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{Original Introduction}I've been explore the world of the Drow and have found that there isn't much on the common Drow. Maybe its the places I go to or the search terms I use, but I can't find a lot of information. Anyway, my questions on common Drow life are the following.{Original Introduction}
This thread has been a bit modified, though its purpose remains the same. To allow people to discuss, question, and explore the world that the roleplay hopes to embody. Questions from everyone is encouraged. From newbies to long time roleplayers. There are three sections at present.
Underground Society
Roleplay Information Questions
Discussion Based Questions
Please feel free to ask for another section to be added or for questions to be add to the list. I want to have this expand and help our admin better inform us.

Underground Society

Whats does the common Drow eat?
Answer: Rothe (a small ox like create), fungus (moss, mushrooms, etc.), algae, lichen. Look to El'inssrigg menu (first page) for foods and beverages.

How do the common Drow get money? (Just different methods of obtaining money, such as jobs)
Answer: Commoners usually try to find employment in Noble Houses or guilds.

What are somethings that drive the common Drow to continue?
Answer: There is alway the chance to move up in social circles. These chance are rare and are highly sought after.

How does the common Drow move up in the lower circles?
Answer: Any means necessary, but most of the time it involves someone else death.

Do they know how to write and count? Are they taught in a public school setting or is it just luck?
Answer: For the common drow, it really by luck. Unlike Nobles, the only teaching a drow might get is with their magic. If they are not accepted do to their magic, they are likely to be let go. This means that younger Drows are dependent of learn basic count from either their family or through encounters.


Roleplay Information Questions


What is the currency of the different cities?
Answer: copper, silvers, gold, and platinum. Yes, most Drow societies use gold as the common currency, but its not unusual to have stamped coins bearing the city mark or even the mark of a ruling house.

Is the currency different for each city?
Answer:It can be, some cities just use whatever gold they have, others use a more feudal system, gold is weighed and value depends on the weight of the gold item or the gold value it its something else (food, slaves). Occasionally in smaller settlements the barter system is used, but once the numbers or drow rise, they commonly return to the gold value system.

What is the currency of each city called?
Answer

How do drows tell time? We do we follow that here in the roleplay?
Answer:A collumn of stone is infused with magical Faerie Fire which raises 1/12 for an hour. At what is Noon the collumn is fully lite and then descends at 1/12 for an hour. Other cities have other designs, but they basically have the same set up. Telescopes or other nocturnal astronomical devices are used on the surface cities of the drows.

What is the currency, according to math? (Example: it take 15 silvers to equal 3 gold, though for every 3 silver, you have 1 gold.)
Answer: 10 coppers for 1 silver, 10 silvers for 1 gold, 10 golds for 1 platinum.

What is passing time called? Example:hours, days, weeks, minutes the question does need to go into specific This is still open...since only one part of the question was answered.
Answer:I did some research a day is called a cycle.

What are months of the UnderGaia? Do we even special months?
Answer:A Faerun calendar tool.

What year is it currently in rp?
Answer:[T]he time-frame would be the month of Ches (3rd month or March) in the year 1372 (Current year or 2010) of the Dale Reckoning.
current month: Is Eleint or the 9th month.

If you created character's, but then loss interest in playing them. What do you do? Do you leave them alone, profiles untouched? Or do you tell a person in charge and they delete the profile?
Answer:It appears that, yes. You can create then dump a character depending your mood. However you should still check with the crew of the guild before you drop an active character.

Is there a set system to creating a House (Qu'ellar-Is that the right spelling?). Are they're guide lines to how to create them? Do you need approval from the higher up's to create one?
Answer:You can take notes for the currently existing houses or check out the thread Undergaia Houses for Dummies.

Are their sub-houses (minor -Qu'ellar) that are attached to the major ones. Like branches of a larger house, ruled by someone tied to a bigger house?
Answer: There is no reason why there can not be sub-houses in a Qu'ellar. However it should fit somewhere in your House or it won't work.


Discussion Based Questions(Those that can have opinion based answers)

what are the favored drow weapons and classes? (From Aglo I)
Link to where the discussion started


Please remember that even if a question is crossed off, it does mean you can still answer it. We might not all agree with the answer given, so disagreement are possible.

Um, what Rothe?

Thanks for sharing that. That is one question; there are several more to go.

Thanks for the answers. They will definitly help me, when I rp as Janzyne. Though I am interested in the currency informaton.
What is the currency, according to math? Example: it take 15 silvers to equal 3 gold, though for every 3 silver, you have 1 gold.

I'm just posting to keep this topic from sliding away into a forgotten realm of the forum. I feel like this is a good idea and I also like reading about the newest answer. So please post if you have an idea of what an answer might be. Thank you.

Thank you for adding your answer. Hmm...its also caused a another question to pop into my head.
What is passing time called? Example:hours, days, weeks, minutes the question does need to go into specific.

What are months of the UnderGaia? Do we even special months?

Woah, that is a good one. Thanks for adding it!