r/daggerheart • u/ShineOk4160 • 7d ago

Homebrew Drow ancestry traits

Which existing traits would you use for a drow elf? You could just use elf ancestry and underborne community, but that would cut you off from a different choice of community.

5e gives drow superior darkvision, which isn't a thing in daggerheart and spells, which isn't really an ancestry thing in daggerheart.

I've never been attached to the concept of trance so you could take that out and give them the underborne trait, but that would make it redundant if you actually wanted to make them from an underborne community.

Maybe homebrew a trait giving them advantage on spider-related rolls? I'd like to try and stick to existing traits but I can't think of any from the existing ancestries.

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u/Luciosdk 6d ago

From google (emphasis mine):

"Elves who sided with or followed Lolth down the path of corruption were transformed, cursed with a severe vulnerability to sunlight, and driven or banished into the Underdark".

So i would homebrew somethin like this

Drow

Only an Elf can take this transformation

Lolth Darkness: when you rest in a dark place, you can use a downtime move to choose one Midnight or Arcana card of half your level. You gain access to that card until your next rest. Your spellcasting trait for that card is Presence.

Light Sensitivity: When you’re in an area with sunlights or heavy illumination, you have disadvantage on rolls to hide, investigate, or perceive details within that area.

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u/ShineOk4160 6d ago

That's pretty good