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Originally posted by Kaleban:
Assuming you guys are right about night raids, you do fail to take one thing into account: the Drow's extremely war-like nature.
A race such as the Drow does not garner a reputation of fear without a reason, and hitting caravans at night really isn't going to do it.
Eventually, they will have to make WAR, and when that happens, their vaunted "clever craft" will serve to be their undoing.
Warlike does not mean suicidal or stupid. Drow warfare is all about subtle commando-type attacks under cover of darkness where they can use their special abilities to the fullest. They've lived for millenia under the surface of the earth with no light of any kind, except for patches of faerie fire in their cities. They have excellent darkvision and are masters at fighting blind and using senses other than sight. They wouldn't throw all those advantages away to fight a surface war in the sunlight.