Drow

Drow

Appearing relatively recently in the sixth-world are the Drow. Small numbers of elves born with pigment anomalies were not thought to be medically relevant or unusual until, in recent years, it became apparent that some of them were a new meta-type of elves. As a recent occurrence, most known drow are teenagers, with the oldest being young adults, their additional traits having manifested only during puberty.

Drow hair colors fall between blonde and stark white, with skin tones between deep-tan and ebony, or even blueish through deep indigo. Eyes can be nearly any color, with exotic shades like red or violet being commonplace. Drow are slightly shorter than other elves, being close to human height on average. Drow are born to a small percentage of elves, or even less commonly, to humans. The few examples of children born to drow have yet to enter puberty, but most appear to be drow themselves.

Drow are naturally talented with magic. Drow characters created with spellcasting ability know an additional 6 points worth of spells. Drow characters created without spellcasting ability receive the Arcane Awakening perk, even if they do not meet its prerequisites. Drow have thermographic vision in addition to normal elven low-light vision.

+1 Quickness

+1 Willpower

+2 Charisma

Low-light and Thermographic vision

Magical Talent

Spell resistance: +1TN to hostile spells targeting the drow, +1 die to resist spells

Sensitive System flaw

BP Cost: 15

Drow Perks

Drow qualify for these perks in addition to elven ones.

Improved Magical Talent

You gain a -1 TN bonus for drain resistance tests

Improved Spell Resistance

The target number penalty for hostile spells targeting you is increased to +2, and you gain a -1 bonus to spell resistance TNs.

Drow Nobility

You gain +1 die for illusion and control manipulation spells. When you learn such spells, you learn them at 1 force higher than you normally would.

Prerequisite: (Intelligence + Charisma) ≥ 10

Drow Edges and Flaws

Edges

Magically Connected

Value 3

People view you as a magical prodigy, and the recent interest in the magical abilities of Drow has benefited you. You gain +1 die on social rolls with magically active characters, and do not pay street index for magical goods.

Arachnophile

Value 2

You are immune to spider venom. If you are a spider shaman, you do not suffer magical target number penalties from being in the open.

Flaws

Light Blindness

Value -2

You suffer a +1 visibility modifier in areas of bright light.

Sun Aversion

Sunlight allergies return an additional 1 point for Drow characters.