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Just play a normal Drow and say he is from a noble Line.
Drow noble is vastly more powerfull than the standart races.
in our homebrew game the only Paizo races that are worth playing are Strix and Human.
If that is the case, then we'd need more info on this setting before commenting on the value of the Drow Noble.
They're not really a normal race. They are a 41 BP base race vs. 14 for a standard Drow. That's like having a full level or 2 on everyone.
A Drow Noble if using the ARG should be starting at roughly 3 levels behind the other PC classes. However, that is a little much and Paizo has put up a Cleric 3 with a CR of 3, meaning their CR comes out to more like CR 1, though I would go the middle ground of CR 2 and just miss out on two class levels.
I'm interested in making a Drow Noble Paladin, but how powerful are they? Do they make other races pale in comparison? Because in our homebrew game the only Paizo races that are worth playing are Strix and Human. How does the drow noble fit in?
That's a strange world that only has two races worth playing. I'm curious about that.
For the most part, though, Drow Nobles are powerful. Normal Drow are fine, but the nobles have I think 41 RP versus the standard 8-12, meaning they're much more powerful than most races. Essentially your character will be more powerful than most other characters of the same level, especially at lower levels.
The most OP part of Drow Nobles is the constant detect magic. That's something players aren't meant to have. It means that every time there's a something magical you'd have a chance to figure out what it is, or at least know that there's something magic there. That can make DMing a lot more difficult.
Story-wise you'll also have to figure out why you're a Drow paladin. In most universes that contain Drow, at least, the vast majority are CE and would loathe and seek to kill any Drow that didn't follow that system, and a LG Drow would be particularly bad.
Hmm i was told in anothrr thread that elves who turn evil become drow as in transform. Just fluff him as a elf who went evil and then is on his path to redemption and hopefully a way back to normal elfdom. The bonuses could be handwaved as your elven bloodline is particularly powerful and gained the sla via transformation.
Drow Noble is overpowered for a race. The spell resistance is extremely powerful. Equal level casters will fail to hit you with spells 50% of the time. Drows have their own language (a version of sign language) that can be chosen as a bonus language. The SLAs allow for early prestige class access(Divine: L0, L1, L3 | Arcane: L0, L1, L2, L3). If that wasn't enough, they get +10 to stats with the only penalty being a -2 con. Did I mention they get poison use for free and have 2x normal darkvision range of other races? They also get lots of other more minor abilities.
If your GM allows you to play a Drow Noble, one or more of three things is true. 1) S/He's an idiot. 2) The campaign is going to be really hard. 3) S/he wants the party to play overpowered characters.
Hmm i was told in anothrr thread that elves who turn evil become drow as in transform. Just fluff him as a elf who went evil and then is on his path to redemption and hopefully a way back to normal elfdom. The bonuses could be handwaved as your elven bloodline is particularly powerful and gained the sla via transformation.Yeah, I'm not sure how Canon that actually is, but even if it is, redemption is fun.
The issue is balance, and it's still quite doable if you've got the play-style for it. The key is to play a character who doesn't matter even if they ARE way more powerful than the rest of the gang. Support roles, really sub-optimal class builds (like bog-standard monk, rogue, or healer cleric). As long as you are in a role that avoids the spotlight anyway, you won't be annoying everyone else by hogging the spotlight.
But the question is; can you be that player?
I played a drow noble pistolero mysterious stranger before errata on pistolero.
Granted i did survive a near tpk untouched but that was because the pixie oracle exploded an orc with black powder...then again that was due to me being away from the detonation area.I have also dmed for drow noble they take consideration but hardly enough to fret this much.
Personally, I'm rolling a Drow noble, keeping in the back doing support, I don't know if ANY of the other players have figured out what I am (sank a lotta points into a good disguise check) and we all seem to be having fun. For the record, my character is a Drow Noble, raised from infancy by an eccentric Bronze dragon, and I'm an archer (light crossbow) cleric. It's pretty much as BadWrongFun as you ever could get.
I'd be cautious of this approach. If you really want to be a Drow noble you should allow your party to know. Otherwise you're basically secretly making yourself more powerful than the rest of the party. At the very least the party should be aware of the OP character so they can react accordingly (in and out of character).
All the Drow Noble benefits are great. They will make you stronger. The SR is really sweet. None of this will save you from a bad roll or getting clawed to death by a dragon in melee.
I don't fret as a DM if my players want to be powerful. I wouldn't fret over a Drow noble or a Trox as long as everyone had access to them.
I get concerned when one person wants toys everyone else doesn't get.
Why not just play a normal Drow? They roleplay more easily and are studly as a race all by themselves.
Personally, I'm rolling a Drow noble, keeping in the back doing support, I don't know if ANY of the other players have figured out what I am (sank a lotta points into a good disguise check) and we all seem to be having fun. For the record, my character is a Drow Noble, raised from infancy by an eccentric Bronze dragon, and I'm an archer (light crossbow) cleric. It's pretty much as BadWrongFun as you ever could get.I'd be cautious of this approach. If you really want to be a Drow noble you should allow your party to know. Otherwise you're basically secretly making yourself more powerful than the rest of the party. At the very least the party should be aware of the OP character so they can react accordingly (in and out of character).That's why, like I said, I stay in the back and play support. Let the barbarian rack up the kills, and if he ever gets back let the party leader/face (a Fetchling, oddly enough) do the leading and the talking.
Not to mention he's the one that knows technology. I'm playing "out of her element and along for the ride" magic person in a world of Iron Gods and Alien Technology.
So are you not benefiting from being a noble versus a normal Drow? Or are you just trying to hide your more powerfulness behind a mask of never having to use it? (In either case, why not just be a normal Drow and not have the issue at all?)
As a wizard in a 2nd Darkness campaign let me tell you I hate the drow and everything but the darkvision they have. I've run against SR since I was a level 3 or so. It sucks. Sucks. Sucks. And your GM will hate you once he blows a good spell and it gets eaten by it.
He will then find ways to attack you with natural attacks. At least that was my plan when I allowed someone to play as just a basic drow.