Race #5.2: Half-Elf --- Drow Half-Elf (DnD 5E Races)

Some half-elves in Faerûn have a racial trait in place of the Skill Versatility trait. If your DM allows it, your half-elf character can forgo Skill Versatility and instead take the elf trait Keen Senses or a trait based on your elf parentage.

Drow Magic
A half-elf of drow descent can forgo Skill Versatility and instead choose the drow’s Drow Magic:

You know the dancing lights cantrip. When you reach 3rd level, you can cast the faerie fire spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. When you reach 5th level, you can cast the darkness spell once with this trait and regain the ability to do so when you finish a long rest. Charisma is your spellcasting ability for these spells.

[ChancesSpellbook]

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[andresmarrero]

Do they have to be edgy? The fact that a Drow hooked up with a human and didn't enslave or kill him kinda implies that the Drow in question was different than other Drows.

[antuanyammine]

I usually just lurk in your chanel, but wanted to break my silence to say that I really like your videos, and that they have helped me a lot to understand about the game and the details about the spells (and everything else if I'm being honest).
I'm playing a spellcaster for the first time in a campaign and always use your videos to know what do my spells.

[powerist]

"Cursed with a Dark Elf parent, you were blessed with hatred towards Lolth and raised by Human parent...or said Drow being Eilistraee."

[Evelyn-rbzj]

I have a character who's technically a generic half elf but I think I'll flavour her as half drow because it's pretty fitting for a gloomstalker ranger and it'd also be funny because her older siblings are a half high elf cleric and a half wood elf fighter but if not half drow I'd say she's probably half wood elf

[FelipeOliveira-xslm]

There is not even a dispute, Half Drow is better than full Drow by a mile...

[dcs]

I’m not even edgy but I do like the way they look

[Psychoveliatonet]

Great to see you're back!! One point of constructive feedback - the last slide to your videos always has the "Use Code: Welcome for a free one shot" but it isn't always clear what this is in reference to. Would it be possible to include the URL to the guild hall on that final slide so newcomers to the channel have a better idea where to go? It might help direct more traffic to the guild hall. Wishing you all the best and it's so wonderful to see you're back! I love the revamped spell series you've been doing.

[williamturner]

The coolness of drow w/o the edge. Cool.

[moviescorelist]

I tried looking this up and I guess I'm blind. How would dispel magic react differently to those "trait" spells? they're still magic so shouldn't it react the same way?

[WolfHreda]

Awww, yeah.

Edit: I think this is literally the first video I've ever been first to.

[clarkmorgan]

cool i am the second comment you are the best youtuber ever I love your work

[beastwarsFTW]

I had an idea for half-drow being basically the Yeoman of drow society.

I made a half-drow paladin who acts like a hardened warrior but she's easily overloaded by surface stimuli and goes crazy when she tries surface world food for the fist time.

[JCinLapel]

In a truly dark DMs game I have see Human slaves used to produce Half Drow as a foot soldier in planned wars do to the human aging not the 75 to 100 years needed for full blood Drow. Needless to say I was not with that group long.

[bloodynse]

Mine didnt start edgy, he was a funky drunk.

[FlCl]

The half elf stat lineup plus he spells without the sunlight sensitivity make half drows a go to for warlocks and rogues for me.

For warlock it’s so nasty to have two easy extra sources of advantage and being able to have 18 cha with point buy at level 4 while still getting elven accuracy

I love face arcane tricksters focusing on no save or no int needed spells and taking advantage of such a high cha for some 1/day encounter ruining

[Rumple_Gaming]

Where do you find info about what each variant of half elf gets as a benefit like the drow magic here? Couldn't find anything in the PHB

[oldsoldier]

Alright, it’s been 5 hours. Where’s this “pinned comment” with the other channel? I understand video production being halted by tech issues. But, going to all the trouble of producing, editing, and posting a video, then failing on a comment? That’s just confusing.

[williamturner]

I think drow magic sounds good for a paladins, am I misunderstanding things there? 3 spells over time is cool, right?