Editing Drow (section)

==== ''2024 revision'' ====
The [[Backward compatibility|backward compatible]] ''Player's Handbook'' (2024), as part of the [[One D&D|2024 revision]] to the 5th Edition ruleset, updates preexisting player options while introducing new content to the game; player races are now described as player species.<ref name="PC Gamer on PAX Unplugged 2023">{{Cite news |last=Macgregor |first=Jody |date=December 9, 2023 |title=D&D's Revised Player's Handbook 'will be the biggest Player's Handbook that D&D has ever had', and like all the Revised core books will be compatible with the current edition |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/dandds-revised-players-handbook-will-be-the-biggest-players-handbook-that-dandd-has-ever-had-and-like-all-the-revised-core-books-will-be-compatible-with-the-current-edition/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240829030804/https://www.pcgamer.com/dandds-revised-players-handbook-will-be-the-biggest-players-handbook-that-dandd-has-ever-had-and-like-all-the-revised-core-books-will-be-compatible-with-the-current-edition/ |archive-date=August 29, 2024 |access-date=December 10, 2023 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Samantha |date=2024-09-18 |title=Race becomes species in D&D, but that’s not the only change in the new Player’s Handbook |url=https://www.polygon.com/dnd-dungeons-dragons/452438/new-players-handbook-uses-species-not-race |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}</ref> Drow appear as an Elven Lineage option in this sourcebook.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiore |first=Marissa |date=2024-09-07 |title=Dungeons & Dragons: All Species In The 2024 Player's Handbook |url=https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-dnd-2024-players-handbook-species/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=TheGamer |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Screen Rant]]'' highlighted that mechanically drow are "largely unchanged, save for better spell selection and the removal of sunlight sensitivity".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lindsay |first=Connor |date=2024-09-19 |title=D&D’s Most Iconic Species Are Better Than Ever In The 2024 Player’s Handbook |url=https://screenrant.com/dnd-2024-players-handbook-elf-dwarf-species-improvements/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]'' commented that the changes to the drow reflect a shift in design philosophy by Wizards of the Coast, noting that they were often "portrayed in the past as evil".<ref name=":16" /> ''Polygon'' highlighted that the 2024 sourcebook describes elves as impacted by their "environment in ways that imbue them with magic and change their appearance" with the drow "being marked by the Underdark without necessarily being aligned with the evil deity Lolth"; this sourcebook "also draws attention to the rainforest-dwelling drow found in the Eberron campaign setting".<ref name=":16" />