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Okay, that last post cleared one of my questions (concerning half-drow).

My character's ORIGINAL background story is this:

Vinny's Story

Ravinnys Vinny Baenre is the son of Ryvalt Baenre, an evil Drow general, and Jannah Rae, a skilled human ranger.

But he doesn't know that.

He currently lives in Mithral Hall, making a good living by adventuring and selling trinkets and stuff.

His earliest memory is of being raised by his uncle Debau ChEry and (while still a preteen) accompanying his older and more experienced cousins on stereotypical Drow killing raids. On these raids he learned the art of swordfighting, stealth, and finding trinkets and stuff and also developed a taste for faerie blood.

During one of these raids, he was captured by an elven druid named Elenmyr and his cousins abandoned him for dead when they returned to their home in the Underdark. The druid saw Vinny's potential for good and taught him the ways of light before he could become corrupted by his Drow brethren.
Vinny later left Elenmyr to start adventuring on his own.

Over the next 780 year or so, he explored many dungeons, honing his skills and meeting many adventurers, including a human soldier named Morgue and a rogue Drow female named Erelyn Kareese.

While adventuring in a heavily guarded Orcish lair, he found his famous acid scimitar, and soon adopted it as his favored weapon. He outlived Morgue, but Erelyn remained a close friend through the years.

Not long after Vinny's 800th birthday he encountered Arthrought ap Ankar, the young king of a distant land known as Forynoth. Arthrought was traveling with his chief bard, a powerful druid named Elenlys (who happened to be the son of Elenmyr, Vinnys former mentor.) Soon, they joined forces, and the group became a foursome and later a quintet with the addition of Glacier, the not-too-bright barbarian musician/warrior.

The group traveled together for years, encountering many characters and slaying many unspeakable horrors. All this time, Vinnys nearly insatiable appetite for wealth was outweighed only by his loyalty to his friends. However, he did manage to amass a small fortune in diamonds, as well as his elven chain mail shirt and many more rare items and trinkets. He also discovered his ability (which is somehow connected to the tattoo that covers the entire left side of his body, which he was born with) to unleash blasts of kinetic energy from his left palm, and he practiced this until he was able to use it as a powerful weapon in combat.

Like many famous Dwarven rock bands, the group split up when Arthrought married Erelyn and they settled down to rule in Forynoth. Vinny and Glacier continued adventuring together, although recently they have parted to pursue different quests.

Vinny is tall at 62, and is lean but sharply muscled, with light blue skin and his famous blue scrollwork tattoo. He has shockingly white hair and white, pupil-less eyes. He still carries his trusty scimitar, although the rest of his treasures are stored in Arthroughts castle for safekeeping. He still has no idea about his original ancestry, other than his race(s) and does not even know so much as his own full name.

One of Vinny's most notable traits is his almost uncontrollable desire for gold and treasures of any kind. He is willing to share his profits with fellow adventurers, assuming that they helped to acquire it. Also, he would never sell out his friends for any kind of treasure. Aside from his greed and constant use of colorful metaphors, he is trustworthy, handsome, and generally likeable, although sarcasm on his tongue tastes almost as sweet as faerie blood.
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I know the whole "leaving the underdark" thing is a bit too Drizzt-ish, and it makes no sense in THIS campaign. Right now I'm trying to come up with a new backstory and a decent concept to fit the Descent into Darkness campaign. My parents are hardcore anti-DnD baptists, so I don't own any DnD books myself, but I DO play d20 Modern and GURPS and have read about half of the Drizzt books. My original "Vinny" character is an 8th-level Shadow Slayer in d20 Modern: Urban Arcana, and I have a working knowledge of DnD conversions and rules. I will need some help from someone who actually owns some of the rulebooks (for classes and creating my new character, etc.) The main concept is a half-drow fighter-type with highest stats in Appearance, Strength, and Charisma, respectively. I prefer to only use the bare minimum amount of magic, if any at all. If you have any suggestions, PLEASE tell me. Right now I'm sort of in one of those "alone-in-the-dark" situations, but I really want to join (so I'll be "alone-in-the-Underdark") and I've read all the rules and stuff. I'm not asking you to make my character, that would be a complete waste of time and I would be ignored forever, I just need somewhere to start. Thanks for your time.

--Vinny

The original age was based on the fact that I thought all drow were unaging (like elves), although Vinny's "effective age" was somewhere between 18 and 28 on the scale of a human lifespan. I'll go with 40, to make him experienced but still young.
Thanks for your advice; it is much appreciated.