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caravan guards, and rangers are frequently employed as
skirmishers in drow armies.
Rangers are less common among the drow
sub-races. The Pol’Tah do not travel
far from their home in the bottom of
the Underdeep, the Kanahraun are too
brutal and feral even for the ranger
class and the Lorgreln despise such
a ‘mixed-fighter’ avocation as a
ranger. The Sulzthul, on the other
hand, have many rangers, used by
the aquatic drow to patrol their borders
and seek out new trade routes which are
inaccessible to other races.
Rogue
As long as drow society is as it is, there will
be a place for rogues among the dark elves.
Eminently useful as spies, thieves, saboteurs
and assassins, either aligned with a specific
power or selling their services to the highest
bidder, rogues find their skills and talents in constant
demand in drow culture. Guilds and societies of
rogues are scattered throughout the lands of the
dark elves and all of them are kept busy by
the needs of the drow. However, the actual
social standing of any given society of
rogues may vary dramatically. While the
Seekers of na’Koth are well-respected by
those who know anything about them,
many of the followers of Mu’Ushket are
spurned, though much of this has to do
with those who believe the worshippers of
Mu’Ushket are following a false god.
Rogues have a place as well in all the drow
sub-races, even the Kanahraun, though they
are vastly outnumbered by barbarians in the
ranks of the feral drow. The Pol’Tah in particular
have a large number of rogues in their population,
skilled at striking from the mists at those who would
invade the deep drow homeland.
Sorcerer
For many years there was resistance to the sorcerer in some
parts of drow society, as the priests of Ydrillia were unwilling
to grant the sorcerer the same respect given to wizards.
However, the chaotic nature of the drow was a perfect match
for the unfettered mindset of a sorcerer, and their numbers
within drow society grew until the priests of She of the Veil
welcomed them as equals in the church. Sorcerers are still
outnumbered by wizards among the drow, given the vast
research and academic resources available in larger drow
cities, but their ranks continue to grow.
Sorcerers are more common than wizards among the
Pol’Tah, and are the only spellcasters (aside from rangers)
among the Sulzthul. The Lorgreln have no sorcerers, as the
iron drow’s magical handicaps and strict, orderly mindset
make them impossible. There are a number of sorcerers in
the ruling class of the Kanahraun, but there has never been
one born to the lower class.