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How does the DF community stand on Drow, are they still vile elves or are they viewed as their hippy kin's betters?

My ideas for magic involve creating a phylactery that is bound with your soul and an elemental gem (from a magic industry that makes many other things) in the reaction to change the caste to an elemental mage. The lower ranked mages will drop this phylactery on death and can be raised as an elemental in another reaction from some kind of base pet. To get to the second rank you need an elemental dragons heart along with other regents and to become an arch-mage of en element you need a second rank mage to combine his phylactery with that of a slain comrade of second rank.

The religion will be quite different, where you train an acolyte (who can do other duties) who prays for guidance and has a small chance to become the prophet of a religion. They can then build temples and train priests of that religion as well as all the unique goodies his path offers.

The prophets and arch-mages will be very powerful and unique for each element or religion.

As for the science they are pretty mundane except they can do a pretty standard caste change to semi-mechanical, full mechanical workers, or full mechanical combat types.

One of the features will be the unique caste reactions will also drop items that are building requirements for special workshops (temples ect)

There will also be a merchant class that gets shop licenses and a librarian.

I forgot to add the one thing I am really not sure of, I want the arch-mages to be able to be revived, hopefully in their previous form, from their dropped phylactery.

I know this may be a bad explanation but if any of this sounds unrealistic could you please let me know?

Thanks a lot! I have been studying the raws for years but some of my ambitions will definitely require a lot more learning.

That's a real shame since a lot of my mod will be about training Drow into their castes in various types of schools. On that note I have remembered another question: Is it possible to make a caste only show up from a reaction. As an example say every Drow that shows up from migration (and I suppose unavoidably in the world) would be of a base caste with no chance of being spawned as the caste I want them to need a reaction for?


(Oooh wow Masterwork has come a long way. It looks amazing.)

Here are the Drow, I am not happy with some of them also many need to be added.

http://dffd.wimbli.com/file.php?id=8607

I forgot to mention the mod will have fully working shops and a unique magic school as well as temples to various gods and an in depth  chemistry, magical alchemy, and apothecary system needing realistic materials.


The coloured jump-suits are: Dark red= Commoners, Light red= Hard Labor, Blue= Skilled Labor, Brown= Farm Labor, Orange= Middle Class

Thank you very much.

I love the wharf fortress idea. There could be special workshops you put by the beach (for flavor not sure if you can make it needed) that can bring back food and loot from raiding missions at sea.