In 2e and 3.x books some of the drow houses have glyphs or insignia that are assigned to them, is there any lore how the house glyphs were created/selected? If i would want to homebrew a drow noble house and assign them such glyphs are there any rules or lore that i could use for it?
I know of the ones with pictures in the Drow of the Underdark AD&D 2e in chapter 11 Dark Elven Symbols and the ones in the Drow of the Underdark for 3.5e "jet crossbow bolt insignia of House Xaniqos" or "The journal describes glyphs and symbols he discovered there, and it shows images of a javelin embossed in electrum" etc. . They are also mentioned in Races of Faerun for 3.5e, but briefly and just in terms of spells and spellcasting. They are also mentioned in the AD&D Menzoberranzan boxed set, but again, not much, and they tell you to look in the Drow of the Underdark. https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Drow_house_glyph also doesn't have much about it, and there seems to be one more posted on Twitter by Ed Greenwood. I was hoping there was something I didn't find or didn't know about, but it seems there aren't any instructions or instructions on how they are made. Still, thanks for the answer.
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In 2e and 3.x books some of the drow houses have glyphs or insignia that are assigned to them, is there any lore how the house glyphs were created/selected? If i would want to homebrew a drow noble house and assign them such glyphs are there any rules or lore that i could use for it?
To my memory AD&D 2nd edition Drow of the Underdark and Forgotten Realms: Menzoberranzan boxed set contained info on Drow house insignia.
I know of the ones with pictures in the Drow of the Underdark AD&D 2e in chapter 11 Dark Elven Symbols and the ones in the Drow of the Underdark for 3.5e "jet crossbow bolt insignia of House Xaniqos" or "The journal describes glyphs and symbols he discovered there, and it shows images of a javelin embossed in electrum" etc. . They are also mentioned in Races of Faerun for 3.5e, but briefly and just in terms of spells and spellcasting. They are also mentioned in the AD&D Menzoberranzan boxed set, but again, not much, and they tell you to look in the Drow of the Underdark. https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Drow_house_glyph also doesn't have much about it, and there seems to be one more posted on Twitter by Ed Greenwood. I was hoping there was something I didn't find or didn't know about, but it seems there aren't any instructions or instructions on how they are made.
Still, thanks for the answer.