J.Twendrist Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Why is it always pale, blonde hair, blue eyes? Couldn't there be brown eyes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zrothum Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I said I have grey eyes! I'm the sorcerer of light! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
California Raisin Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Also, is the pale descriptor in regards to the race of drow? Like, for his kind, he is a bit pale like how you can easily tell a white guy that gets no sun and a guy that was marooned on an island for a year or something. Each race would probably have a different version of 'pale' for them, I would assume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magick Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Seems like some people just completely disregarded my post. Ah well. Question yourselves as to a hypothetical 'why' as you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeleeCrazy Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Not trying to agrue, but why are we taking what we want OUR characters to look like from other sources? I mean I love to read don't get me wrong and of course I think about how someone else has envisioned something before I envision it, but come on, why are we to be limited by presets. Until FL i really wasn't a D&Desc fantasy lover....so sometimes I just wing it...are we now alll going to have to buy a copy of said literature so we can make a convincing character? Wasn't trying to be an ***, just seems that if a player wanted to be original then they should be able to. of course if everyone's doin it then that takes all the fun away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirax Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 YOU will fricking well conform. I understand your point about it being your character and what not, but for the intrests of all things drow I think the structure RA Salvator created is way to cool to be dismissed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexi Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Hrm... DROW DROWS DARK-ELF Drows are a race of renegade elves who have turned their energy toward evil. They are inherently intelligent but have neglected intellectual studies and become very nimble from years of generations of thievery and mischief. Like elves, drows have infravision and can walk unnoticed. Drows must stay evil to cast any spells they might know. Those who turn to good are frowned upon. Drows are burned by the touch of silver and mithril. This is from the FL helpfile, and it mentions nothing about appearance. Actually, it refers to drows as renegade elves, meaning they should look like elves? Not everyone is familiar with the Dungeon and Dragons world, I myself have never played the game and just briefly tested the computer RPGs(Baldur's Gate, etc). Also, I'm not really a fan of the drow race but would instead prefer the J.R.R Tolkien dark-elves (moriquende). Or the ones from another RPG, basically evil elves with white skin, black hair, black eyes. Nothing wrong with that, really. I would suggest that you put in a bit more info in the helpfile about how drows actually look in the helpfile, and about their hierarchy, or just perhaps include some helpful links to more detailed internet sources. Since the only source about drows in FL is this helpfile, and it is lacking severely, people will make different approaches to the race - some, or many, way out of the normal drow standards. Adding a line or three about a matriarchal society of dark-skinned renegad elves would give a much more accuracte image of what drows really are in FL, and would narrow down the ammount of "elfy pale drows". Actually, this post gave me some ideas for a new character. Love you Eshaine. EDIT: Question: When you browse the internet, why do you see drows with skin ranging from pale gray to light blue, to dark blue, to black, and everything in between? Drow Pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirax Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 With FL having drow as race as oppose to Dark elves pretty much points to the RA Salvatore creation. But yeah some pics of each of the races could help people out with regards to descriptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deykari Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 With FL having drow as race as oppose to Dark elves pretty much points to the RA Salvatore creation. But yeah some pics of each of the races could help people out with regards to descriptions. They'd definately help. But I personally like the fact that the races are open to interpretation, apart from obvious things (giants = large, halflings = small). Just look at the Human race, and how diverse it is. Dey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brsingr Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Why is it always pale' date=' blonde hair, blue eyes? Couldn't there be brown eyes?[/quote'] people want thier drows to be perfect germans. RACISTS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sirax Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 They'd definately help. But I personally like the fact that the races are open to interpretation, apart from obvious things (giants = large, halflings = small). Just look at the Human race, and how diverse it is. Dey I agree with what your saying, but I think there should be a general structure. And yes the human race is diverse but just as drows generally do not have blond haired blue eyes members we as humans do not have blue skinned, purple haired odd balls. Unless theyve painted themselves or you stumble into a remote part of Australia. :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deykari Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I agree with what your saying' date=' but I think there should be a general structure. And yes the human race is diverse but just as drows generally do not have blond haired blue eyes members we as humans do not have blue skinned, purple haired odd balls. Unless theyve painted themselves or you stumble into a remote part of Australia. :eek:[/quote'] Maybe, but we always get those rare occurances that you see on the TV or read about in the paper, like somebody born with eight arms or whatnot. Dey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieman Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I've gotten quite a few dragons on Drow descs. I'm a fan, always have been, of the blue or cobalt colored drow. They always work out. One desc I was proud of was my Drow Blademaster follower of The One God Balrond. Got bored after a while and he never got played, but here's his desc. Blades. Every object visible upon this man is bladed, or at least decorated to look as sharp as any blade to be found in the heavens on on the mortal plane. This drow's ears are abnormally long. Jutting nearly a full foot above the crown of his skull. The lobes are shaped like a scimitar and point out beyond his face. The skin his soul has been wrapped in is a sheen cobalt blue that glistens in the light. The hair upon his head is of a brilliant white that falls below his waist and is tied in a tail. His eyes are oval shaped, long longitudinal but very short. They are a sleek silver in color that glows not. Above his eyes are slender arched brows that are a much darker color than the hair upon his head. His nose is long and comes to a definite point. Within his nose is a large jeweled spike. His grin shows razor sharp teeth, far beyond natural formations they seem to have been filed to reach the shape. His chin has a heavy cleft that separates to two pointed bones that jut from his mandible. The colors that adorn him almost match his skin tone perfectly. Light leather straps of armor arranged tactically have been dyed to the same cobalt hue. His wrists are wrapped in cloth that reaches up to his elbows that have small belts wrapped every few inches from each other. The leggings he wears look much like a skirt. Extremely loose and billowing, but are split down the middle to make two legs of it. Around his waist is a belt of chains with a buckle in the middle. The buckle shows a bloodshot eye. A pupil of topaz is in the center. The look in the eye is of a vengeful hatred that is fiercer than many eyes of the most fierce creatures of the mortal coil. Many sheathes cling to his body, belted upon his person so that they do not create sounds while bouncing in step. Strapped to the thigh of each of his legs is a sword sheath. Each constructed of hardened jet with bladed edges after they leave his thigh. Upon his chest are two matching sheaths made for smaller daggers, each strapped flush to a pectoral. Strapped to his back by heavy straps is a long open ended leather sheath for a larger weapon to be safely placed in. Got an air dragon. For him I basically based the desc on his blades more than himself. Sometimes that works. A desc, to me, is often more than just your character, but ways to show who and what they are as well. P.S. - The plural of Drow is DROW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celerity Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I thought pale and dark were just in contrast to your natural skin color.. You can have pale blacks, and dark whites. So I assumed everyone was naturally colored with the added chosen color for a bit of enhancement, not as the defining skin color. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Implementor Anume Posted June 21, 2006 Author Implementor Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I agree with what your saying' date=' but I think there should be a general structure. And yes the human race is diverse but just as drows generally do not have blond haired blue eyes members we as humans do not have blue skinned, purple haired odd balls. Unless theyve painted themselves or you stumble into a remote part of Australia. :eek:[/quote'] You are so hilarious. I do not mind the odd albino drow here and there but as I stated they are becoming the rule. It's just like giant sized slender beardless dwarves being the norm. Silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brsingr Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Blades. Every object visible upon this man is bladed, or at least decorated to look as sharp as any blade to be found in the heavens on on the mortal plane. This drow's ears are abnormally long. Jutting nearly a full foot above the crown of his skull. The lobes are shaped like a scimitar and point out beyond his face. The skin his soul has been wrapped in is a sheen cobalt blue that glistens in the light. The hair upon his head is of a brilliant white that falls below his waist and is tied in a tail. His eyes are oval shaped, long longitudinal but very short. They are a sleek silver in color that glows not. Above his eyes are slender arched brows that are a much darker color than the hair upon his head. His nose is long and comes to a definite point. Within his nose is a large jeweled spike. His grin shows razor sharp teeth, far beyond natural formations they seem to have been filed to reach the shape. His chin has a heavy cleft that separates to two pointed bones that jut from his mandible. The colors that adorn him almost match his skin tone perfectly. Light leather straps of armor arranged tactically have been dyed to the same cobalt hue. His wrists are wrapped in cloth that reaches up to his elbows that have small belts wrapped every few inches from each other. The leggings he wears look much like a skirt. Extremely loose and billowing, but are split down the middle to make two legs of it. Around his waist is a belt of chains with a buckle in the middle. The buckle shows a bloodshot eye. A pupil of topaz is in the center. The look in the eye is of a vengeful hatred that is fiercer than many eyes of the most fierce creatures of the mortal coil. Many sheathes cling to his body, belted upon his person so that they do not create sounds while bouncing in step. Strapped to the thigh of each of his legs is a sword sheath. Each constructed of hardened jet with bladed edges after they leave his thigh. Upon his chest are two matching sheaths made for smaller daggers, each strapped flush to a pectoral. Strapped to his back by heavy straps is a long open ended leather sheath for a larger weapon to be safely placed in. Got an air dragon. damnit! why cant I do that? :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchaeius Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Eshaine is right. We do not mind the random "different" drow. She is posting because she has noticed a recent trend in these pale drows. FL's concept of Drow is clearly from R.A. Salvatore, hence the pictures that Eshaine posted confrom to that concept. I mean, why stop at a pale drow? Why not have gigantic sized halflings? Why not have wingless avians? Great RP sometimes is not just RPing something drastically different, but staying within the guidelines and playing role that perfectly. You know what I want to see? A racist, condesending, snooty, high maintenance elf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mya Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 How can a good character be racist ? And what is high maintnence elf ? Please elaborate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deykari Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 say You're a half-elf? emote sticks his nose up into the air, and folds his arms, sighing. say I'll do the job myself then. I'm afraid I just don't trust halfbreeds. --- say Get your filthy work-ridden hands away from me, Paladin. pmote wrinkles his nose up, and takes a step away from Paladin. Dey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unknown Brother Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 What does being good aligned have to do with being racest? Arrogance is a large part of being racest, and elves are very good at being arrogant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malchaeius Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 *Points to the two posts above his.* High maintenance means that you only want the finest. Only the highest caliber wine. Fresh fruit. The best clothing. Nothing less than the best will do for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magick Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I wonder just how many 'high maintenance' elves will come of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chayesh Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Personally, my elves have always looked down on half-elves because of their muddied bloodlines. So undignified! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeleeCrazy Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Yeah, but i've always interpreted a difference from the common elf, or "high" elf, the snooty perhaps royal ones you speak of. Oh I understand what Eshaine was trying to say, and I agree drows aren't a pale white race. And I'm not one to argue for arguements sake, it just seems that the player should be given some room to make up his/her own mind about his/her character. It just blew my mind that it was brought here(is it becoming that damn common?), I mean come on, an immortal does check yer description. And someone else pointed out that even the system in place for advanced character creation can be interpreted differently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexi Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 I still think it would be a great idea to add some basic information about the general populace's appearance in the helpfiles. And just not the drow file, mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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