This chapter describes a number of prestige classes often pursued by natives of the underdark. Underdark or surface world, in their own cities where rival drow may strike with a dagger, dart, or spell at any time, or even at home where rival family members may seize an unguarded moment to. A drow city is a sprawling metropolis enclosed by high walls to keep enemies out, and is home to thousands of dark elves. Since this poison is not a magical effect, drow and other elves are. Drow society is cutthroat, and its politics are rife with intrigue.
Its base size the maximum usable by drow of 4th level or less is a. It states halfdrow have the standard racial traits of halfelves given in the players handbook, except that their favored class is the class in which they. Hall of the fire giant king 1978, but they get their full detailing here, including a description of one of their cities and details on their competing noble families. Monster manual 2or by crafting your own nonplayer character using the. Specifically, the underdark refers to the massive cave system that plunges into the depths of the world unlike the hollow world of mystara or any homebrew setting using the hollow earth form of setting aesthetics, these are just caves, rather than being lit. Personal magic all civilized drow receive training in wizardly magic discussed in the next chapter, both to test their aptitude for casting spells and to train them in. Deep below the surface realm of the underdark, the drow conspire to subjugate the world in the name of their dread spider goddess. Drow of the underdark is the definitive resource for dark elves. It also reveals how the worship of the elder elemental god may be threatening the drows matriarchal goddess, lolth. Deep below the surface realm of the underdark, the drow conspire to. Their entire ability set is one that is supposed to neutralize the advantages of player characters so that characters can have mirror matches against npc parties without doubling their treasure. The native habitat of iconic races like the drow and duergar, its also home to.
Drow typically coat arrows and crossbow bolts with this poison, but it can also be applied to a melee weapon. The biggest thing for me seems to be reconciling a drow character with how evil the drow are. The dark depths of the underdark is the perfect location to stage a spiderkind themed adventure. The book of deepwyrm drow master set iii battle for the underdark if you cannot see the army card graphic, check hasbros unit page for stats and special powers, plus character biography and other nongame unit info. Have you adventurers stumbled upon a map that leads to a treasure buried deep in an underground cave. Similarly the late 3e drow of the underdark 2007 was more generic. They have a bonus of 5 at taco when they made a backstab. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, or join the discussion, where you can join the project and find out how to help. Their cities are dark and twisted cradles of treachery and corruption, their myriad. The group i dm for have decided to take a complete left turn surprise, surprise. It is a domain of primeval mysteries and unending war, a hidden world of cruel masters and hopeless slaves, filled with monstrous races that were old. Its a land of writhing, connected tunnels created by the monstrous and mad deity torog.
Where prestige classes are concerned, the assassin is without a doubt at the top of the list. Menace of the underdark is now available, so we took a tour of the new expansion to. Drow, phaerimms, and other abominations of the subterranean world are known for their arcane abilities. Blue and purple and all the tints thereof are the most unusual eye colors, and usually denote human or surfaceelven blood somewhere in the drows ancestry. Start this article has been rated as startclass on the projects quality scale. Shocking void hosts weekly events for all players to participate in. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing. You can draw from nearby magical shadow to cloak yourself.
Lolth the spider queen, queen of the demonweb pits, fleshcarver, weaver of webs intermediate deity symbol. Many times their armies have attacked this land, and every time they have been pushed back. Players guide on sale in a pdf bundle for a limited time. Are your adventurers making the long descent down to the underdark.
It is also a popular destination for parties of adventurers with more wanderlust than sense. Drow the drow are perhaps the most overused bunch of villains ever. Drow of the underdark pdf version rpg item version. Get the rise of the drow 500 page settingadventure book, rise of the drow prologue. 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. The first table is an optional modifier table, used to. The scarcity of resources in the underdark and the limited chances for advancement within the. Underdarks underdark lies beneath the world of the nentir vale. The complete manual of the drow foreword this document is a supplement for dms and players who want to play drows characters. The underdark is the home of the drow, and is thus teeming with many varieties of spiderkind. The head of a female drow with spiders legs home plane. It is described as a vast subterranean network of interconnected caverns and tunnels, stretching beneath entire continents and forming an underworld for surface settings. A more mechanically invested version of the 3e halfdrow didnt come to be until towards the end of the editions lifespan, when the 3e version of the splatbook drow of the underdark. Tyrants of the underdark pits 2 to 4 players against each other to take over territory in the tumultuous underdark, mashing up deckbuilding mechanics with board control.
Designed by peter lee, rodney thompson, and andrew veen. The drow of the underdark by ed greenwood goodreads. Note that drow have no special ability to apply poison without risking being poisoned themselves. In the 5th edition of the dungeons and dragons roleplaying setting, forgotten realms, the world of toril has a unique and extensive network of underground caverns. A typical drow carries 1d41 doses of drow knockout poison. The demonweb pits, 66th layer of the abyss alignment. I mean, the whole drow culture are like if nazi germany had a baby with north korea and then someone came along and shot that kid full of preworkout and. A set of tables for generating encounters in the underdark. Yet for all that, the monster manual gives drow alignment as. Underdark biomes interesting locations in the bowels of. The underdark is a huge set of caverns, tunnels spanning the entire world, and the below tables detail some of the encounters you may have in this frightening place. They were hated and feared due to their cruelty, though some. When you take your time in combat, you quickly assess.
Note that some informations some deities, many drow names and some charts are from the following books, owned by tsr or woc, i dont know. Drow still enjoy perfume, incense, and the like, but their smell is only about as acute as that of most humans far less than that of many native inhabitants of the underdark. Many drow cities have prestigious and infamous academies that train prospective youths in various philosophies of death, and these assassins guilds have produced some. There more than likely will not be major changes to the document, but if there are, you may not be. Underdark, a realm of endless labyrinthine tunnels and caverns. No other race holds a candle to their ruthless depravity and thirst for power. Drow teeth may be black, white, or purple, and their gums, tongues, and throats pink, red, or purple. Your innate power over the darkness extends to your senses. Underdark comes in at 159 pages, 6 chapters, 38 monsters, 16 mapped encounters, and 1 stated god, torog, who may be the most fleshed out god in 4e s pantheon to date, and he is one seriously fed up dude to boot. Although the drow profess to be the noble, rightful rulers of the underdark, most are interested only in personal power and their own survival. Thismonthsinstallmentof unearthedarcana featuresanumberofnewcharacteroptions. The underdark is an inhospitable and dangerous place, full of monstrous creatures. Going through everything from drow history to magical items, the drow of the underdark is a must for all players. The dark elves trace their lineage back tens of thousands of years, when the elves of good defeated the drow in a great war and banished them to the subterranean underdark.
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