Fuck the books, pick a system you like and make up whatever you want. The books are just a guide to ideas, anyway. I doubt anyone ever slavishly stuck to the books.
And they need to stop thinking "race" and maybe get rid of the bullshit halfbreeds. Think of them as "species", and then your species differences are more than cosmetic. Why should just anyone have the ability to navigate labyrinths like a Minotaur can?
Anyway, they already dumbed down the morality system, they'll probably completely get rid of that next.
I agree to some extent. The lore and what WOTC changes can affect what you do around the table. You are better staying away from drow entirely then have a moral discussion about being an evil race. It ruins the entire mood.
"There is no moral discussion to be had. There is an elemental plane of fire, water, air, and earth, and in the same measure, you can see the map, there is a plane of Good and of Evil, and being there causes you atmospheric effects just like the others. Good and Evil are elements. Some humanoids have minimal fire and lots of water in them. Drow have some Evil in them. Do not campaign for a fire elemental to be more watery."
Fuck the books, pick a system you like and make up whatever you want. The books are just a guide to ideas, anyway. I doubt anyone ever slavishly stuck to the books.
And they need to stop thinking "race" and maybe get rid of the bullshit halfbreeds. Think of them as "species", and then your species differences are more than cosmetic. Why should just anyone have the ability to navigate labyrinths like a Minotaur can?
Anyway, they already dumbed down the morality system, they'll probably completely get rid of that next.
I agree to some extent. The lore and what WOTC changes can affect what you do around the table. You are better staying away from drow entirely then have a moral discussion about being an evil race. It ruins the entire mood.
"There is no moral discussion to be had. There is an elemental plane of fire, water, air, and earth, and in the same measure, you can see the map, there is a plane of Good and of Evil, and being there causes you atmospheric effects just like the others. Good and Evil are elements. Some humanoids have minimal fire and lots of water in them. Drow have some Evil in them. Do not campaign for a fire elemental to be more watery."