“Half-Drow
The child of a Dark Elf and a Humen
The distinction between Half-Elves and ‘Half-Drow’ has been a subject of debate for centuries. While similar in physicality and longevity to their non-drow cousins, their origins cause them to face discrimination akin to their elven side.
Groups of half-elves and half-drow have been known to congregate together and consider themselves one species. According to some radical academic scholars, they might be one species indeed- yet the people of Psydonia certainly do not believe the same at large.
THIS IS A DISCRIMINATED SPECIES. EXPECT A MORE DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE. NOBLES EVEN MORE SO. PLAY AT YOUR OWN RISK.”
Half-drow are half drow, half humen, they usually come around when humens and drow fornicate, obviously. They visually are very fucking different from humens, including their coloration and ears. Half-drow skin colors have the very un-standard array of: pale as snow to purple as nite, with pink and purple as well. The half-elves get arguably the most expansive array of hair colors, blacks, reds, blondes, browns and whites.
Half-Elves face medium levels institutional discrimination, and medium non-institutional discrimination. They can attempt to slip out of any discrimination by simply agreeing with whoever's spouting it, I.E. if there's an elf hating dwarf around, a half-drow can just say “Mhm, hate them underdwellers too, wish I was normal, y'know?" They arguably receive the most non-institutional discrimination out of ANY of the species. A half-drow will get twice the ire from an elf-hating dwarf, and twice the ire from a humen-hating elf.
Half-Drow are… half… drow… obviously, but also half humen. You can choose to have your character identify as a half-humen, if they're particularly ashamed of their more heretical half. Half-elves can be slotted into plenty of roles, but no royals, upper level guardsmen, knights, nobles, or anything actually fun. You get to play bummy economy roles and city watchmen. Compared to half-elves, half-drow face this even MORE, either you lean into the humen half and pretend the whole pointy ears and blatantly purple skin don't exist, or you lean into the drow half and do the funny “men bad, PRAISE ZIZO!” thing, but only on a random rooftop where nobody can see you because you don't want to get hurt.
Half-drow share a similarity with their humen half, they have no downsides! Compared to a humen, they trade fortune, constitution and endurance for intelligence, perception and speed.
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These fuckers are fucking fucking identical to half-elves, same exact species, go look at that page. Hell, half this page is copy-pasted cause there's basically nothing to talk about here, it's just a half-elf but people hate em.