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I like seeing all the Selune worshipping being suggested. My second level Drow paladin worships Selune. Bringing light unto darkness is something she strongly believes in. My paladin also has a home region of the East Rift, but is not related to Dambrath.

Markusdark wrote:

Well I'll give you that, sort of. However, none of the rules of the RPGA state that a posting on the message boards counts as a valid rule source. Now, if I am in error, I'd be happy to admit it. I have looked over the RPGA rules as well as the LFG character creation rules and can't find it but I could be wrong.

Instead of taking the position that you are somehow wrong I will take the position that you are correct. Let's say that you are indeed correct in your current reading of the rules. Further let's say you really enjoy playing and become attached to your character concept. If the character creation rules get updated to make your character's worship of Lolth against the rules then what happens? If this Lolth worship is central to your character concept and part of your fun then this character you have enjoyed is in trouble. You can't say you weren't warned.

Unfortunately someone new to the campaign who isn't on these boards or one of the yahoo groups could have a character worshipping an evil deity. The rule change could catch them by surprise and they could understandably be somewhat miffed. Unfortunately for your character as well I can't see anyway the continuance of this discussion and participation of campaign staff in this thread doesn't insure that campaign staff will not forget to include the line against worshipping evil deities in the next update to the rules that you indicate you will abide by.

Durik_ke_Mendeyr wrote:

I like seeing all the Selune worshipping being suggested. My second level Drow paladin worships Selune. Bringing light unto darkness is something she strongly believes in. My paladin also has a home region of the East Rift, but is not related to Dambrath.

No wish to join House Huruafair?

The Huruafair family is quite tight. While there is no problem with recognizing your parents, it is expected that your primary loyalty is with the family, not your biological parents.
I guess it is easier if you marry into the family, rather than being 'adopted' (which is mostly used for fugitives of evil drow societies).
Marriage is often a matter of politics rather than a matter of love (not that love is not important, just that the family sees marriage and love as two separate things). I.e. Tesh parents have plans to marry her to a man she has never seem before. She takes far-away missions (assigned her by the house's matron mother) to avoid the confrontation with her future husband, as she doesn't really feel ready for a life where her parents may suddenly expect her to have children. She isn't ready for that (especially not after playing a certain module...).

The family is not a closed group - they do associate with others, especially those that aid in protecting the Rift. While they are more isolated than other groups, this is mostly due to the perception of a drow-based family, despite their record so far. Those who see past the dark skin and appreciate the family's efforts generally find them very welcoming.
It is merely that if you wish to join the family, they do expect you to be loyal to them first, others second. It is a remnant from the time they formed a minor house in Dambrath (pre-Spellplague), before they fled, when trust was hard to come by and loyalty - uncanny for drow - was what kept the house from being elliminated.
People who marry into the house may find that they gain not just a spouse, but a second mother, and several aunts, sisters, brothers, cousins, and additional family as well, some of which may be eager to point out how to 'best' integerate in the family (so as to fulfill their expectations) - all of which is well intended, by the way, but may not be less annoying.