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#1
zombiegleemax
Jul 11, 2007 21:26:16 Hey,

I have been working on this idea for about a week and I want to run it past you guys. In Krynn we have the Elves and then the Dark Elves (Elves who are basically evil.). I really like the Drow but I wanted to make them unique to Dragonlance. I stewed over this for the last few days, drawing idea's from the post I put up previously (see below) that of which I received a number of replies to.

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=877867).

Then I came up with something.

Here are the Drow of Dragonlance (In my campaign).
Elves of Krynn are wholesome and good, as Elves should be. Dark Elves are outcast who comit evil acts and are banished by other elves. Now here is what I came up with. Drow are not a race, but a curse by the Gods of Good. When an Elf commits a truely hideous, unspeakable act (And I mean really really bad things, stuff that Kender don't even speak about.), the Gods of Good punish the Elf by turning his skin black as a mark to others of what he has done. This is similar to what was done to Lord Soth when he was cursed by his wife. In essence, he becomes a Drow Elf. An Elf of unspeakable evil that can not hide what he has done from the world. Similar to Death Knights, there are not many Drow on the face of Krynn, maybe but one or two. But these Drow Elves are the very essence of Evil. They should be truly the darkest, blackest of villains. They would use the Drow Template so nothing would change from the normal game mechanics. Also, you couldn't be a Drow during the Age of Despair (since the Good Gods don't come out and play during this time) but you could if they were older than 300 (You could do a story similar to Lord Soth).

Anyway, this is the way I describe the Drow on my Krynn. They are not a race. There are not thousands of them. There are just one or two. They are a dark beacon to what happens to Elves who truly stray from the path of light.

So whatcha think?

Stule

P.S.
You could also have it be a punishment by the Elves (instead of the Gods of Good). Maybe a Spell that requires multiple elven wizards (4+) to cast it. It could be a curse that is placed upon the offender by the Elven Peoples.

Just a thought.
#2
zombiegleemax
Jul 14, 2007 11:04:31 I am normaly totaly againts Drow in Krynn. I just feel the flavour doesnt fit at all. However, the reasoning you have here is rather good I believe. Go for it. Have your PC's come across one or two drow total and have them be nothing alike and I think I would work great.
#3
Dragonhelm
Jul 14, 2007 15:20:25 Not bad. Certainly, a different take on drow, and more unique.

My only question is what makes the acts of drow worse than acts of other dark elves?

And is there a drow template somewhere?

If you think you can create an article out of this, feel free to submit it to the Nexus.
#4
darthsylver
Jul 14, 2007 16:50:38 Need more for the nexus. Yes, yes... Succumb to the nexus. Will save, make the will save.

For a moment there I almost converted over the dragonhelm persona. :D :D Just messing with Dragonhelm. You know I have always submitted stuff to the nexus.
#5
Dragonhelm
Jul 14, 2007 20:53:43
Need more for the nexus. Yes, yes... Succumb to the nexus. Will save, make the will save.

For a moment there I almost converted over the dragonhelm persona. :D :D Just messing with Dragonhelm. You know I have always submitted stuff to the nexus.

Yeah, we're kinda like the Borg that way. ;)
#6
zombiegleemax
Jul 14, 2007 21:00:33 I think by "template" he means the starting racial stats for drow. Easy to add on to any elf. As for being diff from being a "dark elf", think of it this way. A drow is to a death knight, as a dark elf is to a knight kicked out of the knighthood. Hell, I think you could make Feal-Thas a drow. I think that would be very cool. But anyways good luck with it.
#7
zombiegleemax
Jul 19, 2007 8:53:44

Need more for the nexus. Yes, yes... Succumb to the nexus. Will save, make the will save.

For a moment there I almost converted over the dragonhelm persona. :D :D Just messing with Dragonhelm. You know I have always submitted stuff to the nexus.

#8
stunspore
Jul 19, 2007 13:08:30 Normally wouldn't like to add the black skinned drow but as they attract drow fans..........
How about a house that had fallen under influence of evil, probably Hiddukel and was then cursed/blessed?

Someone might want to extend this......that a the fallen house abandoned Silvenost as they were chased off by the good guys. The gods of light cursed them to fear sunlight, while the evil gods turned that weakness to strength, giving them the benefits of the drow traits.

Reason why they haven't stuck their necks out was that they were changed to stone during some Greystone wandering for all this time, and have only had that spell lifted after the chaos war.

They have stayed hidden, gathering information as they still remembered they were exiles and it seemed only like yesterday did they managed to escape the good guys.

Also, ritual to change elves to drow is discovered/invented as part of the expelling ceromony, once the drows are known to exist.
#9
zombiegleemax
Jul 20, 2007 13:11:36 Why Hiddukel? I think that Takihsis makes more sense. especially way back when. But isnt this mehtods getting awfully close to the FR grey elf house that was demon summoners?
#10
stunspore
Jul 22, 2007 13:54:32 The FR method is pretty much standard if you go through the numerous plots in other books. Another thing is to use the Lunecresti as described in some DL book. Although they never got mentioned again in any other books. Perhaps they could have become transformed into stone by some curse/graystone/god and at the end of the chaos war, the spell was broken. Which is why they never turned up in the stories until now.
#11
zombiegleemax
Jul 24, 2007 14:25:54 The Lunacresti? Please enlighten.
#12
cam_banks
Jul 24, 2007 17:21:45
The Lunacresti? Please enlighten.

He's probably referring to the Lucanesti, which appear in the novel The Dark Queen and nowhere else.

Cheers,
Cam
#13
darthsylver
Jul 24, 2007 17:32:30 I believe that he means the type of sea elf mentioned in other lands, but I am not sure.

Dang it. Got beat to the punch and I was wrong too.
#14
stunspore
Jul 24, 2007 19:04:24 Yeh what Cam said.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 zombiegleemax Jul 11, 2007 21:26:16	Hey, I have been working on this idea for about a week and I want to run it past you guys. In Krynn we have the Elves and then the Dark Elves (Elves who are basically evil.). I really like the Drow but I wanted to make them unique to Dragonlance. I stewed over this for the last few days, drawing idea's from the post I put up previously (see below) that of which I received a number of replies to. http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=877867). Then I came up with something. Here are the Drow of Dragonlance (In my campaign). Elves of Krynn are wholesome and good, as Elves should be. Dark Elves are outcast who comit evil acts and are banished by other elves. Now here is what I came up with. Drow are not a race, but a curse by the Gods of Good. When an Elf commits a truely hideous, unspeakable act (And I mean really really bad things, stuff that Kender don't even speak about.), the Gods of Good punish the Elf by turning his skin black as a mark to others of what he has done. This is similar to what was done to Lord Soth when he was cursed by his wife. In essence, he becomes a Drow Elf. An Elf of unspeakable evil that can not hide what he has done from the world. Similar to Death Knights, there are not many Drow on the face of Krynn, maybe but one or two. But these Drow Elves are the very essence of Evil. They should be truly the darkest, blackest of villains. They would use the Drow Template so nothing would change from the normal game mechanics. Also, you couldn't be a Drow during the Age of Despair (since the Good Gods don't come out and play during this time) but you could if they were older than 300 (You could do a story similar to Lord Soth). Anyway, this is the way I describe the Drow on my Krynn. They are not a race. There are not thousands of them. There are just one or two. They are a dark beacon to what happens to Elves who truly stray from the path of light. So whatcha think? Stule P.S. You could also have it be a punishment by the Elves (instead of the Gods of Good). Maybe a Spell that requires multiple elven wizards (4+) to cast it. It could be a curse that is placed upon the offender by the Elven Peoples. Just a thought.
#2 zombiegleemax Jul 14, 2007 11:04:31	I am normaly totaly againts Drow in Krynn. I just feel the flavour doesnt fit at all. However, the reasoning you have here is rather good I believe. Go for it. Have your PC's come across one or two drow total and have them be nothing alike and I think I would work great.
#3 Dragonhelm Jul 14, 2007 15:20:25	Not bad. Certainly, a different take on drow, and more unique. My only question is what makes the acts of drow worse than acts of other dark elves? And is there a drow template somewhere? If you think you can create an article out of this, feel free to submit it to the Nexus.
#4 darthsylver Jul 14, 2007 16:50:38	Need more for the nexus. Yes, yes... Succumb to the nexus. Will save, make the will save. For a moment there I almost converted over the dragonhelm persona. :D :D Just messing with Dragonhelm. You know I have always submitted stuff to the nexus.
#5 Dragonhelm Jul 14, 2007 20:53:43	Need more for the nexus. Yes, yes... Succumb to the nexus. Will save, make the will save. For a moment there I almost converted over the dragonhelm persona. :D :D Just messing with Dragonhelm. You know I have always submitted stuff to the nexus. Yeah, we're kinda like the Borg that way. ;)
#6 zombiegleemax Jul 14, 2007 21:00:33	I think by "template" he means the starting racial stats for drow. Easy to add on to any elf. As for being diff from being a "dark elf", think of it this way. A drow is to a death knight, as a dark elf is to a knight kicked out of the knighthood. Hell, I think you could make Feal-Thas a drow. I think that would be very cool. But anyways good luck with it.
#7 zombiegleemax Jul 19, 2007 8:53:44	Need more for the nexus. Yes, yes... Succumb to the nexus. Will save, make the will save. For a moment there I almost converted over the dragonhelm persona. :D :D Just messing with Dragonhelm. You know I have always submitted stuff to the nexus.
#8 stunspore Jul 19, 2007 13:08:30	Normally wouldn't like to add the black skinned drow but as they attract drow fans.......... How about a house that had fallen under influence of evil, probably Hiddukel and was then cursed/blessed? Someone might want to extend this......that a the fallen house abandoned Silvenost as they were chased off by the good guys. The gods of light cursed them to fear sunlight, while the evil gods turned that weakness to strength, giving them the benefits of the drow traits. Reason why they haven't stuck their necks out was that they were changed to stone during some Greystone wandering for all this time, and have only had that spell lifted after the chaos war. They have stayed hidden, gathering information as they still remembered they were exiles and it seemed only like yesterday did they managed to escape the good guys. Also, ritual to change elves to drow is discovered/invented as part of the expelling ceromony, once the drows are known to exist.
#9 zombiegleemax Jul 20, 2007 13:11:36	Why Hiddukel? I think that Takihsis makes more sense. especially way back when. But isnt this mehtods getting awfully close to the FR grey elf house that was demon summoners?
#10 stunspore Jul 22, 2007 13:54:32	The FR method is pretty much standard if you go through the numerous plots in other books. Another thing is to use the Lunecresti as described in some DL book. Although they never got mentioned again in any other books. Perhaps they could have become transformed into stone by some curse/graystone/god and at the end of the chaos war, the spell was broken. Which is why they never turned up in the stories until now.
#11 zombiegleemax Jul 24, 2007 14:25:54	The Lunacresti? Please enlighten.
#12 cam_banks Jul 24, 2007 17:21:45	The Lunacresti? Please enlighten. He's probably referring to the Lucanesti, which appear in the novel The Dark Queen and nowhere else. Cheers, Cam
#13 darthsylver Jul 24, 2007 17:32:30	I believe that he means the type of sea elf mentioned in other lands, but I am not sure. Dang it. Got beat to the punch and I was wrong too.
#14 stunspore Jul 24, 2007 19:04:24	Yeh what Cam said.