I never played dnd and my only experience in it is through BG3 and my experience in playing Dark Elves are limited to Skyrim. Made my first char as a Drow without knowing anything, then I delved deeper into the lore and truly am fascinated by how much this one race is so unbelievably alien for the concept of an elf. TLDR made my backstory before playing the game and picked seldarine, played good until the very end of BG3 where my deceit rewarded me the most power. This video is exactly how I envisioned my character would've lived and the reason he is basically a psychopath sociopath lying maniac, love the video very much!!
You should also play Morrowind, Skyrim only depicts a small part of what the dark elf society is like (mostly in the Dragonborn DLC) but it's in Morrowind where you'll see that dark elves are too extremely alien (and unbelievably cool) in The Elder Scrolls universe.
WOW! That was so good. I thought for a moment it might have been the official text you were reading. Hearing at the end that you wrote this was so impressive! And the voice-acting, so good. So glad I stumbled across this channel!
I love this format, this storytelling is so immersive and inspiring a great expedient to do an informative video like this instead of the traditional way New subscriber!
Thank you for the amazing video. Just started playing DnD myself and have been reading the Drizzt series and have been absolutely fascinated with the drow society. So again, thank you for the amazing video
This is the first of your videos I have stumbled across. Just now coming to the end and I gotta say that was one hell of an introduction. I look forward to bingeing your library.
Vendui and greetings, oh master of lore! Ambition is a great virtue for a male drow when kept in control, but having the breadth of vision to understand how best to utilize that ambition is no less a gift. It seems to me our hapless male, while he has a fine and noble goal to see himself seated at the highest tables and by the most comely companions, would be best served by disappearing into the darkness of the Masked God's faithful before his ruthless mistress achieves her ambitions, so he can maintain that all important veneer of mediocrity which is all important to the survival of males. He would find his long term prospects much improved among such company. You bring the drow to life. Great work.
Wow my guy. i came here to learn about drow for my players sake. Mildy to not interested, and you turned that completely arround. Yer truly a credit to the dnd community. Thanks man
Was looking up information on my first dnd character who’s a dwarf. But turned sharply down this rabbit hole and so far I’m loving the race. I want to play as one eventually.
I think through the eyes of a wood or high elf would also be a very interesting point of view. Considering that we now got a glimpse of the evil side of things
normally lore wise llolth drow believe in the reverse betrayal not Lloth betrayed Corellion, more the other elves betrayed them due to different reasons like jealousy or fear Dark Elves became the dominant Elves and Corellion feared for his Seat of Power etc. the rest of the pov is awesome for a Lloth male. Lloth twisted the story of why drow are in the underdark with her clergy the clergy even dont know the truth, and the legend differs fromi house to house/city to city depends on which city we talk about. I personally prefer to play Vhaeraun worshipper neutral evil Drow, since you can play more than Underdark Campaigns with such a character if male, without hard backstory mongering.
I’m creating my own dnd world from scratch but the one pantheon that I wanted to keep was Lolth. Her story is so interesting. I’m playing with the concept of perception so the writings of the Drow about Lolth paint her as a victim of Corellon and Serhenine’s plan to destroy the dark elves. With Lolth being a sort of split personality that Araushnee develops to protect herself after being banished. And all of Lolth’s actions being attempts at protecting Araushnee’s children and people. Which would explain her changes in attitude as there are times Araushnee comes out and makes decisions that Lolth changes later 😅
@@tedcruz212 Especially Bards. Bard: "So let me get this straight, there are monsters, demons, devils, bandits, and betrayers causing hundreds of deaths a day.... And I am the asshole for trying to erase some of those deaths with births?" Party: "Yes!"
@@starking2162 well Lothite drow anyway Eilistraee, the goddess whose whole goal is redeeming the Drow precheces tolerance. I mean if you get caught worshipping Eilistraee in a drow city you will get executed, if your lucky.
Here is a list of good video ideas *Wererat* or any werecreature though rats are the most interesting. Litch/ Dracolitch Erinyes/ Fallen angel (what made him fall. What are his motivations. Did he mate with a human and create an aasimir?) Succubus Aarchon (basically a good human who has ascended Celestia and is now an angel). Pitfiend (the exact opposite of the one above) Atropal (though I imagine this one would be really hard to do) Fire giants Mindflayers Lizardfolk Black dragons
there's mention if a male beats a female there's a punishment so are men drow actually stronger but they just think they arent because woman drow hurt them if they show any sign of superiority over a female? OR is loth purposely making males weaker then females. loth reminds me of lillth the original wife to adam. also there is Eilistraee he should've heard her voice or is he too convinced that his only hope is his mistress consort there for she would've bother guiding him in his dreams?
At least on Toril it's been made pretty clear that male drow are shorter and weaker than their female peers. Not clear if that's directly the Spider Queen's doing but she def approves. However some males become excellent fighters (and for that matter mages) relying more on agility and skill instead of brute strength. So it's not unheard-of for a male drow to be victorious (probably doesn't hurt that the females tend to underestimate them) but that victory tends to have long term consequences... Although there's at least a few male controlled groups. A city that worships Lolth's son and a band of mercenaries that's secretly controlled by a shadow dragon with his half drow descendants (mostly men) taking leadership roles as well.
I never really bought that driders are seen as failings. Seems like a strange, inconsistency. Being part spider should be a great thing for a culture that worships spiders.
Everything Lolth and the matron mothers do is backwards. I know of some stories of drow actually being heroic and being turned drider as consequence. Also there are people that think Drizzt is somehow loved by Lolth because he's slain so many people/monsters which, in a way, brings about chaos.
Lolth's spider body is because she was cursed by Corellon. A drow who is so transformed is Lolth at the moment of her fall, not Lolth the Spider Queen. Plus Driders are incapable of reproducing so that's a big deal for a society fixated on gaining power through your family line
My next bg3 character will be a Drow male assassin. He will take the power of the absolute so he can never be a slave again! And he will use this power to wipe away the religion of loth 😈😈
Can you make a story how a drow elf lvls up and goes to elven pention lives and shows Korelin his mistake ( also Sun Elvs F up and drow turned to demons for help )
few races have messed things for everyone more then the sun elves like for example they have a major clan that is more demon tainted then the drow, the draco rage, almost all crown wars etc were because of them like apparently one of the main reasons they kept waring with the dark elves was because the dark elves were better looking on average then them i also suspect the reason female drow are physically stronger is because of some of changes lolth did towards the drow and not something natural also personally think would've been better if they did from the eyes of the drow not from a follower of lolth but Vhaeraun given almost everyone who knows dnd knows of lolth but not so much her children who fight against her and actually care for the drow and not see them as toys or such plus also would make sense given character whose perspective is male who often do secretly worship him in secret
No, it's not. lol It's a beta-male society. A real man would never bend a knee to a woman... nor a real woman to a man. There's no real balance among yin and yang/ female and masculine energies in Drow society.
@@TheREALExposingtheJoyofS-px3riWow someone who wants to structure a society based on mutual benefit and respect rather than just their kinks and fetishes??? Absolutely wild… I didn’t know people like you existed :0 I’ve certainly never seen one in a youtube comment section…
Does anyone else feel like we live this way with real world women … it’s almost not worthy of roleplaying a Drow. Like this evil kinda way of living is actually too close to how we live. An supposedly it’s the most evil race in the multiverse.
Man, i sure wish people would pronounce Drizzt correctly. For the record, drits is NOT the correct way. Sound it out. Of course, you'll need to go back to English class to do that. Ugh
I have the feeling a lot of the Drow lore was written with one hand.
The femdom subtext is practically text😂
I did a spit-take.
Jerk off joke but who writes with two hands? 😂
😂
loool
I never played dnd and my only experience in it is through BG3 and my experience in playing Dark Elves are limited to Skyrim. Made my first char as a Drow without knowing anything, then I delved deeper into the lore and truly am fascinated by how much this one race is so unbelievably alien for the concept of an elf.
TLDR made my backstory before playing the game and picked seldarine, played good until the very end of BG3 where my deceit rewarded me the most power. This video is exactly how I envisioned my character would've lived and the reason he is basically a psychopath sociopath lying maniac, love the video very much!!
You should also play Morrowind, Skyrim only depicts a small part of what the dark elf society is like (mostly in the Dragonborn DLC) but it's in Morrowind where you'll see that dark elves are too extremely alien (and unbelievably cool) in The Elder Scrolls universe.
@@Agustin_Leal I think Dunmer are more interesting than drow, but drow came first conceptually, they are a different vibe
You are such a hidden gem of a channel, I’m extremely happy to have stumbled across your lore videos.
Thank you very much thats so kind! I'm just happy to entertain
Making a male drow character for an Out of the Abyss campaign, this is amazing inspiration
So drow are just goth mommy simps? Sign me up
Loth is abusive to her followers...
Her Daughter Eilistraee actually cares about her followers
Drow: the ultimate simps
Yay!
More like a race of abused children.
There isn't a Drow alive without mommy issues, whether it stems from their birth mother or Lolth.
All male internet dweller: LET ME IN! LET ME IN!
😂😂
I would absolutely love a second part, maybe invite a guest speaker? Hearing the female version of through the eyes of a drow would be amazing.
WOW! That was so good. I thought for a moment it might have been the official text you were reading. Hearing at the end that you wrote this was so impressive! And the voice-acting, so good. So glad I stumbled across this channel!
this is literally perfect! It's like I'm listening to my male drow oc talk about his story
Damn I low-key kinda feel bad for him, his life sounds like crazy
I love this format, this storytelling is so immersive and inspiring a great expedient to do an informative video like this instead of the traditional way
New subscriber!
Drows got me into D&D❤
Thank you for the amazing video. Just started playing DnD myself and have been reading the Drizzt series and have been absolutely fascinated with the drow society. So again, thank you for the amazing video
This is the first of your videos I have stumbled across. Just now coming to the end and I gotta say that was one hell of an introduction. I look forward to bingeing your library.
I adore the pure emotion and storytelling you put into all your videos 💖
Vendui and greetings, oh master of lore!
Ambition is a great virtue for a male drow when kept in control, but having the breadth of vision to understand how best to utilize that ambition is no less a gift.
It seems to me our hapless male, while he has a fine and noble goal to see himself seated at the highest tables and by the most comely companions, would be best served by disappearing into the darkness of the Masked God's faithful before his ruthless mistress achieves her ambitions, so he can maintain that all important veneer of mediocrity which is all important to the survival of males. He would find his long term prospects much improved among such company.
You bring the drow to life. Great work.
Wow! It's like listening to an autobiography. I'm saving this one!
what kinda autobiography do you listen to?
Loved every second of this narration! ❤
Great video, my favourite way of understanding lore is through the eyes of the lore itself
This was beautifully written!
Wow my guy. i came here to learn about drow for my players sake. Mildy to not interested, and you turned that completely arround. Yer truly a credit to the dnd community. Thanks man
This is hunting and creepily beautiful. I want to make a True Neutral drow who is an adventurer by orders of his misstress
Drows are my fav D&D race & I loved this!! Did you write this all yourself? Very vivid & impressive :))
Brilliant storytelling. I'm glad that I found your channel.
I just found this video. That was absolutely awesome. Spot on for a male drowns aspirations. Good work!
Was looking up information on my first dnd character who’s a dwarf.
But turned sharply down this rabbit hole and so far I’m loving the race.
I want to play as one eventually.
I think through the eyes of a wood or high elf would also be a very interesting point of view. Considering that we now got a glimpse of the evil side of things
This channel is amazing, great job!
Loved the video, more elf content would be awesome
With how much elf stuff D&D has, the wait won't be long!
thanks for the lore mate, it made me like the Drows even more😆👍
Damn the drow kinda got it fucked up
normally lore wise llolth drow believe in the reverse betrayal not Lloth betrayed Corellion, more the other elves betrayed them due to different reasons like jealousy or fear Dark Elves became the dominant Elves and Corellion feared for his Seat of Power etc. the rest of the pov is awesome for a Lloth male. Lloth twisted the story of why drow are in the underdark with her clergy the clergy even dont know the truth, and the legend differs fromi house to house/city to city depends on which city we talk about. I personally prefer to play Vhaeraun worshipper neutral evil Drow, since you can play more than Underdark Campaigns with such a character if male, without hard backstory mongering.
amazing video, instant sub
Thank you so much for the inspiration. Merci
A nother great video,well done!
I’m creating my own dnd world from scratch but the one pantheon that I wanted to keep was Lolth. Her story is so interesting. I’m playing with the concept of perception so the writings of the Drow about Lolth paint her as a victim of Corellon and Serhenine’s plan to destroy the dark elves. With Lolth being a sort of split personality that Araushnee develops to protect herself after being banished. And all of Lolth’s actions being attempts at protecting Araushnee’s children and people. Which would explain her changes in attitude as there are times Araushnee comes out and makes decisions that Lolth changes later 😅
Being nothing is not so bad. Better than being a Drow.
And being a drow isn't so bad, either. Better than being a bigot.
XD
Idk, being a drow seems like it wouldnt be too fun lol. But to be fair almost everyone has it pretty rough in the dnd world.
@@tedcruz212
Especially Bards.
Bard: "So let me get this straight, there are monsters, demons, devils, bandits, and betrayers causing hundreds of deaths a day.... And I am the asshole for trying to erase some of those deaths with births?"
Party: "Yes!"
@@swindler1570Drow are the most bigoted amongst playable races tbh
@@starking2162 well Lothite drow anyway
Eilistraee, the goddess whose whole goal is redeeming the Drow precheces tolerance.
I mean if you get caught worshipping Eilistraee in a drow city you will get executed, if your lucky.
I love this series
This is awesome!
I'm trying to Rp as a male drow but have no idea who they are.
Excellent performance 😎
well done
best film i have seen this year
What a horrible existence. I hate Lloth.
song name?
Truly a great video, I love the drow world.
Here is a list of good video ideas
*Wererat* or any werecreature though rats are the most interesting.
Litch/ Dracolitch
Erinyes/ Fallen angel (what made him fall. What are his motivations. Did he mate with a human and create an aasimir?)
Succubus
Aarchon (basically a good human who has ascended Celestia and is now an angel).
Pitfiend (the exact opposite of the one above)
Atropal (though I imagine this one would be really hard to do)
Fire giants
Mindflayers
Lizardfolk
Black dragons
Wow! Excellent video!
there's mention if a male beats a female there's a punishment so are men drow actually stronger but they just think they arent because woman drow hurt them if they show any sign of superiority over a female? OR is loth purposely making males weaker then females. loth reminds me of lillth the original wife to adam.
also there is Eilistraee he should've heard her voice or is he too convinced that his only hope is his mistress consort there for she would've bother guiding him in his dreams?
Hard to say, originally the lore was that females were stronger than males, but that's often forgotten.
At least on Toril it's been made pretty clear that male drow are shorter and weaker than their female peers. Not clear if that's directly the Spider Queen's doing but she def approves.
However some males become excellent fighters (and for that matter mages) relying more on agility and skill instead of brute strength. So it's not unheard-of for a male drow to be victorious (probably doesn't hurt that the females tend to underestimate them) but that victory tends to have long term consequences...
Although there's at least a few male controlled groups. A city that worships Lolth's son and a band of mercenaries that's secretly controlled by a shadow dragon with his half drow descendants (mostly men) taking leadership roles as well.
I never really bought that driders are seen as failings. Seems like a strange, inconsistency. Being part spider should be a great thing for a culture that worships spiders.
Everything Lolth and the matron mothers do is backwards. I know of some stories of drow actually being heroic and being turned drider as consequence.
Also there are people that think Drizzt is somehow loved by Lolth because he's slain so many people/monsters which, in a way, brings about chaos.
Lolth's spider body is because she was cursed by Corellon. A drow who is so transformed is Lolth at the moment of her fall, not Lolth the Spider Queen. Plus Driders are incapable of reproducing so that's a big deal for a society fixated on gaining power through your family line
My next bg3 character will be a Drow male assassin. He will take the power of the absolute so he can never be a slave again! And he will use this power to wipe away the religion of loth 😈😈
And then, in the darkness, a floating purple mask approaches me...
Beautiful and thoughtful
so all female drow are Barbies and all male drow are Kens
Hello Barbie, let's go party! Bahahahaha
Illythiiri as well? 🥷🏻
Drow lore is better from the males' perspective, anyway. The priestesses are the definition of "cartoonishly evil" and a little bland for it.
I hate these guys. The books did a really good job. They freaked me the hell out, except the one with the panther of course
These are so good 👍 😊 keep at it!
Can you make a story how a drow elf lvls up and goes to elven pention lives and shows Korelin his mistake ( also Sun Elvs F up and drow turned to demons for help )
few races have messed things for everyone more then the sun elves like for example they have a major clan that is more demon tainted then the drow, the draco rage, almost all crown wars etc were because of them like apparently one of the main reasons they kept waring with the dark elves was because the dark elves were better looking on average then them
i also suspect the reason female drow are physically stronger is because of some of changes lolth did towards the drow and not something natural
also personally think would've been better if they did from the eyes of the drow not from a follower of lolth but Vhaeraun given almost everyone who knows dnd knows of lolth but not so much her children who fight against her and actually care for the drow and not see them as toys or such plus also would make sense given character whose perspective is male who often do secretly worship him in secret
The sun elves? Interesting!
TiL Aztec culture was drow
Drow society is so based
No, it's not. lol It's a beta-male society. A real man would never bend a knee to a woman... nor a real woman to a man. There's no real balance among yin and yang/ female and masculine energies in Drow society.
@@TheREALExposingtheJoyofS-px3riWow someone who wants to structure a society based on mutual benefit and respect rather than just their kinks and fetishes??? Absolutely wild… I didn’t know people like you existed :0 I’ve certainly never seen one in a youtube comment section…
You know, we already had a society like that in real life.
It was called the soviet union.
Drows of Loth are basicaly the same.
😂th
Does anyone else feel like we live this way with real world women … it’s almost not worthy of roleplaying a Drow.
Like this evil kinda way of living is actually too close to how we live.
An supposedly it’s the most evil race in the multiverse.
There's no way you think this BAHAHAHA
After World of Greyhawk D&D turned to crap.
Simps
So, a literal beta-male society...? lol Go figure...
Man, i sure wish people would pronounce Drizzt correctly. For the record, drits is NOT the correct way. Sound it out. Of course, you'll need to go back to English class to do that. Ugh