Half-Drow

A half-drow is the offspring of a human and a drow. Hence, with the drow hatred of surface races, they are exceptionally rare.

Society

Not inherently evil by nature, Half-Drow are subjected, by their Drow masters, to cruel savagery every bit as vile as the torments visited upon the subject people from which they where forcibly conceived. Their lot is perhaps worse than that of those the Drow initially conquer, for they are not only are subject to such torments by the Drow, but also deeply reviled by subjugates from which they sprang. Half-Drow often find themselves believing that subjugated races have it easy: should they escape their masters, they are welcomed into the surrounding free-lands. Half-Drow, however, resembling the Drow as much as they do, receive no such welcome: instead they seem destined to be slaves, or wandering sojourners: strangers in a strange land, no matter how far from their Drow slavers they flee.

Half-Drow consider the ingestion of wine mingled with Drow poison to be something of a sacrament. It is to them a sign of defiance, and is often followed by prayers and supplications to the divine for deliverance. As a result of generations of half-drow ingesting the poison, they have grown largely resistant to its effects.

Abilities

Half-Drow Traits (Ex)

• Medium size.
• A half-drow base land speed is 30 feet.
• +2 bonus to Will saves (by males) to resist arcane spells, or spell-like abilities.
• +2 bonus to Will saves (by females) to resist divine spells, or supernatural abilities.
• +2 racial bonus on saving throws made to resist the effects of drow poison.
• Darkvision out to 60-feet.
• +1 racial bonus on Listen, Search, and Spot checks. A half-drow does not have the elf’s ability to notice secret doors simply by passing near them.
• +2 racial bonus on Intimidate and Survival checks.
• Drow-Elf Blood: For all effects related to race, a half-drow is considered a drow elf. Half-drow, for example, are just as vulnerable to special effects that affect an elf, or drow, as their drow ancestors are; and they can use magic items that are only usable by an elf, or the drow subrace.
• Light Sensitivity: Half-Drow are dazzled in bright sunlight or within the radius of a daylight spell.
• Automatic Languages: Common, Elven, Undercommon. Bonus Languages: Any (other than secret languages, such as Druidic).
• Favored Class: Ranger.