Yeah, in my experience, those people who wanted to play a drow made a concentrated effort to avoid a Drizzt clone.

Quote from: Sacrosanct;580102Yeah, in my experience, those people who wanted to play a drow made a concentrated effort to avoid a Drizzt clone.

I'd wager I've seen more Legolas clones over the years than Drizzt clones, personally.

Quote from: Libertad;578838When somebody mentions playing as a Drow, the first thing that comes to mind is a scimitar-wielding Ranger with a panther companion.

No, it's the first thing that comes to your mind.

QuoteHas anybody ever tried playing a Drow PC or had a player request to play a Drow?  Did you accept, and if so how did you handle it?

In the groups that I've DMed or played in, NPCs and monsters were often recruited into the group (with mixed degrees of success). If a regular PC was killed or otherwise out of action, a player usually had the option of playing one of these characters, subject to the DM's approval.

When we played D3: Vault of the Drow, the party managed to recruit several disaffected Drow and Half-Drow, including a Neutral Good dark elf the party had saved from being sacrificed to Lolth. These are all described in the module, so anyone who thinks Salvatore did anything new is speaking from ignorance.

QuoteWere they interested in playing an evil/traitorous PCs, or a social outcast from Underdark society?  Did most cases end up with a Salvatore clone?

Nilonim (the dissident Drow) and several of his followers joined the group and became valued members not only in the underworld, but in later adventures too. We ended up rolling stats and giving names to these characters, but none was a Drizzit clone. The closest was a ranger who used a crossbow and a pair of short swords. The one I rolled up was a female fighter who was a specialist with hand crossbows, which she wielded two at a time like Hopalong Cassidy. IIRC, there were six Drow total including one cleric, one fighter/magic-user (Nilonim), one fighter (Isla, the one I rolled up), one cavalier (rode a giant lizard), the ranger and another fighter (double-specialist with daggers); and the same number of half-Drow (thieves, fighter/thieves and assassins). Most didn't live long enough to really make an impression, aside from Isla and the Lizard Knight, whose name escapes me. Angst wasn't part of the makeup of any of our characters, so no there wasn't a Drizzit-type among them.

Nearly wiped out the party with a Drow Vampiress.

Honestly, I always liked Mystara's Shadow Elves better.

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