Or rather, in aaw games setting aventyr norwegian for adventure, btw. The underdark was the vast network of underground caverns and tunnels underneath the surface of abeirtoril. September 2008 drow of the underdark 3 5 pdf downloaddrow of the underdark 3 5 pdf. Drow of the underdark is the definitive resource for dark elves in the dungeons. Download drow of the underdark 2nd edition pdf free. Some of the class features, feats, and spells described in drow of the underdark use these concepts. The drow are presented as a player character race for 3rd edition in expedition to the demonweb pits 2007 and drow of the underdark 2007. Their cities are dark and twisted cradles of treachery and corruption, their myriad. Underdark provides a wealth of highly detailed information about one of the most popular regions in the forgotten realms world, the world beneath the ground. Drow of the underdark also features the arcane guard, the drow assassin, the house captain, the house wizard, the drow inquisitor, the favored consort, the drow priestess, the drow slaver, the spider. Yet for all that, the monster manual gives drow alignment as. Underdarks underdark lies beneath the world of the nentir vale. How to run an underdark rpg campaign skullsplitter dice. What did the old sage, among the greatest and almost certainly the most widelyexperienced living mages of faerun, know of drow.
Inhabited by monstrous and evil creatures that shun the. Drow of the underdark pdf version rpg item version rpggeek. Navigating the tower is brutal in itself but in order to stop matron mother maelora, the pcs will also have to escape the friggin demplane of venom now fully depicted and containing one of the most iconic boss battles ive seen in ages. Welcome to the forgotten realms endless quest books, where you dont just read a fantastic tale. Forgotten realms the drow of the underdark free download as pdf file. Deep below the surface realm, in the perpetual gloom of the underdark, the drow conspire to subjugate the world in the name of their dread spider goddess. Distributed in the united states to the book trade by holtzbrinck. Players handbook dungeon masters guide monster manual. In the total absence of concepts like a day, a month, or even a year, id expect to see strange and foreign methods of timekeeping, and even stranger followon effects to underdark societies and the way creatures there experience the. Like draconomicon, this is a book about a singular monstrous culture but it actually spends a lot more. Many of the drow words and phrases appearing below are excerpts from the drow of the underdark. The book features cover art by jeff easley, and interior art by tim bradstreet and rick harris this book details the nature of dark elves, dark elven society, drow religion including eilistraee, ghuanadarthe elder elemental god, lolth, and.
Drow, for instance, trance for 4 hours instead of sleeping for 8, and who knows what mindflayers do. The underdark landscape imagine kingdoms and cities some governed by goblins, some by dwarves, and some by gnomes. It contains new races and subraces, expands upon the lore of fanfavorites like the drow, and brings back a sense of excitement and exploration to subterranean realms. The region called the underdark is an entire world beneath the feet of the surface dwellers of faerun. The underdark is a world unto itself and, if imagined well, an underdarkthemed campaign can make yours one of the most memorable your players have ever experienced. Similarly the late 3e drow of the underdark 2007 was more generic.
Draconomicon 1990, as it was the second book in a series meant to expand upon elements of the forgotten realms that went beyond the geography of the fr series 19871993. The mind flayers and cloakers came from the dungeoneers survival guide, though the latter are one of the least know of these races. A swift action consumes a very small amount of time, but represents a larger expenditure of effort and energy than a free action. You awaken in an underground cell, stripped of your armor and your sword. After getting out of the underdark and finishing the fight with any remaining drow, the pcs are finally out of the underdark, they have come close to 2 or more demon lords and are the best informed people about the underdark problems. Forgotten realms accessory, 2nd edition advanced the forgotten realms campaign set. The underdark drow, duergar, and svirneblin oh my terrible the underdark drow, duergar, and svirneblin oh my terrible.
It was home to a host of evil beings driven deep into the caverns at the end of the age of demons. Everything you want to know about drow and their subterranean homeland as well as some things you didnt want to know can be found in this tome. Races of the underdark pdf the underdark was the vast network of underground public policy making in zimbabwe pdf. Drow of the underdark is the name of two supplemental rules books for the dungeons. Forgotten realms the drow of the underdark drow dungeons. Out of the abyss chapter 7 escape from the underdark. Meanwhile, the underdark became truly universal with the launch of eberron in 2004. As a result, it was not always possible to travel from one end of the underdark.
A free city inhabited by all manner of creatures, it can serve as a location to be explored by adventurers, or as great jumping off point for starting an underdarkbased campaign without the complicated politics of starting pcs particularly nondrow in erelheicinlu. The drow of the underdark is perhaps the only book which will give you precise details and also a lot of aid in creating a drow pc or npc. Faeruns underdark is not a single, contiguous cavern system, and even places on the same level may not connect to each other. Deep below the surface realm of the underdark, the drow conspire to subjugate the world in t. Going through everything from drow history to magical items, the drow of the underdark is a must for all players. Its a land of writhing, connected tunnels created by the monstrous and mad deity torog.
Brand new illustrations by mates laurentiu, rick hershey, jacob blackmon, jen page, and satine phoenix. Drizzt dourdens guide to the underdark 2e wizards of. Underdark depicts an underworld ruled by aboleth, beholders, cloakers, drow, dwarves, illithids, ixzan, kuotoa, and svirfneblin. No other race holds a candle to their ruthless depravity and thirst for power.
The drow and kuotoa were of course the subjects of gary gygaxs original d series. The drow got even more attention in a new drow of the underdark supplement 2007, but that was more of a monster book than a look at the geography of the lands beneath the earth. For2 the drow of the underdark 2e wizards of the coast. It is meant to be used with 1st edition advanced dungeons and dragons rules and the menzoberranzan boxed set, for2 drow of the underdark, and drizzt. This book details the nature of dark elves, dark elven society, drow religion including eilistraee.
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