Editing Drow (section)

{{Short description|Dungeons & Dragons fictional creature}}
{{About|the fictional race|the mythological creatures|Trow (folklore)}}
{{Infobox fictional race
| name      = Drow
| image     = [[Image:Drow.JPG|200px]]
| caption   = An illustration of a drow from the ''[[Fiend Folio]]'', 1981
| first     = [[Against the Giants|G3 ''Hall of the Fire Giant King'']] (1977)
| based_on  = [[Svartálfar|Dark elf]], Drow
| type      = Humanoid or fey humanoid
| alignment = Usually [[Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)#Chaotic evil|Chaotic Evil]] or [[Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)#Neutral evil|Neutral Evil]] (1st – 3rd Edition) <br> Any [[Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)|alignment]] (4th – 5th Edition)
}}
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The '''drow''' ({{IPAc-en|d|r|aʊ}}<ref>[[Williams, Skip]]. "Sage Advice". ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #142 (TSR, 1989).</ref><ref name="D&Dfaq">{{cite web| url = http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp| title = ''Dungeons & Dragons'' FAQ| access-date = 2008-10-03| publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]]| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081002132129/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/DnDArchives_FAQ.asp| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2008-10-02}}</ref> or {{IPAc-en|d|r|oʊ}})<ref>[[Mentzer, Frank]]. "Ay pronunseeAYshun gyd". ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #93 (TSR, 1985)</ref> or '''dark elves''' are a dark-skinned and white-haired subrace of [[Elf (Dungeons & Dragons)|elves]] connected to the [[Subterranea (geography)|subterranean]] [[Underdark]] in the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[fantasy]] [[roleplaying game]].<ref name="MM2003" /> The drow have traditionally been portrayed as generally evil and connected to the evil spider goddess '''Lolth'''. However, later editions of ''Dungeons & Dragons'' have moved away from this portrayal and preassigned [[Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)|alignment]]. More recent publications have explored drow societies unconnected to Lolth.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web|date=2020-04-15|title=Dungeons & Dragons' latest setting, Wildemount, helps solve the problem of 'evil' races|url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/dungeons-dragons-critical-role-wildemount-matt-mercer-race|access-date=2022-02-07|website=SYFY Official Site|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207213119/https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/dungeons-dragons-critical-role-wildemount-matt-mercer-race|url-status=live}}</ref>
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