elves. The latter partly maintained that in between tone by dwelling closer to the entrance and regularly, If rarely, going out to trade.

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Syltorian In reply to Touch-Not-This-Cat [2018-07-10 05:37:50 +0000 UTC]

I’ve never come across these terms - Drowolath or Drowussu - before, and Google refers me to Drowtales. That’s a different setting, and the distibction between shades seems to be unique to it.

In Forgotten Realms, surface drow (Vhaerun or Eilistraee followers) are just as dark as their Lloth-worshipping kin, unless I missed something. In Eberron, as mentioned, the giants fused ‘the essence of the night’ into them, whatever that means, but we are not speakingabout a natural evolution. 

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Touch-Not-This-Cat In reply to Syltorian [2018-07-10 05:55:17 +0000 UTC]

Huh. I was under the impression that the comic was based on the Drow-race rules of the D&D manual as it was up to 2000, or so. I’ve never played a quest that happened to involve Drow, so I never read up on them myself when I was a regular player, so I guess I cannot say what they have completely made up, I never bothered to research beyond their quick synopsis of their root ideas, years ago. I read that story because it’s a damn good one, which I recommend.

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Syltorian In reply to Touch-Not-This-Cat [2018-07-10 05:59:55 +0000 UTC]

A lot changed in 2000, with 3rd Edition. I’m not too familiar with the previous editions, so there might be something in there.

I haven’t followed Drowtales, but they have a good reputation. I might get to it, should time allow. 

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