What are drow's powers?

Drow possess natural magical abilities which enables them 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, and create magical balls of light. They can also levitate for short periods of time.

What is drow magic?

Drow Magic: All drow know the dancing lights cantrip. If they reach 3rd level, they can cast faerie fire once per day. At 5th level, they can cast darkness once per day. Their spellcasting ability for these spells is Charisma.

What is the difference between drow and dark elves?

The two terms were oftentimes used interchangeably, even by elves (Tel-quessir) themselves. Dark elves had dark brown skin, as opposed to the the ebony skin that drow had, and pale hair. It was believed that some of them may have had black hair instead of white, and no darkvision.

What do drow want?

Most drow sought to rise in rank, desiring the power over others that a higher station would provide.

Why do drow have dark skin?

The Drow are actually cave adapted albinos who secondarily acquired the ability to capture hard radiation energy via pigment, which is why they have white hair and pink eyes but skin that is nearly coal black.

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Does sunlight hurt drow?

Drow are sensitive to sunlight regardless of how much time they spend on the surface, but a DM can make exceptions.

Are female drow stronger?

They are shorter than many other sub-races of elves, and while there is no average height difference between male and female drow, females on average are bigger and stronger than males.

What are drow weaknesses?

Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.

What God worships drow?

In those various settings, the drow pantheon of gods consists of the leader Lolth, as well as Kiaransalee, Vhaeraun, and Zinzerena and also the one good goddess Eilistraee.

Do drow have pets?

Drow did not keep animals as pets, as animals could not fully comprehend their dependence on their owners. Instead, many drow took a favored slave as a personal servant or thrall, and treated these people as little more than pets.

What is the best class for a drow?

Drow make good bards, rogues, sorcerers, and warlocks, but they can also work as fighters and rangers.

How tall is a drow?

The average drow height ranges from 4′7″ to 5′5″, or 140 to 170 cm. This is significantly shorter than the human average in D&D, or even the elven average. In fact, based on D&D lore, drow are only slightly taller than dwarfs on average.

How old can drow get?

Drow live as long as elves, although in their violent society it is rare for any individual to live longer than 400 years. Drow begin schooling at age 8, and enter adolescence at age 20, where they enter an apprenticeship. Those who survive the harsh drow culture reach adulthood at age 80.

Do drow have to be evil?

Other races in D&D view the Drow as evil due to the fact that most merely serve the whims of Lolth. In fact, most Drow will have an Evil alignment with a smaller section falling under Neutral instead. There are a tiny amount of Drow who have a Good alignment.

Can drow dye their hair?

However in more fashionable Drow society it is common to dye the hair bright and vivid colors like green, blue, pink, purple, and deep red. Drow skin color has some range, some being albino white, jet black, black, shades of gray, dark brown, bronzed tan, and light purple.

Do all drow have white hair?

The majority of drow have snow-white hair from birth, yellowing (if female) or graying (if male) and thinning with great age. Rare drow have naturally silver or copper-hued hair, although there are those who deliberately dye their hair silver (namely those who venerate Eilistraee, the Dark Maiden).

What do drow call themselves?

The Underdark dwelling elves do refer to themselves as Drow, however, more commonly Drow would identify as being part of a noble house or as a devout of the spider deity Lolth first and foremost.

Can an elf become a drow?

1) It absolutely can occur. 2) It's super rare. In order for it to occur, the elf must be chaotic evil, must worship a corrupting influence (traditionally a demon lord or Rovagug, but any chaotic evil deity will, in theory, do), and must commit an atrocity above and beyond the norm for a chaotic evil person.

Is a drow a moon elf?

Are Moon Elves drow? No! Drow, also known as dark elves, deep elves, night elves, or sometimes “The Ones Who Went Below” on the surface, and the Dark Ones among orcs, are a dark-skinned sub-race of elves that predominantly live in the Underdark.

What gods hate drow?

Shevarash (pronounced: /ˈʃɛvərɑːʃ/ SHEV-uh-rash) was the elven deity of revenge, loss and hatred of the drow.

What weapons do drow prefer?

Drow are armed with both shortswords (thrusting weapons akin to a Greek xiphos) and hand crossbows, but their lower Constitution relative to their Dexterity strongly suggests a preference for the ranged weapon over the melee weapon. They have proficiency in Stealth, marking them as ambush fighters.

Can drow see in the dark?

As said above, by the rules as written Drow cannot see in their own Darkness unless they have something like the Warlock's Devil's Sight.

How fertile are drow?

Drow have a reputation of being more fertile, but in actuality they aren't any more fertile than other elves. However, certain drow were selected to birth as many children as possible during their lives. Drow are also capable of having children with humans to have half-drow offspring.

How long are drow pregnant?

The parent will be pregnant for around 9 months, where they will go through three trimesters. Each trimester brings new changes to the carrying parent. Since a wide variety of fantasy races exist, the carrying parent will not always be female; these rules, however, cover the basics for any race that gestates in a womb.

What are the three types of drow?

As you do, you'll learn of three different kinds of Drow, the Udadrow, Aevendrow, and Lorendrow.