Seldarine Drow

[IceBorg]

are seldarine drow evil like lolth drow?

[hornsounder97]

I wish you could have a deity for classes other than cleric. Like paladin, or monk. Along with the dialogue that goes with it.

[TaKo]

Originally posted by Millstone85:

Which makes Drizzt a Lolth-sworn drow.
Whose bright idea was that? Actually, I don't care if it is from WotC, Larian or R.A. Salvatore himself. That term is useless.

he's an old character from the older times when alignment, including racial alignment, was way stricter making his being an outlier a bigger deal

he fits the lolth-sworn who escaped drow society type

[alanc9]

Well, the game explicitly says that Lolth-sworn drow "embody the virtues of their corrupt and merciless goddess." Pretty sure that leaves Drizzt out; she simply isn't his goddess.

I think the term is useful, as long as we don't try to use TaKo's silly definition.

[Mewsha]

Technically all Drow born in the Underdark are Lolth-sworn Drow.

It's only until they break away from Lolth and reach the surface that they considered Seldarine.

Within a society you have to follow cultural norms to some extent, especially in the Underdark. If you don't, you could end up a sacrifice. However, just like in real life, there's going to be varying degrees. There are Drow that enjoy a blood bath, but there's also Drow that don't. Those are the Drow that typically leave the Underdark and break from the chaotic goddess Lolth.

This game doesn't really touch on it, but Seldarine doesn't mean you're automatically good. You're just probably going to be less blood thirsty since you don't worship Lolth.

And just because a Lolth-sworn Drow is evil does not mean they will mesh with other evil characters in the game. For example Minthara is an evil Drow, but she is not a Lolth-sworn Drow. She's an apostate, and I'd imagine a true worshiper of Lolth would want to kill her even more than the Druids at the Grove.

One thing that they both have in common is that they are pretty snooty in their responses. Even Seldarine Drow can be hierarchical. Female Drow have interesting interactions with male Drow NPCs which emphasize their higher position in Drow society.

[RogueReverie]

I read the books and Drizzt has violet eyes like his father despite being born in Menzoberranzan, a large city where Lolth worship is absolute. They both disliked the cut-throat shenanigans of the ruling houses. Drizzt himself rejects Lolth and does leave the Underdark, and eventually meets a surface-dwelling Ranger who takes him under his wing and teaches him about the goddess Mielikki. Drizzt takes on his own worship of her.

[ArtificialQT]

I find it's best to treat the Race and Subrace features as an indication of where you came from, and your Class as an indication of where you're going.

Don't sweat so much about "making things fit". Lore exists to serve as a start point, not as a cage.