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That, and typing caused my hands to burn last semester...

Err Bastet?

Depends, how many wizards do you think it takes to notice the shadows moving when they are reading/sleeping/talking....

Its a matter of how you picture the raid. The drow weren't exactly 'loud'. You could be standing beside your pal, talking and all of a sudden fell a pin p***k and feel suddenly sleepy. Within a moment you fall over and your friend's head appears beside you, then everything goes black becaue a sword just fell through your head.

Sitting at the table, reading the book, the world suddenly goes black, and you stand, still unable to speak, of course you start to call out but the handful of darts protruding from your body make you feel woozy, and you half heartedly mumble something before falling over.

Walking down the hall with you friend you turne the corner to find a room full of decapitated guards, you rush out side to tell those posted their about the grusome murder only be stabed by one of them.

Of course, going floor by floor exicuting everyone, man woman and child, usually without their knowledge or even realising that they are dead.

The darkness goes room by room, taking out everyone... Somehow, knowing where exactly everyone in the tower is? How is that, detect life.

How did they get past the wards that any self respecting wizards would have? Dispell Magic nutralizing the effects. What about anyone watching or witnessing any of the movements? a boy looking out his window at the guards when they are suddenly killed? He runs into the building to tell someone, and finds his mates and begins telling them what was happening, they rush to the more powerful wizards to tell them, but they are too late already, the drow are inside the tower and massacuring everyone...

They reach Echion's door and knock, but he can't here them... He is already dead.

Besides, only thirty people in the tower (asked Miss Dawn)... even in open combat, the drow would have slaughtered them. then agian, I really should make it clearer how strong and weak the drow pirates really are...

Sack an unsuspecting tower that doesn't even know that they are in the region, too busy with there own self apointed work to keep too much of a hand in sudden, dark and mysterious developments?

They might be interestedin the amount of magic being used on a perticular ship, but simple non detection spells are keeping their scans away...

magical based means... I guess, Well, the portable holes are magical devices that enable them to create passage ways where there was solid wall. the darts are heavily enchanted with sleeping toxins. The drow weapons themselves are heavily enchanted to cut through most armours... The cloaks improve their ability to hide, even when it seems almost impossible to do so. their boots make their steps almost completely unhearable... Stealth and surprise is how they work...

In an actual open war... not so much.

Their fenese isn't goign to break down a wall or heavily armoured outposts who are watching for intrusion....

So, if they can get in without tippin you off, they will win... But if you know they are coming, they will prove a vicious enemy, but probably will not prevail.

Drow to human losses in open war is ruffly 1:4 (better armour and weapons)
Drow to human losses in subterfuge 1:150 (he was killed by his commrades)

as Malik pointed out, the inability of drow to trust each other is what keepst them from conquering the world.

Technically, they could storm Demitri's castle and kill him with little trouble because of their tactics and inventory... He might lose a few in the exchange, probably from the retreat more than the invasion.

Invading Malik's home in that same way would result in disaster. Malik is probably immune to the darts like Onyx was, so he would have everything he would need to stay alive in the assult. He couldsimply kill all the invaders by himself, and probably not care about the slaves lost.

And the fire/ice immunity is?

I didn't see it as all that hard to do. I was expecting the tower to fall at some point, albeit not so soon. The mages there have nothing to fear right? No one has ever attacked before, no one has ever come close. So defenses are lax, and no one pays much attention to a sleeping gaurd. They didn't think they had anytihng to gaurd against. I kid with a slingshot could have taken the palce down.

That's DnD based right?

My lack of DnD knowledge shows then. xp

yep, dnd based. those guys have been balancing systems longer than any of us have been alive.

There is a reason why the Drow are the most feared (one of six) denizens of the dark...

Illithids(mind flayers), beholders, dragons, deep spawn(?), and those fish thingys make the other five in my opinion.

Then again, I have seen simple kobolds pull off greater victories than the Tower... Its all about tactics and use of rsources and man power. (and tricking your enemy).

No, I thought you were trying to make sure I wasn't being too god-like with my use of drow. legitamit questioning in my opinion.

Long ago I accepted most people have no extensive knowledge of dnd (the first and greatest rpg)

LOL, anyone ever see a movie called Mazes and Monsters?

Yes, the point of my questioning. Just checking because we all know he'll probably be taking on PCs as well.