Can someone explain the whole "Drow being turned into Driders" thing? Is it a curse, a blessing or some weird mix of both? What I've read seems contradictory and I don't get it.
If Lloth herself is basically a drider, and all drow have a mssive hard-on for both her and spiders, then why is being turned seen as a bad thing?
Similar note, I have a player who at some point wants to be a drider, or be able to turn into one (werewolf style). He's playing an appropriately asshole drow, so it *could* be possible, I just have no idea how to incorporate it.
Basically, Lolth picks certain drow to undergo a test of strength. If they fail, the drow becomes a drider. So its pretty much a curse, and its a bad thing because it means you failed Lolth.
If your player wants to be a drider, then I guess just come up with some Lolth-y trial for them to undergo and have them fail.
Andrew Robinson
Need art for my new character. Post half-orcs. All the ones on Google just look like effeminate orcs.
Caleb Gutierrez
Lolth is a fucking psychopath, and drow culture (and drow as whole, really) can only exist via her divine fuckery. Drow society should have collapsed long ago with its inherent murder schemes, slaving and in general being shittier at things than even normal elves.
Lolth calls it a curse, despite the fact that the drow that go through it get more powerful. The drider are also exiled from drow lands (which, once again, is a net benefit for the drider since they don't have to worry about being murderfucked or what have you).
Point is, drow society is completely non-sensical, and was likely created as an excuse for someone wanting to throw their fetishes in the game. The hot mess we are left with is only kept going via divine intervention.