You have no idea of the quagmire you’ve wandered into. Chad-zak is a funny meme leave it at that. Don’t Google it. Don’t delve any further. There are things worse than balrogs down there.

Yeah I sure did.

Still do.

I mean sure, but I don’t think it’s like, bad to be included either. Still serves to make them fucked up imo

As in, Im reading it as the mother knows that’s what is happening and derives intense pleasure from it that it becomes physical elation

It’s not like the drow have any choice in the matter. And it doesn’t make any sense that they would find that orgasmic. It’s just a writer’s bizarre fetishes.

Tiger sharks do that. It makes a certain amount of sense. Though it’s odd that it’s just that one kind of elf. It would fit better for a more monstrous race.

But the thing about being orgasmic is just bizarre.

Would they even know?

You know what? For once, I’m going to listen to this advice

Ed Greenwood, as pictured, wrote almost the entirety of the forgotten realms lore. They are an incredibly accomplished writer, and are responsible for a lot of iconic elements of modern D&D.

Yes, some of his contributions are disturbing and fetishy, but that’s a small minority compared to the vast number of things put out. Contrary to what others may be implying here, I feel that avoiding his work out of distaste will leave you much worse off than exploring it with the understanding that some stuff will get freaky, and that you have the ability to leave that at the door when it comes to your own table.

If you’re at all a fan of the forgotten realms, I would highly recommend checking out his YouTube channel which contains a treasure trove of creative D&D cannon not published everywhere else.

Drow are elves that got twisted specifically by Lloth into hypercompetitiveness among other things.

It’s cringe but it’s strangely logical cringe.

There’s actually a lot of metaphysical logic behind the reason there’s like a thousand kinds of elf and they’re all separate races with notable physical differences unlike other groups that mostly settle with “these halflings are taller”

Tl;Dr elves were originally eladrin, the champion race of good/chaotic. Their chaotic nature means that their children adopt the traits of their environment but as they’re a deliberate Tolkien reference having left their native plane is functionally their original sin, like the elves leaving Valinor in LotR. (Unless I’m misremembering the specifics, but the vibe is still right)

The Tau thing is interesting because people got that idea from a source that you’re supposed to recognize is an Imperial anti-xeno propaganda manual.

Ed Greenwood chief among them

Edit: my autistic wife has informed me that that one wasn’t him

The entirety of the drow is inspired by old femdom porn mixed with a violent ultra competitive society like the worst of Rome, the middle ages, and cyberpunk corpratism combined. They were considered an evil race for the entire life of that concept.

I mean, we know that there are sharks which do that. If we can figure that out about a large, tooth-filled, ocean-going species then I think Drow could figure it out about themselves.

Either way, it’s better than saying that lady drow get off to their kids eating eachother.

What exactly is logical about this detail? Is a pregnant drow orgasming for no apparent reason going to drive her to be more competitive?

Do you think a fight to the death does not jostle the walls?

It’s hardly going to be the only jostling in there.

everything about the standard fantasy evil races is super problematic. this goes all the way back to tolkien’s “can orcs go to heaven” ponderings.

Ed can be praised and blamed for a lot of things, but I don’t think this specific bit is him

Looking it up, this is from Dragon Magazine 298 in an article by Robin D. Laws

Yeah seems to be by Robin D Laws in Dragon Magazine 298

When you hear “Lloth twisted” you could substitute “magically bioengineered” if that helps. Her goal was to turn an essentialist race of good/chaotic beings into lawful/evil ones, to do that she made physical changes that reinforce her desired behaviors.

Lloth linked unavoidable fetal Social Darwinism into physical pleasure for the future matriarchs of her new elven society. Lloth wanted a society that glorified the survival of the fittest above practically all else, and this was a means towards the end.

Yes, it’s edgy cringe, but that’s the point: this is a setting with objective capital-E Evil gods and Evil is fucking cringe.

(Also it was made by horny super dweebs)