Drow of the Underdark

This article is about the 3.5 edition accessory. For the 2nd edition version, see The Drow of the Underdark.

Drow of the Underdark is an accessory for the 3.5^th-edition of Dungeons & Dragons^® ruleset.

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The essential guide to drow characters and drow society. At last, dark elves get their due! Drow of the Underdark is a 224-page Dungeons & Dragons supplement that provides the definitive treatise on the drow, arguably the D&D game's most evocative evil race. Everything you want to know about drow and their subterranean homeland—as well as some things you didn't know—can be found in this tome. This supplement is intended for players who want to play drow characters and Dungeon Masters who want to run D&D adventures and campaigns featuring drow.

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Contents[]

Introduction
Chapter 1: All About the Drow
Chapter 2: Drow Options
Chapter 3: Prestige Classes
Chapter 4: Drow Equipment
Chapter 5: Monsters of the Underdark
Chapter 6: Campaigns and Adventures
Chapter 7: Erelhei-Cinlu
Appendix: For Player Characters

Description[]

Unlike the 2^nd-edition accessory of the same name, Drow of the Underdark is not tied to any specific campaign setting. It was primarily intended for DM use, however players can use information from the book to play as a drow character or half-drow character, as well as to fight against drow, or to adventure in the Underdark in general.

The first chapter contains general information about drow and contains few rules other than drow racial traits. A guide to drow names and their meanings is also included. The following chapter contains new uses for various skills, new feats (including general, metamagic, ambush, divine, vile, and weapon style feats), alternate class features for many classes, and new spells and invocations (some of which require the user to be a drow). The new prestige classes found in the third chapter include Arachnomancer, Cavestalker, Demonbinder, Dread Fang of Lolth, Eye of Lolth, Insidious Corrupter, and Kinslayer. Each prestige class also contains a sample NPC ready for quick use.

Chapter four contains new mundane, alchemical, and magic items, along with poisons, magic-infused poisons, and artifacts. Numerous new monsters are presented in chapter five, including the deep dragon, trolls, goblins, and draegloth. There are also numerous ready-to-use drow NPC statistics. Statistics for one monster, the vril, were accidentally left out of the book.

Gallery[]

Credits[]

Designers: Robert J. Schwalb, Ari Marmell, Anthony Pryor, Greg A. Vaughan
Development: Andy Collins
Editors: Ray Vallese, Beth Griese
Editorial Assistance: Michele Carter, Jennifer Clarke Wilkes, Daniel Nagler
Freelance Manager: Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel
Editing Manager: Kim Mohan
Design Manager: Christopher Perkins
Development Manager: Jesse Decker
Director of RPG R&D: Bill Slavicsek
Senior Art Director D&D: Stacy Longstreet
Art Director: Mari Kolkowsky, Karin Jaques
Cover Artist: Francis Tsai
Interior Artists: Steve Ellis, Wayne England, Lars Grant-West, Tomás Giorello, Jackoilrain, William O'Connor, Richard Sardinha, Beth Trott, Francis Tsai, Franz Vohwinkel, Eva Widermann, James Zhang
Cartographer: Jason Engle
Graphic Designer: Mari Kolkowski
Graphic Production Specialist: Angelika Lokotz
Image Technician: Christina Wiley
Production Managers: Josh Fischer, Randall Crews

Index[]

Click here for page index

Magic[]

Spells: armored vermin • Bebilith blessing • combat readiness • dominate vermin • dridershape • engulfing terror • greater spider form • lesser spider form • magical backlash • shadow double • shadow shroud • snuff the light • spider form • Yochlol blessing

Appendix[]

External links[]

Drow of the Underdark Art Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. (2007-05-09). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2020-11-29.
Drow of the Underdark Map Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. (2007-05-29). Archived from the original on 2015-09-10. Retrieved on 2021-11-06.
Excerpts: Drow of the Underdark (HTML). Excerpts Archive. Wizards of the Coast. (2007-04-30). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-11-06.
Drow of the Underdark Errata (HTML). Wizards of the Coast. (2007-05-04). Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved on 2021-11-06.
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