Editing Drow (section)

===Alignment===
As a race, drow were traditionally portrayed [[alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)|evil]].<ref name="G3" /> There were unusual exceptions, the most notable being [[Drizzt Do'Urden]], [[Jarlaxle|Jarlaxle Baenre]], and [[Liriel Baenre]]. Originally, drow were chaotic evil in alignment.  Beginning with 3rd edition ''D&D'', drow were usually neutral evil. There have been encounters with non-evil drow, but these are distrusted as much as their brethren, due to their reputation. In the ''Forgotten Realms'' setting, the Drow followers of [[Eilistraee]] were originally the largest group of good Drow, as Eilistraee is the patron goddess of all Drow that have a good alignment.

The 4th Edition ''[[Heroes of the Forgotten Kingdoms]]'' (2010) does not suggest any typical alignment for drow player characters; however, it highlights the drow that break away from the evil Lolth based societies.<ref name=":3" /> The 5th Edition ''Player's Handbook'' (2014) described drow as "more often evil than not".<ref>{{Cite web|title=With D&D's Next Rulebook, Character Creation Will Never Be the Same|url=https://gizmodo.com/with-d-ds-next-rulebook-character-creation-will-never-1844807934|access-date=2022-02-07|website=Gizmodo|date=24 August 2020|language=en-us|archive-date=2022-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207235937/https://gizmodo.com/with-d-ds-next-rulebook-character-creation-will-never-1844807934|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, official [[Erratum|errata]] removed the suggested alignments for playable races, including drow, in all 5th Edition sourcebooks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 27, 2021|title=The changes to D&D races are right – but for the wrong reason|url=https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/race-changes-wrong-reasons|access-date=February 1, 2022|website=Wargamer|language=en-US|archive-date=February 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201174740/https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/race-changes-wrong-reasons|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-14|title=D&D: WotC's New Batch of Errata Removes Racial Alignments, Retcons Drow|url=https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/12/dd-wotc-removes-racial-alignments-retcons-drow-in-new-batch-of-errata.html|access-date=2022-02-01|website=Bell of Lost Souls|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-02-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201174739/https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/12/dd-wotc-removes-racial-alignments-retcons-drow-in-new-batch-of-errata.html|url-status=live}}</ref> As of ''[[Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse]]'' (2022), creature stat blocks that also have playable races "now state that they can be any alignment".<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|date=2022-01-31|title=Dungeons & Dragons: Everything You Need To Know About Monsters Of The Multiverse|url=https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-monsters-of-the-multiverse-explained-guide/|access-date=2022-02-01|website=TheGamer|language=en-US|archive-date=2022-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131150447/https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-monsters-of-the-multiverse-explained-guide/|url-status=live}}</ref>