dark elf?

[Artemis Entreri]

I wonder why the class Dark Elf wasn't included in the new kits in BG

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Largely, I suspect, because dark elves are a sub-race of the elves, not a class in their own right. As for why they weren't included as a selectable race, I think it had something to do with game balance. 19 Dex and high innate Magic Resistance would make for ridiculously overpowered characters.

[Lelio]

Not if the racial group was limited to only a few classes. Drow are only ever Fighers, Wizards, Thieves and Clerics, and only women are clerics. Thus you get a very limited racial group, which is further limited by gender.

Perhaps you could limit it further by saying that they loose a lot of their magic resistance in the daytime on the surface, which is true. Thus a drow character would spend most of his time walking around at night, which fits the character.

A drow character would also start with a reputation of 6, just to make it hard.

[Pebz]

Originally posted by Lelio
Not if the racial group was limited to only a few classes. Drow are only ever Fighers, Wizards, Thieves and Clerics, and only women are clerics. Thus you get a very limited racial group, which is further limited by gender.

Perhaps you could limit it further by saying that they loose a lot of their magic resistance in the daytime on the surface, which is true. Thus a drow character would spend most of his time walking around at night, which fits the character.

A drow character would also start with a reputation of 6, just to make it hard.

Most of that would make no sense, as you are stil raised in candlekeep no matter what race you are.

[Stilgar]

TDD includes drow!
But never played them myself!