Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark is a sourcebook for the Forgotten Realms using the 2nd-edition ruleset of Dungeons & Dragons.
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The place has many names: the Underdark, Deepearth, the Realms Below, the Night Below, the Lightless Lands. This vast world beneath the surface is home to fabled races such as beholders, cloakers, drow, illithids, and ixzan. Menzoberranzan, the dreaded City of Spiders, is only one of the hidden cities of the Underdark.
This 128-page book, compiled by the Underdark's most famous son, Drizzt Do'Urden, lays bare the bizarre societies that lurk in the Realms Below. It includes an overview of the major races of the Underdark, an Underdark survival guide, and details and maps of more than a dozen cities. Discover a drow city constructed entirely of calcified spider silk, a nigh-immortal dwarven king trapped in stone form, and a storehouse of knowledge that rivals Candlekeep. Learn the particulars of the alliance between Manshoon and the beholders of the Anaurian Hive, the ambitions of the true master of Firedrake Bay, and an explanation of the enduring strengths of the beholder cults along the Lake of Steam.
With Drizzt Do'Urden as your guide, a whole new world opens beneath your feet.”
Contents[]
The book details the Underdark in the north and west of Faerûn in the Forgotten Realms setting, including the city of Menzoberranzan, and the book has Drizzt Do'Urden as its nominal guide. The guide starts with an introduction that defines the physical boundaries of the Underdark, and also describes the intent and organization of the book and gives a brief list of D&D materials which have a strong connection to the Underdark.
- Introduction
- Drizzt's Survival Guide
- Underdark Civilizations
- Northern Cities
- Central Cities
- Southern Cities
Index[]
Characters[]
- Anaumycos • Aulagol • Belwar Dissengulp • Brickers • Catti-brie • Courdh Mizzrym • Dargentum • Drizzt Do'Urden • Durdyn Teh'kinrellz • Dyrr • Ellhimar • Fricknarti • Gapolploorg • Gorger Suntunavick • Guenhwyvar • Henkala Shadowsong • Hlaavin • Ildibane Nasadra • Ilserv • Jarlaxle • Kaanyr Vhok • Krashos Morueme • Krieger • Liriel Baenre • Manshoon • Marktarn • Methil El-Viddenvelp • Mikassa Mycophile • Morndin Gloomstorm • Ogremoch's Bane • Oksakex • Pumkato • Pvelnqa Tsunglyl • Qaxdivak • Relirva Indagley'Belash • Revlopar • Rhykdeq • Sangalor • Schnicktick • Seldig • Shakti Hunzrin • Shaun Taunador • Shindia Darkeyes • Shyntlara Auvryndar • Suntunavick • Thalynsar • The Ghost Ray • Vourdakeq • Vriild Denvenar • Xalyth • Zesstra Aleanrahel • Zoartik • Zz'Pzora
- Referenced only
- Firble • Lalondra • Xanathar • Zaknafein
Creatures[]
- aboleth • anguiliian • bainligor • beholder • bi-nou • blue ring octopus • chitine • cloaker • dao • dark creeper • derro • dire corby • doppleganger • drow • dwarf • duergar • gaund • gibberling • gloura • goblin • grell • gremlin • grimlock • half-drow • illithid • ixzan • kobold • kuo-toa • mongrelmen • orc • pech • phaerimm • quaggoth • roper • sharn • skulk • solifugid • svirfneblin • tanarukk • thaalud • troglodyte • urdunnirin • varkha
Locations[]
- Buildings & Sites
- Foaming Mug • Golden Hills Hearth • House Center • Phantasmal Glamours • Ruby in the Rough • Silent Shrieker • Singing Stones • Speaking Stones • Steadfast Stone • Trader's Grotto • Trillimac Stockade
- Realms
- Ammarindar • Barakuir • Cairnheim • Deep Shanatar • Korolnor • Drakkalor • Holorarar • Ilt'Zokir • Oghrann • Oldonnar • Sondarr • Torglor • Ultoksamrin • Xothaerin • Xun'Qoroth
- Ruins
- Dolblunde • Hellgate Keep
- Settlements
- Blingdenstone • Buiyrandyn • Ch'Chitl • Ched Nasad • Eryndlyn • Guallidurth • Gracklstugh • Iltkazar • Karsoluthiyl • Malydren • Menzoberranzan • Ooltul • Oryndoll • Rringlor Noroth • Sloopdilmonpolop • Sshamath • Tellectus • Yathchol • Zokir
- Wilderness
- Acid Aerie • Alatorin • Entemoch's Boon • Lake of Radiant Mists • Rift of Dhalnadar
- Referenced only
- Cormyr • Skullport • Waterdeep
Magic[]
- Items
- figurine of wondrous power • gem of seeing • ioun stone • key of entrance • pick of earth parting • stone of controlling earth elementals • tendril rings of Ilsensine • thought bottle
- Jewelry
- brooch of lingering heat • brooch of number numbing • brooch of perpetual youth • ring of antivenom • ring of arachnid control • ring of free action • ring of protection
- Potions
- oil of impact • oil of stone passage • potion of healing • potion of invisibility • potion of underground awareness
- Powders
- powder of the black veil • powder of coagulation
- Staves
- staff of the abyss • staff of withering
- Wands
- wand of acidic spheres • wand of darkness • wand of viscid globs
Organizations[]
- Alhoon Conclave • Clan Blackskull • Clan Cairngorm • Clan Gloomstorm • Clan Hammercane • Clan Steelshadow • Clan Thordensonn • Clan Thuldark • Clan Xundom • Concord of Elders • House Aleanrahel • House Argrach Dyrr • House Auvryndar • House Baenre • House Barrison Del'Armgo • House Faen Tlabbar • House Fey-Branche • House Hunzrin • House Mizzrym • House Teh'kinrellz • House Tuin'Tarl • House Xorlarrin
Religion[]
Miscellaneous[]
- Armor & Clothing
- beholder armor
- Events
- Battle of Keeper's Dale • Time of Troubles
- Fields of Study
- Mycology
- Items
- coffer • hammock • mouthpick
- Materials & Substances
- hizagkuur • salt • scrimshaw • tin • torch
- Plants
- mold (brown • chromatic • death • deep • gray • russet • sonic • yellow) • lichen torchstalk
- Professions
- minstrel
- Weapons
- nooker
Appendix[]
Credits[]
- Design: Eric L. Boyd
- Original Design: Ed Greenwood (Menzoberranzan, Realm of Stone and Shadow), Michael Leger (Menzoberranzan), Douglas Niles (Menzoberranzan), R. A. Salvatore (Menzoberranzan), Steven E. Schend (Karsoluthiyl)
- Research/Design Aid: Dale Donovan, Ed Greenwood, George Krashos, Julia Martin, Steven E. Schend, and David Wise
- Referenced Authors: Aaron Allston, Belinda G. Ashley, Jim Bambra, Wolfgang Baur, Tim Beach, Scott Bennie, Don Bingle, Grant Boucher, Jim Butler, Monte Cook, Bruce R. Cordell, Elaine Cunningham, Troy Christensen, Arthur Collins, Dale Donovan, Jan Duursema, Nigel Findley, Ed Greenwood, Jeff Grubb, E. Gary Gygax, Eric Haddock, Dale "Slade" Henson, Jennell Jaquays, James Lowder, Julia Martm, Colin McComb, Kevin Melka, Roger E. Moore, Bruce Nesmith, Douglas Niles, Chris Perry, R. A. Salvatore, Carl Sargent, Steven E. Schend, Christopher M. Schwartz, Dave Simons, John Terra, Mike Whelan, Skip Williams, Ray Winninger.
- Editing: Jeff "Zippy" Quick
- Cover Art: Fred Fields
- Interior Art: Michael Collins
- Cartography: Dennis Kauth
- Typography: Eric Haddock
- Graphic Design and Production: Dee Barnett
- Creative Direction: Kij Johnson and Stan!
- Art Direction: Paul Hanchette
- Special Thanks to: Elaine Cunningham, Ed Greenwood, George Krashos, Jeff Quick, R. A. Salvatore, Steven Schend
