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Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Discern Lie. The drow discerns when a creature in earshot speaks a lie in a language the drow knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can&rsquo
;t put the drow to sleep.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes
Monsters
Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse
Discern Lie. The drow discerns when a creature in earshot speaks a lie in a language the drow knows.
Fey Ancestry. The drow has advantage on saving throws against being charmed, and magic can&rsquo
;t put the drow to sleep.
Sunlight Sensitivity. While in sunlight, the drow has disadvantage on attack rolls, as well as on Wisdom (Perception) checks that rely on sight.Multiattack. The drow makes
Glyph of Warding
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or drow), or alignment. You can also set conditions for creatures that don’t trigger the glyph, such as those who say a certain password.
When you inscribe the glyph, choose explosive
another object covering the glyph, approaching within a certain distance of the glyph, or manipulating the object on which the glyph is inscribed. For glyphs inscribed within an object, the most common
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Player’s Handbook
more, and it grants them certain kinds of magic. Drow, high elves, and wood elves are examples of elves who have been transformed thus.
Drow
Drow typically dwell in the Underdark and have been
shaped by it. Some drow individuals and societies avoid the Underdark altogether yet carry its magic. In the Eberron setting, for example, drow dwell in rainforests and cyclopean ruins on the continent of
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Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
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Adventure Hook
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Unfamiliar drow adventurers have been prowling a city’s streets at night and have been overheard talking about the dragon they serve.
2
Svirfneblin hire the
with a drow matriarch for centuries. Each move represents what that player plans to do next in the competitors’ long struggle for domination in the Underdark.
2
A fire giant who
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
. Prior to running Muiral’s Gauntlet, review the “Elves: Drow” entry in the Monster Manual, because dark elves feature prominently throughout this level of Undermountain.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
other. Next Encounter The drow keep running across the rooftops until they get to the run-down dockside neighborhood known as Mistshore. Characters who remain in pursuit can follow them all the way
Rooftop Chase: Autumn The characters are chasing two drow gunslingers (see appendix B) across windy rooftops in the Dock Ward. The drow stick together as they run, but each one acts on his own
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Means of Escape Unless they want to spend the rest of their lives as drow slaves, the characters should quickly begin looking for ways they can escape. Though the task will not be easy, the characters can take advantage of certain opportunities if they use their heads.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Storm King's Thunder
such a war would spell certain doom for the human, dwarven, and elven civilizations of the North — something the Xorlarrin drow desire above all else. By the time the characters begin their journey to
House Xorlarrin destroy its enemies, starting with the dwarves who cast the drow out of Gauntlgrym. For their part, the drow are more interested in supporting Zalto’s plan to wage war on dragonkind, for
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
quarters in the priestess’s tower. Each hanging tower has two chambers, with a rope ladder running between the upper and lower chamber through a zurkhwood trapdoor. The elite warriors have finer
furniture, including zurkhwood chairs and small tables around which they sit. One off-duty drow elite warrior rests in one of the chambers here at any given time. There is a 50 percent chance that one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monsters of the Multiverse
Drow Inquisitor Lolth’s worshipers expect treachery—the Spider Queen encourages it, after all. A certain amount of backstabbing and double-crossing can be managed, but too much can undermine an
only by that of the drow matron mothers (also in this book) of the noble houses. Anyone they decide is at odds with the hierarchy faces painful interrogation and usually an excruciating death. Variant
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
Drow Inquisitor Drow expect treachery. After all, the Spider Queen encourages it. A certain amount of backstabbing and double-crossing can be managed, but too much can undermine an entire community
. To keep some semblance of order and to root out traitors, drow priestesses employ inquisitors. Chosen from the ranks of the priesthood, these female drow possess authority equaled only by the matrons
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Running This Chapter This chapter begins where the previous chapter ended, after the characters followed Kas’s trail to Carapace Ridge, a low dip in a cliff that provides access to a beach below. The
forces of Lolth marshal; and to the cliffside redoubt, where Kas retreated to plan. Along the way, they encounter Vaeve, a drow mage who is loyal to neither Lolth nor Kas, and who offers the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
Gibbet Crossing Gibbet Crossing is a forlorn place. It was once a crossroads of the Underdark where drow, duergar, and svirfneblin communities lived in uneasy peace. The duergar had a lucrative
business making collapsible cages (their well-crafted hanging cages gave the crossroads its name), and the duergar came to rely on mithral that the svirfneblin supplied. The drow provided the duergar with
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Being Your Own Patron For certain kinds of organizations, you can either join an existing group or found your own. For some players, the idea of running a crime syndicate, inquisitive agency
, but you’ll have to spend some of it to keep the organization running. When you run your own organization, you can use the Running a Business downtime activity (see chapter 6 of the Dungeon Master’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
The Drow The garrison at Velkynvelve consists of twelve drow, five drow elite warriors, a junior drow priestess named Asha (use the priest stat block in the Monster Manual, but add the Fey Ancestry
, Innate Spellcasting, and Sunlight Sensitivity features of the drow stat block), and the outpost’s commander, a senior drow priestess of Lolth named Ilvara. The drow have the assistance of a pack of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Pursuit Level The closeness of the drow pursuit is measured by a pursuit level. It begins at 4, with the drow not far behind the characters. If the pursuit level reaches 5, the drow forward scouts
catch up to them, and the drow leaders arrive not long thereafter (see “Catching Up”). If the pursuit level drops to 0, the party has eluded the drow until circumstances bring both factions into contact
Species
Acquisitions Incorporated
, and the Verdan emerged. I’m sorry, was that the question?
— K’thriss Drow’b
Created by Chaos
When the power of That-Which-Endures mutated the verdan, their skin was
When a verdan character gains an ability score improvement at certain levels, that increase can be tied to a physical mutation at the player’s determination. A boost to Strength might be
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Lost Mine of Phandelver
stealthy, any activity at the door attracts the attention of Nezznar and his allies in area 19, prompting the drow to send his giant spiders to investigate. Dusty draperies adorn the walls of this room
the dwarf might know more about the mine than he admitted. The drow has interrogated Nundro harshly once or twice a day ever since capturing him. Developments Nundro is grateful if the adventurers
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Menzoberranzan. Placing the talisman there only ensures that the drow city becomes the site of the demon lords’ battle — and might well be laid waste in the process. If pressed, Grin admits that he isn’t
absolutely certain that Vizeran’s ritual will work if the talisman is placed elsewhere. He’s not as learned or powerful as his master. Grin encourages the adventurers place the dark heart elsewhere and, in so
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Going to Blingdenstone Blingdenstone is an obvious destination for characters seeking refuge from their drow pursuers and a way out of the Underdark. The deep gnomes continue to have regular
Oozing Temple” in chapter 2) to accompany them, it feels a certain pull toward Blingdenstone, and is curious enough to guide the characters there.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
Clientele Inquisitives tend to acquire a reputation for working with a certain type of person. Some are known for discretion, attracting wealthy clients who trust them to keep a secret. Others are
justice. 3 Magnet for Trouble. Maybe you trust people too easily or it’s just bad luck, but every client who walks into your office has some double deal, hidden agenda, or scam they’re running. 4
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual
Traits A monster’s traits, if any, are features that are active at all times or in certain situations. Running a Monster
To ensure a monster acts in accordance with its Challenge Rating, follow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon of Icespire Peak
tremorsense to detect prey. They burst out of the ground in the squares marked “ankheg eruption” on the map when certain conditions are met, as described in areas L3 and area L6. If you’re running this scenario for one character, only one ankheg can be encountered at a time.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
other ideas that might help, such as asking for aid from the stone giants of Gracklstugh or stealing magic weapons from the drow. Some quests might take time to complete, since they require travel
through the Underdark. See the “Benefits for Completing Tasks” sidebar for benefits that the characters gain during the Battle of Blingdenstone if they complete certain tasks.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Traits A monster’s traits, if any, are features that are active at all times or in certain situations. Running a Monster
To ensure a monster acts in accordance with its Challenge Rating, follow
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
it grants them certain kinds of magic. Drow, high elves, and wood elves are examples of elves who have been transformed thus. Drow Drow typically dwell in the Underdark and have been shaped by it. Some
drow individuals and societies avoid the Underdark altogether yet carry its magic. In the Eberron setting, for example, drow dwell in rainforests and cyclopean ruins on the continent of Xen’drik
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
cunning — a trait that drow attach more importance to than they do to sanity. Give no quarter to drow, for none shall be given to you. Capture by drow means certain death, either as a sacrifice or after
The Dark Seldarine Lolth demands the lion’s share of worship from the drow, according to her wishes and by the command of her priestesses. The Spider Queen isn’t, however, the only entity venerated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
them certain kinds of magic. Drow, high elves, and wood elves are examples of elves who have been transformed thus. Drow Drow typically dwell in the Underdark and have been shaped by it. Some drow
individuals and societies avoid the Underdark altogether yet carry its magic. In the Eberron setting, for example, drow dwell in rainforests and cyclopean ruins on the continent of Xen’drik. High Elves
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Chapter 9: Mantol-Derith Mantol-Derith has endured for centuries as a neutral outpost where drow, duergar, svirfneblin, and surface dwellers can meet and trade without fearing for their lives
discover there is no safe haven anywhere in the Underdark with the demon lords running rampant. The safety of Mantol-Derith has been shattered by the demon lord Fraz-Urb’luu, who has turned the trading
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide
typically not permitted to go there. Once in the cavern, I had to remain near my employer, but by keeping my eyes and ears open, I learned a lot about this place. Mantol-Derith is where duergar, drow, and
Darklake. The drow sell weapons, armor, magic scrolls and potions, and fine works of art. The duergar trade mainly in fine steel, and demand high prices to do so. Deep gnomes come to market with gems
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
the Dungeon Master’s Guide for the mirror’s statistics.) Rather than running combat with so many creatures, assume that only the invisible stalker and the troll attack the party initially. The other
creatures react to their liberation by turning on one another or running away, as follows: Lukanu and Zaal attack the gargoyle, destroying it in 4 rounds, and then help the characters deal with the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
that it’s time to get one’s affairs in order. How much time an elf’s body has left is never certain. Whether hours or years, the period is marked by both intense joy and great sadness. Most mortal elves
might be true, but an elf’s conduct during life often offers a clue. Drow never experience Transcendence, for example, and the same is true for elves who turn to the worship of gods other than the Seldarine.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
exceptions exist. If the story suggests a good reason for an item to fit only creatures of a certain size or shape, you can rule that it doesn't adjust. For example, drow-made armor might fit elves only
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
Gnome Traits Your gnome character has certain characteristics in common with all other gnomes. Ability Score Increase. Your Intelligence score increases by 2. Age. Gnomes mature at the same rate
of gnomes, the deep gnomes (or svirfneblin), live in small communities scattered in the Underdark. Unlike the duergar and the drow, svirfneblin are as good as their surface cousins. However, their