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The highest ranking drow are the Matron Mothers of the Great Houses, followed
by Matrons of the lesser Houses, high priestesses, and normal priestesses.
Male drow are considered inferior to female drow, and a single word from
a priestess can condemn most male drow to death. This is not the case in
every situation, of course, and male drow of particular ability and ambition
sometimes can rise to positions of great power, but always are inferior to
the Matron Mothers. Obedience to females is instilled in every male drow as
a child with punishment and pain. Male wizards are watched with particular
suspicion and care, as they possess great power that does not stem from
obedience to Lloth or the priestesses. Regardless of their personal piety,
almost all male wizards pay at least lip service to the spider queen, for
fear of the wrath of her and her servants.
 
The assassination of superiors is not only accepted, it is considered the
most efficient way for a drow to distinguish and advance oneself. Thus,
Matron Mothers are commonly murdered by their daughters if they grow old and
weak, or if they lose Lloth's favor. Weaponmasters are murdered by their star
pupils, and archmages are poisoned by their prized apprentices. Deceit and
trickery are second nature to them. Drow always look for angles and means
by which they can advantage themselves and disadvantage their enemies. This
has cultivated extreme paranoia amongst the drow.
 
Drow, especially those who are nobles of a House, rarely leave the Underdark
for extended periods of time; those who do so are generally outcasts, exiles,
or have been sent away on special missions. The spider queen and the Matron
Mothers guard their flock with a jealous eye.
 
Relationships with Other Races:
The drow are the undisputed masters of the Underdark, and inspire tremendous
terror in all of its denizens, from the weak kobolds to even the mighty
duergars of Gal Ranidon. The latter, in particular, feel a special mixture
of hatred and fear towards the dark elves. As the other major civilization
of the Underdark, the duergar often work together with the drow on various
enterprises and projects, but the drow invariably come out on top in these
alliances due to their significantly greater cunning. Drow often enslave
duergar; duergar, in turn, often will seize any opportunity which would allow
them to cause harm to the drow, but only if they are absolutely certain that
they themselves would not be discovered and held accountable.
 
Drow possess all the arrogance of surface elves, and then some. They hold
a universal, casual contempt for all surface races. Although they may be
superficially polite, they are more likely to elaborately insult in such a
way where the target of ridicule isn't even aware that they have been mocked.
Generally speaking, the only use they have for surface races is that of
slaves; they particularly prefer giants for this task, due to their brute
strength and their slow minds. The many raiding parties they have led to
acquire giant slaves have sown the seeds of serious enmity between the two
races, although it pales in comparison to the shared hatred between drow and
surface elves.
 
Out of all the races of the world, the only race which they respect and
perhaps even fear is that of the illithid, a subterranean race of psionicists
which are more intelligent and arguably more evil than even the drow. As
the illithid are a reclusive people which rarely venture forth from their Hive
save to acquire slaves, they have never been interested in challenging
drow supremacy of the Underdark, despite their own formidable prowess.
Relationships between the two races have thus generally been cordial.
Nonetheless, the illithids' powerful psionic abilities, casual cruelty and
supreme intelligence are more than enough to make even the drow wary in their
dealings with this particular race.
 
Drow can be the following classes:
Warrior, Thief, Ninja, Cleric, Battlemage, Invoker, Necromancer, 
Blademaster and Dark-Knight