A drow city is a sprawling metropolis enclosed by high walls to keep enemies out, and is home to thousands of dark elves. The players handbook 2 caused a surprisingly large upheaval at wizards of the coast that had nothing to do with its content. This is in part due to their nature, and in part due to the cutthroat society into which they are indoctrinated from the day of their first word. Jun 16, 2016 designed by peter lee, rodney thompson, and andrew veen, and produced by gale force nine, tyrants of the underdark is a competitive board game in which you play as a drow house recruiting monsters, cultists and demons to aid you in controlling locations such as menzoberranzan and blingdenstone. Even drow who flee from the harsh existence in the underdark suffer a harsh life.
The existence of underdark settlements beneath waterdeep and ravens bluff, for example, does not mean that it is possible to travel from one city to the other underground. How does this book compare to the races of line of the era. Its a land of writhing, connected tunnels created by the monstrous and mad deity torog. 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. Going through everything from drow history to magical items, the drow of the underdark is a must for all players. Drow of the underdark pdf version rpg item version. The team of seven designers working on the players handbook 2 was large, even for the 4e era. The scarcity of resources in the underdark and the limited chances for advancement within the society. The underdark is teeming with dangers unlike any on canus known surface. Tyrants of the underdark is a competitive strategy game board. It is designed for starters of 6th level and takes players up to around 18th level. The public learned about it on april 6, 2009 when wizards filed three lawsuits against a total of eight defendants who were illegally distributing digital files of the players handbook 2 online. Yet who can resist the promise of the jewels of ardor. The drow are using this area to begin their surface raids.
The world has changed since the spellplague, and from this arcane crucible have emerged shining kingdoms, tyrannical empires, mighty heroes, and monsterinfested dungeons. The clergy of vendargolth want to see the drows control the world the underdark ans the surface. If you fail an intelligence check to recall some piece of underdark lore, you know a source you can consult for the answer unless the dm rules that the lore is unknown. Shocking void hosts weekly events for all players to participate in. Perpetually dark in most regions, the underdark is filled with creatures that long ago developed darkvision or enhanced senses to compensate, often becoming intolerant of true light as a result of their adaptation. Underdark s underdark lies beneath the world of the nentir vale. This material is not sorted by value or quality, the attempt was simply to cull any mention of a sphere.
It can be played in conjunction with the darkness arrives, the prologue to this adventure that support pcs of level 1 to 6, and the commander of malice, and epilogue to. The underdark wilderness area map walkthrough and guide. Many academics would also argue that learning for learnings sake is what separates people from animals. These aberrants abhor most humanoids and fight with a belief that their home was taken from them unjustly. Blingdenstone if the adventurers encountered the pudding king and uncovered evidence of juiblexs presence near blingdenstone, they might want to return there to confirm that the svirfneblin settlement remains safe from the demon lords influence. 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. The draw of the unknown has a powerful pull on some curious humanoids of canus. Underdark, and what might have changed or shifted in their absence. Poison among the underdark races, the drow were the most skilled in.
They urge you to join them help them take on the deadly drow threatening their excavation, and you can share in the spoils. Underdark 4th edition sourcebook forgotten realms wiki. Although light sources in the underdark draw atten tion, most inhabitants. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from underdark at the discogs marketplace. Theres a lot of good information here, and coupled with the menzoberranzan. Dangers below was ever a creature more appropriately named than the roper. Ddhctoa4 something evil is devouring the souls of the living in chult, but before the characters. The first table is an optional modifier table, used to spice up the other three if necessary. The drow are, nearly to a one, scheming, manipulative, and often surprisingly vicious. The underdark is a harsh realm where two overwhelming drives rule. As they draw near to their village, they see a plume ofsmoke rise over the horizon.
These tunnels and caverns are typically five to 20 miles below the surface, and have very few connections to either the deepest of those shallow diggings known as dungeons, or with the. It has a couple herbs, like the amaunanth poison, which has a pretty high dc 19 for the 100 gp market price, dealing 2d4 hp damage initial and unconscious as secondary. As a grave threat to the entire surface world develops in the wartorn dark elf city of maerimydra, intrepid heroes must discover its source and destroy it, if they can. Poison among the underdark races, the drow were the most skilled in the use of poisons and toxins.
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. A set of tables for generating encounters in the underdark. What i actually used in both rise of the drow and razor coast is approximately on par, with rise of the drow even winning by a margin. To reflect the true deadliness of drow in combat, dms are urged to have them use. The dark depths of the underdark is the perfect location to stage a spiderkind themed adventure.
Guide to the spheres 2 fangenerated material is often quite good, but is simply too little known. Ive been ruling that the underdark doesnt start until roughly 3 miles below the surface, and that a surface cave must connect to, or have once relatively recently connected to, a cave system of significant size at that depth for it to ever eventually be considered part of the underdark. Faeruns underdark is not a single, continuous cavern system, and even places on the same level may not connetc to each other. Dwarves have uncovered riches in a long lost outpost in the underdark. City of intrigue source book you can significantly increase your arsenal. It is a domain of primeval mysteries and unending war, a hidden. No other race holds a candle to their ruthless depravity and thirst for power. This vast subterranean domain holds thousands of adventure possibilities and myriad threats, including drow, mind flayers, dragons, and worse. The revised moat house poster map among others can also be found in the excellent shattered keeps map pack. 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.
This is a special, limited edition and limited print run hardcover book with all the trimmings. Your innate power over the darkness extends to your senses. This chapter describes a number of prestige classes often pursued by natives of the underdark. Update to this handbook, i found that silver marches has a whole fauna section i overlooked, page 38 to 40 to be specific. Monster manual 2or by crafting your own nonplayer character using the. Drow society is cutthroat, and its politics are rife with intrigue. Honestly you got plenty of ideas, what exactly you looking for. Aberrants the underdark beneath findalay teems with all manner of aberrant creatures looking to take the lives of the folk of quatus. The underdark is the home of the drow, and is thus teeming with many varieties of spiderkind. We played an underdark campaign one time that sadly ended just as things began to get interesting.
Each copy will be fully decked out and signed by the authors pending stretch goals. Aug 20, 2012 4shared forgotten realms d20 shared folder free file sharing, 49,384 kb, file. Forgotten realms players guide 4e by wizards of the coast. After a few generations of hard work and by the dark blessings of the evil gods above, the drow forged themselves into a society based around the hate and vengeance they felt in their collective hearts against their surface cousins. The tilesets which came with the hordes of the underdark expansion pack were used in several persistent worlds, most notably escape from the underdark. When you take your time in combat, you quickly assess. Any violent conflict draws the attention of the drow. Many creatures of the underdark are drawn to the power of the. Yet for all that, the monster manual gives drow alignment as. You can draw from nearby magical shadow to cloak yourself. Drow, phaerimms, and other abominations of the subterranean world are known for their arcane abilities. Its adaptability is unmatched yet, and is useable by all players. Tyrants of the underdark rules wizards of the coast.
Entire campaigns can unfold in its depths, and its rewards are boundless. Its not what i would call a full campaign, but it has tonnes of great ideas and encounters to draw on and work into your campaign. 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 4es pantheon to date, and he is one seriously fed up dude to boot. Using power and influence as resources, tyrants of. Drow of the underdark pdf version rpg item version rpggeek. An expansion pack based on the underdark setting was released for the neverwinter nights game series, titled neverwinter nights. Rise of the drow is a standalone mega module of almost 500 pages. Its the reason why they are allies with the cult of vhaeraun. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. The native habitat of iconic races like the drow and duergar, its also home to. About half of the designers worked on numerous 4e products, but this was the only 4e book for jesse decker and peter schaefer, and one of just two for stephen radneymacfarland.
An official spelljammer guide to the spheres revised 1. Collectors edition hardcover book and fully interactive pdf for 5th edition. The underdark was the vast network of underground caverns and tunnels underneath the surface of abeirtoril. Even on the surface a drows life is hard, as few people are willing to accept a drow among them. Announced yesterday, rage of demons will come in two parts and take players from level 1 to 15 as they venture into the underdark alongside drizzt to discover why so many demon lords have been summoned from the abyss. The drow created some weapons with the specific purpose to fight their own kind, namely the flash globes and light pellets. They are the favorite foes of many a party of adventurers. On a final note, ive also found people recommending the 4e underdark supplement.
Wild, agile, arrogant, hateful, quick, pious, plotting. It is also a popular destination for parties of adventurers with more wanderlust than sense. Put the slinger in this patch of forest just to the west of the boulders where he benefits from cover, but can shoot at the pcs freely. 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. Drow are underdark dwellers from eviltown that are best known for their evil stuff.
Welcome to faerun, a land of amazing magic, terrifying monsters, ancient ruins, and hidden wonders. Players handbook 2 4e wizards of the coast dungeons. Their cities are dark and twisted cradles of treachery and corruption, their myriad. Although the drow profess to be the noble, rightful rulers of the underdark, most are interested only in personal power and their own survival. The group i dm for have decided to take a complete left turn surprise, surprise. During their formation, the future priests must make a vow of silence. Click show more for timestamps, corrections, and other links. It was home to a host of evil beings driven deep into the caverns at the end of the age of demons. I actually ran this pdf as part of a larger campaign, and my group loved it.
The underdark wilderness and adventure area entrance is at the very south end of the kings forest. Jan 25, 2010 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. 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. Which means all of this happens before the sundering. Permission granted to print and photocopy this document for personal use only. May 06, 2014 the underdark is teeming with dangers unlike any on canus known surface. Everything you want to know about drow and their subterranean homelandas well as some things you didnt knowcan be found in. Now, i mentioned this isnt quite 5e because it was published while 4e was the norm. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing. If it manages to draw a being into the stone that being and its gear is forever lost. It really catches the vibe of the underdark being a scary, alien, unwelcoming place. Underdarks underdark lies beneath the world of the nentir vale.
Drow of the underdark is the definitive resource for dark elves. Put all the kobold minions and hide them behind the western boulders where they cant be seen before the ambush is sprung. This pack contains 3 fullcolor, doublesided, 21by30inch battle maps with 1inch grids. The bestselling and awardnominated rise of the drow. Designed to take 10th level characters as far as 18th level, city of the spider queen draws the heroes into the deepest reaches of. This chapter presents a number of new spells, as well as a new magic system called node magic. Similarly the late 3e drow of the underdark 2007 was more generic. It is described as a vast subterranean network of interconnected caverns and tunnels, stretching beneath entire continents and forming an underworld for surface settings. Underdark basics the underdark is an enormously widespread network of natural and constructed tunnels that run under the lands of the forgotten realms. Deep below the surface realm of the underdark, the drow conspire to subjugate the world in the name of their dread spider goddess. Thismonthsinstallmentof unearthedarcana featuresanumberofnewcharacteroptions. However, we recently started playing with 5th ed and i was wanting to make a tiefling character. Whenever you need to draw a card but there are none left, shuffle your discard. A wellknown drowmade piece of gear was the death armor, legendary in the underdark.
They generally do not care for any companions they may deign to take. And while this supplement is intended to be editionneutral, it covers the period from 3917 dr to 1480 dr. Underdark, a realm of endless labyrinthine tunnels and. The underdark is the home of the drow and the yaunti neither of which will be friendly to you as someone from the surface. 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.